Twisted Eden

01/02/2026

PCOS is increasingly referred to as “diabetes of the ovaries” because insulin resistance is a core driver for most sufferers, causing ovaries to overproduce androgens (male hormones) even if systemic blood sugar seems normal. High insulin levels, similar to type 2 diabetes, stimulate ovaries, leading to irregular ovulation, acne, hair loss, and weight gain.

🗂️Key Aspects of “Diabetes of the Ovaries”

📑Insulin Resistance: The body produces insulin, but cells (including in the ovaries) don’t use it properly, leading to high insulin levels that cause the ovaries to dysfunction.

📑Androgen Production: High insulin signals the ovaries to produce more testosterone, leading to hirsutism (excess hair), acne, and thinning hair.

📑Not Just Weight-Based: While obesity is linked, lean individuals with PCOS can also have this form of localized insulin resistance.

📑Long-Term Risk: Women with PCOS have a four times greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with over 50% developing prediabetes by age 40.

📑Management: Addressing the metabolic underlying issue through diet, exercise, and sometimes medications like Metformin or supplements like Inositol is crucial for treatment.

If you have been suffering with PCOS it is likely your doctor told you to diet, exercise and start birth control (even if your goals are to conceive); however, there is hope in nature! The herb Rhodiola is able to regulate blood sugar, reduce overall androgen load in PCOS sufferers, regulate hormones and menstrual cycles, improve fertility chances, help weight loss (even moon face), regulate mood and so much more!

I personally lost 60 pounds and healed myself from an 8 year long hormone imbalance with the help of Rhodiola. Check out the ONLY Rhodiola I trust in the links in my bio ❤️ Go in through the link and discounts will be offered.

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31/01/2026

💩🧠 Gut health & emotional wellbeing: an unexpected marriage.

Your gut isn’t just digesting lunch.

It’s helping regulate mood, stress, focus… and sometimes your entire personality for the day.

About 90% of serotonin (that feel-good brain chemical) is made in the gut — so when digestion is off, emotions can feel a little… well... S**T!

Ever noticed:
• You’re more anxious when bloated
• You cry more easily when your stomach’s upset
• Everything feels louder when digestion is sluggish

Congrats — your gut forgot to take out the bins and your brain is super pi**ed about it.

The good news? You don’t need to overhaul your life. Gentle support goes a long way.

🌿 Some gut-loving helpers that also support emotional wellbeing:

• Ginger – supports digestion, reduces nausea, and calms gut-related stress
• Peppermint – helps ease bloating and digestive discomfort
• Chamomile – soothing for both the gut and the nervous system
• Turmeric – supports inflammation balance and gut lining health
• Ashwagandha – helps calm the stress response that often disrupts digestion
• Lion’s mane mushroom – supports the gut–brain connection and nervous system
• Magnesium – supports relaxation, bowel regularity, and stress resilience
• Probiotics & prebiotics – feed the gut microbes that influence mood and immunity

No “fixing.”
No perfection.
Just small, supportive inputs that help the gut feel safer — and the brain follow suit.

Be kind to your belly.
It’s doing a LOT of emotional labour behind the scenes 💛

30/01/2026

We know that January has been a tough year so we wanted to give you a break with discounts across our gummies and supplements - for the WHOLE OF FEBRUARY!!

Save 50% on Innoova Kalma Ashwagandha Gummies - was £20 now £10 (limited stock at this price and it won’t ever be this low again due to the wholesale sending the wrong packets!)

20% off all of our mini grab bags of Innoova & Orange County CBD gummies

Discounts Across all of the DR Vegan & Feel Supreme Range upto 25%

20% off the GUMI range

And it basically goes like that Across all of that feel good stuff on our shelves 💁🏼‍♀️

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Support local - shop small ✌🏻

30/01/2026

⏳ Be quick

Only 2 days left to grab yourself a foundational membership in the online menopause support group & community - Her Second Act.

✨ Free for life access
✨ Free courses
✨ Future resources & community perks locked in

If you’ve been thinking “I’ll join later” - this is later.

Once this closes, lifetime access won’t be available again.

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Guided support for women navigating change, hormones, and identity — a calm pause for real transformation.

