To balance hormones naturally include in your diet – coconut oil, avocados, hemp seeds, tulsi tea (Holy Basil), and supplementing with the herb Withania (Ashwaghanda), and by reducing man-made oestrogens in toxic cleaning products, cookware and cosmetics, plastics, tinned food, tap water in the city, and by keeping you liver working efficiently to help it […]
Reduce your exposure to man-made oestrogen’s as much as you can. Many of us are regularly detoxing from chemicals in our food, but what about the man-made chemicals in our cosmetics? It’s estimated the average woman applies 515 chemicals to her body a day. That’s a lot right? Taking these unnecessary and toxic chemicals out […]
Endo’ is a debiltating, complex and very painful condition that greatly affects your fertility (and weight, finances, relationships and mental state). You may need a (invasive and expensive) laparoscopy to be correctly diagnosed, but that’s not always necessary or advisable. See an experienced Naturopath to treat Endo’ using herbs, supplements, diet and lifestyle changes. An […]
It’s National Endometriosis Month, so let’s look at this chronic and debilitating disease. Endo’, as it is commonly referred to, is a condition that results when the cells of the endometrium, (lining of the uterus) grows in parts of the body where it shouldn’t. And it’s not rare! These tissues may be found in or […]
It’s National Endometriosis Month, so let’s look at this chronic and debilitating disease this week. Endo’ is when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in other places, including on the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the pelvic side-wall, bowel, bladder, utero-sacral ligaments and in the Pouch of Douglas. Once thought to affect only […]
It is important to feed your body the right nutrients, especially when it’s tired and run down, with no reserve. 1. Cut out white sugar and flour: They both need more insulin for the body to break them down, making extra work for the adrenal glands. 2. Cut out caffeine, alcohol and energy drinks: Any […]
Thyroid health and Adrenal function go and in hand. The way you handle stress has a direct effect on both these two glands.In order to have a healthy thyroid we usually need to also treat the adrenal glands – where the problem started. Chronic stress – the norm’ it seems in the 21 century – […]
I’ve been pretty focused on writing my new book of late, so I haven’t posted allot recently . So, until I finish my book (by May) posts may not be as regular as they have been. Many more of us are being diagnosed with either ‘under’ or ‘over’ active thyroid. Why? Well, I’m going to […]
Bitter herbs like Gentian Root and those in Swedish Bitters have long been used to treat digestive disorders, and states of exhaustion from chronic diseases. They stimulate the liver, gall bladder and digestive system, strengthening the overall human body. Internally, they are taken to treat liver complaints, in-digestion, gastric ulcers, aneroxia. You”l find t these […]
GRAINS – most are pretty difficult to digest properly especially the refined kind. There are a few reasons for this but one reason is the LECTINS they contain, and they’re in wheat, rice, spelt and soy as well. In small amounts they seem to be ok for some of us but once they become a […]
