We all want to look our best but don’t want to compromise our health in order to do so. Luckily there are an increasing number of beauty brands rising up to the environmental challenge – helping us to look our best, minus the layers of toxic chemicals. One eco beauty brand in particular that we’re [...]
If you’ve heard about raw food and assumed it’s just uncooked food. You are correct. Sort of. Raw food is uncooked food, but technically speaking, it is food that hasn’t been heated above 46 degrees centigrade (115 degrees Fahrenheit). So while it can mean uncooked foods, the more accepted definition is that raw food is [...]
By Delappe’ Russell ‘I am not what has happened to me…I choose what I become.’ Carl Jung. Self Esteem is the feelings you have about yourself. Having self efficacy is the belief that you have of yourself about your capabilities to set and reach goals. It is the degree to which you feel worthy, capable, [...]
By nutritionist Megan Crockart As a nutritionist my clients often are surprised that I have access to some of the same pathology testing as their GP’s. Many naturopaths and nutritionists now use pathology testing to check a multitude of health concerns or to simply monitor people’s health. In my clinic I like to use various [...]
Did you know that we CAN actually feel happier in the moment even when life seems horrendously difficult by just consciously choosing to change your thoughts? After all, they are just thoughts. That being said, for ‘just thoughts’ they appear to have such a profound effect on our happiness and success in life don’t they?! [...]
By Mikaela Duffy This week has been salt awareness week, and is a topic I often discuss in clinic. There are many different salts on the market, and conflicting ideas around safe consumption levels. It is important to remember there is a world of difference between table salt (the regular salt found on supermarket shelves, [...]
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave (pun intended) chances are you will have heard of the Paleo Diet. Everywhere you turn it seems there is a new celebrity endorsing the diet, another friend or family member “going Paleo” and many more on social media sharing Paleo recipes and preaching about its benefits. But many [...]
By Megan Crockart, Nutritionist 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 2 diabetes. In 2010, it was estimated worldwide that 285 million [...]
The most common question I ask clients who enter my room lately is “What is your Practice”? And, “Do you meditate?” Often I am met with a blank stare, so I clarify…. “What do you do to connect to that part of you where total peace resides? You know, the part of you who fundamentally [...]
More people than ever before are concerned about the environmental and social implications of our modern lifestyles. With the majority of world scientists in agreement about climate change and governments scrambling to find a way to combat the problem, it is little wonder that an increasing number of Australians are taking matters into their own [...]
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