19th Apr, 2023 | Nutritional Medicine
Can Magnesium help Hypertension? The Women’s Health Study is one of the most influential medical studies. This followed nearly 30,000 Female Health professionals who are over 45. It is still going now after 30 years. One of the many observations was the relationship...
19th Apr, 2023 | Nutritional Medicine
How does Magnesium help Heart rhythm? Someone I know well has been treated by a Cardiologist for atrial fibrillation, one of the more common heart rhythm issues. What was interesting that the Cardiologist recommended a high-grade magnesium supplement along with...
10th Jan, 2023 | Nutritional Medicine
Do I need extra Magnesium? Magnesium is one of the most commonly prescribed supplements by natural health practitioners. The nutritional medicine textbook Integrative Medicine (Rakel 2012) is a well-respected reference text for clinical nutrition. It is co-written by...
10th Jan, 2023 | Nutritional Medicine
o Enzyme Q10 (Part 2) This edition we take a closer look at disease processes that can indicate a need for CoQ10 supplements with other complementary compounds. Disease starts… All chronic disease starts with changes to normal cell chemistry. The biochemistry of our...
10th Jan, 2023 | Nutritional Medicine
Unlocking Coenzyme Q10 (Part 1) You may have heard of Co enzyme Q10. It sounds mysterious but over the next few weeks we will discover what it is, how it works and when it can be beneficial to add as supplements. Sometimes CoQ10 should be taken as a separate...
10th Nov, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
Where has the Chondroitin gone ? A quick review of NZ made joint supplements found none with the recommended levels of Chondroitin Sulfate. I did find two quality US made supplements for sale in NZ that do meet this standard, as does my Bettaflex. The International...
22nd Sep, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
Do you use a Turmeric supplement? (Part 2) Our immune system responds to injury and sickness by generating inflammation. This is an essential part of our in-built repair and recovery systems. While we cannot heal without inflammation, unwanted inflammation can not...
26th Jul, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
Do you take Turmeric supplements? (Part 1) Turmeric has been a mainstay of Indian Ayurvedic medicine where it is used for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immune supporting qualities. Today food seems awash with turmeric: everything from cooking to trendy...
9th Jun, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
Not feeling your best? Part 2 I have a younger client whose mother had been using our supplements for some time. He suffered with low immunity with regular colds, low energy and generally feeling unwell for no medical reason. Our first priority was to improve his...
9th Jun, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
Not feeling your best? (Part 1) One of the most rewarding things I do is to hear stories from clients. Â I have an older client who was healthy but had low energy and felt flat despite no medical reasons. I had started her on a programme that involved three...
10th May, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
The Immune System (Part 2) Let’s say a virus has penetrated your Non-Specific immune defenses (see last edition) and starts to infect cells. Sitting, waiting for such attack is your Specific Immune system that is able to create a devastating attack against the virus....
10th May, 2022 | Nutritional Medicine
The miracle of your immune system (Part 1) There are two main parts to your immune system: the Non-Specific (Innate) and Specific (Adaptive) immune responses. Non-Specific Immunity These include barriers like your skin, sinuses and mucous membrane and cells...