Lorna Driver-Davies - Female health for Longevity. Episode 6

<p>In this episode, we talk to Lorna Driver-Davies, Naturopath and nutritionist with a specialism in female health. She is head of nutrition at Wild Nutrition and we love how she is making information on female health more inclusive and available through her team of Nutrition advisors at Wild Nutrition.</p> <p>In preparing for this conversation, Lorna had told us her mother had what she described as: “a successful Menopause”. We found this such an inspiring phrase – why had we never heard that expression before? It very much formed the red thread that ran through this conversation.</p> <p>How greater awareness around nutrition and hormones – driven by culture, science and the media - is changing the narrative of menopause and the nutrition and health information they seek from their physicians and beyond. Despite this, there is still a long way to go to democratise and share this information with a wider audience – not just those who can afford private health care.  </p> <p>Lorna shared her vision for women’s health and a new appreciation of longevity. As she said:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>“You get a lot of integrated help now for Fertility, I want to see the same level of support for peri-menopause and menopause”</em></p> <p>Given the vital role female hormones play in brain and cardiovascular health – it is so vital for our future health.</p> <p>Lorna shared her top tips for women who want to take charge of their longevity:</p> <ul> <li>Through her work with Wild Nutrition, her team offers   a free 15-minute consultation on supplements and support that can help <a href= "https://www.wildnutrition.com/">https://www.wildnutrition.com/</a></li> <li>The test that Lorna recommends for all women to treat themselves to, before that handbag! <a href= "https://dutchtest.com/">https://dutchtest.com/</a></li> <li>Grounding, getting outside and managing digital detoxes.</li> </ul> <p>We also asked her to share her top tips for glowing skin:</p> <ul> <li>Methyl donors, the most up to date list of these actuall