Brown Rice and Berry Balls
Hereʼs an inspiring recipe to help vary your breakfast grains (read wheat!) and obtain a nutritious, high fibre, low-glycaemic, delicious start to the day.
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Herbs and Children Do Mix
Many of my clients include babies and young children, consulting me for a range of health concerns, including chronic ear infections, skin rashes and food reactions, constant colds and sore throats, as well as constipation and diarrhoea. The majority of these small patients are prescribed liquid herbal medicine as only children aged 9 or 10 can swallow tablets and capsules whole. (Powdered pro-biotics are also often prescibed… a healthy gut means a strong immune system.)
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Early Morning Exercise
Just like I have always said, exercising in the morning is excellent time management. (What does 45 minutes less sleep matter when you can start the day on an endorphin-rich high?!) We know that morning exercise significantly raises the metabolic rate for the day, it has now been proven to in fact be easier in the early hours.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) literally means a condition associated with many cysts in the ovary or ovaries. It is accompanied by a tendency to produce too much androgen (male hormones) and to ovulate erratically. Other symptoms of PCOS can include failure to menstruate, and/or to ovulate, excessive facial hair and obesity. Fat deposits accumulate around the upper body resulting in central obesity. It is probably one of the most common menstrual disorders associated with infertility and it is estimated that somewhere between six to twenty percent of women of childbearing age suffer form this disease.
Glucosamine comes in ahead of the drug!
Glucosamine sulfate is a safer and more effective treatment for osteoarthritis than acetaminophen, the drug commonly used for long-term treatment. A research group from the Rheumatology Department, Fundacion, imenez Diaz-capio, Madrid, Spain randomly assigned 318 patients to receive oral glucosamine sulfate 1500 mg once daily, acetaminophen 3 g/day, or placebo for three months. The study patients had moderately severe OA symptoms.
MSG and Obesity
Not only can MSG cause some rather mouth drying, head pounding side-effects in some people, it also now has the unenviable reputation of increasing the risk of obesity. A new study cited in the journal, Obesity (2008;16 1875–1880), has shown that people who eat MSG are more likely to be overweight or obese than those […]
Continue Reading →Energy Boosters – What is energy? Where do we find it and how do we make it?
The following is an article written by Jill Thomas and was orginally published in Wellbeing Magazine – Issue 104.
Energy is a very straight forward equation really. Quite simple to make in fact. Food acts as fuel and is transformed to cellular energy through a series of chemical reactions that are dependant on key vitamins and minerals. Cellular energy, otherwise known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is constantly being formed and expended and we must produce 32 units of it in every cell in our body, every minute of the day. It is in the mitochondria, the engine room of each cell, that these crucial energy units are manufactured.
Clinic Hours
Appointments are available at the following times: Tuesday to Thursday – 9:00 am to 6:30 pm Friday: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Telephone 9699 8044 Fax 9699-1938. Email:Jill Thomas Consultation Information Initial consultations usually take one hour and include a detailed health history, a comprehensive iris analysis as […]
Continue Reading →Lignans – The New Phytonutrient
The following is an article written by Jill Thomas and was orginally published in Nature & Health Magazine.
Studies have confirmed that lignans and lignan-rich foods may have the capacity to:
*beneficially modify oestrogen and testosterone
*reduce hot flushes, sleep disturbances and other menopausal symptoms
*prevent heart disease
*benefit the immune system
*lower the risk of gastrointestinal cancers
*reduce constipation
*benefit bone health
*modify hormone-dependant acne
Peptic Matters
I remember many years ago in my early naturopathic student days, one of my first ever patients, treated at the college’s student clinic, presented with the classic signs of peptic ulcer-experiencing a burning, gnawing pain in the stomach, commencing shortly after eating. Relieved to have made such a quick diagnosis, I immediately recommended that this poor patient drink a strong cup of Chamomile tea daily and roll around the floor immediately afterwards..needless to say, this patient did not return for a follow-up consultation!
While, as we shall see shortly, this rolling herbal tea method certainly would have helped, there are some far more effective and less physically demanding treatments for this painful condition of the upper gastrointestinal tract!
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