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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
HOW MANY EGG FOLICLES HAVE YOU GOT LEFT IN YOUR OVARIES? AMH TEST As an acupuncturist and naturopath, working with women trying to conceive is a big part of my daily clinic life. Recently, many of them have asked me about the new AMH blood test hitting the headlines in New Zealand. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
