TIPS FOR FUSSY EATERS
When you have a fussy eater it can often feel like a lot to contend with, but don't worry, there are some tips that can help make mealtimes more bearable. Below we list some top tips for fussy eaters. You often find most children go through a phase of fussy eating, so...
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What’s Holding You Back From Reaching Your Weightloss Goals?
Weightloss is a complex area and involves many drivers such as inflammation, poor sleep and stress. Have you ever noticed that your body weight stays relatively stable - if not a little higher than what we feel is comfortable? Most people in clinic say to me “if I...
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Five Essential Foods for Your Liver
Would you ignore an alarm in a building, or your iPhone not working correctly? Well, our bodies are similar; they give us warning bells to let us know that its in dire need of a clean up and support. Toxins invade our body every day from heavy metals, organic...
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Your 5 Step Guide to Cupping Therapy
1. What is Cupping Therapy? Cupping Therapy is an ancient treatment that employs the localised use of negative pressure, creating a vacuum to promote healing. Cupping uses controlled suction to open up muscle tissue and vastly increase local circulation of blood and...
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Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid in Pregnancy
Before you become pregnant, and during your pregnancy, the health of your unborn child is essential for their future. Pregnancy nutrition is absolutely critical - not only to keep mum well but to protect the health of her baby. A nutrient dense diet during pregnancy...
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How does pregnancy change your gut health?
Pregnancy causes many changes to your body, such as hormonal fluctuations, the production of milk, increase in blood volume, and immunological, metabolic and microbial changes in the gut microbiome. These changes are essential to your body to create the perfect...
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What you need to know about Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy
Do you know toxoplasmosis in pregnancy is caused by a parasite, which can affect your unborn baby? Toxoplasmosis is an infection that a third of the worlds population currently have, and is caused by the parasite toxoplasma gondii. Most people - and women who are not...
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A Tagine to Boost Your Mood & Reduce your Inflammation
Turmeric, saffron & ginger chicken tagine with preserved lemons, Sicilian olives and zesty greens This is a classic Moroccan tagine dish that I have tweaked and added to in order to enhance its medicinal and nutritional properties. I love cooking food that nourishes...
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Vaginal Seeding – to Seed or not to Seed?
When a baby is born it travels through the birth canal and vagina, it is exposed to many different bacteria present there. Studies have suggested bacteria passed from your vaginal canal to your baby helps to develop a healthy immune system. If your baby is born via...
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Our Best Healthy Lunch Hacks
Like everyone else, some days we struggle with our food but most often it's getting a healthy lunch on the table. It's usually a situation of either; not enough time, or not enough organisation. Buying lunch everyday is an expensive habit and you can never be sure...
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Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during pregnancy
Pelvic girdle pain occurs around the pelvic area. It can lead to infertility, irregular periods and feeling tired all of the time, all of which are challenges you can do without. Pelvic girdle pain is mostly associated with joint pain and instability. It also...
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What is Your Environment Doing to Your Fertility?
Did you know that exposure to many products we consume and come into contact with daily cause fertility and health issues? As our lives become more convenient and fast paced, the increased exposure to many chemicals and toxins in our environment has a huge impact on...
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Exactly How Does your Gut Health Affect your Fertility?
Gut health is a buzzword for a reason. Your gut is the largest neuron containing surface area inside your body and is constantly exposed to food and bacteria from the outside world. The gut is commonly known as “your second brain”. Consisting of a network of...
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A Pain in the Butt? Inflammatory Bowel Disease 101
What is inflammatory bowel disease? IBD is a term used to describe conditions associated with chronic inflammation of the digestive system. It’s thought IBD is caused by immune system malfunction, and maybe more common in people with family history of the disease. ...
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How to Stay Healthy through Winter
Winter is certainly not everyone’s favourite time of year. With colder days, longer nights and a higher prevalence of seasonal chills and sniffles, it’s a period during which many of us can end up feeling drained and worn out. However, a seasonal slump is not...
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5 Reasons Breastfeeding is a Nutritious Option for your Baby
Breastfeeding - how long should you breastfeed for? What are the benefits for my child? Not all women can breastfeed and this is OK too, there are alternatives for you and your child, to allow your baby to obtain rich nutrients to grow. Horta et al (2015) showed...
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Vitamin D vs The Flu Vaccine – Is There a Stand out Winner?
With the government promoting the flu vaccine and pharmacies offering it for the price of an entree at a restaurant, is there evidence for using the flu vaccination for flu prevention? And is there similar evidence available for humble vitamin D, a known immune...
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Androgen Deficiency – One for the Men!
It’s time for me to write about men’s stuff – I must apologise, as I tend to overlook the blokes in my business to help women! I am seeing more and more men in clinic with undiagnosed androgen deficiency, which affects about one in 200 men under 60 years of age....
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Men’s Health Week 2018
June 1st kicks off Men’s Health Month, to bring awareness to the challenges men face in life. Men on average have shorter life spans than women, as women are more likely to visit their doctor regularly. The purpose of International Men’s Health Week is to heighten...
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Is Your Tupperware Container Giving You Hell?
After attending a seminar on Female Hormonal Disorders I delved into the current research into plastics and the chemicals found in them. The World Health Organisation calls them endocrine-disrupting chemicals and in 2012 stated “disease risk from EDC’s may be...
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