Insulin Resistance
When we think of insulin, we think of diabetes. Insulin is needed Metabolic Syndrome (also known as MetSyn or Syndrome X) is the polite name given to the signs of an over-indulgent lifestyle. These cluster of signs include:
Hormone Balance
Ever feel like your hormones are out of control? If so, you’re not alone- too many women suffer with horrible PMS, irregular bleeding, heavy bleeding, sore breasts, headaches, bloating, mood swings and weight gain for a few days (or more) each month. Although it may be common, and even the subject of many ill-considered jokes, it is definitely not normal;
Headaches and Migraines
Do you suffer from headaches? If so, consider how often, how bad and when do they arise? Millions of us get headaches often enough to be annoying; but some of us are unlucky enough to get headaches that are so debilitating that we are resigned to spending up to 3 or more days in a dark, quite room, totally unable to participate in our regular life.
Hashimotos
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (Hashi’s) is the most common type of auto-immune thyroid disease, whereby the immune system starts attacking the thyroid gland. Hashi’s is no fun- symptoms involves anything from fatigue to brain fog, hair falling out, intolerance to cold, weight gain & fertility problems and, as with any auto-immune disease, it is life-long.
Gall Bladder
The gall bladder is a little known organ in our body. Most of us wouldn’t be aware we had one, until something goes awry. It seems that, frequently it does, with 18 thousand gall bladders being removed surgically in Australia each year .
Good Mood Food
We are allowed to have an off day where we feel a bit grumpy, flat or irritable. To experience the full range of emotions is to be human, and we all must learn to sit with uncomfortable feelings at different points in our life. However, depression and anxiety have tripled in the last ten years, which suggests that black moods frequently overwhelm many of us.
Food Sensitivity
There is a lot of confusion out there about food sensitivities. Is it an intolerance? Allergy? Or something else? Allergies are easy to identify- they involve an immune reaction to a food. An intolerance, on the other hand, has no immune component;
Fasting
Fasting has been used as a healing practice for thousands of years. Hippocrates, Aristotle, Socrates & Plato all praised the benefits of fasting, and our Grandmothers encouraged us to starve a fever, feed a cold. Essentially, fasting, means abstaining from food. It can be a multiday fast, or it can be skipping a meal a couple of times a week. It can also include fasting on juices,
Understanding Depression
Understanding brain chemistry and depression is a highly complex matter. In fact, there are few things more complex than the wiring of our own brains. They are awash with different chemical neurotransmitters that are responsible for passing messages from one neuron to the next.
Mental Health and Serotonin
Neurotransmitters are important chemicals involved in our brain’s wiring. We need our various neurotransmitters to be in a healthy balance in order for the brain to perform its many complex functions. Today’s article will focus primarily on serotonin, a particularly important neurotransmitter involved in regulating our mood, social behaviour, digestion, sleep and sexual drive & function.
Children’s Gut Health
If we can get our children’s gut right from a very early stage, we massively increase their chance of having a strong immune system, a well functioning brain and nervous system and general high level of health. It absolutely makes sense, therefore, to consider just how we can achieve this optimally healthy gut right from an early age.
Can You Reverse Type II Diabetes?
Diabetes was virtually unheard of before the advent of our modern western diet. Today, the number of people with diabetes is reaching world epidemic proportions: in 2001, 366 million people were officially diagnosed with the disease; by 2050, this is predicted to be over 550 million
Bone Broth
If you had to choose a food that was richest in healing minerals, you couldn’t go past bone broths. These are extraordinarily rich in minerals and amino acids that offer some important health benefits. In traditional meat-eating societies importance was given to eating the whole animal, and the bones were especially revered for their health-giving properties.
Anxiety
Anxiety is an overload of worry but the symptoms are often hard to spot, as they can develop gradually over time. While it’s totally normal to experience anxious feelings sometimes, how much is too much? According to Beyond Blue, anxiety may be affecting you if more often than not, you:
The Aging Male
We all know someone who could easily be the subject of today’s article... that 40-something guy: grumpy, tired, pot-bellied, forgetful & grumpy. What you may not know (unless he happens to be your partner) is that he also has low sex drive, can’t maintain an erection, and is losing muscle mass. Sound like anyone you know?
Ageing Gently
Ah, the subject of ageing. This thing we’ve come to fear and dread, even though it’s a completely normal part of being alive. We fear ageing for two main reasons. Firstly, we’re constantly exposed to ridiculous standards of appearance that we’ll never live up to, and we’re bombarded with images of gorgeous people that include no-one over the age of 45. And ,secondly, ageing well is just not something that we’re good at.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a concerning issue throughout the Western world. In 2000, the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing reported that 11% of children and adolescents fulfilled the criteria for ADHD. This is a significant portion of our children.
A Weighty Issue
We are all too familiar with spreading waistlines. Most of us have had to let our belts out by a notch or two, or have resorted to wearing elastic pants for a while. When we are in our twenties and thirties, we can generally shed an extra couple of kilos easily by cleaning up our diet and doing some more exercise. As we get older, however
Forty & Fabulous!
40… Strange things start happening to our body when women hit this notorious age (I’ve certainly noticed some)! Aches emerge that we’ve never noticed before, a few kilos suddenly appear around our middle, our energy is never really great, our skin looks dry and dull,
Beetroot, anyone?
Have you ever seen a beetroot seed? Its the most insignificant prickle-like little thing that must be soaked in water to soften for a good while before it can be planted into some good compost-rich soil. I like, immensely, the