Health Articles
HOW I HEALED MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD
Posted by Naturopath . onClients always ask me; How did you get to where you are now with food? Well, it all honestly started with Self-Love! My inner critic was very loud for a very long time and always got the better of me. It was controlling me and my relationship with food for a...
ANTIDEPRESSANT USE IN PREGNANCY MAY LEAD TO CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Posted by Naturopath . onOnly a few days ago, news was released from McMaster’s University in Canada, finding that mothers, who took anti-depressant drugs during pregnancy, were potentially predisposing their child to a life of obesity and diabetes. The specific type of anti-depressants in question here are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs,...
BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY THIS WINTER WITH CURRY
Posted by Naturopath . onTurmeric has been used and well respected for 2,500 years in India as an Ayurvedic medicine. This brightly coloured spice, which gives curry its lovely orange-yellow colour has many outstanding health-boosting properties. Studies has found that curcumin, the active compound found in turmeric, can increase CAMP (cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide), which is...
HOW TO MEAL PLAN
Posted by Naturopath . onPreparation is key for living a healthy life. When you make time for planning you meals at the start of each new week, it makes your life so much easier and it means you won’t be tempted to opt for those unhealthy easy options. What I like...
HEALTHY SKIN STARTS ON THE INSIDE
Posted by Naturopath . onYou may think that skin quality is all to do with face care and what’s applied to the surface, but this is in fact not true. While the creams, cleanses and masks we use do affect to a degree- (where, in my opinion, natural is always better), the skin is...