New Dawn Health

New Dawn Health Healthy ageing for 50s+ "Let's get the bounce back in your step!" Osteopathy & Functional Medicine.

Dawn is a trusted osteopath with thirty years of clinical experience and a passion to help post-menopausal women look after their bodies. She leads by example, practising her belief that good health is something to prioritise each day. Prevention rather than cure is her personal mantra. Having worked her way out of pain from a prolapsed disc, scoliosis and hip osteoarthritis, she passionately believes we don’t have to accept aches and pains as part of ageing.
Dawn is qualified with degrees in Psychology and Osteopathy, a distinction diploma in Nutritional Therapy and a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy. She uses the health-promoting principles of Functional Medicine, to guide women to improve their symptoms by addressing their underlying causes. They transform from unsure and concerned to feeling hopeful, inspired and knowledgeable about how to keep healthy into their 60s, 70’s and beyond”. Close to her heart is applying the latest research in the field of ageing to support and inspire post-menopausal women to lower their risk of disease.

WHY WEIGHT LOSS ISN"T JUST ABOUT CALORIES - POST 1We’ve all heard it: “Eat less, move more.” But if it worked, wouldn’t ...
01/09/2025

WHY WEIGHT LOSS ISN"T JUST ABOUT CALORIES - POST 1

We’ve all heard it: “Eat less, move more.” But if it worked, wouldn’t our stubborn weight and obesity already be solved?

👉 The truth: Cutting calories alone often fails because stubborn weight and obesity isn’t just about willpower. It’s about metabolic disruption— your body’s internal “engine” has gone off track.

➡️ When this happens, fat gets trapped in storage and can’t be used as fuel. Your body stays hungry, even when you have plenty of energy on board. That’s why so many women feel stuck in a cycle of constant cravings and low energy.

💭 Question for you: Have you ever eaten less, but still felt exhausted and hungry?

Drop a ❤️ if yes.

Your Inflammation Toolkit: What We’ve LearnedOver this series of posts, we’ve explored how the immune system generates a...
27/08/2025

Your Inflammation Toolkit: What We’ve Learned

Over this series of posts, we’ve explored how the immune system generates and manages inflammation - both healing and damaging. How it can quietly affect almost every part of your body:

1️⃣ What inflammation is — your body’s built-in repair system
2️⃣ Acute vs. chronic inflammation — why one heals and the other harms
3️⃣ Gut inflammation — how it impacts your whole body
4️⃣ Blood vessel inflammation — why it’s a hidden risk for heart and brain health
5️⃣ Brain inflammation — how it affects mood, focus, and energy
6️⃣ Skin inflammation — why your skin can be a window to your inner health

The key takeaway:

Calming inflammation isn’t just about one symptom—it’s about helping your whole body work better.

That means:

🌱 Eating anti-inflammatory foods
😌 Reducing stress
💤 Prioritising rest and recovery
🚫 Removing triggers like processed foods, sugar, alcohol, toxins and unhealthy refined oils

If you’re tired of chasing symptoms and want to get to the root cause, that’s exactly what I help women do.

📅 Book your free discovery call and let’s find out what’s fuelling inflammation in your body - and how to turn it down for good.

I'll be sharing a new presentation very soon - all about healthy ageing through a functional medicine lens. Keep a look out!

When Inflammation Shows Up on Your Skin (no. 7)Your skin is one of the easiest places to see inflammation.What happens?T...
26/08/2025

When Inflammation Shows Up on Your Skin (no. 7)

Your skin is one of the easiest places to see inflammation.

What happens?

Triggers like processed foods, stress, allergens, or gut imbalances can cause your immune system to react at the skin level, leading to redness, swelling, or irritation.

Typical symptoms:
⚡ Acne or breakouts
⚡ Rashes or hives
⚡ Redness or blotchiness
⚡ Puffy eyes or face
⚡ Eczema or psoriasis flare-ups

Best foods & nutrients:
🥗 Colourful vegetables (antioxidants to repair skin cells)
🫐 Berries (vitamin C for collagen production)
🐟 Fatty fish (omega-3s to reduce skin inflammation)
🥑 Avocado (vitamin E + healthy fats for skin barrier)
🌰 Sunflower seeds & almonds (vitamin E for skin healing)
🫚 Turmeric & green tea (calming and protective)

The bottom line:
Your skin is a mirror of what’s happening inside. Reduce internal inflammation, and your skin often becomes clearer, calmer, and healthier.

🧠 How Inflammation Affects Your Brain (no. 6)We usually think of inflammation as something that happens in the joints or...
21/08/2025

🧠 How Inflammation Affects Your Brain (no. 6)

We usually think of inflammation as something that happens in the joints or the gut… but did you know it can also affect how your brain functions?

