Looking after the 'Girls'

Breast care is important to us Ladies!  We can only give you a snapshot into this vast subject here, however, as with almost everything we write about, if you changed just one small thing (be that with your diet or lifestyle) you would be stepping a little closer to improved health.  

For this post I interviewed Nancy Dale, a inspirational woman who became an expert in nutrition as a result of her own experience of breast cancer.

There is so much to discuss and I am hoping this gives the thirst to find out more.  I am treating more and more women within my practice and I believe that by helping them to understand how their bodies work is a wonderful gift to offer someone.  I love it.

Please enjoy the interview.  Below it I have added more details on the screening mentioned :)

Thermography breast screening

As spoken about by Nancy, she uses thermography as a way of screening for abnormalities in the breast.  I investigated a little more and for those of us in the UK; there are several facilities that offer thermography in England, but in Scotland only Aberdeen has the service available at present.  

I decided to phone the main production company Meditherm to find out more.

So what did I found out?

• As with your finger prints - we all have a unique thermal pattern.

• Thermography works with physiology (that is HOW the body is works) where as a Mammogram works with structure (what your body is made of).

• Thermography does not replace a mammogram, however it can detect any abnormalities years before a mammogram.  That means cancers can be traced well in advance of any mammogram breast screening program.

• Thermography is a non invasive safe way of screening your breasts.

• As you would get an MOT with your car, you would also get a yearly check up with thermography breast screening.

• When you first get screened you would have two done, 90 days apart.  This is because your first screening is only a starting point until it is identified what YOUR thermal pattern is.  Thereafter it is done yearly.

• The cost may vary.  For you first two screening and results the cost can range from £275-£375, then approximately £120 every year after.  This may seem like a lot of money, however this works out to be £7 a week for the first session and £2.50 a week for follow up appointments.

 

As a holistic practitioner, I cannot emphasise enough that prevention is better than cure.  We can all make those simple improvements in our lifestyles.  Our boobs should not be something to be fearful of developing a disease in; they were designed for nurture.  Being fully aware of what procedures and treatments are on offer to us and being FULLY informed or circumstances, allows US to make the best decision for ourselves.  I hope this has uncovered a little more information as to what is on offer out there and what you can proactively do.

To your health and happiness.

Sam x



The Scottish Fitness and Nutrition Expo - what did we think?

A few weeks ago Sam and I decided to have a girlie day out.  But instead of a relaxing spa day we opted for the Scottish Fitness and Nutrition Expo at the SECC in Glasgow!

We were looking forward to spending some time together pursuing our mutual love of all things health and fitness related - but first we needed a coffee!  This gave us a chance to have a quick catch up and plan our wonder around the various exhibitions, information stands and demonstration areas.

We quickly realised that this was an extremely male dominated event but were pleased to see that there was an attempt to encourage us girls in the form of The SFN Sisterhood.  The 100 Rep challenge also had a female competition too!

The event that pulled the biggest crowd was the CrossFit competition.  For those of you who haven't heard of CrossFit, it is a programme developed to offer a full-body workout that combines elements of cardio, weight lifting, gymnastics, core training and more to prepare the body for the unexpected!  All in all it is pretty full on, hardcore training and has almost developed cult status.

Without a doubt both the male and female competitors were extremely fit, strong and with their minds truly set on winning the competition.  We felt that CrossFit definitely seemed to come across as a "survival of the fittest" and not sure whether this competitive lifestyle was for us.  Is it a sustainable approach to fitness?  Where does health fit in to it?

In fact health didn't really seem to feature in many of the events or exhibition.  Lots of the products were aimed at getting you lean or bulked up but few addressed day to day health and even fewer (in fact none) mentioned women specific issues such as exercise and hormones.

In all honesty we found the expo a bit of a let down as unless you were interested in your bodies image you were ignored!  Most of us aren't elite athletes but hope to improve our health and fitness in an easily manageable and sustainable way.  We decided that being "normal" is very underrated!  Who needs the pressure to constantly be in top form or look like a walking Adonis statue!  But we also don't want to spend the rest of our lives sitting on the couch wishing we looked and felt better about ourselves. 

So keep doing what makes you happy and healthy!  Hopefully next year the event will be more inclusive with a wider variety of health and fitness related exhibitors - and you never know, maybe Ladies, Lunch and Lunges will be taking part too!

Aileen x

Video - The Instant Cure

Recently I did a fab little Skype interview with a wonderful guy who has guided me in my education to better health, Magnus Mulliner.  Today I am delighted to share my video of it with you.  In it Magnus aims to give us a little insight into the empowerment of our own health.

A little something from Magnus:

" No one has ever healed anyone of anything, only your body given the right opportunity can and will heal itself. The question is, how far down the 'rabbit hole' are you prepared to go to make the necessary distinctions in your life to prevent (by giving your cells what they want and remove all inhibiting blocking factors) yourself from becoming a medical statistic and or 'disabled'. Ultimately become the change you wish to see in YOU! "

Wishing you all a joyous, fun loving year.

Love and light

Magnus A. L. Mulliner

Magnus and I chatted after our interview.  We were talking about responsibility and why he felt woman were less likely to be "responsible" for their health.  We discussed that in a lot of cases woman tend to be the "nucleus" of the house; the centre of "domestic operations" which usually require them to take on many different roles.  Inevitably they put themselves at the bottom of the pile and view their health as a luxury that does not need to be addresses as there are more important people in the family that need attention.  This is a topic I have touched on before in previous posts.  If we truly wish to reap the benefits of good health we need to stop being so "selfless" all the time and learn to be a wee bit selfish every now and again.

I am looking forward to hearing your views on this as always.

Sam x