Balancing your health for everyday life
Blog 44 3rd April 2017 Exercise part 2:As I said last week there are different types of fitness, endurance, strength and cardio fitness. All these are in cross fit. You have weight lifters but they generally have no cardio fitness. (What I have found as a naturopath when I did urine analysis is that their …
Blog 43 27th March 2017So one thing I haven’t really covered is about sport and exercise. This is such a huge topic that I will probably take 3 or 4 blogs to cover what I want to say. Generally this blog is about health and coping with stress. Exercise is ideal when having to deal …
Blog 42 20th March 2017So it’s my son’s 21st today, hard to believe , the time has gone pretty quickly. Although sometimes it felt like it dragged music recitals, dance shows and cricket…. I was thinking back when I was pregnant and the whole giving birth thing. Now the thing for sure is that it …
Blog 41 13th March 2017Hello; so there’s been a change in the weather and now here in Wellington we have to start wrapping up warm. Interestingly enough there is a kind of depression that forms from lack of sunlight. SAD – seasonal attention depression. This really shows how important vitamin D is, and if you …
Blog 40 6th March 2017 HI there I hope you have had a lovely week where ever you are. This week I am going to talk about Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This sadly afflicts 1 in 5 people and is very painful and unpredictable. Basically both the large and small intestine have lost their capacity to …
Blog 39 27th February 2017So Summer is apparently coming to an end but I feel here in Wellington its only just starting. It seems to have been that way over the last 5 years or so. A lovely March but a crappy January which according to the seasons that’s summer! However it’s coming to an …
When all around you seems great but you maybe not…. Read More »
Blog 38 20th February 2017, I trust everyone is enjoying the sunshine here in Wellington – making the most of what little we have. As we all know sunlight is a source of Vitamin d for us. BBC knowledge tested this fact and measured it up against salmon 100grm every day for 28 days, and …
Summer foods, how good are they 🙂 read and share slurp! Read More »
Blog 37 13th February 2017 Arthritis. What can be done… Last week I spoke about the candida diet, how it effects the body and mind. A way to find out if you have it is to take a glass of water to bed with you and don’t drink it but when first waking up gather some …
Blog 36 7th February 2017Hello all, I trust you had a lovely Waitangi Day, sadly the weather was variable all over New Zealand. From 31 °C in the Hawkes Bay to sadly 18°C in Wellington, with of course wind….. SO Last week I mentioned Candida – I explained this very briefly, as I said its …
Candida, (systemic thrush) how to help combat it for a clearer brain. Read More »
Blog 35 30th January 2017. As a naturopath and a nutritionist I see lots of different diets that work for different kind of ailments. We hear a lot about diets in the media, low fat, low carb, paleo, vegetarian, vegan, to name but a few. Here’s a couple more diets for more medical reasons.A client …