30/01/2026

🌿 Pause for a moment:

What’s one thing you’re proud of — and one thing that feels hard right now?
Both can exist at the same time.

28/01/2026

🧠✨ Why the ADHD brain loves omegas

The ADHD brain burns through nutrients faster — especially those that support cell membranes, neurotransmitter signalling, and inflammation balance. Omegas are a big deal here because they’re literally part of how brain cells communicate.

Omega fats help support:
• Focus & cognitive flexibility
• Mood regulation
• Nervous system stability
• Brain cell structure & signalling

When omega intake is low, the ADHD brain can feel louder, foggier, and more dysregulated.

🌿 My favourite plant-based option? Black seed oil.
It’s a beautiful, traditional oil that supports the brain and the nervous system.
Black seed oil naturally contains:
• Omega-6 (linoleic acid) – supports brain cell structure & signalling
• Omega-9 (oleic acid) – supports inflammation balance & metabolic health
• Small amounts of omega-3

It’s not about quick fixes — it’s about giving the brain the raw materials it needs to function more smoothly over time.

Gentle. Supportive. Consistent.
That’s how real change happens 🖤

27/01/2026

Clove isn’t just for baking — it’s been used for centuries in traditional medicine, and modern research is starting to catch up.

Cloves are naturally rich in eugenol, a potent plant compound known for its antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties. This makes clove a quiet but effective supporter of whole-body health.

🌱 What clove may support
• Digestive health – helps stimulate digestive enzymes and reduce bloating
• Immune support – antimicrobial properties that help the body defend itself
• Oral health – traditionally used for tooth and gum discomfort
• Inflammation balance – supports the body’s natural inflammatory response
• Blood sugar regulation – early research suggests potential metabolic support

👀 Who might consider clove?
Clove may be worth exploring if you:
• Experience sluggish digestion or frequent bloating
• Want gentle immune or antioxidant support
• Are looking for plant-based inflammation support
• Prefer traditional herbs with a long history of use

As always, it’s about support, not cures — and consistency matters.

🍵 How people use clove
• Capsules – convenient, measured, and easy to take daily
• Tea – warming and soothing, especially after meals or during colder months
Clove tea has a naturally spicy, comforting flavour and pairs beautifully with cinnamon or ginger.

✨ Like many herbs, clove works best as part of a bigger picture — good nutrition, nervous system care, and listening to your body.

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27/01/2026

✨A SUCCESS!! ✨

Annette from The Dog Shop joined us on our first market event back in September and she had that much of a fantastic day meeting the local dogs (and their owners of course) that she decided Castle street was going to be her new business home!!

Since then myself and Annette have become fast friends whilst searching for the right shop and whilst I am gutted that she's not closer to Twisted Eden: I am so happy that shes found her perfect place at 77 Castle Street!

When I first had the idea of setting up C-Street Indie Market, one of the main initiatives was to attract more independent businesses to the empty shops on our high street. This is why it's so imprortant to get behind these events and behind the small businesses that come along too.

The Dog Shop is something fresh and different and honestly gives me such hope for the future!

We will be announcing dates for our next event VERY VERY SOON! If we can attract more of these businesses ran by genuine people, who genuinely know their trade and care about the impact that they have on the wider community we can get our high street back to the thriving place that it once was!

For now you can follow The Dog Shop to keep upto date on the big opening day!
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https://www.facebook.com/share/17tA8KBBJN/?mibextid=wwXIfr

And make sure to follow us to keep upto date with our future events!

26/01/2026

🌿 Menopause isn’t the end of vitality — it’s a transition into a new rhythm. 🌿

Hormones shift, energy ebbs and flows, sleep changes, emotions feel closer to the surface — and none of this means your body is “failing.” It means it’s asking for a different kind of care.

There’s growing scientific and traditional herbal support showing that plants like ashwagandha, black cohosh, red clover, magnesium, and B-vitamins can help support the nervous system, stress response, sleep, and hormonal balance during this phase. Gentle, evidence-informed support can make a real difference.

You don’t need to push through or do this alone.

You deserve softness, understanding, and community.

✨ Her Second Act is a free, supportive online space for women navigating menopause and perimenopause — a place to learn, share, and feel less alone during the transition.

