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One of the most frequently asked questions in clinic, is about SOY and its effects on the hormones, in particular estrogen. The “SOY debate” is a very well-published one, and it frequently divides a room with opinions… Most of the research you hear about is VERY out of date. Soy isoflavones (the active phytoestrogen in Soy), are now being used to effectively MODULATE the Estrogenic load in the body. It will raise low Estrogen levels, and bring down high ones… but more on that another time. What I want to …

Today i want to talk about pain.  After that nice long weekend we’ve had, some of you might be noticing that your headaches, or general aches and pains have subsided a little?Or, if you’re anything like me, maybe youve acquired a few more pains after trapsing through swordgrass and forests wearing shorts? lol ( good idea at the time….) Take a moment and reflect a little.. are you experiencing any pain right now? If so, where?  How long has it been there?  When did it originate and why?Regardless of the …

The Vitamin D debate is still a very hot topic at the moment. What most people understand is that your body can manufacture Vitamin D after exposure to the sun.  Then, if you do not get enough sun, you can take a supplement and top up your levels. The truth is, there are MANY factors which go into Vitamin D absorption.  Today I thought I would share with you a few of them, just for your information… 1. The latitude where you live. At higher latitudes, the amount of vitamin D–producing …

As one of the great founders of Nature-based Medicine, Hippocrates,  once said “Dosis Facit Venemon”.  Translated, this literally means ‘The Dosage is the Poison’… Yes.. too much of anything (or too little) will kill you. I know this might seem like a no-brainer comment to most of you, but one of the most common things I come across in clinic, is the notion that if you take an extra vitamin pill  here or there, then you get an ‘extra’ result.  With the massive influx of over-the-counter supplements available, combined with …

Raise your hand if you are a habitual self-sabotager?!? Are you always destroying all the hard work you did, maybe on a healthy eating regime? Or having all of those ‘good days’, only to think “stuff it, I deserve a reward for that!!”…. Well, did you know that the part of your brain which is responsible for this rebellion vs reward, is the reptilian part of our brain called the Amygdala.  (it is called the Reptilian part, because it is the oldest part of our brain, or the first part …

Hi everyone.. Today I wanted to write about something I am seeing more and more frequently in the clinic- The long term outcome of young girls and women being put onto the Oral Contraceptive Pill in a push to try and reduce their teenage acne outbreak.  I use this as an example, because this is the one I see most frequently. However young teenage girls can be put onto the Pill for a myriad of reasons aside from contraception- mood stabilising, heavy or painful periods, or even irregular periods. Quite often these …

Ok.. now that I have put the fear of god into you about our environment (sorry, but this stuff is very real!), I want to swing your attention now to the standard protocol here in Australia for medicating babies. In my last article I talked about the liver pathways, and how they are put under pressure by a variety of different environmental chemicals and substances. Specifically, I’d like to look at the most commonly prescribed paediatric medications in Australia, their effects on the liver, and potential complications. Paracetamol; Ibuprofen (Nurofen); …

Today I’d like to talk about the liver, and the absolutely crucial role it plays in the detoxification ofanything that comes near your body, including vaccines.In part one of my articles,Toxins in vs Toxins out, I referred to the ‘total load’ that is placed on the bodyby chemicals and heavy metals which come from multiple sources. It is important to understand, again,that when the body (particularly the liver) cannot keep up with detox demand, we are left with anoverload situation. This is when the body starts to show the signs …

Vaccination. This word is probably the single most emotive word in this country today.  It literally has the ability to divide a room, a social media thread, or even a family or friendship. Everyone has an opinion about it, and from my experience there are more than two sides to this argument- nobody is wrong.  Statistically, vaccination has done some great things on a global scale!  But, stats aside, the argument for ‘vaccine injury’ is very real.  I have seen it with my own eyes. With the government legislations changing this …