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		<title>I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about binge drinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    You&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/nutrition/the-truth-about-binge-drinking</link>
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		<title>STRESS &#8211; IT&#8217;S AN INSIDE JOB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[              “Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state.  It believes that everything is an emergency.  Nothing is that important.  Just lie down” Natalie Goldberg   Many of the women I see in the clinic come in with physical ailments, but in the vast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/uncategorized/stress-its-an-inside-job</link>
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		<title>C REACTIVE PROTEIN &#8211; A VERY USEFUL BLOOD TEST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  High CRP may mean you one day need CPR! This week I found myself explaining some blood tests to a patient.  In particular I was interested in her C-Reactive Protein (CRP) results.  This is a simple blood test that is often overlooked in a standard battery of tests, and yet it’s a test which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition and depression (part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/nutrition/nutrition-and-depression-part-2</link>
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		<title>depressed?  What&#8217;s nutrition got to do with it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/uncategorized/depressed-whats-nutrition-got-to-do-with-it</link>
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		<title>GREEN SUPERFOODS FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/breast-cancer/green-superfoods-for-optimal-health</link>
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		<title>FISH OIL AND STATINS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/nutrition/fish-oil-and-statins</link>
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		<title>THE LINK BETWEEN OSTEOPOROSIS AND ARTERIAL DISEASE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/nutrition/the-link-between-osteoporosis-and-arterial-disease</link>
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		<title>A FISHY PREVENTION FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lyndawharton.com/blog/eye-health/a-fishy-prevention-for-type-2-diabetes</link>
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