Webchat with Liz Earle, Wednesday 9 May at 9pm

[RachelMumsnet]

Liz Earle is joining us for an evening webchat on Wednesday 9 May between 9pm and 10pm where she’ll be on hand to answer your questions about health and wellbeing.

Liz Earle MBE has been a respected and award-winning authority in the world of beauty, natural health and wellbeing for over thirty years. She is the bestselling author of over 35 books (including her recent number one best-sellers The Good Gut Guide and The Good Menopause Guide, a TV presenter, an entrepreneur and a farmer. Liz is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Liz Earle Wellbeing a print and digital magazine, which is full of Liz’s personal advice, experience and research to bring you the best ways to look good and feel great. Liz lives with her husband and five children on their pasture-fed organic farm in the West Country.

We hope you can join Liz for the chat about health and wellbeing on Wednesday evening but, if you can't make it, feel free to post your advance questions for Liz here.

Oooh this is exciting ! Lovely to have the opportunity to communicate with you Liz. I've got your Vital Oils books and I've taken the advice to have EPO every day and I have 2 table spoonfuls of linseeds in my seasonal smoothies every day! I use mostly essential oils in my daily routine too. T tree is the most incredible mouth wash and deodorant!

One thing to mention to you, as a scientist, is that I follow my Blood Type Diet (by Dr. Peter D'Adamo) and at 67 am the healthiest person I know! (including many much younger than me , I know it's not a coincidence). I wondered if you have ever come across it? it explains the many reactions we all have to different foods etc.

Sorry to go on . I'm running out of your SPF powder compact . It's very good, I wonder if you still do it or if you have a different one this season? Is the Boots outlet run by you personally or has your brand of cosmetics been taken over?

Thank you very much for reading and your replies!!

Hello,
I recently had a facial at a Liz Earle counter and it was lovely, if a little overwhelming. (8 different products used in all.) Which 3 products would you pick above all else?
Thank you.

Hi there, just to say that Liz is no longer associated with Liz Earle products and so therefore won't be able to answer questions about the skincare range.

Oh I wondered why she was back again as I'm sure we had a recent webchat with her. What's she selling now?

Hi Liz, I saw that you have recently written a book about menopause and wondered what advice you have for those of us reaching peri-menopause. Should we adapt our lives at all? I enjoy running but have been told that this isn't such a good sport for menopausal women. Also any advice on hot flushes? Are there any food supplements you would recommend? Finally (sorry, lots of questions) what are your views on HRT?

@Crikeyisunderused

Oh I wondered why she was back again as I'm sure we had a recent webchat with her. What's she selling now?

Liz joined us about a year ago to talk about skincare. This time the focus of the webchat is on health and well-being. This is actually the third time Liz has joined us for a webchat and they've always been very popular with mumsnetters.

Liz - I had an earlyish menopause (46) and my GP said no need to take anything as I wasn't having any unpleasant symptoms. Then in 2015 NICE guidelines changed but still GP wasn't keen to prescribe HRT and I had too much life stress going on to argue.

So now, I'm about 9 years post meno and panicking about heart disease and brittle bones. Is it too late for me to adopt the advice given in your book - I'm too scared to do too much research in case I've missed the boat!

Liz. It’s my birthday on the 9th! I love no 15. We’ve been asking for years for them to do a body lotion.

I know you’ve moved away from the brand but couldn’t you have a word?

Oh i didn't know that for sure. Thanks Rachel.

Hi Liz? What's your favourite (non-Liz Earle) beauty product that's under £10?

That must be really weird, being called Liz Earle and having now't to do with, er, Liz Earle.
I was just coming to say thanks for the advice (which worked) on the first webchat she did when she was still talking to Liz Earle but she prob won't be interested, so I'll just sidle off.

It's so sad that she's not involved with Liz Earle anymore. I used to love and use so many of the products but now I'm highly allergic to it all. It used to be the only thing that made my skin ok.

Like Jo Malone not being part of Jo Malone anymore.

I would love to know if drinking water is all it's cracked up to be? Are you absolutely sure that drinking coffee isn't just as good?

I read a couple of days ago how to tell the difference between dry skin and dehydration and I wonder if I've been complaining about my problem skin but really, that 2 litres of water a day that everyone's talked about for years isn't actually bollocks like I had assumed.

Why is she not associated with ‘Liz Earle’ anymore? Sorry general question for the masses rather than Liz Earle herself.

Sorry, that should be “moved on”, Ninja...
lizearlewellbeing.com/liz-earle-leave-beauty-company/

Thank you.

Tbh - if she isn't Liz earle I aint interested

the drinking water is a well documented utter pile of fake science

Hi Liz

In some of your books (like The Good Gut Guide) you give recommendations on diet however I can't seem to see what your nutrition credentials are - please can you share?
This is particularly of interest to me as the concept of detoxing and cleansing the system is something that I know a lot of professionals take issue with as the body (liver, kidneys, skin) takes care of this for us without needing us to intervene

Liz, you advocate drinking collagen in the form or bone broth. Is there a vegan alternative?

Hi Liz

Do you have any tips that would help give me a boost when I'm feeling sluggish or low on energy?

Ooh something else to ask you and agree with you about the use of essential oils . I LOVE them I use mint to calm my stomach, one drop in half a cup of water and I sniff it for any cold symptoms. It is brilliant for hiccups etc.

It's very odd that a lot of books on the subect say weird things about using them. They're soo much better than over the counter medics! No side effects at all. Can you tell I'm an admirer!