This recent study looks at the importance of consistent healthy eating to modulate the gut microbiome and decrease intestinal inflammatory markers. The gut microbiome has considerate effects on our body, largely the immune system. Eating whole foods such as legumes,...
What It Really Takes To Get Your Immune System Working Well
We are getting a lot of questions about how we can improve our immune system and I think this is a really important topic at the moment and I think it has been simplified a little bit to just taking a couple of supplements and our jobs are done so I want to elaborate...
Coeliac Disease – Gluten Free Anyone?
Coeliac Disease Do you have unexplained digestive pain, skin rashes, joint pain, iron deficiency, or bone and muscle pain or even chronic fatigue? Varying symptoms like this could be Coeliac disease! Coeliac disease is a serious autoimmune disorder and triggers the...
Zinc Eradicates Warts!
I'm sure everyone has experienced warts sometime in their life, but did you know you can eradicate them with natural therapies, particularly zinc - a little old mineral !? What are warts? Warts are rapid growth of the outer layer of the skin leading to raised bumps...
Want To Know How The IMMUNE System Works?
We love this detailed explanation of how the immune system works and how herbs are used to support and assist our immune system. Thank you to Christine Thomas, Herbalist and Technical Writer who wrote this 🙂 The Immune System Our immune system is incredibly complex...
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...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
Fasting For Renewal Of Life
Fasting For Renewal Of Life This is the title of a book by Herbert Shelton written decades ago. When my initial interest started in health, fasting is one of the first things I had come across but at the time it sounded too severe and seemed to be an unacceptable...
ALLERGY, HISTAMINE or INTOLERANCE?
ALLERGY, HISTAMINE or INTOLERANCE? Many people suffer obvious, allergy type symptoms, yet have not been tested to determine if its actually an allergy or intolerance, or a histamine clearing issue! Treatment varies with each of these and for those who suffer the...
INFLAMMATION – Beyond Anti-inflammatories!
INFLAMMATION - Beyond Anti-inflammatories! Are we over using anti-inflammatory drugs? Whilst I am not suggesting for a moment that we should be putting up with pain, us humans are pleasure seekers and pain avoiders, so that would go against our very nature! But maybe...
The Magic of Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is an inexpensive go-to product which seems to be all of the rage lately! So, What is all the fuss about? Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is organic fermented apple juice which is left raw, unfiltered and unpasteurised in order to maintain its beneficial...
Depression
Depression If you have struggled most of your life with depression, been on an antidepressant for as long as you can remember, find it difficult to find joy in anything, feel tired more often than not, then maybe its time to take a closer look at your biochemistry!...
Are You Hosting Parasites?
Are parasites causing illness and pain in your body? It sounds extreme, but parasites in humans are more common than you might think. You don’t need to travel in the wilds of South America to pick one up. Parasites can be found and contracted anywhere and not just...
Vitamin D – The Little Vitamin That Could
Vitamin D There was once a little vitamin called D, who got pushed around by the big A, B and C vitamins. Nobody thought little vitamin D was useful. Even little vitamin D. But thanks to a large number of independent studies, it was discovered that little vitamin D...
Elevated Histamine Levels Cause Undermethylation
UNDERMETHYLATION Obsessive-compulsive disorder, seasonal depression (SAD) or allergies, defiance, perfectionism. These are just some of the traits that can be related to undermethylation – which may be a result of elevated histamine levels. While slightly elevated...