Annali Court Nutrition

28/05/2025

❓Have you ever wondered if an underactive thyroid might be impacting your ability to lose weight?

It is something to be considered if you have genuinely tried to lose weight and it’s just not happening. Or you have lost weight initially but now have plateaued.

I am working with a couple of clients right now where we have identified compromised thyroid function. Exploring WHY is what I excel at.

🦋What are the giveaway signs of thyroid problems?

⚡️Fatigue and poor stamina
⚡️Weight gain
⚡️Depression
⚡️Dry skin and hair
⚡️Symptoms of IBS, including bloating, constipation & diarrhoea
⚡️Anxiety, panic attacks, and inability to deal with stress
⚡️Anaemia
⚡️Brain fog (sluggish thinking, forgetfulness, lack of a zest for life)
⚡️Cold and heat intolerance, cold hands and/or feet
⚡️Headaches, migraines, frequent colds or flu, slow recovery from ⚡️infections
⚡️Tenderness, muscle cramps, tired aching muscles
⚡️Sleep disturbances

You don’t need to have all of these symptoms but if you are recognising yourself here, then do think about getting tested. Your GP can do a basic test and I also offer more comprehensive testing privately.

Thyroid issues can be supported nutritionally - eating a nutrient dense, anti-inflammatory diet can certainly help.

🦋It’s also important to look at what is causing the thyroid to become underactive.

👉Adrenal health (that’s your stress response) is very likely linked, as is gut health – especially if testing finds raised antibodies in relation to thyroid health (this is then likely to be Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis) an auto-immune condition. (Your GP can diagnose this for you).

👉But again, we need to explore WHY. Do you have a stressful job? Is your homelife not as harmonious as you would like it to be?

👉Do you have digestive issues that are compromising your immune system?

👉What can we do to improve this? What needs supporting?

And thinking about what is happening for you on a more emotional and spiritual level, the thyroid is linked to the throat chakra. So I would be asking what are you not expressing? Is your voice not heard?

Where are you holding this in your body? (Could it be the digestive system, your adrenal glands, or somewhere else?)

⚖️What needs rebalancing or releasing so your thyroid can allow your energy to flow freely and in abundance?

What do YOU need to feel energised and full of life?

Health happens on many levels. A healthy, balanced weight happens on many levels.

❤If you would like to explore this as part of a holistic, supportive programme, then please do get in touch.

19/03/2025

Struggling with PCOS Symptoms? Let’s Get Your Hormones Back in Balance! 💛

🥹Weight gain that won’t budge?
🥹Constant sugar cravings?
🥹Low energy, acne, or irregular periods?

PCOS affects 1 in 5 women—but you don’t have to suffer in silence.

With the right nutrition and lifestyle approach, you can:
✔️ Balance blood sugar & insulin levels
✔️ Support hormone health & regulate cycles
✔️ Improve skin & reduce inflammation
✔️ Manage cravings & support healthy weight loss

PCOS doesn’t define you, and you don’t have to navigate it alone. 💛

📩 DM me to book a FREE Hormone Health Consultation—let’s take the first step together!

05/03/2025

I’ve spoken to a couple of ladies about their experiences of the weight loss jabs this week.

The first lady lost 4st but the jabs had stopped working for her.

She wanted to come off them and do the rest more naturally.

She had no instruction on what to eat alongside the jabs to help her lose weight.

There was no help making lasting changes to eating habits, to stop the rebound weight gain.

She was still eating a very high carb diet, had cravings for sweet foods – and was eating the exact same way that saw her gain weight in the first place.

The second lady had lost 2 stone, stopped the jabs and put 1 stone back on.

She was looking for help to stop the inevitable weight rebound.

She had made no changes to her eating habits, because she wasn't instructed to do so.

She couldn’t get cravings under control.

Make no mistake, weight loss happens with these jabs.

But what doesn’t happen is the learning about how our bodies use different foods.

How to rewire our brains to eat healthily. How to feed our bodies and our minds to give us the clarity and determination to eat well.

It doesn’t show you how and what to eat to naturally increase GLP-1.

What both these ladies needed is the space to find out exactly what works for them.

The space to make the odd mistake and learn from it.

To be shown how to connect with what their bodies are telling them.

Lifetime habits, behaviours and emotional patterns around food don’t stop overnight because you have lost weight. Both your weight and your habits need to change, slowly, together.

What are your experiences of these weight loss drugs?

Would you prefer to find a solution rather than yet another quick fix that doesn't work long term?

Do you know about the potential harmful side effects that go alongside the amazing (?) weight loss? Let me know!

13/02/2025

💥Testing! Testing! 💥As part of my nutritional therapy service I have access to health tests – too many to mention them all, but here is a small selection of the tests I use most often with my clients.

Testing can be useful when it is clear that we need to explore an issue more extensively when food alone isn’t creating the results we are looking for.

Some clients like to see results in black and white as it’s extremely motivating. It can really kick start a more concerted effort to make lasting changes to habits around food that have led to the issues in the first place.

💥Complete Thyroid Panel – one of my favourites, especially when a client is already on thyroxine and is still feeling tired and sluggish and weight isn’t being lost. This panel includes all the markers that your GP doesn’t want to test (because they don’t have a medication to fix the issues raised). It checks for anti-bodies to rule out an auto-immune element, and also T3 and associated nutrients that are required to kick start metabolism. This is a finger prick blood test that can be carried out at home.

