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What is Stress Really?
What is Stress Really? Stress acts to motivate and sharpen our focus in situations where immediate action is required. It shunts blood to the important organs like the heart and brain and also releases blood sugar to power the big muscles in the legs, so we can either...
Who has Cardiovascular and Metabolic Issues?
Who has Cardiovascular and Metabolic Issues? Cardiovascular and metabolic disorders are the most common age-related chronic diseases amongst Australian and New Zealand ‘baby boomers’. However, metabolic conditions are seen from the teenage years onwards. Together with...
Menopause and Mood – Is it All in My Head?
Menopause and Mood – Is it All in My Head? Women have been found to have 2 to 4 times more likely to experience depression after menopause than before it8. Our mental well-being is vital to our physical health, with depression linked to other health concerns, like...
SMART GOALS FOR MOTIVATION
Have you made another Resolution This Year? Most of us resolve at the start of the Year to be happier & healthier-which are wonderful goals. But is your inspiration and motivation fleeting? How do you align your health goals with your wishes and desires? The key...
Is A Magnesium Supplement A Help For Menopause
Do I Need a Magnesium Supplement? There are many magnesium supplements on the market – Magnesium citrate / Magnesium orotate / Magnesium chloride / Magnesium malate / Magnesium sulphate / Magnesium glycinate / Magnesium amino acid chelate. Some magnesium forms break...
Testing Your Stool – Why Do Naturopaths Do It?
Why do Naturopaths (and Nutritionists) like Testing Your Stool? It seems a rather unlikely thing to ask someone if they would collect a sample of their stool (sometimes several samples) and send it to a laboratory for testing. (Welcome to my world!) However, there are...