Naturopath on holiday!
All this nagging and scolding about getting through a Victorian winter brings me to a note regarding my escape!
Continue Reading →Melbournian winter
One month before the arrival of the cooler conditions of a Melbournian winter.
Continue Reading →Slow down you’re eating too fast
“Slow down you’re eating too fast, you have to make that meal last!” (With apologies to Simon & Garfunkel)
Okay, let’s put a halt, once and for all to gulping our meals down. Not very gracious, and certainly not a good look. Food should be eaten in a considered reflective manner. Gulping down our meals in a hurried, anxious manner is a digestive disaster. Chew each mouthful thoroughly and thoughtfully.
Pea hummus
Great to accompany the sweet potato salad, or just nice to use as a dip with an assortment of celery and carrot sticks, beetroot crisps ( I know a minor indulgence!), and crispy snow peas to scoop up!
Continue Reading →Roasted sweet potato and fig salad
This delicious recipe will help you rise to the March solution!
Continue Reading →Diabetes and spicy bananas!
With 300 million people projected to have diabetes by 2025, and one third of diabetics going on to suffer diabetic nephropathy (kidney damage), there is a huge interest in research communities to examine the protective effect of diet and herbal medicine.
Continue Reading →MS and lipoic acid
Lipoic acid (LA) is an important fat and water-soluble antioxidant, critical for protecting the mitochondria (energy power house) from free radical damage. Lipoic acid provides antioxidant activity in the liver by chelating heavy metals. It also plays a role in cellular energy production by acting as an important coenzyme in the Krebs cycle (a series of chemical reactions which can generate energy).
Continue Reading →Wheat sources
Many of you would have attempted a wheat exclusion diet along the road to good health, and no doubt discovered this grain is insidious!
Continue Reading →Vitamin D transforming the cooked to the cool!
Combatting sunburn with high dose vitamin D may leave you feeling as cool as a cucumber, according to a new double-blind placebo-controlled trail.
Continue Reading →The microbiome and the weight connection!
We are all now fully aware of the benefits of healthy gut bacteria. A healthy digestive system, optimal bowel function, enhanced immunity, happy brain neurotransmitters, less incidence of eczema in children and adults and a down regulation of inflammatory path waves (think colds, flus and hay fever).
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