Disease Prevention: The World Health Organization defines prevention as ‘approaches and activities aimed at reducing the likelihood that a disease or disorder will affect an individual, interrupting or slowing the progress of the disorder or reducing disability’ (WHO 2004). An important part of disease prevention is health promotion. This describes activities which help individuals and … Continue reading
Move and enjoy: Just be active! It doesn’t always have to be planned or gym workouts. Simply sitting less, and getting more physically active throughout the day wherever possible is also essential to reducing one of the major risk factors for metabolic syndrome, obesity. One strategy for sticking with exercise is to make it enjoyable … Continue reading
I love my eggs scrambled in butter, side of bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms and spinach leaves, sprinkled with Himalayan salt, and sour dough bread with avocado on the side – makes for a happy girl! But I am careful to buy organic or free-range eggs and have done so for as long as I can remember. … Continue reading
Prevention based (lifestyle) medicine vs. Disease based (reactive) medicine Medicine and health care are undergoing a paradigm shift. At Core Naturopathics we are seeing more and more demand for our services to assist clients with the sky rocketing incidence of chronic disease in society and the resulting complex health challenges they are facing. Despite the … Continue reading
At Core Naturopathics we have designed a really special type of clinic. It’s based on some important Naturopathic philosophies & one of the top priorities of any Naturopath is to recognise that you are working with a very unique individual. Our whole clinic is centred on achieving the best outcome for your individualised health, … Continue reading
Nutritional genomics, or nutrigenomics, is the study of how foods affect our genes and how individual genetic differences can affect the way we respond to nutrients (and other naturally occurring compounds) in the foods we eat. Nutrigenomics has received much attention recently because of its potential for preventing, mitigating, or treating chronic disease, and certain … Continue reading
Become proactive with your health: Seek information regarding health from a qualified holistic practitioner, to help prevent ill health and support individual health long term. Take charge of your own body and learn from it. Even when you may feel well, it’s important to also track your health and monitor changes over time. This way … Continue reading
I thought balancing home life, with two young children, work and study would be a reasonable challenge, with just the usual amount of stress expected. For one, the very late study sessions once my two young boys are tucked in bed asleep. Although, yes its tiring, I found the sleep deprivation for me could often … Continue reading
Core Potential A Simple Test Changing Lives Our Core Potential test is giving incredible information to those clients that have been unable to find answers to simple health problems as well as complex diseases. What is the test? This test identifies (holistically) what may be some of the simplest answers to sometimes complex situations. … Continue reading
With so much nutrition and diet info about it can be easy to think you can learn all you need to have a healthy diet by ‘Googling’ and looking through magazines. The problem with this however is that so many short terms fads come and go, many articles are written with an agenda (i.e. they … Continue reading