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...
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!...
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...
Are Sleeping Pills Dangerous? Can't sleep? Well you may want to reconsider prescription drug use to give you the helping hand you need to get to sleep, in fact after checking the literature it seems there is no disputing that sleeping pills, should fall into the...
Gall Bladder Is gallbladder removal absolutely necessary in all cases? The gallbladder is a small pouch like organ which sits just under the liver, its job is to store bile, which is produced by the liver. The gallbladder empties bile into the small intestine, and...
The Changing Face Of Medicare - How It Effects You! A couple of weeks ago The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) released a new directive to GP's recommending that they say no to any requests from Naturopaths for pathology testing! This...
Have You Heard Of Gilbert's Syndrome? Gilberts syndrome is a genetic condition in which the body is unable to effectively clear bilirubin from the body (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) which results in impaired detoxification. It is arguably the most common syndrome...
Minimalism Minimalism seems to be the new kid on the block when it comes to rethinking how we live, what our purpose is, what we are trying to achieve and why we do what we do, each and every day! Anything that has the power to do this, pulls a lot of weight when it...
Testosterone Replacement: Is There Another Way? Has testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) become the latest big thing? How many men reaching out for testosterone replacement really understand what they are getting themselves into. Whilst there are some obvious...
Food Additives - How Do They Affect Health? Ideally, if we all just stuck to eating whole foods, you know, those foods, like - fruit, veg, nuts, seeds, fish, eggs, poultry, meats, wholegrain, then we wouldn't need to know about food additives, because they are not...
Want to start to introduce juicers into your diet but don't know where to start? Here is a quick look at the two type of ways to get greens into your diet. GREEN JUICERS To make a green juice, you will need to purchase a juicer. People at ...
When we are under a heightened state of stress we are generally running our body with our sympathetic nervous system. This kicks us into our 'fight flight' response by releasing adrenalin into our bodies supply via our adrenal glands. These are tiny little glands that...