Here’s what happens at the cellular level:

*Cytokines (immune messengers) signal the brain’s own immune cells (called microglia) to switch on.

*When these microglia stay activated for too long, they can interfere with communication between brain cells.

You don’t “feel” brain inflammation like a swollen ankle, you notice it in your daily life through changes in how you think or feel.

Common signs include:
⚡ Brain fog or poor concentration
⚡ Low mood, anxiety, or irritability
⚡ Fatigue not explained by activity
⚡ Forgetfulness or memory issues
⚡ Appetite or sleep changes

Supportive foods & nutrients:
🐟 Omega-3 rich fish (helps calm overactive microglia)
🥗 Leafy greens & cruciferous veg (antioxidants to protect neurons)
🫐 Blueberries & blackberries (reduce oxidative stress in the brain)
🥜 Walnuts (healthy fats for brain cell membranes)
🫚 Turmeric (curcumin lowers inflammatory signalling)
🍵 Green tea (polyphenols that support calm focus)

When Your Blood Vessels Are Inflamed (No.5)You can’t see it, but inflammation in the lining of your blood vessels, not o...
19/08/2025

When Your Blood Vessels Are Inflamed (No.5)

You can’t see it, but inflammation in the lining of your blood vessels, not only affects your risk of atherosclerosis (clogged arteries), heart attack and stroke, but it can quietly affect every cell in your body.

What happens:
The inner lining of your blood vessels (the endothelium) gets irritated, often from high blood sugar, high blood fats, poor diet, toxins, or smoking.

This triggers immune responses that:
*Narrow the vessels
*Reduces circulation
*Increase the risk of clots or plaque build-up

TYPICAL SYMPTOMS:
⚡ High blood pressure
⚡ Headaches or migraines
⚡ Cold hands or feet
⚡ Dizziness
⚡ Fatigue after minimal activity

WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?

1. Stress reduction → lower vascular inflammation / risk

2. Anti‑inflammatory diet (Mediterranean/DASH)

3. Exercise → lower vascular inflammation / improved endothelial health

I could give you many clinical references for those recommendations - just let me know if you want some!

The bottom line:
Healthy blood vessels = healthy heart, brain, and everything in between. Protecting them now lowers your risk for serious disease later.

P.S. Diagram is the blood vessel with plaque build up under the endothelium (lining cells) - narrowing the lumen of the blood vessel

When Your Gut Is inflamed. (no.4)Your gut isn’t just for digesting food... it’s also a huge part of your immune system -...
18/08/2025

When Your Gut Is inflamed. (no.4)

Your gut isn’t just for digesting food... it’s also a huge part of your immune system - surveying everything that comes into your body.

So if the gut becomes irritated, the effects can go way beyond your digestive system.

What happens:
Chronic irritation in your digestive tract can weaken the gut lining, letting unwanted substances leak into your bloodstream.

Your immune cells sees these as threats → inflammation ramps up → symptoms can appear all over your body.

Typical symptoms of gut irritation:
⚡ Bloating, gas and pain
⚡ Constipation or diarrhoea
⚡ Heartburn or reflux
⚡ Food sensitivities
⚡ Fatigue, brain fog

Foods & nutrients to calm gut inflammation:

🥬 Leafy greens & all non-starchy vegetables (fibre + antioxidants + vitamins + minerals)
🫐 Blueberries & raspberries (polyphenols - anti-inflammatory + anti-oxidants)
🐟 Oily fish like salmon or mackerel (anti-inflammatory omega-3s)
🍵 Bone broth/stock (amino acids like glutamine to stimulate repair of gut lining)
🫚 Turmeric & ginger (soothing, anti-inflammatory)
🥛 Probiotic foods like kefir, sauerkraut, or kimchi (healthy bacteria to rebalance microbiome & immune system)

And of course, STOP all processed foods.

Next up → inflammation in your blood vessels, and why it’s more dangerous than you might think.

“When Inflammation Turns Against You”.Inflammation is meant to protect you. But just like Goldilocks, it needs to be jus...
16/08/2025

“When Inflammation Turns Against You”.

Inflammation is meant to protect you. But just like Goldilocks, it needs to be just right.

🔹 Chronic inflammation
This is different. It’s low-grade, long-lasting, and often invisible.
Instead of switching off, your immune system keeps dripping out those same chemical messengers (cytokines, histamine, prostaglandins).
Over time, these signals start to damage healthy tissues instead of repairing them.

Why don’t you feel it in the same way?
Because chronic inflammation doesn’t cause the dramatic redness or swelling of an acute injury.
Instead, it works silently at the minute cellular level. It shows up as vague symptoms like fatigue, bloating, brain fog, or anxiety.

