What The Naturopath Said
My health and wellbeing blog - get my thoughts, how-tos, recipes and tips!
How to Stay Healthy While on the Pill or Hormonal IUD
On the Pill or Hormonal IUD? How to Stay Healthy! Whilst personally and professionally I prefer Fertility Awareness Based Methods for contraception (the Symptothermal Method is my favourite), for some of my clients the oral contraceptive pill is a choice that suits...
Is Blue Light Making You Fat?
Artificial light has a profoundly disruptive effect on human physiology that goes way beyond body composition, but to focus on weight loss here I want to share with you how artificial light, particularly the blue part of the spectrum, can interfere with your health and fitness goals and – if you are trying to lose weight (or rather, reduce your body fat) – why you should be paying as much attention to light management as you are on your macros and personal training schedule.
The Importance of Mindful Eating for Optimal Digestion
We've all been guilty of eating on the go, inhaling our meals, or eating in front of screens. But did you know that the way we eat can greatly impact the health of our digestive system? Mindful eating is a simple yet powerful tool that can improve our digestion,...
How Does Mould Make You Sick?
Mould and water damage can have a significant impact on human health, and most people mistakenly think this is limited to allergy and asthma-like symptoms. Mould can have a variety of effects on people depending on their unique immune response (related to haplotype), as well as general bio-individuality. Given the ways in which mould can make you unwell goes way beyond an allergic response I want to share with you the various mechanisms through which this can occur.
Gift Guide For The Health Conscious
If you have a loved one who is into health and wellbeing, have I got a great list of gift ideas for you! And, if you’re here on my blog, there’s a good chance you are a health and wellness lover so you could even share this with your loved ones for inspiration this...
Can mould affect your hormones?
Hormones are a reflection of our environment Whilst there are many conditions that are hormonally expressed and/or driven, for the most part - hormonal disruption is simply an indication pointing to where the environment is out of alignment with the person's highest...
Sour Cherry Crumble – a dessert that supports sleep!
Growing up in my family, dessert after dinner was a special treat we had on weekends - and, for most people, dessert is at least a weekly feature. For some, the evening meal doesn't feel complete without something sweet. The trouble with this though, is that dessert...
How Do You Know If Your House Is Mouldy?
As more and more people become aware of the health hazards of mould, the more conscious people become around the potential for their home to be harbouring toxigenic mould - and for it to make them sick. In the event you can see patches of mould growing on your walls...
Four Health Issues That Mould Can Cause
Is mould harmful or harmless? Many people still mistakenly believe that mould growing in their home is harmless, but just like when the microbiome of our gut shifts away from a healthy balance - so too the microbiome of our home can shift to an unfavourable mixture of...
Banana Loaf
Banana Loaf This is a low-GI, high protein and fibre version of the classic banana bread. This recipe makes 10 generous slices and can be served hot or cold. Ingredients 3 bananas 50g butter, melted 5 eggs 70g Natvia (a naturally sweet blend of stevia and...
What It’s Like To Have Mould Illness
For most of us when someone we love gets sick or becomes unwell, it is usually with something we have some understanding of even if we do not have any experience of it. And, as a result, we usually know how to care for this person and have some compassion for what...
Instant Calm – How To Dial Down Anxiety Immediately Via Your Ear
There is an emerging avenue of therapy known as Vagus Nerve Stimulation that has incredibly broad and powerful applications. Some of the ways it's being used is in certain types of intractable epilepsy and treatment-resistant depression and you can read more about...
Is Winter-Dry Skin Driving You Crazy? Omega-7 Is The Answer!
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are known to be beneficial for, amongst other things, skin health. And when it comes to EFAs, omega-3 and omega-6 are usually top of mind. You may even know about omega-9. But most people have never heard of omega-7, let alone know...
Did You Know You Can Make Your Own Antibiotics, With Vitamin D?
Sometimes referred to as sunshine in a bottle, vitamin D (a hormone, in actual fact) is a powerful and essential nutrient when it comes to our wellbeing. Almost every single cell in our body contains a vitamin D receptor (VDR) which highlights just how important this...
