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Whether you have kids or not, most of you, my special people, are the types that already know somewhere out there, is something different in healthcare.  There is more to just Panadol and steroids!

So last week we established the undeniable benefits of getting out more, today I'd like to talk about how to make the experience more impactful for your health!

You eat the best produce, buy the best supplements, eat your superfoods, yet could still do with more energy and calm in your life?

As a fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, and a member of the British society of Ecological medicine, I join a large cohort of doctors in the inkling that our state of health has EVERYTHING to do with the food system and with our Earth, the planet we call home.

Humans are not great at extracting iron from non-heme (plant based) sources.  This means, after you've come off processed meat, dairy and eggs which can be inflammatory (yes) you feel great, but 6 months down the line you get more and more fatigued and moody, and you wonder why.  Most people think it's because they need to be stricter on themselves as they're "doing it wrong", not realising they have by that point depleted themselves of iron, zinc, and vitamin A to name a few.

Losing weight is becoming such a popular topic nowadays that there seems to be endless amounts of literature out there about how to do it.

You may have come across the Ketogenic diet with plenty of success stories.

So what is the benefit of trying a ketogenic diet and why is getting into ketosis such a craze?

ONCE SEEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPY RESERVED FOR NEW-AGE HIPPIE-TYPES, SOUND HEALING IS NOW GOING MAINSTREAM.

Our gut needs to be always moving forward. When this process is not moving along nicely, we get constipation, sluggish bowels, and food just SITS. This can also give rise to symptoms such as bloating, reflux, and contributes to the overall change in microbiota.

A normal and healthy human body has proper system comprising of tools that function to resist attack of invading foreign particles such as bacteria, virus and other parasites. This set of tools is termed as immune system. Sometimes, immune system attacks the body itself. These misdirected responses by the immune system are known as autoimmunity.

Somethings up with the world when we have to be told to eat eggs, organs, a diverse array of food, fibre and colours.

Something’s up when the standard diet of modern agricultural produce by default leads to disease, nutrient debt, fatigue and infertility.

One common and unhelpful mindset that befalls many modern women once they become mummies, is the notion that they now have to do everything, be everything, and compete in those arenas at a high level.

We already know that eating well is fundamental to our overall health and well-being, but in recent years, research has shown that there is constant dialogue between our brain and gut. More specifically, it indicates that the bacteria teeming in our gut – collectively known as the microbiome – influences our behaviour.