HEALTH READS

How Getting to the Bottom of Your Chronic Gut Issues Can Be a Game Changer
Naturopathic medicine has always known the true importance of gut health in attaining optimal well-being with the father of natural medicine, Hippocrates born in 460BC stating that “all disease begins in the gut”. Fortunately, modern medicine has gone from ridiculing...

Reducing Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes | A Naturopathic Approach
World Diabetes Day is now held on a yearly basis on the 14 November. This reflects the importance of educating people about this condition. With scientific estimates suggesting that one in three of us are either pre-diabetic or diabetic, it is true to say that it has...

Ways to Love Your Liver | The Super Organ
I’d definitely go as far to say that as a naturopath, the liver is my favourite organ. Why is this you ask? Well, let me share with you how busy and resilient this truly wonderful super organ is. To explain everything that your liver does, day in and day out would...

Perimenopause | The Change Before Menopause That Hits in Your 40’s
Menopause is a time in our lives that most women are primed to prepare for. With the average Australian female hitting menopause at 51, most of us know that this “change” marks the end of ovulation and the reproductive phase of a woman’s journey in life. Menopause is...

Calcium Benefits and Deficiency Causes
What are the benefits of Calcium? Calcium is the most abundant mineral in your body with 99% stored in your teeth and bone. It is critical for many functions of human health including heart health, muscle function, the nervous system and hormones. With bone formation...

Autoimmune Protocol Diet | Eliminating & Reintroducing Explained
Following an Autoimmune Protocol Diet eliminates foods that cause your body to react with horrible symptoms, and ensures you are receiving all of the benefits of superfoods. Understanding the eliminating and reintroducing eating plans can get confusing, so this post...

Why does my diet affect my autoimmune disease?
Understanding what triggers your own immune system is a very smart thing to do, especially if you are the owner of an autoimmune disease. You see, a healthy immune system’s job is to protect you from foreign invaders such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites...

Estrogen Dominance: is it to blame for your hormonal health condition?
Many of the health conditions thrown at women over their lifetime are hormone-related, with estrogen dominance being a stand-out contributor. Before explaining estrogen dominance in more detail, let’s dive straight in and list some of the common hormonal health...

Feeding & nourishing your precious gut “microbiome family” so they nourish you in return
Modern Science continues to develop a deeper and deeper appreciation of the microbiome’s power in all aspects of human health. This delights me as naturopathic physicians around the globe have long known that correcting the ecosystem of the gut is of...

Magnesium Benefits: What is all the fuss about?
Magnesium benefits the body by playing a critical role in over 300 important processes in the body every day. This little mineral surely packs a punch in the body; being involved in many factors which influence our health and wellbeing such as: Managing your energy...