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Blood Testing (Serum) This is the most frequently used hormone testing in the Medical arena and has been the standard method for many years. It is reasonably accurate for testing the ‘peptide hormones’ of the body: FSH, LH, Prolactin, and Fasting Insulin. The only steroid hormone which is deliberately measured as the FREE component only, is Free Testosterone. So, if you are after testosterone levels only, blood testing would be fine. For our steroid hormones, it is another story altogether, as the blood level of these hormones can not differentiate between bound and free/usable hormones. To give …

Ok… Hopefully, by now you have taken the time to sit and at least ponder the idea of what it is that you’d like to achieve. You’ve listed your goal(s), and also made a comparable list of the things you would like to leave behind. And no, I don’t mean your mother-in-law! Even though you have conceived a goal and have realized the value it will bring, you still need to be practical about it and ask yourself a few questions: A common reason that people do not reach their objective, is …

This morning I was woken by a strange noise at around 5 am. Being the mum of two young children I naturally assumed that it was one of them so I waited a good ten minutes to see if they would settle themself- after all, they weren’t crying. The noise didn’t stop, so I went to investigate, armed to put them back into bed. Instead, to my surprise, I found a small mouse had fallen into the bathtub and was scampering around trying to get out! Now, this little guy had been …

We live in a time full of information, one click on the internet, and everything you ever wanted to know is at your fingertips. But with all this “instant- info”‘ we seem to be struggling to “find the time” to look after ourselves as well. Statistically, we are the fattest nation, with some of the highest levels of diabetes, heart disease, and cancers in the world. How can this be so if we are also one of the most educated ?? Surely Knowledge is Power, right? I think the term “knowledge is …

With the New Year now in full swing, I am starting to ponder the things I would like to achieve in 2014: my goals. Whilst I think that New Years Resolutions have their place, personally, I prefer to use the transitory time to reflect on “the year that was”, and focus on the areas I’d like to improve on.  Play to your Strengths, and Strengthen your Weaknesses, Words I live by. We all have dreams… At one point or another we look at others and their achievements, and “wish that we could …

At the risk of sounding like the Sheldon Cooper of the Naturopathic world, today I want to talk a little about the Chemistry of our emotions and mood… (One of my absolute favorite topics, so forgive me when I keep on talking… lol.) Mental health is by far one of the largest “issues” I see in the clinic, yet I still feel like most of us are only scratching the surface on how to correct it. The current medical model of “antidepressant” medications is dying a fast death, with the next …

I used to think that it was a motivation that got you to achieve your goals…  That the sparks of excitement would power me through to achieving glorious things! I thought it was the motivation that kept you going when times got tough and motivation was that kick up the ass that you needed to get through. But what happens when you lose motivation?? One of two things happen. The first option is that you fall into a heap, everything turns to shit & you end up back at square one, or worse, …

Is it just me, or has Mother Nature just turned out the lights?! I have a feeling this Winter is going to be a cold one. During the colder, darker months, most of us like to slip into a hibernation-like mode; Clothes become bulkier and can hide those few extra kilos; motivation to move diminishes and your inclination to eat “whatever” is on the rise. A large number of us also become victims to what has been named “Seasonal Affective Disorder”, otherwise known as “The Winter Blues”. We isolate ourselves and …

Do you know anybody who will shy away from bright lights or loud noises? Do you have a child who, when you start to ask them a question, you can get their attention initially.. but if you take too long they appear to wander or even worse, simply shut down and ignore you? Usually, these people are not too good with heat or extreme cold either… and may have already been labeled as anxious, ADHD, a ‘daydreamer’, or even plain rude and arrogant. If this reminds you of somebody you know… …

Hi everyone… I hope you’re all keeping warm and enjoying the school holidays.Today I wanted to take a few moments to talk to you about this condition that everyone seems to be talking about at the moment, Pyrroles.Pyrroles is not a new thing in my clinic, and but I do find it interesting that it seems to be the latest “buzzword” in the industry along with “methylation”, “genomics”, and “leaky gut”. Sigh… Whilst all of these are very helpful tests and tools to shine a light along the path to recovery, …

Yeasts and Moulds. Two things we may relate to are decomposing foods or dark bathrooms, yet both yeasts and moulds are common infections within the human body. Really, yeasts and moulds are almost the same things. They both belong to the Fungus part of the plant kingdom, however, yeasts are single-celled organisms, where moulds are microorganisms. So for the sake of this article, I’m going to group them together and call them “fungus”. We all have colonies of fungus within our digestive tracts from the day we are born, particularly if we …