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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Dopamine eating: apple muffins</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wet Ingredients: 1 date 2 large eggs 2 bananas (about 250g with skin on) 1 apple</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Put the date, the bananas, the eggs and the apple into a Nutribullet (or similar) and whizz for a few seconds until mixed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Then pour the wet ingredients into the jug containing the dry ingredients. Give it a good stir and then decant into a 6 muffin baking tray (use paper liners). Top each muffin with 3 walnut halves. Place in the middle of a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees for about 15 minutes, until the muffins are just firm to the touch.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Dopamine eating: apple muffins - I hope you enjoy the muffins! Sweetness will depend upon how yellow your bananas are. I have trained my tastebuds into disliking anything too sweet. If you need more sweetness while you train your tastebuds, add an extra date.</image:title>
      <image:caption>If you would like my help with using your food to power your brain, please do get in touch using the button below and we can discuss working together.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Dopamine eating: lunch - My dopamine-boosting lunch bowl:</image:title>
      <image:caption>It took two minutes max to put the following in a bowl: watercress, spinach and rocket sundried tomatoes and olives beetroot cubes mozzarella broccoli sprouts a generous slug of olive oil a grated carrot pumpkin seeds. I was pleasantly full and focused for hours. This is the power of food.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Dopamine eating: breakfast - I talk to my clients about making a nice, big dopamine cake. The raw ingredients for dopamine production are listed above the rainbow cake!</image:title>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Dopamine eating: breakfast - MY DOPAMINE MUFFINS</image:title>
      <image:caption>I created this muffin recipe to include as many dopamine ingredients as possible. I eat two for breakfast with some berries on the side. Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas (weight with skin around 220g) 2 large eggs 150g almond flour 30g omega seed mix (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds) 30g raw pistachios 1 tablespoon of raw cacao 1 teaspoon of baking powder Method: Whizz the bananas and eggs for a few seconds in a Nutribullet (or similar). Or mash the bananas and use a fork to whip the eggs. Then pour the banana and egg mixture into a jug containing the dry ingredients. Stir and combine. Then spoon the mixture into 4 muffin cases in a muffin tin. Bake at 180 degrees for about 15 minutes until firm to touch. If the muffins are not sweet enough for you, add 2 dates to the Nutribullet and whizz them with the bananas and eggs. You could even add a few dark chocolate chips for extra iron! 2 muffins provides 28g of protein.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - My interpretation of the research on Oestrogen + ADHD - This graphic is shared with the kind permission of Professor Michelle Martel of the University of Kentucky. Professor Martel presented the graphic at the US Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress 2024 as part of her presentation entitled “ADHD in Adult Women: Challenges and New Directions”.</image:title>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - ADHD &amp;amp; Hormones - This extract from a sample Lifecode Gx report shows the Glutamate/GABA pathway. The genes are in capital letters, the presence of genetic SNPs is indicated by the coloured dot, and the arrow shows whether the function of the gene is increased or decreased by the SNP. In this sample, the person struggles to convert Glutamate down to GABA. The GABA receptor (GABRA2) then struggles to hear the switch off message of any GABA which manages to trickle down. This is the profile of someone who cannot find their off switch, is mentally exhausted but can’t sleep, feels restless, feels overwhelmed and cannot concentrate. This person may constantly feel a knot in their stomach and/or feel dread or panic for no reason. This person might be dependent upon alcohol to relax as alcohol activates GABRA2. With this knowledge, we can then put in targeted support in a stepwise manner to optimise mood, brain function and sleep. Life changing.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>This plate is for illustrative purposes only to make the important point that if we are constantly full or topping up by snacking, we are standing in the way of our body using some of our own stores of body fat for fuel. It can be a really useful exercise to tune into our own fullness signals. You might find it helpful to rate your hunger out of 10 at the end of your meal. Eat slowly, chew well, enjoy your food and take a moment to assess whether you are actually still hungry before continuing to eat. Aim to leave the table at 80 or even 90% full and mentally allocate that additional 10 or 20% to your fat stores, if you are aiming for weight loss. This simple technique can help to switch your perspective from feeling deprived to feeling satisfied, purposeful and empowered.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - What happens after we eat - Where does the fat come from?</image:title>
