Rachel Bartholomew's Articles

In this article Dr Ghazala Aziz-Scott highlights the IHCAN webinar on ‘Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) – A functional approach’ where she shared her extensive clinical knowledge and experience on this subject. This webinar is a must-watch for anyone interested in supporting women’s health.

Functional Medicine practitioner Jo Gamble joins forces with Emma Beswick, CEO of UK Nutrigenomics testing company Lifecode Gx. Together they dig deep into what personalised nutrition really means. Read on to find out some of our key learnings from the webinar.

Rachel Bartholomew shares a recent case study where simple lifestyle changes had a significant positive impact for a client struggling with sleep problems during perimenopause.

Rachel Bartholomew shares insight on why it’s difficult to talk about stress in clinic, engaging with clients, and when conversations can be transformational.

Learn more about the incredible chemical mediators called specialised pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) that are produced naturally in the body and are essential for keeping pain and inflammation in check.

In this article we take a closer look at the fascinating and often turbulent relationship between oestrogen and histamine.

Over the last year, long COVID has become an important focus. In this article we look at the current picture of long COVID and some key factors to consider.

Claire Sendall shares her experience of supporting both herself and her clients over the last 12 months, and her inspiring thoughts on resilience.

An increase in mental health problems over the last 12 months has once again highlighted the need to open up more conversations around this important topic. In this timely article, Joanna Oates shares invaluable insights from her clinical practice over the last 12 months.

In our second of our 4-part series on the importance of barriers in the body, we discuss in depth the crucial blood brain barrier and how you can support it.

Gut barrier health is crucial for health overall. Read more in the first of our 4-part series diving deeper into the importance of a variety of barriers in the body.

Here we look in detail at prokinetics and gut motility in relation to SIBO, and how to support this complex health problem naturally in practice.

The gut microbiome is a major player in overall health, with many roles we likely don’t yet understand. Read insights from thought leaders including Dr Jeffrey Bland...

Stomach acid production is essential to consider in the bigger picture of health, and when levels are low, there can be widespread effects on health…

Lifestyle plays a significant role in autoimmunity and key factors such as stress, toxicity & sunlight are crucial to consider when seeing new clients…

Stress & autoimmunity are definitely linked, but there’s still a lot to learn about the mechanisms which underpin the link. Here we take a look at the latest research…

Emerging research suggests Berberine, best known for its powerful anti-microbial activity, is now being shown to have multi-faceted benefits detailed here.

As well as taking time out to relax you can feed your body with nutrients to help to induce a state of calm too. Here's our quick guide to instant calm.