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Did you know that male infertility is increasing?   A landmark study by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , published in July, showed that among men from Europe, North America and Australia, sperm counts have declined by almost 60% in less than 40 years.    Sperm are specialist cells designed to transport your DNA to your partner’s egg.    Whereas a woman is born with all eggs she’ll ever need, a man has to make new sperm continuously - and each sperm takes around 90 - 100 days to develop and mature.   Making healthy sperm is complicated.    First, you need to make lots of sperm that are strong swimmers and are able to fertilise the egg when they arrive.  Second, your sperm need to contain good quality DNA, essential for making a healthy baby.    Sperm are sensitive and their quantity and quality can be affected by a number of medical problems and lifestyle factors.      But, here’s the good news.... because you make new batches of sperm every three months, simple lifestyle changes ca

  Are you feeling fatigued, got chronic pain, not sleeping properly?  Are you emotionally drained?  It might be a problem with you adrenal glands.  Surprised?  Read on...   The adrenal glands are the two small but important glands that sit on top of your kidneys.    They are involved in producing over 50 hormones (such as cortisol and adrenaline) that drive almost every bodily function (such as regulating blood pressure and controlling metabolism) - many of which are essential for life.    (Which is why we need to look after them!)    They work closely with the pituitary and hypothalamus glands, to control all the hormones - an intricate balancing act that is the ‘government’ of the body, and essential to our health and wellbeing.   A lot of clients come to me feeling generally unwell and have no real explanation for why they’re feeling so out-of-kilter.     After consultations and treatments, it often becomes clear that their chronic pain, poor sleep, anxiety, emotional issues etc. ar

There are many different types of migraines but one thing they all have in common is that they absolutely floor you.  I get migraines myself and I know that they are a perfect illustration of how stress generally affects our bodies.  Think about how you feel after a migraine – upset tummy, lethargic, foggy?  Well that’s how a congested and stressed body feels.  Now think about how you feel when everything has cleared – more alive, happier, a sense of release. Some amount of stress is good if it drives us, but the wrong kind of stress is toxic and it is vital that it is released.  When you get a really bad migraine it’s obvious that your head is under stress but the  dis-ease  doesn’t just stop there.  Nerves carry signals from your head to other regions of your body and these signals alert different organs, muscles and systems to the fact that there is something wrong.  Immediately they too start to react, perhaps your neck feels stiff, your stomach feels nauseous, your fingers tingle…