It is International ME/CFS Day on Thursday 12th May 2022 and a chance to share some information on why the medical guidelines around it need an update in Ireland. It's also time to share my story on previously living with its chronic symptoms. ME (Myalgic...
I had an interest in science, health and wellbeing from an early age. I grew up on a dairy farm in Co. Laoise and was inspired by nature. My grandparents were avid gardeners, and produced all their own food, so the love of eating healthy nutritious food filtered down...
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In my previous blog I went through some dietary tips to help the exhausted adrenal glands recover and in another blog I spoke about the effects that ongoing stress has on the body and how it can affect the adrenals. Are you constantly tired? Do you not wake up feeling...
In my previous blog I mentioned the Hypothalamic-Pituitary -Adrenal (HPA) axis that controls how the body handles and responds to stress. Overstimulation of the HPA axis over a long period of time may lead to nutrient deficiencies especially magnesium, chromium, B...
My first light bulb moment – learning about stress & adrenal fatigue When I had my first really bad bout of fatigue in 2006 I had never even heard of the term of adrenal fatigue. At the time of my fatigue my B12 levels were low and I was diagnosed by my GP with...
It wasn’t all in my head! Before I was diagnosed by my GP with M.E./Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I went for endless blood tests to find out what could potentially be causing my ill health. What did show up in standard medical blood tests was low B12 and positive...
Read moreIt all started back in April 2006 when I turned the last corner, on the last stage of a 10km charity race around the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Determined to cross the finish line in just under 60 minutes, I pushed my body to its then limits, and ignored the signs that my 33 year old body was saying, “Caroline don’t do it, you’re just about to push your body one step too far”. Little did I know as I approached that final hurdle that my life would totally change and take a different road into the future.
