Chamomile
Chamomile is presenty flowering on my back lawn. I will harvest these flowers and dry them then use them as a herbal tea. This tea is used calm the nervous system and improve digestion.
A few people recently have asked me what I think about “The Paleo Diet”. So I thought it was worth putting this online, not just in individual conversations. What I like: It excludes two of the biggest inflammatory food sources that cause many problems for my patients 1) grains and 2) dairy. It encourages a…
Festive season weight gain in the November – January festive season can be anything up to half a kilogram. Over-indulgence, holiday slow down and high-calorie foods are common contributing factors. The news isn’t all bad, though. There are four simple strategies you can use to minimise your holiday weight gain. In summary, these are: There’s…
I have been noticing that there is a ‘creep’ phenomenon happening in regards to medical drug use as we age. One drug may lead to the next. Often this is to offset the side effects of a certain medication and this in turn may trigger further, different disease states. This is termed ‘Polypharmacy’. This is…
To procrastinate is to be human (if animals do, we haven’t worked out how to tell yet). But we know a lot more about how procrastination works, thanks to Dr Piers Steel, author of the book “The Procrastination Equation”. Thanks to Dr Steel, we can pull apart the behaviour we call procrastination and work out…
It was fascinating to watch Catalyst’s recent program on the “Female Sex Drive” and be reminded of how ageing changes horomone levels and creates new side effects for long term medications. In this story, they were discussing a range of issues, including: The contraceptive pill can reduce levels of sexual interest at any age. The…
Your friendly neighbourhood Naturopath can help you design a whole-person pain management program that goes way beyond “pop pills and soldier on”. Plus avoid/minimise some of the less-know side effects of pharmaceuticals.