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• Prebiotics for your microbiome

    18/05/2019     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  There is a lot of focus on taking probiotics to help get the good balance back in your gut with your micro-organisms.  Sometimes specific probiotics are very helpful for different things, but sometimes they are not going to do so […]
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• Mouth Microbiome

    18/05/2019     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  Everyone has heard they have a microbiome (trillions of organisms and their genetic material) in their gut, but did you know you also have other areas in your body with their own microbiome such as your skin, nasal passage and […]
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• Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids

    13/04/2019     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  As we all know Omega 3 essential fatty acids are crucial to be included in the human diet.  But do you eat fish 3-4 times a week to maintain good levels of these Omega 3’s?  Do you have a fish […]
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• Too much fruit?

    10/02/2019     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  Fruit can be a great healthy convenience food for everyone and especially is loved by children for it’s natural sweetness. But can you eat too much fruit?  Well yes, you can eat too much of anything.  But fruit, although does […]
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• Functional Testing

    28/01/2019     Articles     2 Comment(s)

  As a holistic nutritionist I can arrange a number of functional tests including: Full blood count Various vitamin and mineral deficiencies eg iron, B vitamins, zinc, vitamin D, iodine etc Cholesterol, triglycerides, homocysteine etc Thyroid panels Diabetic panels Coeliac profiling […]
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• Fermented Foods – Just a fad?

    08/03/2017     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  You would need to be living under a rock if you were not aware that fermented/cultured food is all the go at the moment.  On social media there are people taking pictures of their home-made fermented products, the paleo people […]
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• Natural Pain Relief Options for Labour

    02/02/2017     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  I thought I would share a personal experience and give some insight into what natural pain relief options I tried in labour.  I gave birth to my baby boy Thomas just over 10 months ago and I used a variety […]
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• What is Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome?

    02/02/2017     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  Everyone would have heard of diabetes whether it be type 1 or type 2 (click here for more info), but do you know what Insulin Resistance or Metabolic Syndrome are and how they could be silently affecting you or someone you […]
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• Diabetes – Is it all about sugar?

    02/02/2017     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  Further to my article last month on Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome, this month I will focus primarily on Type 2 Diabetes. Every day 280 Australians develop diabetes and in the past year 100,000 Australians have been diagnosed with Type […]
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• Gestational Diabetes Diet and Lifestyle Tips

    02/02/2017     Articles     0 Comment(s)

  Gestational Diabetes (“GD”) is now a very common place term – between 5%-8% of pregnant women are developing GD between week 24-28. If you haven’t heard of it, it is a form of diabetes that can occur in pregnancy and […]
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