STRESS – What are you resisting??? I’m sure you have all heard about the negative effects stress can have on your health, via the immune system, so I won’t bombard you with information. However, just to gain some perspective, here are some facts and figures that may help with your sense of isolation with this … Continue reading
Sports or any physical activity for that matter is crucial for your mental and physical wellbeing. This is due to the combination of effects sports can produce. Those being, immune enhancing, mood regulating, cell nourishing, blood & lymph circulation boosting and toxin eliminating. As sports and activity burn off stress hormones (when done 60min or … Continue reading
When recovering from anything, be it the common cold to a more serious infection, sports injury, or night out consisting of heavy drinking, there is a period of time that allows for recovery. However, depending on your nutritional reserves and environmental stressors, this “recovery” period can be drastically shortened. Basically, the body utilities nutrition in … Continue reading
As Naturopath’s who have been working in a clinical environment for over fifteen years, you start to see social trends in relation to health. Currently, the “big one” is stress & adrenal fatigue. Actually, it’s massive! Less and less time is spent relaxing and recovering from the daily grind. More and more social pressures are … Continue reading
Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder Green Medicine Info A new scientific review identifies 25 of the top foods and herbs which kill the cancer stem cells at the root cause of cancer malignancy. There are thousands of natural compounds that have been studied with demonstrable anti-cancer activity (check out over 600 on our cancer research database), … Continue reading
Peter Thompson, our resident chiropractor and osteopath has these words of wisdom to share with us. The best general advice I give to my patients is this: Take heed of what your body is telling you. If you don’t listen and act on the first message, the body will repeat itself in a stronger, more … Continue reading
Dehydration is one of the most overlooked and basic causes of disease. Being the universal solvent for biochemistry, a lack of cellular water cannot be medicated for or modified other than by providing mineralised water of the appropriate quality and in the appropriate quantities. We can live for a few months without food but will … Continue reading
You’ve heard it all before but I’ll say it again: Just eat real food! Ditch the processed, boxed, deep-fried, sugar, chemical laden stuff as much as you possibly can. Your body will love you for it the long run! As a (former) self-confessed chocoholic and emotional eater – I know how daunting this can seem. … Continue reading
We often talk about the importance of exercise (aka physical activity) and how it can improve your health. You’ve heard &/or read it in the media how it can reduce the risk of developing diseases like type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. It’s human nature to think “it won’t happen to me” and I … Continue reading
This is a well known saying. But how many of us live by this – especially when it comes to the foods we consume? How many of us have a regimented Meatloaf Monday, Pork Chop Tuesday…? There are around 50 essential vitamins, amino acids, minerals and essential fatty acids that the human body needs but … Continue reading