Wellness Journal
Welcome to the Vale of Health Wellness Journal! We’re a team of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncturists, Reiki Healers and Naturopathic Nutritionists, dedicated to helping you feel better and reach your health and wellness goals. If you’ve found your way here, we’re excited to support you in making small, meaningful changes to your diet and lifestyle that can have a big impact on your overall health.
In our journal, you’ll find expert insights on holistic living, including fertility and emotional wellness. Expect tips on navigating seasonal changes, nourishing recipes, how to tackle difficult hormonal conditions, analyses of new research, and lifestyle advice rooted in ancient practices. These are the tools that have helped us and our clients, and we hope they do the same for you.
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Reading your bloods: what your immune cells are trying to tell you
Told your blood test is "normal" but still don't feel right? Here's how to read your white cells and immune markers like a practitioner does.
What's actually keeping your inflammation switched on
Turmeric and fish oil only calm inflammation down, they don't stop it starting. Here are the real drivers, from blood sugar to gut health to hidden infections.
Why your body's alarm system sometimes won't switch off
Confused why your body overreacts to everything, or nothing? How inflammation is meant to resolve, and what happens when it doesn't.
Leaky Gut Is Real: Here's How to Know If You Have It and What to Do About It
Intestinal permeability is increasingly linked to autoimmune conditions, food reactions, and whole-body inflammation. Learn what's happening in the gut lining, how to test for it, and the key steps to restoring tolerance and reducing systemic inflammation.
What's Really Going On With Your Reflux
Acid reflux and heartburn are incredibly common, but the standard advice isn't always getting to the root of the problem. Learn what's driving reflux, what long-term PPI use means for your gut, and how to support your body through a safe, structured taper.
The Gut Infection Most People Don't Know They Have
H. pylori is far more common than most people know, and its effects go far beyond digestive discomfort. Learn how this bacterial infection affects stomach acid, B12 levels, and long-term immune health, and what a natural treatment approach looks like.
You Might Have Too Little Stomach Acid
Bloating after meals, heavy food sitting in your stomach, or undigested food in your stools could all point to low stomach acid. Learn why HCl is far more important than most people realise, what depletes it, and how to start rebuilding your digestive fire.
Why Ibuprofen Is Not Working for Your Period Pain
If painkillers barely touch your period pain, or you get diarrhoea, hives or migraines with your period, histamine could be the reason. Here is what is actually going on in your body and what to do instead.
Is It Histamine Intolerance or Something More? What You Need to Know About MCAS
Low-histamine diet not working? Reacting to things that have nothing to do with food? There is an important difference between histamine intolerance and mast cell activation syndrome, and it changes everything about how you treat it.
Why Your Histamine Symptoms Are Worse at Certain Times of the Month
If wine hits you harder before your period, or your symptoms spike around ovulation, there is a specific hormonal reason. Here is the oestrogen-histamine connection explained simply, and what to do about it.
Could Histamine Be Behind All of Your Symptoms?
Headaches, hives, bloating, anxiety, bad sleep and wine that suddenly makes you feel terrible? If you have been told it could be histamine intolerance and have no idea what that means, start here.
Could Histamine Be Behind Your ADHD, Brain Fog and Anxiety?
Struggling to focus, feeling wired but exhausted, or anxious for no clear reason? Histamine affects the brain in ways that look exactly like ADHD, brain fog and burnout. Find out what is happening and what to do about it.
The Blood Sugar Tests Worth Asking For (And How to Start Rebalancing Yours)
Fasting glucose alone won't catch early insulin resistance. Learn which blood sugar markers matter, what they mean, and the simple changes that genuinely move them.
Hypoglycaemia or Insulin Resistance? How to Tell What's Really Going On
Tired after eating, or only feel better once you've eaten? Learn the difference between low blood sugar and insulin resistance, and why both disrupt hormones, mood and sleep.
Why Your Blood Sugar Is Running the Show (Even If You're Not Diabetic)
Not diabetic, but exhausted, moody or stuck with weight that won't shift? Discover how blood sugar regulation quietly drives energy, mood and hormonal balance.
How Oestrogen Protects Your Heart (And What Happens When It Leaves)
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women over 60, yet most women don't realise their hormonal transition is directly reshaping their cardiovascular risk. Here's what changes in perimenopause, why it happens, and what to do about it.
Why Your Standard Cholesterol Test Is Only Telling You Half the Story
Your standard cholesterol panel is missing the most important information about your cardiovascular health. Find out what LDL particle size, ApoB, ApoA, and your triglyceride ratios actually reveal, and what to ask for instead.
The Unsung Hero of Heart Health: Your Vascular Endothelium
Covers the glycocalyx, nitric oxide production (both the enzymatic and oral-gastric pathways), signs of low NO, what damages the endothelium (including stress, sleep, oestrogen), and what to do about it. This is a genuinely underserved topic in women's health content so it should do well in search.
Why Iron Supplements Don't Always Work
Taking iron supplements but not getting better? Inflammation may be locking your iron inside your cells. Learn how hepcidin, gut health and hidden infections can block iron absorption, and what to do instead.
Why You're Exhausted But Your Blood Test Says "Normal"
Tired all the time but told your bloods are fine? You may have iron deficiency without anaemia. Learn what to actually test, why ferritin matters more than haemoglobin, and what's quietly draining your iron levels.