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Charmaine Shepherd
Clinic Director & Functional Medicine Practitioner
IFMCP, BSc Biomed., N.Dip.Ac., MBAcC
What do these letters mean?
- IFMCP
- Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner
- BSc Biomed.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science
- N.Dip.Ac.
- Diploma in Acupuncture
- MBAcC
- Member of the British Acupuncture Council
Two decades of clinical experience, 3,000+ clients, and one guiding belief: find the root cause, not just the symptom.
20+Years in clinical practice
3,000+Clients supported
BredesenProtocol trained
Charmaine Shepherd — Clinic Director & Functional Medicine Practitioner
- Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner specialising in autoimmunity, chronic fatigue, gut imbalances, and inflammation
- Bredesen Protocol trained — the leading approach to preventing and reversing cognitive decline
- Genetics and epigenetics informed, so strategies are built around your unique biology, not a template
- Biomedical science, acupuncture, and advanced lab testing — the best of traditional and modern medicine
- Evidence-led, warmly delivered — you leave feeling clearer, stronger, and more in tune with your body
Charmaine meets you where you are, and helps you build lasting resilience.
Articles
Articles by Charmaine
Charmaine has written 63 articles and has reviewed 35 more for clinical accuracy.
See all 63 articles by Charmaine
- Metabolic flexibility and brain health: what it means 28 July 2026
- Precision medicine for dementia: what the EVANTHEA trial found 29 June 2026
- How to get rid of brain fog: causes and what may help 24 June 2026
- Why do I have brain fog? Common causes explained 24 June 2026
- HRV and brain health: what it shows about sleep and dementia risk 22 June 2026
- Early signs of cognitive decline: what is normal and what isn’t 16 June 2026
- Inflammation and brain fog: how it affects memory and thinking 9 June 2026
- Biological age and dementia: what the King’s College study found 8 June 2026
- Shingles and dementia risk: can the virus affect the brain? 25 May 2026
- Dementia care support: a structured approach to cognition 4 May 2026
- Brain fog causes: what it is and how to improve clarity 4 May 2026
- Cognoscopy brain health assessment explained 27 April 2026
- Parkinson’s and gut health: what does the research say? 30 March 2026
- Can medications cause memory loss and cognitive decline? 27 March 2026
- Brain vascular health and dementia: is blood flow the missing link? 23 March 2026
- Ketogenic diet and brain health: how the brain uses ketones 29 January 2026
- Artificial sweeteners and memory loss: what the study found 27 January 2026
- Ozempic and muscle loss: what it means for brain health 27 January 2026
- Acupuncture for cognitive decline: what does the evidence show? 15 January 2026
- How to stay healthy at Christmas: a functional medicine guide 15 December 2025
- Menopause brain fog: why HRT may not clear it up 12 December 2025
- Microplastics in blood: what my PlasticTox test showed 14 November 2025
- Air pollution and dementia: what the new PM2.5 research shows 25 September 2025
- Omega-3 and Alzheimer’s: what the King’s College London study found 3 September 2025
- What causes Alzheimer’s disease? A newer immune theory 3 September 2025
- Can adults grow new brain cells? What the 2025 study found 3 September 2025
- Brain glycogen and Alzheimer’s: what the new study found 3 September 2025
- Oral bacteria and depression: is there a link? 2 September 2025
- Blood test markers for longevity: what centenarians show 2 September 2025
- Young-onset dementia risk factors: what a UK Biobank study found 18 March 2024
- Does ultra-processed food raise dementia risk? 11 March 2024
- Midlife brain health check: how a Cognoscopy works 25 May 2023
- Brain health programme: a 6-week nutrition and lifestyle course 3 January 2022
- Gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s: why gut testing matters 6 January 2020
- Can a brain injury cause gut problems? The gut-brain link 13 December 2019
- Gut health and brain health: why the link matters 29 October 2019
- Bredesen Protocol for Alzheimer’s: what is it and does it work? 23 October 2019
- Neurofeedback for cognitive decline: what it is and how it works 11 October 2019
- Dr Bredesen London meeting: what we learned 18 September 2019
- Defeating Dementia: an interview with Francis McNear 18 June 2019
- Environmental toxins and health: what the research says 27 May 2019
- Vegetable mineral broth recipe with kombu and shiitake 24 May 2019
- How to prevent tick bites and tick-borne diseases 22 May 2019
- Cell danger response: what Dr Naviaux said in Phoenix 20 May 2019
- What is body burden and how can you reduce it? 19 May 2019
- Keto chicken curry recipe with cauliflower rice 17 May 2019
- Environmental toxins and brain health: what we learned in Phoenix 15 May 2019
- Trivita Clinic in Phoenix: what we saw on our visit 11 May 2019
- Keto egg muffins recipe: easy, low carb and high fat 10 May 2019
- Fasting and dementia: Cheryl Brittingham’s story 6 May 2019
- Keto sandwich bread recipe: anti-inflammatory and fluffy 3 May 2019
- Bredesen protocol for cognitive decline: our 2019 workshop 15 April 2019
- Keto cottage pie recipe with cauliflower mash 5 April 2019
- Fasting and brain function: can it improve focus and memory? 8 February 2018
- Exercise for brain health: how much do you need? 8 February 2018
- Diet and brain health: can eating well reduce mental decline? 6 February 2018
- Dementia care team support: why one carer is not enough 16 November 2017
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