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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s been an interesting week in the world of woman’s health… and in my clinic. Most of my woman patients take a high quality multivitamin/mineral and antioxidant formula every day, as part of their nutritional wellness regime. Just like me, they swallow their tablet alongside their porridge and fruit, secure in the knowledge that [...]