Next time we'll look at what happens when inflammation takes hold in your gut—and how it can affect your whole body.

“What Is Inflammation?” Post 2, of 8.When you've strained a joint, or cut yourself, you'll have seen acute inflammation ...
15/08/2025

“What Is Inflammation?” Post 2, of 8.

When you've strained a joint, or cut yourself, you'll have seen acute inflammation in action.

The area gets red, warm, swollen, painful and you may lose some function of the injured area.

That’s your body’s emergency repair system at work - sending blood, immune cells, and healing chemicals to defend and repair the injured area.

Inflammation is simply your body’s natural response to an injury or threat.

It’s designed to:

✅ Defend against danger (like bacteria or toxins)
✅ Repair damaged tissue
✅ Restore normal function

It’s a vital part of healing. Without it, wounds wouldn’t close and infections wouldn’t clear.

BUT... inflammation inside our body isn’t always visible, and where chronic inflammation is concerned, it doesn’t switch off.

When it keeps going inside your body, silently, it can turn into something very different.

Next time, we’ll look at the differences between acute inflammation (helpful) and chronic inflammation (harmful) - and the important things to know.

Is Your Body inflamed? If it was, would you know? 🔥You’ve probably heard the word inflammation before.I don't want to t...
14/08/2025

Is Your Body inflamed? If it was, would you know? 🔥

You’ve probably heard the word inflammation before.

I don't want to talk about not the obvious acute swollen ankle or sore throat - you know all that stuff.

I want to talk about inflammation deep inside your body, quietly driving symptoms you’d never expect to be connected.

Over the next 6 posts, I’m going to try and explain it simply.
1️⃣ What inflammation really is
2️⃣ The difference between acute (good) and chronic (bad) inflammation
3️⃣ Inflammation in your gut
4️⃣ Inflammation in your blood vessels
5️⃣ Inflammation in your brain
6️⃣ Inflammation in your skin

For each one, I’ll share:
✅ Common symptoms to look out for
✅ The best foods & nutrients to calm inflammation

If you want to follow along, drop a “🔥” in the comments and turn on "notifications" for this page.

To age healthily, you want to understand inflammation.

Is Your Body inflamed? If it was, would you know? 🔥You’ve probably heard the word inflammation before.I don't want to t...
14/08/2025

Is Your Body inflamed? If it was, would you know? 🔥

You’ve probably heard the word inflammation before.
I don't want to talk about not the obvious acute swollen ankle or sore throat - you know all that stuff.

I want to talk about inflammation deep inside your body, quietly driving symptoms you’d never expect to be connected.

Over the next 6 posts, I’m going to try and explain it simply.

1️⃣ What inflammation really is
2️⃣ The difference between acute (good) and chronic (bad) inflammation
3️⃣ Inflammation in your gut
4️⃣ Inflammation in your blood vessels
5️⃣ Inflammation in your brain
6️⃣ Inflammation in your skin

For each one, I’ll share:
✅ Common symptoms to look out for
✅ The best foods & nutrients to calm inflammation

If you want to follow along, drop a “🔥” in the comments.

To age healthily, you want to understand inflammation.

💪 Which workout is best for fat loss? Science has answers!A 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis looked at 36 studie...
30/07/2025

💪 Which workout is best for fat loss? Science has answers!

A 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis looked at 36 studies (1,564 people) comparing:

1️⃣ Aerobic training (AT) – think walking, running, cycling
2️⃣ Resistance training (RT) – weightlifting or strength work
3️⃣ Mixed training (MT) – a mix of both

Key takeaways:

✨ Aerobic and mixed training beat resistance alone for losing body fat.

✨ Resistance training is best for keeping muscle mass.

✨ Doing cardio + weights same day or on different days works equally well.

✨ Short programs (

Emulsifiers and heart health: new BMJ study raises red flags ❗A large French study followed over 95,000 adults for more ...
25/07/2025

Emulsifiers and heart health: new BMJ study raises red flags ❗

A large French study followed over 95,000 adults for more than 7 years—and here’s what they found: eating more processed foods containing emulsifiers (common food additives used to change texture and shelf life) was linked to a higher risk of heart disease and strokes.

You’ll find them in things like:
🥣 low-fat yoghurts
🍞 sliced bread
🍦 ice cream
🍪 biscuits
🧀 processed cheese

The worst offenders include:
❌ Cellulose (E460–E468)
❌ Carboxymethylcellulose (E466)
❌ Monoglycerides & diglycerides (E471, E472)
❌ Trisodium phosphate (E339)

💡 My advice?
Don’t panic… but do get curious.
✔️ Check your labels
✔️ Cut back on ultra-processed foods
✔️ Choose real, whole foods where possible

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