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Unlocking Mental and Digestive Wellbeing: Exploring the Heavy Metal Connection
Are you are experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, brain fog, poor concentration or sleep issues? Are you seeking holistic pathways towards your mental health. In a lot of cases, heavy metals were one of the underlying causes of my clients mood and digestive disorders.
Heavy metals enter our body through the gastrointestinal tract, skin, or via inhalation. Toxic metals have proven to be a major threat to human health, mostly because of their ability to cause membrane and DNA damage, and to disrupt protein function and enzyme activity.
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Our Lymphatic System: The Health Benefits of Dry Skin Brushing
The lymphatic system is a vital part of the body's immune system and plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. It is a network of vessels, nodes, and organs that work together to remove toxins, waste, and excess fluids from the body while also fighting infections and diseases.The lymphatic system plays a vital role in maintaining the body's internal balance, defending against infections, and supporting overall health and well-being. Proper functioning of the lymphatic system is essential for optimal immune function, detoxification, and overall vitality.
Dry skin brushing is a simple and effective technique that can support lymphatic drainage and overall detoxification.
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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) - Balancing Body Chemistry
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is an analytical test that measure the mineral composition of hair. It is regarded by many doctors, naturopaths and nutritionists as one of the most valuable screening tools available in everyday and preventative health care. I use this test regularly with my clients both in clinic and online as HTMA gives a personalized interpretive test report that assesses your current mineral status, highlights areas of concern and recommends dietary changes based on your results. -
Staying hydrated for optimum health
Staying hydrated is crucial for optimum health because water plays a vital role in various physiological functions within the body. Here are some key reasons why hydration is essential: Cellular Function, Temperature Regulation, Nutrient Transport, Joint Lubrication, Digestive Health, Detoxification, Cognitive Function, Skin Health and Heart Health. -
Lets make 2024 the year to embrace wellness
For most of us 2023 has been a year of surviving and not thriving as we have come out of our COVID years with a lot of uncertainty, fear and caution. What used to serve us in the past no longer cuts it for us now.
Most of us have embraced our rediscovered freedom and have travelled again, enjoyed celebrating with our friends and family at restaurants and live concerts. Some of us have already begun rebooting our health journey and searching for more in the natural health space to satisfy their curiosity.
This is quiet natural for women who are in their Autumn years, our perimenopausal years. Some fear this time of our lives and some are really embracing this transition into menopause - our Winter years and then post menopause - our second Spring.
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Mindful Giving: A Naturopath's Guide to Personal Care and Environmental Toxins in Christmas Presents
The holiday season has arrived and is in full swing! The joy of giving and receiving gifts fills the air, whether it's family gift giving, work related Secret Santa or parties with our friends or Christmas candy canes and other sweet treats or home baked goods there are so many gift ideas to choose from. It's important to be mindful of the ingredients as some of the gifts we receive will be full of hormone disrupting ingredients or toxins. -
Detoxing isn't a dirty word if you do it correctly.
Detoxification is the body's natural process of eliminating toxins and waste to keep you feeling your best. This is done by our lymphatic system (spleen, thymus and lymph nodes) along with our livers, lungs and kidneys. But sometimes, our bodies can use a little extra support to handle the challenges of modern living. It is important to seek the help and assistance of a naturopath as we have been trained through our degrees to support a healthy way of detoxing.
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Perimenopause and Vaginal Dryness
The not so known or spoken about health issues, such as, vaginal dryness, light bladder leakage and dry skin (all over our bodies), during the perimenopause transition into menopause is where I'm focusing on this month for my blog topic.
There is a lot more discussion and openness around the topic of vaginal dryness and vaginal irritations along with vaginal atrophy and women are becoming more proactive in getting the right treatment solutions and are seeking the help of a qualified Naturopath and other health professionals, that work in the women's health field.
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Understanding Histamine: Impact on your immune system, skin, gut health and why it flares up more during perimenopause
Histamine is a chemical substance that is both a neurotransmitter and a hormone. It is a mediator of wakefulness, alertness, reaction times, sleep cycles, memory, stress, sexual function and digestion. Histamine is a natural compound that plays a significant role in our immune system, skin health, and gut functions. It is produced by Mast Cells and are involved in nerve transmissions and immune response regulation. -
What are FODMAPs and can following a low FODMAP diet help reduce IBS and/or SIBO symptoms?
A popular diet that I prescribed in clinic for my IBS clients is the low FODMAP diet. FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, which are short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that the small intestine absorbs poorly.
This diet has been designed to help people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and/or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) figure out which foods are problematic and which foods reduce symptoms. Low FODMAP foods also help relieve symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
I’m curious to know ‘Have you tried the Low FODMAP Diet to help relieve your digestive issues?’
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Reiki Healing Treatment Sessions
I'm re-introducing Reiki Healing Treatments for new and current clients from 1st March 2023. Reiki is one of the simplest and safest self-healing techniques you can receive as Reiki healing can relieve pain, reduce stress and anxiety and provide extraordinary relaxation. Who couldn't do with more of this in their lives?
I've been a Reiki Practitioner for over 20 years and love working with clients to clear any blockages that maybe contributing to their health concerns. Reiki works beautifully to improve digestive health and hormonal imbalances.
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What is Constipation and how does it affect your hormones?
Constipation can contribute to hormone imbalances but on the flip side, hormone imbalances can also contribute to constipation, making for a vicious cycle. Are you ready to find out what's causing your constipation?
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