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How to protect your gut this festive season
Food is a wonderful way to connect and engage and share and spend time together over – but for all the goodness of connection depending on WHAT we are eating it can tip the scales of health in the wrong direction. So how do you protect your gut health this festive season? By now its no…
Read MoreWhat Are Your New Year Health Resolutions For You and Your Family?
As the end of the year and the school term approach, as school reports are issued and end of term concerts wrap up 2022, as parents, I feel, we are handed an opportunity to reflect on not only how the year has been for us, but also for our children. Within the hustle and bustle…
Read MoreWhat do throat clearing, repeated eye blinking, sniffing and a reflexive head movement have in common?
Individually each of these symptoms have many possible causes and each needs to be assess and identified as discussed in the lists below; but collectively, in the same child they present a very different picture. So when should you be concerned about childhood tics and is there any natural treatments that may help? As a…
Read MorePesto Pasta Salad Recipe
Veges can be tasty! I make this pesto pasta salad every year for multiple parties, bbqs and gatherings – it’s a great way to substitute the unhealthy – and in my opinion bland – pasta salad that you get from the supermarket and include more veges. I N G R E D I E N…
Read MoreCoping With Anxiety: Diet & Lifestyle Changes That Can Help
Many people may overlook tell-tale signs and symptoms of poor mental health or push these out of mind, persevering until the effects take their toll physically. You may start to feel exhausted and overreact to small things. You might experience frequent headaches and get sick a lot. Your mind may feel clouded as you struggle…
Read MoreThe Nutritional Complexity of Anxiety and Depression
There is nothing I love more about my job, than getting a set of test results back for a patient confirming my suspicion and suddenly everything makes so much sense about why they are feeling the way they are! It excites me to be able to dig to the deepest cellular biochemical pathway to truly…
Read MoreNavigating Perimenopause
Not much is said about Perimenopause – the gradual change (or not so gradual for some) from a regular cycle to cessation of them. The symptoms might be mild or significant – on the mild side it often starts off like this: a patient will tell me: “I’m just not losing weight as easily as…
Read MoreCrustless Savoury Tart Recipe
Healthy school lunchbox snack – these can be frozen, and then defrost in the school lunchbox! Ingredients 120g Ham or Bacon 120g Grated cheese 2 Eggs 1 teaspoon Parsley, finely chopped Half an onion, finely chopped 1 cup of Milk (or milk alternative) ½ – 1 teaspoon Mustard powder 3 tablespoons self-raising Flour ½ teaspoon…
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