Ultimate Germ Juice
So this is a cold and flu recipe to end all cold and flu recipes! I posted the original Germ Juice recipe here some years ago, and it was already a winner. Handed down through generations of Naturopaths it has a wonderfully soothing effect on sore throats, is a...
How Sugar Disables Your Immune System
One of the easiest strategies to preserve immune function is to avoid refined sugar. Sugar has a significant disabling effect on our immune system which means, if you’re consuming it, you are more at risk of picking up what’s going around - and less able to fight...
Why Mould is the The ‘New Asbestos’
It seems that mould is commonly viewed as just an ugly inconvenience. And even those who suffer the common respiratory symptoms it can cause*, are not always conscious of the connection. If you’re not yet aware of just how dangerously unhealthy mould is, get ready for...
Eating Fruit And Vegetables Increases Your Attractiveness
So it turns out eating fruit and vegetables increases your attractiveness... and I don’t just mean you look great sitting there eating your salad. Beauty, or others perception of your beauty, is linked to your fruit and vegetable consumption! We all know that eating...
12-Hour Fasting – A Key Strategy For A Longer, Healthier Life
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't know that if you want to be healthy, you should eat primarily healthy food. But what you might not know is, the timing of what you eat matters just as much as what you eat; and there is growing evidence that 12-hour...
Is Your Nut Milk Giving You Leaky Gut..?!
Firstly let me say - if you are making your own nut milk and not adding carrageenan, then you don’t need to freak out. But if you’re like me and buy commercially made nut milk, it’s time to look at the label more closely. You see in order to keep the water and the nut...
Fermented Foods – Skin Friend or Skin Foe?
In recent times there has been a huge increase in awareness of how important gut health is, and when it comes to skin - gut health is everything. And with this increase in awareness there has been a subsequent rise in consumption of fermented foods like sauerkraut,...
The Art + Science of a Coffee Nap
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who, when the mid-afternoon slump hits, has not reached for a coffee to get them through the rest of the day. But have you ever been so tired that coffee just didn't help that much? If at all? There's a reason for that, and even...
Why ‘BPA-free’ might just be… B.S.
For those of us who are conscious of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) found in plastics - we know that bisphenol-A (BPA) is a xenooestrogen and can have a negative effect on our health. But if you’ve not yet heard about BPA, or have no idea about what an EDC...
After Work Yoga Poses
If you're anything like me, you juggle long days at work, family and friends (and maybe kids?!), all those fun grown-up responsibilities and trying to find some time and space for yourself amongst all of that. Sometimes, when I get home from a particularly big day, I...
Alcohol and Weight Loss do NOT go together!
Now.. as President of the Chardonnay Fan Club it pains me greatly to say this.. but in the battle of the bulge, alcohol is not your friend. So much so that, eliminating alcohol is one of my top tips if you are following a weight loss program of any sort. Now...
Want Your Own Yoga Studio?
I really want to share with you one of my all-time favourite apps, Yoga Studio, because it quite honestly has changed my life. I use it almost everyday and I love it because: it doesn't matter if you're a complete newbie with no yoga experience at all, or a...
Sugar Shortens Your Life
If you've been following my blog for any length of time you will know I am President of the 'I Hate Sugar Club' but, given we're in the midst of the silly season of socialising, I thought this article on the hazards of sugar was timely. What am I talking about? Well,...
Boost Your Happiness in 6 Simple Steps!
Gabrielle Bernstein is a life coach, author and all-round spiritual gangster of self-love. Bernstein has written three books including Spirit Junkie and teaches a practical application of self-love, forgiveness, and a holistic approach to spirituality (primarily from...
7 Tips For More Energy, Instantly!
One thing I consistently hear from clients is they feel tired all the time. For some it's waking up feeling groggy and taking a few hours (and a few coffees) before they reach full speed, for others it's hitting the wall at 3pm and struggling all the way home from...
Vitamin C Flush
Why Do We Need Vitamin C? Vitamin C has many important roles in the body, including supporting the production of collagen within the tissues. Many of us are not eating enough Vitamin C-rich foods and sadly, our food supply contains less and less Vitamin C because of...
