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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Research shows Chemicals cause Early Menopause
An endocrine disrupting chemical is a chemical found outside the body that mimics or alters the endocrine (hormone) system and causes health problems in a person, their offspring and even future generations. Endocrine disrupters exert their effect at levels far below...
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How Does your Weight Weigh up on the Fertility Scale?
Are you struggling to maintain a healthy weight range, and fall pregnant? Many women are either over or under weight while planning for pregnancy. Maintaining your weight within a healthy range optimizes your chance of successful conception. Being overweight or being...
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Do you Want To Know How to Eat for Endometriosis?
Do you experience: Moderate to severe pelvic pain? Cramping that begins before your period and is associated with lower back pain and abdominal pain? Pain during intercourse, bowel movements or urination? Infertility or delayed conception? These are all symptoms of...
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Are You Having Miscarriages and Don’t Know Why?
Do you experience any of the following symptoms? If so then there might be an answer to your "unexplained" miscarriages. Rapid heart rate/ palpitations Fatigue Weight loss or gain Diarrhoea Dry skin Hair loss Excessive sweating/ Intolerance to the cold Spontaneous...
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Do You Want to Reduce Your Allergies?
Do you suffer from eczema, sinus or fatigue or bloating? Then you may be experiencing an allergy or have a reaction to something in your environment or your diet. Which symptom picture are you? Symptoms vary from person to person and can affect many body systems. You...
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