DIGESTION AND DIET - THE BASIS OF HEALTH. (FULLY BOOKED)
CHRISTINE HERBERT (FAMH) NATUROPATHIC HERBALIST
COST £55 including vegetarian lunch
To book email melaniewillsheryoga@gmail.com
All the ancient philosophies of healing – traditional Chinese medicine, ancient Greek, Ayurveda and many more – all agreed on one thing, that what we ate, the way we ate, and the ability to digest what we ate, was the vital underlying principle in our health. Chronic ill health begins in the gut.
We are presenting a day workshop looking at how digestion works, what we can do to improve digestion, and how we can work out what best to eat as individuals. We will also look at the amazing gut microbiome so we can understand just how important it is for our health, and look at ways we can help that too.
There is no one “right” diet for everyone, but it can be difficult to find the best diet for yourself. We will teach some simple ways to determine which foods we should and shouldn’t eat, and look at some of the diets available such as the ketogenic, palaeo and FODMAPs diets.
Christine will focus on the most common digestive disorders, in particular leaky gut, IBS and SIBO, as well as liver problems that can contribute to poor digestion, and suggest practical and straightforward solutions that can be achieved by yourself to help friends and family.
Christine Herbert has been working as a herbalist and allergy therapist for 26 years, and she has found that dietary and digestive solutions are the key to resolving most peoples chronic health problems.
She retired from practise in August 2019 in order to be able to write and teach. She has written two books, “Sleep, the elixir of life: how to restore sleep with herbs and natural healing” 2021, and “Inflammation – the source of chronic disease: how to treat it with herbs and natural healing” 2022, both published by Aeon, and is currently writing a third book on digestion, which should be published in 2024.
During the years of her practise she added iridology, flower essence therapy, kinesiology and allergy therapy and used all those elements in her practice alongside a large proportion of nutritional advice. She specialised in digestive disorders and allergy/intolerance health issues, but all health issues were addressed in her practise. She served on the council of the Association of Master Herbalists for several years and is now an honorary fellow of that professional association. Previous to this she was a senior biomedical scientist for 20 years working for the NHS in haematology and blood transfusion. With her partner, Mark, she runs a self sufficient small holding in Norfolk UK, growing many of the herbs she used in her practise, and describes herself as being in love with all plants, whether they are for medicine, eating or simply enjoying.
