THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING A NATUROPATHIC PHILOSOPHY FOR OPTIMUM WELLBEING

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE “When you have your health, you have a million dreams……   When you don’t have your health, you only have one dream”. If you are a client of mine, you would be aware that I live and breathe what I preach about health and have for most of my life. You would also be aware […]

REPLACING SATURATED FATS WITH VEGETABLE OILS DOES NOT PREVENT YOU DYING FROM HEART DISEASE

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a group of disorders involving the heart and blood vessels and is the leading cause of death globally1. CVD can result in heart attack, stroke and other serious conditions and more people die from CVDs than any other cause1. As a health practitioner for over 22 years, I’ve been educating my […]

Researchers Make Surprise Discovery About Vegan Diets

Vegan and vegetarian diets are more effective at weight loss than Atkins or paleo-style diets, according to the results of a meta-analysis involving 1000 dieters in 12 randomly controlled trials. The greatest weight loss is in vegans.  The data support observational studies that suggest vegetarian diets are good for weight control. However, the latest evidence […]

SAFE, AUSTRALIAN-MADE COOKWARE

Are You Using Cookware That Doesn’t Put Toxins In Your Food? I’ve been warning against using Teflon-coated and aluminium cookware for many years due to the health risks and have recommended that people use safer alternatives such as cast iron and glass pots and pans. There’s a company leading the way in safe, ergonomic, cast […]

BREAKTHROUGH NEWS FOR PROSTATE CANCER

Vitamin D may keep low-grade prostate cancer from becoming aggressive  Taking vitamin D supplements could slow or even reverse the progression of less aggressive, or low-grade, prostate tumors without the need for surgery or radiation, a scientist will report today. If a tumor is present in a prostate biopsy, a pathologist grades its aggressiveness on […]

DEPRESSION – A CLINICAL CASE STUDY

THE FOLLOWING CASE IS TAKEN FROM MY PATIENT FILES AND ILLUSTRATES HOW DEPRESSION CAN BE PROPERLY TREATED WHEN THE CAUSE IS KNOWN Maureen* was 48 yo and happily married with 3 teenage children. She worked full-time as a lawyer and had worked her way up to a top position that earned her respect and a high wage. […]

VITAMINS MAY REDUCE BREAST CANCER MORTALITY

The latest research has found that older women who developed invasive breast cancer while taking multivitamin supplements with minerals had a 30% lower rate of breast cancer mortality than women who did not take supplements, according to an analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). The finding was published online on October 7 […]

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL UNDER TGA REVIEW

THE TGA is undertaking a safety review of the drug Diane-35 and its generics following an announcement that France will soon suspend its marketing authorisation. Diane-35, an anti-androgenic progestogen-oestrogen combination, is approved for treating androgenisation in women including severe acne and hirsutism. It is also an effective oral contraceptive in these patients although the TGA […]

Could Microbes Be Responsible For Obesity, Auto-Immune Diseases and Allergies?

We all know that a healthy diet maintains our health but, not surprisingly, recent research has also shown that a poor diet can play a major role in determining our gut microflora which may explain the increase in auto-immune diseases, allergies, inflammatory bowel diseases and other digestive problems and possibly even obesity, caused by germs […]

Do You Suffer From Fatigue, Weight Gain, Mood Swings, Anxiety and Depression? If So, It Might Be Your Hormones!

One of the areas of health that I specialise in is Naturopathic Endocrinology (hormonal system balance) and I am amazed by the number of men and women that try to function each day with significantly dysfunctional hormonal systems. Often people are suffering from excessive levels of one hormone in conjunction with deficiencies of other hormones […]