I am a mother of two beautiful daughters who I adore. The birth of a baby means a lifetime of making choices about the welfare, health and happiness of your child. One of the first choices a new mum is faced with is how she will feed her baby… breast or bottle? It’s fairly common [...]
I don’t know about your house, but in ours, breakfast seems to be one of the most chaotic meals of the day. Between packing lunchboxes, signing notes, finding coins for the bus and checking on afterschool plans, we somehow find time to eat. Usually it comes out of a muesli box, and with the addition [...]
(part one and two of this blog discuss the use of CoQ10 for cardiac health) CoQ10 not just about heart health CoQ10 is essential for the normal and optimal function of every type of cell in the human body, and not surprisingly there are a multitude of different disease states which have proven responsive to [...]
We live in “cholesterol obsessed” times. A label bearing the words “cholesterol free” is one of the most powerful sales pitches a food manufacturer can make. While most people understand that cholesterol has something to do with heart disease and clogged arteries, misinformation still abounds. It is true that high levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol [...]
The Health food industry has never known such boom times, with increasing numbers of “baby boomers” intent on defying the passage of time, seeking youth and vitality in a bottle. Antioxidant formulas abound, each promising protection from premature aging, cancer and heart disease. These antioxidant formulas contain a range of vitamins, minerals and herbs such [...]
Around this time of year, my clients start asking me what I think of the flu vaccine? The truth is that after mountains of research, the evidence supporting the benefits of annual flu vaccination is weak. Recently a large review looked at the efficacy of flu vaccine trials from around the world. Called the Cochrane [...]
Why have breast cancer rates risen dramatically in western countries in the past thirty years? Is it possible that the humble trace element iodine could have anything to do with our skyrocketing breast cancer rates which now see 1 in 10 Australian women and 1 in 9 New Zealand women diagnosed? There is significant evidence [...]
So many of my patients are working women with children. Launching the family into the day can be one of the most stressful times in the entire day, and many women end up rushing out the door without breakfast, or fuelled by an inadequate bowl of high carb, low nutrient fast food cereal.“speed“ breakfasting, here [...]
