Two thirds of your immune system is located around the gut and for a good reason during an average lifespan you will consume 35 tones of food… wow 😮 and how much of that is the good stuff?
So, if you’re stressed you are compromising your gut; affecting blood flow and microbiome function. This then places a significant load in your immune system and with all of those inflammatory markers swimming around your blood. Unfortunately, your brain function is further impacted, leading to more stress and becoming overwhelmed.
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While it’s unrealistic to expect to sleep soundly every night it’s important that for the most part you are getting adequate sleep and we know that time in bed doesn’t always mean sleep. It’s good practice to start noting how many disruptions you experience to your sleep, kids, partners snoring, environmental noise and start noting how many hours of unbroken sleep you actually get.
Getting an adequate number of REM cycles while you're asleep is important, as a shortage of REM sleep can lead to, compromised immunity, poor brain function, increase in the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, inability to lose weight and even fertility issues.
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Stress and anxiety affects just about every single system in the body.
For the most part everyone accepts that stress and anxiety are huge players in their disease state. However most don’t really know where to start when it comes to managing their stress and anxiety, or they say when this external thing improves the stress will dissipate.
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One in four Australians will experience an anxiety condition in their lifetime. I happen to think that this is an underestimate due to the event of COVID in 2020 and a lack of reporting by many who struggle for fear of judgement or who are simply resigned to the good old Aussie attitude of “she’ll be right mate.
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Fasting is a practice that’s been around for the last 2000 years or more really. All four major religions observe different fasting practices. However medically it’s not been given a lot of attention until recently.
We now have a tonne of research on the topic and have seen the clinical benefits of fasting. In this article I’ll cover some of the basics around fasting.
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Yoga and Pilates have often been mistaken as the same thing. I often get asked to explain the differences between the two, and what are the benefits of each one?
Essentially how do you know if you should be doing Pilates or yoga?
Let’s find out!
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One of the main conditions I see in my naturopathic clinic is PCOS— Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
Now it’s fast becoming one of the most common endocrine disorders seen in women and it’s something that can present an issue for fertility as well.
Naturopathic medicine can play a significant role in the holistic management of this condition that affects anywhere between 10-20% of the female population.
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Hypnosis has been described as a state of very highly focused attention. There is a dissociation from things that would normally draw your attention. It is in a way an altered state of mind one that is effective at changing how the brain responds to pain.
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