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Healthy Tuna Salad Recipe
Getting stuck for quick healthy lunch ideas? Well don't forget good old tuna salad to make sure you can tick off your protein, get those vegetables in and feel satisfied at the same time! There are many different types of tuna in a can, tuna in spring water is best...
Raw Chocolate
Make this Raw Chocolate recipe next time you have a craving for chocolate, its better for you and very easy. You can add nuts or dried fruits to spice it up! Chocolate is one of those things that can be good for you but many milk chocolates or other mainstream ones...
Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine If we where to check the meaning of the word "lifestyle", its defined by the way a person chooses to live, and medicine is defined as anything that is used to treat or prevent disease. Lifestyle medicine has its roots well and truly in naturopathic...
Green Pesto
You can use your pesto in many ways, it can be added to your pasta to elevate the flavour or as a side to your rice and veggie bowl or as a dip on the cheese platter! Adding rocket boosts the nutrients which is a bonus, on top of all the good fats from almonds and...
Male Infertility
Understanding Inherited Genetics and Their Impact on Our Health
The power in understanding our inherited genetics and their impact upon our health is an extremely attractive concept and is now within our reach like never before! Our genes, inherited from our parents, regulate how we look, how our body functions and how we grow and...
Diabetes explained…
Diabetes Part 1 - the basics According to the Diabetes Australia health report more than 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year and 280 Australians develop diabetes every day. If that isn’t enough to get your attention, every six seconds a person...
Understanding DEHYDRATION!
DEHYDRATION - Water An Essential Nutrient Why is water so important and how much should you drink? What happens when dehydration sets in? Got a busy lifestyle, balancing work, hobbies, family and everything else, makes it easy to forget to drink water!...
Outspoken Podcast – Period Chats
On today's show we talk all things periods with Clinical Nutritionist and Naturopathic practitioner, Maria Harpas from Natural Health Medicine. You can find Maria on Instagram @Natural_Health_Medicine or contact her through her website:...
Kulturing Kuriousity – Episode 13 with Maria Harpas
Welcome to the podcast and what a treat I have for you today. I’m interviewing Maria Harpas, a Clinical Nutritionist and Naturopath. Maria is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to plant-based diets and understanding the nutrients that are needed for following a vegan...
Outspoken Podcast – Gut Health, Skin, Immunity and Periods
We Talk Gut Health, Skin, Immunity And Periods With Clinical Nutritionist & Naturopathic Practitioner Maria Harpas We discuss how to improve your immune system, how to have better skin, the importance of gut health and what our period is really telling us. In...
Treating Menopause with Accupuncture
Menopause can be a difficult subject to broach. Its not a topic of open conversation for most women, so many will suffer in silence. Standard medical treatment options involve Hormone Replacement Therapy, but what if this is not an option for you? Women are told there...
Your Zen Mama – Folks We Love
Maria Harpas was recently interviewed by YourZenMama.com.au for a book they are writing titled Zen Mamas where they discuss some of the important superfoods women can incorporate into their diets before, during and after pregnancy. This is a great interview where they...
Salmon & Asparagus with Marinade
This dish is full of healthy fats, especially omega-3 fatty acids which is amazing for your health. You can add salads or roasted veggies to go with it. INGREDIENTS Serves 2 1 x 170g salmon fillet 340g asparagus 1 tbsp avocado oil ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup...
Turmeric Boosts Gut Healing
TURMERIC Boosts GUT HEALING Turmeric boosts gut healing, otherwise known as curcuma longa plant, has been labelled more than just an ordinary food because it goes beyond just basic nutrition! With the most powerful aspect being the anti-inflammatory affect. Now...
How to Build Your Immune System
How to Build Your IMMUNITY During this Time? We need to think of the immune system from a bigger picture perspective. It's an orchestra of factors that effect the immune system, here are some important things to consider. Sleep Both quality and quantity...
Acne – Beyond Antibiotics!
TURMERIC Boosts GUT HEALING Turmeric boosts gut healing, otherwise known as curcuma longa plant, has been labelled more than just an ordinary food because it goes beyond just basic nutrition! With the most powerful aspect being the anti-inflammatory affect it has on...
Super Muesli
Gluten free and sugar free, enjoy this delicious muesli with fresh fruit and your choice of milk and yoghurt ! Ingredients 1 cup soaked buckwheat (soaked for 4 hours min in filtered water) ¼ cup goji berries (any dried fruit sulphur free) ½ cup shredded/flaked coconut...
VLOG: Q&A with Lovewell’s naturopath and clinical nutritionist Maria Harpas – Part 3 of 4
Teresa Palmer: Hi guys! We are very excited to be back here today with Maria Harpas from Natural Health Medicine. Thank you for being with us. If you haven't checked out our first video that we did with Maria please do. It is on our blog. We had amazing feedback so...
How do you increase your energy as a mum and keep your family healthy?
The best kept secret is the one that comes after our first born arrives!
We prepare so much for the birth the baby room, the baby clothes, the pram, but no one ever tells us exactly how we are going to feel after the birth!
VLOG: Q&A with Lovewell’s naturopath and clinical nutritionist Maria Harpas – Part 2 of 4
Teresa Palmer: Hello guys! We are excited to be back again for one of our wellness V-logs with our favorite nutritionist Maria Harpas from Natural Health Medicine. Maria Harpas: Thank you again. Christiane Duigan: Thanks for coming. Teresa:...
What do we actually eat?
Food glorious food, what to eat? For the last few weeks we have been going through more specialized diets that we might use to make therapeutic changes to get and stay healthy. We also talked about finding out how much carbohydrates in your diet makes you feel and run...
Maria Harpas and Tim Jaeger on Amanda’s Wellbeing Podcast
Practical Tips and Advice on where to start and how to improve you health https://amandaswellbeingpodcast.com/maria_harpas_and_tim_jaeger/ 'Eat well, move well, think well' encompass the topics that Amanda covers with her guests from the wellbeing areas of nutrition,...
What should I eat? – 4 Things You Need to Consider
What should I eat? This is the most controversial question ever asked! Traditional cultures knew what to eat and we used to know what to eat - we would eat what our parents ate, what their parents ate…..so on and on. This way of eating was based on years of...