UTI’s. Nobody likes them. They are a pain, quite literally in the urethra! The immune system gets compromised from the very fact that it hasn’t been able to clear the infection, and the only orthodox treatment that work are Antibiotics. These antibiotics...
The majority of health issues are caused by three major underlying factors. These 3 body systems play a very big role in our overall health. When we experience sickness we experience symptoms. Symptoms are the things you notice in your body that cause discomfort or...
How to use: Print and Fill in each day with all food, drink and snacks you have eaten. Everything needs to be recorded as accurately as possible including added salt, sugar and sweeteners. Include portion sizes. Use the Bristol Stool chart to describe your poos every...
Many people hold a subconscious belief that if they somehow go hungry for too long, fast or simply eat less that their metabolism will somehow deem them to be in famine and hold onto fat. The reality is this is simply not true. Because of this belief many people think...
When thinking about the gut we need to imagine it in order to understand it. From an evolutionary perspective, it is amazing how similar our gut is to an earthworm. Earthworms are the composting mechanism of the garden. A worm doesn’t have a brain, yet it...
The Food Industry does not care about your health. Therefore you cannot believe what they say about their products. Anything. If you start with this premise then you learn to take everything you read with a grain of salt. Below we have 2 images. One represents a...
We all need rules. Rules give us a set of standards and boundaries to stay within. Diet rules are the same. They are a set of rules to live by. If you follow these rules you will be set for life. Psychology Don’t let people put you off your lifestyle and food changes...
This is a brief how-to guide to living an anti-inflammatory lifestyle. Old healers said that ‘toxicity’ was the root of all dis-ease. Now we know that ‘inflammation’ is the cause of all disease. Inflammation is the body’s way of reacting to infection, injury, chemical...
How long does it take to get results when seeing a Medical Herbalist such as ourselves? We all tend to want a quick fix and whilst there are some cases that are a quick fix {one issue that needs dealt with quickly} most of our cases are chronic conditions which means...
As winter approaches and we think of ways to keep warm, hot chilli’s and exercise come to mind. The Cardiovascular system is often something we don’t even think about, until something goes wrong. Yet this is New Zealand’s biggest killer. And it is...
The Skincare Puzzle ~ Would you be enticed by an advertisement for a coat that is waterproof, stretchable and washable, that automatically repairs small cuts, rips, and burns, and that is guaranteed to last a lifetime with reasonable care? Sounds too good to be true...
Aging is our topic for the month with a specific focus on the brain. Brain tissue ages as we age and it is important to know what to do about it. Feeding a brain takes hard work and a lot of patience as one needs to focus on high density foods like oily fish and organ...
