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
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
We’ve all been told exercise is good for us. But what actually are the benefits of exercise? Weight control Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. You don’t need to set aside large chunks of time for exercise, just take the stairs instead of the elevator or park the car … Continue reading
Smoothies are a delicious and easy way to nourish your body with healthy food, achieve your ideal weight, and recover quickly after exercise. Step 1. BUILD YOUR BASE Grab your blender and decide what ingredients you are going to use in your smoothie. You may like to start with a handful of berries or half … Continue reading
We’re famous for being a sporting country, but how many of us Aussies live up to our energetic reputation? The bad news is that around 75 per cent of us aren’t on the go enough to meet the minimum daily recommendation for exercise … so here are some good reasons to get off the couch … Continue reading
All biochemical reactions, intracellular activity and electrical (life) energy are under pH control and therefore it is one of the most important biochemical balances in all of human body chemistry. pH controls the speed of biochemical reactions including the way our bodies utilise enzymes, minerals, vitamins and food supplements. It does this by controlling the … Continue reading
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is an outstanding all natural therapy with no side effects that will help you to look and feel your best! There is no other health promoting or anti-aging therapy that is so simple and yet so effective. Some of the benefits include: • Increases collagen and elastin production • Increases neuronal energy … Continue reading
Awesome short video of the prebiotic effect and how this knowledge may save your butt – literally! Eatyou way to health with Prebiotics. We have explored the vital role bacteria play in your health in previous posts and this one demonstrates why it’s important to feed them up with prebiotics. The Hungry Microbiome: why resistant … Continue reading