Introducing: BLEND: wellbeing programme

​It is not uncommon for people with poor mental health to suffer from chronic physical conditions and chronic physical conditions can very often lead people to develop poor mental health.  Increasingly, research shows that mental and physical health are closely related, with improvement or decline in one leading to improvement or decline in the other.

Blend is a unique programme in that it offers a combination of services all ‘under one roof’. Advocating for an integrated and holistic approach to mental and physical health Blend brings together select professionals, experts in their own fields in internal medicine, psychotherapy, nutrition, fitness, movement (and other specialisms) to assess your physical health, diet, lifestyle, fitness and psychology with a view to achieving optimal overall wellbeing.

Performing blood tests and determining your metabolic health and whether inflammation in the body is present are some of the ways we assess your physical health. Metabolic health is often referred to as being the identifier of good health and few people have what is considered good metabolic health. Poor metabolic health increases your risk for health complications like cardiovascular and other diseases, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease to name but a few.

For a comprehensive picture of overall wellness, five markers are tested and tracked to determine your metabolic health. The five markers we test for are blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and waist circumference.

We are especially interested in determining whether inflammation in the body and metabolic syndrome are present because it’s not unusual if these conditions become chronic for more serious conditions to develop. It is also important to ascertain what is going on in he body because four out of the five markers are asymptomatic and what we would refer to as ‘silent stalkers’.

​Blend will benefit anyone experiencing chronic conditions and/or physical symptoms as well as psychological concerns without a clear explanation of the cause, and without a clear path to wellness.  We believe that very often certain conditions can be reversed and even prevented.

​We adopt a holistic approach which means that we work with each individual as a whole.  This is not a 'one plan fits all' approach.  Blend is tailor-made just for you and incorporates all of your unique aspects - the physical, mental, psychological, emotional, social, lifestyle and the interpersonal.