As a practitioner I am privileged to sit in a private room and hear stories of survival, tenacity, struggle, heroism and adventure. All these stories have health in common and they are told to me in confidence. I am educated every day by people’s spirit and intellect. And these experiences allow me to guide other … Continue reading
We recently advertised for our first Community Connect Event in the local Illawarra Mercury – Mind Body and Soul Local Business Feature This is a copy of the online feature – 22/09/2016. Mind Body and Soul: Event will focus on health Connecting the community: Core Naturopathics is organising a ‘Community Connect’ event on Monday, October 17, … Continue reading
Sassall Surfers Ear Drops: for the treatment of common ear complaints. For ear aches and pain, popping or crackling noises, trapped water and/or dulled hearing associated with long term exposure to wind and water. Directions Instill 3 drops into each affected ear canal twice daily and after exposing the ear to water. Active ingredients Each … Continue reading
Thinking of doing a detox, or are currently already completing our Core Detox or other Health program? Detox your skin as well as your diet. Why? Detoxing not only what we put into our bodies as food, but also what we put onto our bodies everyday, for example, sunscreens, deodorant matters too. Many products … Continue reading
As you may have seen back on the 03 August, Core were sponsors for the What’s with Wheat? documentary for Southern Sydney. So on a cold, wet, winter’s night along with about 70 other people from the Shire and surrounds we were enlightened on what has and is happening to our wheat. I thought it … Continue reading
Ever snapped at someone, or had someone snap at you, and then after having something to eat all is well with the world again? You might feel calmer, happier, and possibly embarrassed at your recent outburst! Well you may have just been hangry – referring to the state of being angry and irritable because you … Continue reading
A key contributor to inflammation in our body is the food that we eat. A diet high in processed foods, refined sugar, grains, vegetable oils, trans fats, chemical additives and the like, will lead you down the path to inflammation and ill-health. Replacing processed foods with whole, ideally organic foods is the more scenic, … Continue reading
Metabolic syndrome is not a disease in itself, but a collection of risk factors that often occur together, increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. A person is diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome when they have any three or more: central (abdominal) obesity – excess fat in and around the stomach (abdomen) raised … Continue reading
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