Hormones and Handstands

Do you really need to detox? Isn’t that what your liver and kidneys are for? With so many more toxins in our lives these days, our liver especially needs extra help. But what’s the best way to go about it? We take down some social media detox myths –  juice cleanses get a bit fat no from Pippa – and sing the praises of daily liver-loving cruciferous veg. Should you you sweat out toxins? And are cold plunges for women are really a good thing? Listen in, you might be surprised! 

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Website: https://www.pippacampbellhealth.com/
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Victoria's Links:
Website: https://victoriawoodhall.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoriawoodhall/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@victoriawoodhallyoga

We catch up mid way through Victoria’s annual fasting stay at the Buchinger Wilhelm clinic in Germany. It’s art spa part integrative medical fasting centre – it’s her third time there, but she’s not there for weight loss as there’s so much more to fasting. Victoria describes the longevity, immune system, skin, liver, muscle and gut health benefits, as well as the profound mental rest she experiences during a nine-day fast, And there’s plenty of nitty gritty: what can you eat (if anything) what do you do all day? Do you HAVE to have the enemas, why do your armpits smell more? How to survive the Day 3 Slump. Do you get ‘fasting flu’? And how much nakedness is there in the saunas? 
We look at fasting at home for women – why Pippa’s not a fan of water fasting, and what’s the most sustainable way for women to get the benefits of fasting while keeping our hormones balanced. 

Victoria’s stay was gifted for review. Prices start art around 430 Euros per night https://www.buchinger-wilhelmi.com/en/  See the Fasting’ highlight on her Instagram for more.

Kiyoveda Organic Castor Oil pack  £29.99 

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Goodbye blood sugar monitor,
is a continuous blood pressure monitor the new wearable for 2026?
The weight loss jab conversation is taking a new turn this year with the advent this spring of the GLP1 pill – but what do we think?
We’re all over protein or course and now ‘fibre-maxing’ for gut health and hormone detox is the new must-do, especially as 96% percent of UK adults don’t get the recommended 30g per day. We pick our favourite fibre supps and surprising fibre-rich foods.
Hair salons are having an upgrade, with cosmetic treatment and jabs to support hair growth (and there’s a new LED hair helmet Victoria loves, see below).
And is your makeup in a midlife rut? We share the brands we swear by for a grown-up glow.
 
Victoria’s mentions 
-     Hilo Band continuous blood pressure monitor, £209.99
- Artah Essential Fibre+, £40.50
- Indi Gut Bars, £20 for 12
- No7 Pro Artist Makeup Collection (I love the Soft Glow Cream Bronzer and Weightless Silk Sheer Foundation, both £19.95)
- Nooance Paris Anti-Hair Loss and Regrowth Helmet, £855. Use my code WOODHALL15 for an extra 15% off sitewide.their Led masks are excellent.
-    Yoga Nidra (guided relaxation) for stress
relief. Watch my free 8 min video on yoga nidra here  and try this 30-min
relaxation here.
- Victoria’s website https://victoriawoodhall.com/
 
Pippa’s mentions  
-    Pippa
Campbell Health Gut Repair, £49.99
-     PCH Metaboost Weight Loss
Formula, £53.99
-     Makeup Westman
Atelier, Victoria Beckham Beauty, Ilia
-  incidecoder.com
-     Eat Right Lose Weight, by Pippa Campbell, £13.19
- Perfect Amino chocolate powder, £31.59 and Perfect Amino Brownie Bar, £51.59 for 12 here
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Welcome back to season 2 of Hormones and Handstands with functional hormone nutritionist Pippa Campbell and beauty editor and yoga teacher Victoria Woodhall.
We’re friends who met through work and are constantly picking each other’s brains for insights and tips and decided that this could potentially be really useful stuff for other women.
To kick off 2026, week we discuss our beauty and wellness highlights of 2025, why knowing your metabolic type can help you lose weight ‘the old fashioned way’ (as opposed to weight loss jabs), menopausal reflux, should you put oestrogen on your face? yoga poses for weight loss (do they even exist?) and what an itchy bottom and smelly farts are telling you. 
We’ve both changed our HRT recently. Permenopausal Pippa’s periods are less frequent, she’s feeing ‘flushy’ and has started taking progesterone. Victoria added vaginal oestrogen into her HRT mix, but after a conversation with gynaecologist Dr Tania Adib has moved onto the a bespoke oestrogen and testosterone vagina/vulva cream to support dryness and bladder symptoms.
We both love creatine, Pippa takes her forthcoming Pippa Campbell Health TruePure Creatine launching here in February.Victoria takes Artah Essential Creatine, £25.20. Pippa has increased from 5g to 20g and it’s helping her muscles mass.
Victoria’s mentions 
-   Labareau The AHA Peel, £95. Use 3x week for glow LINK
-   Chai Guys Masala Chai tea, £21.95
-   Weights/strength training to bolster my dynamic yoga practice. I love Owning Your Menopause platform and teach a 45-min online yoga class at 8am on it on a Saturday.
-   Hair Sculpt keratin treatment with Gustav Fouche – goodbye frizz, hello easy beach waves. Read my article on getthegloss.com.
-   Contrast Cryotherapy at Ice Health Cryo in London – great if you are a ‘cortisol’ metabolic type and find cold plunge too stressful.   
-    Yoga Nidra (guided relaxation) for stress relief. Watch my free 8 min video on yoga nidra here  and try this 30-min relaxation here.
 Pippa’s mentions  
-   Golden Hour Facial Beauty Serum, £49 
-   Golden Hour Vaginal Beauty Serum £24.99
-   Pippa Campbell Health Aloe Vera, £31.99
-   PCH Metaboost Weight Loss Formula, £53.99
-   Marshmallow Root Tea, for reflux £7.99
-   Chewable Licorice Root tablets for reflux, £9.44
-   Eat Right Lose Weight, by Pippa Campbell, £13.19