Julie Forrester Julie Forrester

Tremella: The Beauty Mushroom That Nourishes Skin, Hormones and Gut Health

Tremella has a long and valued history since the Tang Dynasty in China for beauty, and for health. Western science is catching up, revealling Tremella’s role in improving skin health, anti-ageing, immune health and metabolic health. It is a menopausal and perimenopausal woman’s best friend, supporting brain health with research revealing improvement in memory and cognition. It has roles in modulating the microbiome, reducing blood sugar, supporting the gut, protecting the liver and all while improving skin tone and texture. What more could you want?!

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Julie Forrester Julie Forrester

Side Effects - Vitamin B6 and Paracetamol

Side effects

Following on from The Nuanced Naturopaths podcast on the subjects (ep. 44 and ep. 46).  A topic that’s super relevant for anyone who’s ever taken a supplement or popped a painkiller: side effects or more correctly, ‘Adverse Drug Reactions’. Yes, those pesky little (or big) things that sometimes come along with our health remedies (pharmaceutical, herbal or otherwise). We’ll explore the buzz around Vitamin B6, and the concerns about paracetamol/acetaminophen, and why it’s essential to ask the right questions about what we put into our bodies.

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