Digestion

TUMMY TROUBLES: The Rise In Fructose Malabsorption

Acupuncture / / 3 minutes of reading

An increasingly common cause of tummy troubles, fructose malabsorption, affects one in three people and many don’t even know they have it. Symptoms are similar to IBS and include bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation, flatulence, stomach pain, and even vomiting if large quantities are consumed.

What happens in fructose malabsorption is that their are problems within the small intestine which impairs the absorption of fructose into the bloodstream. Read more

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Stress

Stress – Is There More Of It Or Have We Lost The Ability To Cope?

Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy / / 2 minutes of reading

by Debbie Leigh, Naturopath.

We are designed to deal with stress. The fight, flight response which is otherwise called our Stress Response System (SRS) gets called into action in response to stressful events in our lives. However, is stress a modern epidemic?

Perhaps the modern epidemic is a shift in our ability to cope with such stressful events. Read more

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Man

Natural Pain Relief

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Massage, Naturopathy / / 3 minutes of reading

In 2011, hydrocodone was the most prescribed drug in America, according to WebMD.

The treatment of pain can be as complex as it is individual. Sometimes, pain medication is necessary. Other times, natural solutions are just as effective, if not more. The ideal situation is knowing there are options, and not heading straight for a pill because it’s all you think will work.  Read more

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Food

6 Headache Relief Dietary Tips

Naturopathy / / 3 minutes of reading

It’s estimated that only 1% of the population escapes having a headache throughout their entire life. About 90% of the population get at least one headache each year. Of that about a quarter gets a migraine headache at some point in their lifetime. Headaches, although common, are not normal. The headache itself is a symptom of an underlying problem. Read more

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Period Pain

10 Food Remedies To Reduce PMS

Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy / / 5 minutes of reading

For some households, every four weeks can be a battle field. Children go into hiding, men wonder where it is the women they married disappear to, and many women struggle through their days. Everyone holds their breath while desperately waiting for The Wrath to pass.

Many women view PMS symptoms (irritability, mood alteration, anger, anxiety, headache, bloating and breast fullness) as an irritation they simply need to ‘put up with’ each month. Read more

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Home Medicine

The Natural Home Medicine Cupboard

Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy / / 3 minutes of reading

There are some things that should be in every body’s natural home medicine cupboard. Of course, we always recommend seeking the expertise of a health professional, such as a Naturopath, in order to determine which herbs or remedies are right for you and your particular constitution. It can be dangerous business self-medicating, even if the products are natural. Read more

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Male

Being Male

General Health / / 2 minutes of reading

by Peter Delaney, Acupuncturist, Naturopath & Senior Practitioner

Life as a male has its own challenges which are quite different to those of the females in our lives.

For one we have a different driving physiology; testosterone being the big one. When we are in teens, it’s about being fearless and taking sometimes unnecessary risks and we’ve all done that, haven’t we? Read more

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Ageing Inflammation

Inflamm-ageing: What It Is & Five Simple Steps To Stop It

Naturopathy / / 4 minutes of reading

Inflamm-ageing. We’re mostly all familiar with the term inflammation, and we certainly know about ageing, but what do to two have to do with each other?

Recently, we attended a seminar on the biology of ageing. What we learned is that there is a clear connection between inflammation, oxidative stress, ageing and chronic disease. Read more

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Herbals

Natural Kid’s First Aid

Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Massage, Naturopathy / / 3 minutes of reading

Seeing our children sick is awful. A lot of the time, we feel powerless and reach for Panadol and antibiotics because that is all we know.

Studies show that using Panadol in the first year of life for fever greatly increases the chances of asthma in 6-7 year-olds as well as being associated with an increased incidence of rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema. Read more

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