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Webinar with Bernie Harrison & Marta Anhelush from BioCare Nutrition Team & Saf Hareshe from The Natural Dispensary.

In the last 50 years alone, an estimated 5 million new chemicals have been created, 75,000 of which are in daily use and under 10% have been toxicity tested. Amongst them, we’ll find many that act as endocrine disruptors (EDCs), creating a hormonal havoc and threatening our health, adaptation, and survival.

Through their disruptive action on our hormone receptors, cellular activities and immunity, they have been linked to hormonal dysregulation in men and women, infertility, cancer, as well as autoimmunity, neurodegeneration, and obesity.

In this informative and practical webinar, the BioCare Nutrition Team will discuss all you need to know about endocrine disruptors; from where they are found, mode of action, their impact on health; including women’s & men’s hormones, to detoxification pathways and foods and nutrients you can use to aid detoxification & cellular protection. Meanwhile, our special guest, Saf Hareshe, Head of Education at The Natural Dispensary, will share her top tips and favourite products from The Natural Dispensary range, to help you and your clients reduce the exposure to endocrine disruptors. 

Bernie from our Clinical Nutrition team recently chatted to Liz Earle on her wellbeing podcast, to share advice on how to naturally support the body's detoxification processes.

This autumn we are sharing some poignant stories of women suffering from a variety of female health issues. Stories that showcase the sad reality of pain, fatigue, depression, grief, and shame  that some women go through. This includes women with endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who may wait several years for a diagnosis and are sometimes ignored on their journey, grappled by symptoms that make their lives unbearable. At the same time, whether from a medical or holistic perspective, the management of both conditions can be oversimplified; focusing on insulin resistance in PCOS, or ‘oestrogen dominance’ in endometriosis. Through their wealth of knowledge and clinical experience, our expert speakers understand the multifactorial presentation of these conditions and will share in-depth information about the pathophysiology, common drivers, genetic influences, and effective nutritional strategies you can use with your clients. 

In this webinar, Jules Cattell and Keris Marsden will get to the bottom of the debate, exploring research and drawing on their extensive clinical experience, to equip you with the knowledge and tools to best support women who choose to use HRT, and those who do not. This will include a discussion about when HRT may be appropriate; assessing multiple drivers and foundational dietary & lifestyle needs, providing information about the different HRT options available; pros and cons and associated risks, and how to create a comprehensive protocol, including diet, lifestyle, supplements, and relevant testing

We’ve teamed up with three fantastic Nutritional Therapists who will share their case studies and client success stories. Emma Beswick will demonstrate how genetic testing can help you gain a better understanding of hormone and neurotransmitter metabolism to unpick the drivers behind issues such as PMS, UTIs & anxiety, covering Lifecode Gx Hormones & Nervous System reports. Krista Swann will share an insightful case study of chronic digestive symptoms in a client who was unknowingly on two forms of hormonal contraceptive, also affecting her mood, energy and stress, whilst Julie Gough successfully supported a client suffering from PCOS, menstrual dysregulation, severe PMS, fatigue, and disrupted sleep, resulting in significant improvements in symptoms within a month.