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VLOG: Q&A with Lovewell’s naturopath and clinical nutritionist Maria Harpas!
Teresa Palmer: Hi guys! Thank you for joining us today for another one of our V-logs. We are really excited! We have Maria Harpas here from Natural Health Medicine. Maria Harpas: Well done. Teresa: She is our go-to Lovewell nutritionist, has been just an...
8 Simple & Achievable Tips for Weight Loss
Very low-calorie diets, juice diets, appetite suppressants, laxative teas, no carbs …When did weight loss become so complicated?! These tactics do often work, don’t get me wrong. We lose a lot of weight, very quickly and feel fantastic – I mean, have you seen how many...
How to have a Healthy Baby and Pregnancy
horHere are the most important things that you can do to have a healthy pregnancy and baby: Firstly, get the right tests done Your results will give an insight into your overall health, hormones and fertility status. Getting the tests done now allows you time to help...
Teresa Palmer and Christiane Duigan from Lovewell interview Maria Harpas
Hi all, I’m so excited... here is a link to the video interview that I recently did, with two absolutely gorgeous women- wellness guru, Christiane Duigan and actress, Teresa Palmer. They are so humble, beautiful, and earthy and I felt very honoured to contribute to...
Tahini Slice – Lectin Free
Tahini Slice – Lectin, Gluten, Dairy Free & lower Sugar - by Annie Hughes So this is an update on our previous Tahini Slice that incorporates some new ideas from Dr Steven Gundry and his research in his latest book the 'Plant Paradox'. Dr Gundry talks...
Almond Bread Rolls – Gluten Free
Low inflammatory - Gluten & Grain Free - High Protein, fiber & Nutrients - Keto Friendly - Low Carb Ingredients 1 & 1/4 cups almond flour 5 tbsp ground psyllium husk powder 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp sea salt 2 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 cup boiling...
Bedwetting – Get In Control with Hypnotherapy
Are you concerned about your child wetting the bed? You are not alone. Bedwetting is common among children of all ages. This can be distressing for both parent and child. As parents we want happy and confident children. What are the impacts, why does it happen, how...
Eat Only Meat – Carnivory Anyone? Part 1
Trialing the Carnivore Diet All Meat Month – give or take a day! Become a carnivore for a month maybe? I have been thinking about this a lot lately and this is my take on it for now. For a start I have a personal bias towards animal products, good clean meats...
What Is Leaky Gut Syndrome?
What is Leaky Gut Syndrome? Leaky-Gut-Syndrome, more technically known as a 'hyper-permeable gut’, is a condition where the cells of our intestine begin to ‘unstick’ from one another. These cells in our intestine are a part of a protective lining which protects us...
Vitamin D Toxicity – Too Much of a Good Thing?
Vitamin D Toxicity - Too Much of a Good Thing? Vitamin D is critical to our health, in fact, our immune system depends on it! Making sure we have enough vitamin D is a MUST, but what happens when we have too much? As supplementing with vitamin D becomes more and more...
Improving Stress Levels In Pregnancy!
Improving Your Stress In Pregnancy! For some mothers, pregnancy is a time of personal growth, connectedness and tuning in. But for others, pregnancy can be a continual source of stress, anxiety and/or depression due to the massive amounts of circulating hormones and...
Sleep Better With Great Sleep Hygiene!
What Is Sleep Hygiene? Sleep hygiene is a term used to describe habits and the environment you create that will allow you to fall asleep, stay asleep and have a better quality of sleep.. Good sleep hygiene works with the bodies internal ‘clock’, known as our circadian...
Overtraining: How Stress Impacts Our Hormones
Overtraining: How Stress Impacts Our Hormones Weight training, fasting, cardio, cutting calories, food restrictions, skipping meals …The only way to progress with our fitness goals is to do more, right? Extreme dieting is becoming more and more prevalent with the...
The Foundations of Athletic Performance
The Foundations Of Athletic Performance A holistic approach to health care looks at each individual as a whole, assessing the body as the dynamic interconnected structure that it is in order to treat disease – But did you know this same approach can be used to improve...
Lentil & Pomegrante Salad
Lentil and Pomegranate Salad Pomegranates are really a great superfood, why because they can reduce macrophage oxidative stress, free radicals, lipid peroxidation and pomegranate juice may have cancer-chemopreventive as well as cancer-chemotherapeutic effects against...
The Secret to Fasting!
The Secrets To Fasting Fasting is as old as time with many religions practicing fasting; Christianity, Islam and Buddhism! Our ancestors would fast at times when food was scarse, so it just occurred naturally. Many of us have heard the term fasting and may cringe just...
8 Steps To A Healthy Pregnancy
So you want to get pregnant? Everyone wants to have a healthy pregnancy, 8 step to a healthy pregnancy, here are some of the things that you can do to help meet this end.
Immune Health – how it works to protect you!
Immune Health Your Immune System can sometimes fly under the radar while fighting to protect you against disease and infection, what we mean is that its constantly at work and if its doing its job well you won't even know! But your immune health rely's on certain...
5 Simple Health Tips Post Easter!
Feeling a bit sluggish after over-indulging this Easter? Don’t worry, we are too! Whether it be the late nights, busy days, alcohol consumption or copious amount of chocolate contributing to your post-holiday fatigue, here are 5 simple health tips for getting back on...
6 Ways to Health
6 Ways to Health Understanding All Diseases We know that all chronic disease come from the same core, foundation areas which we have coined the “6 ways to health”, this will help you better understand how to tackle your health issues and what we are looking for....
All You Need To Know About Yeast Infections
What Are Yeast Infections? Yeasts are tiny organisms belonging to the fungi group (mushrooms & mould). When there are problems with the type and numbers of your beneficial flora, overgrowth becomes problematic in the body and can lead to over growth of yeast!...
SIBO – Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth!!
What is SIBO? SIBO is a condition where excessive amounts of bacteria, found in the large intestine move to the small intestine (where you absorb all your nutrients) where they cause issues because that is not where they should reside! This causes hydrogen, methane...
AUTOIMMUNITY – The Body’s Attack On Itself!
AUTOIMMUNITY Autoimmunity is basically when the body's immune system is attacking itself! This attack can be on any number of areas in the body and some autoimmune conditions are more debilitating than others. Whilst not all autoimmune conditions will reveal elevated...
Overmethylation: what is it and how does it work?
METHYLATION What Is It? Let's avoid getting too technical: simply put, methylation makes things happen in your body. Methylation adds a methyl group to our DNA, and in doing so is responsible for many biochemical activities in the body, which effect our energy levels,...