Kate Lee Nutrition

23/09/2025

It's easy to make your own chamomile tea. 🌼

Chamomile flowers grow wild or you can grow them in your garden. I picked some from a field near my home.

They look a lot like daisies, except that the petals grow down into little skirts. Once picked, rinse in warm water to remove any insects or residue, then remove the flowers and lay them out to dry on a tray, in a dark, dry place.

Chamomile flowers make a wonderfully fragrant tea, calming the stomach after a meal, as well as calming the nervous system and promoting sleep. So, ideal as an after dinner warm tea, before going to bed. It's acts as an anti-smasmodic for the gut, as well as helping to heal gastric ulcers.

Roman chamomile is more sedative than German chamomile, which has more restorative and anti-inflammatory properties. The one we find most commonly in the UK, is most likely Roman chamomile, but they look very similar.

You can steep the dried flowers in hot water, to make a nourishing tea, or let the tea cool and use the liquid on skin rashes or eczema for a calming, anti-inflammatory effect. Or, add to some coconut oil to make an ointment for the skin.

It has the added benefit of acting against some bacteria and viruses in the body.

19/01/2024

Why are headaches so common amongst women? I often get asked about how to help with debilitating headaches and migraines.

Well, it's important to get to the root cause, as headaches appear for many reasons - usually to tell you that something is out of alignment in your body.
Don't ignore your headache.
Tune into your body and try to find out what it's telling you.
Are you dehydrated, stressed or hungry?
Did you skip your regular coffee today?

One of the main reasons women get headaches, especially during peri-menopause or afterwards, is that hormones change, and a common reason for recurring headaches / migraines, is a lack of testosterone.
But, you can get your hormones tested and get to the root cause.

Headaches slowing you down? - Are Headaches slowing you down? Get to the root cause and follow some simple solutions to reset your health

10/10/2023

Autumn cobwebs are everywhere. Have you noticed more spiders in and around you home. Well, don’t be concerned, as spiders are a great pest control for your home. The reason there are more around now, is that it’s mating season, after which the female usually devours the male 😲 if you see them, don’t be afraid, they aren’t out to harm you, they’re just out there looking for a bit of Love!! Just embrace nature, and notice her miracles all around us 🙏🥰

15/04/2023

I'm sure that many of you in the UK and Northern hemisphere will be starting to feel the affects of Allergy Season.
Well, there are ways to beat it by eating the right foods, and avoiding other foods that can exacerbate your symptoms, particularly those foods that are high in Histamine.

Hay Fever affecting you? - it might surprise you to know that changing what you eat can have a big impact on the severity of your symptoms.

12/04/2023

Energy is the basis of life. We are designed to produce huge amounts of energy inside our cells, by our mitochondria.

So, if you're suffering with Low Energy, then here are my 6 TIPS to improving your energy and powering up your mitochondria.

6 Tips to Improve Energy - Energy metabolism is the basis of life - Improve your energy to feel more resilient and happy

11/04/2023

I thought I'd tell you a bit about myself, what gets me up in the morning, what inspires and motivates me.

I have lived in the UK for a long time now, but originate from sunny South Africa. I grew up on a sugar-cane farm near Durban, and had a truly idyllic, outdoor, roaming childhood. I experienced fresh homegrown food, clean air and lots of sunshine - lucky me!

After 20 years in a corporate career in Banking technology, I followed a long-held dream to study and practice in natural health therapies. I studied Naturopathic Nutrition at the College of Natural Medicine in London, and am a BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist specialising in women's health, supporting women to master hormone imbalances to improve their moods, emotions, cognition and energy levels.

I work within a Functional Medicine model, where I focus on the PERSON, not the DISEASE. It is a root-cause therapy, which works incredibly well in managing complex chronic conditions. I believe in an integrative approach to health, with less reliance on the medical system which has a tendency to over-medicate to mask symptoms, suppressing our innate power to heal.

My husband and 2 daughters inspire me to be authentic and engaged in life. Self-care is an important to me and I focus daily on a good diet, exercise and a meditative practice that keeps me grounded and grateful. Walking my dog 🐶 Rusty in the Surrey woods is a favourite activity to connect my soul with nature.

I thrive on critical thinking in my work and personal life. I like to understand causality and the reason behind things. I believe that nothing is as it seems and without a questioning and inquisitive mind, we are incapable of discovering the truth of who we are and where we came from.

❤️My purpose is to help people discover themselves through taking responsibility for their health in a nurturing and deeply loving way. Contact me if you'd like to find out more about how I can help you......

11/04/2023

17/03/2023

Are you worried about hair loss? If you are noticing that your hair is falling out in clumps, then you may have a hormone imbalance. Particularly as you transition into menopause, but it can also affect younger women.

Let's have a chat if you'd like to see how nutritional therapy can help you to stop it in it's tracks and hopefully get some fullness back again.

Troubled by Hair Loss? - Hormone imbalance is a key contributor, especially as our hormone levels fall during peri-menopause and into menopause