Elizabeth Pattalis Online Nutritionist
Cultivate a life of balance.
Elizabeth Pattalis Online Nutritionist
Cultivate a life of balance.
DNA testing for nutrition is becoming more common in clinic, but there’s still confusion around what it actually offers, how it’s used, and whether it’s worth doing. Within practice, it sits under precision nutrition (also called personalised nutrition or nutrigenetics), which looks at how genetic variation can influence responses to food, nutrients, and lifestyle factors. Used well, …
Histamine and Hormones Are Closely Linked One of the most important relationships is the interaction between histamine and estrogen. Estrogen can stimulate histamine release, while histamine may also promote further estrogen activity. This can create a cycle where symptoms become amplified during certain phases of the menstrual cycle or during hormonal transitions like perimenopause. In …
Learn how circadian rhythm and light exposure regulate hormones, stress response, sleep, and mood and why timing matters for long-term health.
Perimenopause nutrition plays a key role during this time, as the way you eat can significantly influence symptoms, weight regulation, metabolic health, and long‑term disease risk. It’s often used interchangeably with menopause, but they are not the same thing. Menopause refers to a specific point in time, when you’ve gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual …
