It’s hard to avoid the talk about Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy or other GLP-1 receptor agonists and obesity. Everyone seems to be taking it, and for some, it’s the answer!
For some, the risks, side effects or their own medications or health conditions mean they can’t take them. Others don’t want to take any kind of drugs. This comprehensive article describes what these drugs are, what they do, and how natural ozempic (GLP-1) alternatives can help get better results out of alongside drug treatment, or as an alternative solution. The risks, the pros and cons of GLP-1 drugs, versus natural alternatives and how you can decide which might be the best for you.

Sunlight's Critical Role in Metabolism & Weight Management
Sunlight is more than just a source of warmth—it's a powerful metabolic catalyst that can transform your body's energy production. Our cells contain tiny power plants called mitochondria, which respond dramatically to light exposure. By understanding how strategic sun interaction works, you can boost metabolism, enhance weight management, and improve overall health.

This exploration reveals how just 10-15 minutes of daily sunlight can:

• Accelerate cellular energy production

• Support natural weight loss

• Improve metabolic flexibility

• Reduce inflammation

• Enhance overall physiological functioning

Discover how nature's most accessible resource can become your wellness ally.

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?!

The Surprising Truth About Vitamin D: Sunlight vs. Supplements

Vitamin D3 has become a hot topic in health conversations, shifting focus from calcium to its critical role in bone health and beyond. Research links deficiency to suppressed immunity, autoimmune diseases, and more, though supplement studies have fallen short of expectations. During the COVID pandemic, its importance was highlighted, with low levels tied to worse outcomes. But is the vitamin D we make from sunlight the same as what’s in capsules? This article explores the benefits of natural vitamin D production, other molecules made from sun exposure, and whether supplements are truly the answer—or if we’ve misunderstood this vital nutrient.

Circadian rhythm is so much more than the sleep and wake cycle, or even when to eat. It governs every cell to optimise tasks at different times of the day. The microbiome, too, works differently depending on the time of day, and a number of aspects of digestion are timed. So, how does the body tell the time? How does circadian signalling impact digestion and the microbiome? And, how can you improve your gut health with getting your light exposure right? This post explains why circadian signalling is important for the whole body, in particular the gastrointestinal tract and all of the organs of digestion, and how to optimise your digestive health by improving your circadian rhythm.

The most important regulator of ALL health in the body is a tiny little bean-like structure contained in all of our cells. Called the mitochondria it’s commonly known as ‘the powerhouse of the cell’, and new advances in science that bring Quantum physics and biology together, shows that this powerhouse is SO much more than that. And the ways we can improve it are literally outside our front door, free, and easy.

Sleep, we all do it, in fact, we spend around a third of our life asleep.

Some of us are better at it, and some struggle to consistently get good sleep. These patterns can change in different life stages, and some people seem to survive on only a few hours each night!

This article aims to answer all the questions…What happens in sleep? How does it affect our health? Why is it important and how to get better at longer, deeper and more restful sleep for better health? And, is it really possible to get away with less than optimal sleep?

So many women find that digestive symptoms are worse around perimenopause, experiencing uncomfortable constipation, diarrhoea, urgency, bloating, flatulence and other embarrassing symptoms.

Why is that?

More importantly, what can you do about it?

Read on to find out why this time of life can be the start or worsening of these uncomfortable and embarrassing symptoms, and how natural medicine can help you to feel normal again.