💥Adrenal (Stress) Function Profile. Measures cortisol levels throughout the day. Useful if you suffer from anxiety or chronic stress, diabetes, fatigue, poor concentration, food cravings and weight gain (especially around the middle). Testing helps me to support adrenal health as both high and low levels of cortisol tend to create the same issues, so it’s imperative to know where your levels are at so I can recommend the correct protocol and supplements to support you. This is a saliva test that can be carried out at home.

💥Hair Mineral Analysis. This test provides information about toxic metals exposure (eg mercury, lead, aluminium) and essential mineral elements (magnesium, calcium, potassium, selenium, zinc etc). Useful for thinning hair, fatigue, stress, cardiovascular issues, blood sugar issues, depression, bone loss, gut issues, weight loss stall and much more. This test takes a small sample of hair and can be carried out at home.

💥Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis. My most popular test as gut health really is the cornerstone of optimal health. Useful if you have digestive issues like bloating and constipation, IBS, indigestion and acid reflux. It will also give us information regarding your immune system, inflammation, pancreatic status, as well as determining an imbalance in the microbiome, and the presence of pathogens like candida, parasites, h.pylori and pathogenic bacteria. This test requires a small stool sample and can be carried out at home.

💥DUTCH Hormone Test. Fantastic test for determining hormone imbalance in relation to PMS, PCOS, endometriosis and peri-menopause. It tests for oestrogen and progesterone levels alongside cortisol to check adrenal function. Tests detox pathways to check hormones are being safely excreted. Also includes markers for neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin and associated co-factors such as B6 and B12, to get an all-round picture on hormone health for women. This test is a dried urine test that can be carried out at home.

💥Health DNA Testing. One of my favourites and I wish more people did it! As a preventative tool it is excellent. This test is designed to optimise well-being and health by personalising lifestyle, diet and supplement choices to offset nutritional deficits based on specific gene variants. This test establishes the optimal nutrition necessary for good health, longevity and disease risk mitigation. For instance, knowing our APOE gene status can alert us to any increased risk of a dementia diagnosis, and we can start to mitigate that risk with diet and lifestyle choices to optimise our long-term brain health. There are add-on tests for specific health issues – weight, hormones, exercise, dental, mental health etc. This is a blood-spot test that can be carried out at home.

❤I am happy to advise you on any testing that you may be interested in. I arrange all the tests for you and review the test results with you. We use them together to formulate a health plan with food and supplement recommendations.

👍Interested in testing? Want to find out more? Book in for a free 30 minute chat with me, or message me – you know what to do!

07/02/2025

🥰Sharing a beautiful testimonial from a client I am working with.

We've had great success with her goal, which was to alleviate severe bloating and digestive issues.

And, her overall health has improved so much too! Weight loss, better energy and coming off two medications which she had previously thought she would be taking for life.

🌟Nutrition is truly powerful.

⭐️"I’ve been working with Annali for the past few months as I have gut issues/ SIBO/ acid reflux.

⭐️They’ve been pretty much ruining my life for the past three years, so I wanted to speak to a professional.

⭐️Annali is so understanding and listens to the symptoms/ problems I have and makes plans and different methods to try out, to help the symptoms.

⭐️I never thought my bloating would go down, but over the past three months; following the diet plans Annali provided, I’ve managed to lose a stone and a half and my bloating has gone down significantly.

⭐️I feel better in myself and have also come off of two medications that I was on, which is huge.

⭐️I’d recommend Annali to everyone, if you’re unsure about speaking to a professional; it’s definitely worth it!

⭐️It’s been hard to stick to, but I’m getting there and with Annali’s support; I feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

⭐️I can’t thank her enough! ❤️"

❤ I'm always available for a chat about your health goals. If this resonates and you are ready to take the journey to better health, message me.

(My work doesn't involve quick fixes - it's about life long solutions to ill health. It takes time and commitment from both of us, but together we are stronger 🙂)

02/02/2025

Find me here 👇on Tuesday 11th February, 11am-1pm

Come along for a free chat about nutrition, your health, weight loss concerns, menopause, energy, sleep and much more!

No need to book, just drop in!!

On Tuesday 11th you can pop in and have a free chat about nutrition with the amazing Annali Court Nutrition. No need to book, just turn up. Location and parking information here: www.lukevoulgarakis.com/find-us (kindly, no parking on site 🙏🏻)

07/10/2024

This week is my last week working with Kate and the team at The Nutrition Network UK
I can't believe it's been three years since I started! At that time I was looking for something to work alongside my nutrition practice - it was a slow time for clients after the pandemic and this job came along at just the right time. It's been the support I've needed to get me back to a place where I can stand on my own two feet again. And I think the Network is also in a better place now too 🙂

But with endings come new beginnings! I am excited and a bit apprehensive I must admit, but I am being driven to do this and I have complete trust that I am moving in the right direction.

So, I am now back full time working with clients - nutritional therapy, mindset coaching, helping women with emotional eating, and developing a healthy relationship with food. It's about finding balance in our lives really, and now I pretty much have found that for myself, I am full speed ahead in helping others.

Have a fabulous week everyone!!