If you’re in this season (or approaching it), you’re warmly invited to join us.
This isn’t the end of your story — it’s the beginning of a deeply powerful chapter. 💛

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26/01/2026

A 2024 study found that 25-30g of creatine (roughly 0.35g/kg body weight) counteracts 21 (even up to 36) hours of sleep deprivation, boosting cognitive processing speed and memory by acting as an emergency brain energy buffer. This challenges the assumption that sleep is the only way to recover brain energy, suggesting metabolic supplementation can directly replenish ATP and override fatigue-related cognitive decline.

🗂️Mechanisms of Action:

📑Rapid ATP Regeneration: When the brain is sleep-deprived, it runs out of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate - the primary energy currency needed for neurons to function). Creatine donations of phosphate groups regenerate ATP, which sustains neuronal function and improves cognitive speed and working memory, even when the brain is under severe metabolic stress.

📑Rapid Brain Uptake: While it was previously thought that creatine takes weeks to affect the brain, new research shows that single, high-dose of creatine can significantly increase brain creatine levels within hours.

📑Mitigating Metabolic Dysfunction: Studies shows that a single 25-30g dose can completely negate cognitive deficits, such as slowed reaction time and reduced executive function, caused by 21-36 hours of sleep deprivation.

📑Buffer for Mental Fatigue: Creatine acts as an “energy safety net”, supporting brain energy metabolism and reducing the mental fog, poor focus, and reduced processing speed that accompany fatigue.

📑Results: “Better than rested performance”. The research indicates that this high-dose strategy can not only reverse the negative effects of poor sleep, but in some cases, make individuals perform better than they would have without the supplement and with proper sleep, including improved memory, faster processing and better focus.

‼️‼️Check out the Creatine I use in the links in my bio! If you go in through my link, you get a 20% off coupon 🥰

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23/01/2026

Low energy? Brain fog? Feeling run-down?

This is your sign to try Shilajit 👇

Shilajit is a powerful, mineral-rich resin used for centuries to support energy, focus, and overall vitality — without caffeine crashes or jittery stimulants.

✨ Why our customers love it:
✔️ Supports natural, steady energy
✔️ Helps with mental clarity & focus
✔️ Rich in fulvic acid for better nutrient absorption
✔️ Great for stress, burnout & modern-day fatigue
✔️ Daily “feel-good” support from the inside out

This isn’t a quick fix — it’s a foundational supplement that helps your body work better overall 🌿

⚠️ Quality matters
Always choose purified, lab-tested shilajit — raw or cheap versions can do more harm than good.

🛒 Available in-store or online now - link in comments 🔗
If you’re tired of feeling tired, shilajit could be the missing piece in your routine.

⚫️Pop in, message us, or ask in-store for more info
⚫️Limited stock available

Have questions before trying it? Drop them below 💬
Your energy will thank you ✨

19/01/2026

🚨 You are not falling apart.

Menopause isn’t a breakdown — it’s a transition.
And transitions can feel messy, unfamiliar, and destabilising — especially when no one prepares you for what’s actually happening.

Menopause doesn’t just affect your periods.
It touches your brain, nervous system, sleep, mood, metabolism, confidence, relationships, and sense of self. When all of that shifts at once, of course it feels overwhelming.

But this phase isn’t about “pushing through” or “fixing” yourself.

Support during menopause can include exploring:
✨ Nervous system regulation (stress, anxiety, overwhelm)
✨ Sleep and circadian rhythm support
✨ Brain health, focus, memory, and mood
✨ Muscle, bone, and metabolic health
✨ Gut health, inflammation, and blood sugar balance
✨ Emotional support for burnout, grief, identity shifts, and mental load

HRT can be an important tool for some women.
But it's rarely the ONLY answer.

Menopause is a whole-body, whole-life transition — and you deserve care that reflects that.

🖤 If you’re looking for guidance, education, and a place to feel understood, join Her Second Act.

A space to learn, explore your options, and navigate menopause with clarity — not fear.

🔗https://www.skool.com/her-second-act-1910/about?ref=e42a25a38bcf4d22a1859933efa96fa8

Guided support for women navigating change, hormones, and identity — a calm pause for real transformation.