I promised to update you all on my experiments with fenugreek and luscious libido, but have been reluctant to commit it to print. This is because while I genuinely think it makes a difference – and so do some of my readers – I’m on other sprouts too so how can I be sure it’s…

Since doing the research for my book, I do think of myself as a bit of a lay scientist, but even I was afraid of looking at the molecular structure of different hormones. What could it teach me I wondered? As it turns out quite a lot. It is strangely obvious looking at them, which…

A local woman contacted me to say she was having trouble growing her HRT, so I offered to go round and see her set-up. She led me into a large Victorian type kitchen, with absolutely no heating. I didn’t take my coat off! There on the windowsill  were trays of shriveled up sprouts. poor little…

Last week they did menopause week on Women’s Hour, (radio 4) one of my favourite shows.  I listened avidly everyday, sent them a couple of emails explaining that there was new science on the subject and they really should include it. I managed to speak to a researcher after they peddled the old myth the…

I’m getting a lot of interest in fenugreek sprouts and their effect on testosterone and libido. I did a talk the other day and I passed my tray of sprouts round, the middle-aged man in the front row was literally gulping them down. I don’t blame him. I’ve been taking them for a couple of…