Tag Archives: diet

Benefits of Fermented Foods

OHC Nutrition Practitioner Kerry shines a light on fermented foods and details a number of ways they may be a supportive addition to your health journey. From the potential to improve digestion and therefore aid immune function, incorporating fermented foods into your eating plan could be a wonderful piece of the puzzle to explore with […]

How we approach nutrition at the OHC

Alex Howard talks to Kirsty Cullen (Director of Nutrition at the Optimum Health Clinic) about core principles of the OHC approach to nutrition. How we approach nutrition | Everyday Alex 072 | Wellness Wednesdays Everyday Alex is the daily vlog series from Alex Howard.  Explore Alex’s website https://www.alexhoward.tv/ to find out more about his projects […]

Paleo vs vegan for fatigue recovery

Alex Howard talks to Kirsty Cullen (Director of Nutrition at the Optimum Health Clinic) about whether people should follow a paleo or vegan diet for recovery from fatigue. Everyday Alex is the daily vlog series from Alex Howard. Explore Alex’s website https://www.alexhoward.tv/ to find out more about his projects at The Optimum Health Clinic, Therapeutic […]

OHC Live 31 – Why should nutrition patients do psychology?

Are you a patient with our nutrition team and wondering whether or not to also join in with some work with the psychology team? In this 10 minute Facebook Live Alex discusses how our patients can benefit from complimenting functional medicine with stress management and psychology work. The OHC does not in any way promote […]

Reactions to supplements part 5: Detoxification Part 2

Welcome to this week’s video blog. This week we have the latest in our series of videos looking at some of the reasons we find people have reactions to supplements. In this video, Alex is talking with Tanya Page (Director of Nutrition at The Optimum Health Clinic) about the role of lymph congestion, the impact […]

Reactions to supplements part 4: Detoxification Part 1

Welcome to this week’s video blog. This week, we have the latest video in our series on the reasons why we find people have reactions to supplements, and how we effectively work with this at The Optimum Health Clinic. In this video, Alex is talking with Tanya Page (Director of Nutrition at The Optimum Health […]

Reactions to supplements part 3: Stomach Acid

Welcome to this week’s video blog.  Thank you to everyone that has been giving us such positive feedback on our latest series of videos on some of the reasons why people have reactions to supplements.  In this video, Alex is talking to Tanya Page (Director of Nutrition at The Optimum Health Clinic) about the role […]

Reactions to supplements video 2

Welcome to this week’s video blog!  Thank you for the positive feedback on last week’s first video in our series on some of the reasons why we find people react to supplements.  This week we have the second in the series which is looking at the role of the maladaptive stress response and adrenal fatigue […]

Reactions to supplements – first video in new series!

Welcome to this week’s video blog, where, as promised we have the first in a new series of videos from our nutrition team.  One of the biggest reasons we hear of why people have given up on nutrition treatments with other practitioners before coming to The Optimum Health Clinicis due to reactions to supplements.  There […]

CFS Treatment: Blood Sugar in ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia

Welcome to this week’s video blog! This week we have our latest video with Alex and Julia from The Optimum Health Clinic nutrition team, this time talking about the role of blood sugar in ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia. Alex and Julia discuss why this area is so important for many patients, some of the signs […]