As we age, our risk of a plethora of nasty degenerative diseases increases. Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one such age related disease, which can lead to blindness, along with resulting depression, social isolation and increased risk of falls and fractures. InAustraliaandNew Zealand,AMDis the leading cause of blindness. It effects one in seven Australians over the [...]
You’re sitting for some quiet family television time in the early evening. Suddenly before your eyes a child is being thrown violently against a wardrobe by an enraged, alcohol fuelled man. Your young daughter begins to whimper, and a cold chill sweeps over you. Welcome to the controversial, hard hitting three million dollar [...]
Many New Zealanders start their day with a nutritious breakfast and a nutritional supplement or two for good measure. While multivitamin and mineral tablets are a useful way of covering all the nutritional bases, specific nutrient therapy has has much to offer in restoring balance to a frayed or depressed nervous system. It is [...]
24 hours a day, 7 days a week our senses are bombarded with images and sounds of a world fraught with difficulty. Twenty four hour a day television, radio and the internet crash their way relentlessly into our private worlds, bringing us visions of terror, death and despair from around the globe. It is [...]
If you’re taking a top quality multivitamin and mineral supplement every day, the studies show that you are reducing your risk of a wide range of chronic illnesses including some forms of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. All well and good, but if you’re counting on your multi to compensate for a poor diet, lacking in fruits [...]
I see many patients in the clinic who are needing to improve their cardiovascular health. Usually it’s a cholesterol or blood pressure issue that brings them along. While any naturopathic program designed to help them is comprehensive, it nearly always includes high doses of purified fish oil. It’s one of my favourite supplements, and something [...]
Two of the most common chronic diseases effecting women later in life are the “brittle bone” disease, osteoporosis; and cardiovascular disease including arterial plaquing or “clogging”. Did you know that there is a direct connection between these two conditions, and women that develop osteoporosis are more likely to also have arterial disease… and the [...]
Every day after my breakfast I take nutritional supplements. Depending on how I’m feeling and what particular health issues are on my personal radar, the exact make up of supplements will vary. There is an exception to this. One supplement that I take every single day of my life, and will do until the day [...]
ADHD or attention deficit disorder… it’s everywhere! Kids in their millions are swallowing Ritalin type drugs daily, and in their wake, an ever growing torrent of the newly diagnosed. Theories about its growing prevalence abound. Is it modern parenting practice? Too much TV and screen time? Too much sugar and processed foods? I would [...]
Reflux, indigestion, heartburn… whatever you want to call it, it’s a huge pain in the gullet. It’s also an incredibly common problem plaguing millions of us. Rather than cut out the coffee, alcohol, rich foods and overeating that contribute to the problem, it’s so much easier to reach for a pill. And that’s exactly [...]
