Functional Health and PERMANUTRITION: Nourishing the Terrain, Respecting the Living
We live in a paradoxical era. Medical knowledge has never been more advanced. Diagnostic technologies have never been more precise. And yet chronic diseases keep spreading, persistent fatigue, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders, diffuse inflammation, depression. Not because medicine is failing, but because it is answering a different question than the one the body is actually […]
Night sweats: physiological mechanisms and terrain imbalances
Waking up drenched in sweat, sheets soaked, heart racing, and yet the room isn’t hot. Night sweats affect far more people than commonly thought, and rarely for a single reason. This symptom is not trivial: it reflects a genuine physiological activation, a signal the body sends when something in its internal organization is searching for […]
Satiety: physiology, hormones and functional medicine approach
Do you often feel hungry shortly after a meal? Do you have cravings in the afternoon, or find it hard to stop eating even when you know you’ve had enough? These situations are rarely a matter of willpower. They reflect a deeper physiological reality: satiety signals are disrupted. Understanding how hunger and fullness are regulated […]
What Are the Health Impacts of Sweeteners? My 4 Tips to Replace Them
Download my free ebookSince the advent of sweeteners in the 1980s, we have not seen any decrease in obesity or diabetes, quite the contrary. Yet they have been embraced and adopted by the food industry, and today they are even a central pillar of the Nutriscore rating. After understanding what drives us towards the sugar […]
Sleep and Nutritional Hygiene
Good sleep is inseparable from good health. Lack of sleep can increase the risks of cardiovascular disease, weight gain, diabetes, and depression. Yet our diet has a direct influence on the quality of our sleep. Having appropriate food intake throughout the day therefore contributes to enjoying a restorative night. We are synchronised on 24 hours […]
Boosting Your Immunity!
This back-to-school season in 2020 is a little unusual, and we have never heard so much about immune boosting. Without going into the details related to COVID-19 and the circumstances surrounding it, we know that the back-to-school period is the time for the joyful mixing of germs, with or without masks, minor colds, and declining […]
The Microbiome: An Ecosystem to Preserve
Our body is home to billions of bacteria that are not without consequence for our health. One of these bacterial colonies in particular seems to play a determining role: the set of micro-organisms present in our colon, called the « microbiome », better known as « gut flora » or « intestinal flora ». This microbiome is composed of both pathogenic […]
Why Eat Raw Broccoli?
Broccoli is often considered a superfood due to its many health benefits, but did you know that eating it raw can multiply its virtues? In particular, raw broccoli contains active compounds that support oestrogen detoxification in the liver, an essential function for hormonal balance in both women and men. Glucosinolates and oestrogen detoxification Broccoli is […]
Protective Phyto-oestrogens: What Is the SERM Effect?
Words like « phyto-oestrogens » or « oestrogen-like » can sometimes be alarming, as they are often misunderstood. It is essential to distinguish between substances that stimulate oestrogenic impregnation and those that reduce it. In this article, we will clarify this point by focusing on a very interesting mechanism: the SERM effect. What exactly is a SERM? SERM stands […]
Hormone D
After an intensive training weekend on immuno-inflammatory disorders, I can’t help but share a focus on vitamin D, which should really be called Hormone D, since it acts as a true hormone. It is well known for its role in rickets and calcium fixation in bones. But it plays a role in many other areas; […]