      <image:caption>This diagram is summary of what happens after we eat. Food is our fuel. Ideally, we want to match our fuel intake to our energy needs. This is more complex than a calorie count. Saving your points for a glass of wine at the end of the day is not the path to optimal health and longevity. There is truth in the old adage “eat less, move more” as long as what you’re eating less of is sugar and processed food, whilst making sure you’re eating enough protein, healthy fats and fibre. If we don’t use all of our available fuel, it has to go somewhere, it doesn’t just disappear - we can store a little excess in our muscles and liver, but the next stop is our under-the-skin (subcutaneous) white fat store. The size of our subcutaneous white fat store varies between individuals (known as our personal fat threshold). Once we have filled our personal fat store, any excess fuel accumulates as fat around the liver and pancreas and causes health havoc.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - System overload: laying the groundwork for faster aging and chronic disease - The Metabolics report speaks to our personal ability to: turn on the longevity genes, turn off the aging genes, limit cell and DNA damage, regulate the DNA repair process, regulate our blood pressure and blood sugar stability.</image:title>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - How to address fatigue - By running the Metabolics report, we can find out: why we gain weight easily and/or struggle to lose weight (FAAH, FTO) why we struggle to stop eating (BDNF, FAAH, NPY, POMC) why some types of food make us feel so tired (PPARA) the speed of our metabolic rate (LEPR) what our mitochondrial capacity for making energy is (PGC1A) our genetic predisposition to high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity (ADIPOQ, FOXO3, FTO) why our health might be worse than family members living in the same environment and eating the same things (PGC1A) why we struggle with fasting, missing meals, cold exposure and hard exercise (CPT1A) and much more besides… The letters in brackets refer to the genetic SNPs being tested for.</image:title>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Size, metabolic health and genetics - You get a wealth of information when you run the Metabolics report because it also reports on genetic SNPs which impact cardiovascular health and the longevity genes, FOXO3, AMPK and the sirtuins. In short, this report tells you how to work with your genetics to increase both your life span, how long you live, and your health span, how long you stay healthy for.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Reducing our histamine burden and doing all we can to identify and remove our inflammatory triggers may go a long way towards boosting our mood.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - How to support your mood #10: histamine &amp;amp; mood. - I’ve written before about how oestrogen upregulates histamine release and downregulates the DAO enzyme responsible for degrading histamine in the gut. This oestrogen/histamine vicious cycle can contribute to difficulties settling into a supportive HRT regime and an array of unpleasant symptoms. These unwelcome symptoms can include eczema, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, asthma, dizziness, rapid heartbeat, migraine, difficulties with memory and concentration and insomnia, as well as anxiety and depression.</image:title>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - How to support your mood #9: Progesterone intolerance and anxiety - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - How to support your mood #5: build a wall around your dopamine. - How is adrenaline, the stress and panic hormone, made? From dopamine.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Pair a bowl of breakfast cereal with a glass of juice (liquid sugar) and by lesson 2 I’d bet that the child is fidgeting, cranky, hungry and distracted. So, what’s the alternative? In a recent pilot study, a group of non-medicated children with ADHD adopted the following eating pattern: At least seven servings of different plants each day. Eat food within a 12 hour window each day. Consume 125ml kefir drink each day. Eat a microbiome-friendly, protein-rich breakfast from a prescribed menu. Reduce consumption of added sugar and artificial sweeteners. The parents reported some positive changes in behaviour, mood, sleep and gut function (less constipation, less wind, improved stool consistency). The authors hope to conduct a larger scale study in due course. I say, let’s not wait for that. It’s difficult to imagine that any child would not benefit from a protein-rich breakfast, reducing sugar and increasing vegetables. So, what was on the menu for the children in the study? The children were invited to choose a smoothie and/or a cooked breakfast (depending on appetite). The smoothie could include a tablespoon of ground flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds and walnuts with a handful of fresh or frozen mango, half a banana, 2-3 chunks of pineapple and/or a handful of fresh or frozen berries with 125ml of kefir. My version is pictured and it was delicious. I put in: 1 tablespoon of flaxseeds 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds 1 tablespoon of walnuts 1 tablespoon of almond butter Handful of frozen mango 125ml of kefir 5 ice cubes 60ml filtered water. The cooked breakfast could include scrambled egg, a slice of smoked salmon or a tin of mackerel, salmon or sardines on toast or with hash browns, with an apple, banana or handful of other fruit, with 125ml of kefir. So, if your child comes home tired, cranky and hungry, if they are struggling to concentrate, if they are anxious or fretful, experiment with harnessing the power of food to support them. In my opinion, the guidance in this study is a great starting point when building a better day for our children. Sources: Unwin, D., Haslam, D. and Livesey, G. (2016) “It is the glycaemic response to, not the carbohydrate content of the food that matters in diabetes and obesity: the glycaemic index revisited”, Journal of Insulin Resistance, 1(1), 8a. Lawrence, K. et. al. (2022) “Trialling a microbiome-targeted dietary intervention in children with ADHD - the rationale and a non-randomised feasibility study”, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, doi.org/10.1186.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The vicious cycle of oestrogen &amp; histamine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The contents of your histamine bucket can vary from day to day, therefore, symptoms driven by your histamine burden can come and go and can take you by surprise.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES ABOUT OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH - Welcome - This is where I am going to store some ideas, articles and recipes to support us all as we navigate our way through midlife. My logo features the chrysanthemum, often considered to be the Autumn flower of longevity. I want us to have the tools we need to flourish and reap the benefits of our hard work. I hope that this section of my website provides helpful resources to support you in doing exactly that.</image:title>
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