Bedtime: Hot Cacao Drink
A warming hot drink packed with anti-oxidants that helps you unwind for bed. A tablespoon of hot organic cacao A pinch of cardamom powder A spoonful of pureed dates (not date syrup) Water heated to 90degrees …just under boiling Coconut milk optional 1 teaspoon...
Healthy Lifestyle Interventions
There are so many small actions we can take to help fuel overall wellness. It is not a case of all or nothing, make a commitment to making small, achievable changes that become a part of your lifestyle. Sometimes we just need a gentle reminder…. Minimise or avoid...
Too early for menopause – what is going on for a woman in her 40s?
“I AM A 40’S SOMETHING PROFESSIONAL AND BUSY MUM. I’VE RECENTLY NOTICED I AM SO PRONE TO EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS AND OFTEN GET TEARFUL LEADING UP TO MY PERIOD. MY EMOTIONS JUST SEEM TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE AND I CAN’T CONTROL THEM. I USED TO GET THE ODD PMS SYMPTOM BUT...
Brain-Gut Connection – Cognitive Health
In recent weeks, we have seen many patients with complaints of early memory loss, which in medical terms is called mild cognitive impairment. This always raises concerns regarding a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. As you may be aware current treatment...
Boost your immune system to slow down effects of ageing
The new ‘inflammation clock and biological age’. Our eternal quest to slow, or even perhaps reverse the aging process has kept scientists and researchers busy over the past decades, more so since the discovery of the genome early this millennium. One of the latest...
Food Heals
Every cell needs energy to live and thrive that is achieved from the combination of balanced nutrition from food as well as proper oxygenation. No wonder in a functional medicine practice it makes sense to consider Food as a foundation for health. A compromise with...
The science behind comfort eating
Why does food have a knack of making you relax or feel better when you’re feeling down? We often look to food as comfort and it’s no coincidence that there is in fact a scientific explanation! The gut as you know starts from the mouth, food passes through the food...
A story about a cat and a mouse….
I often recall a story told to me many moons ago by a colleague that still fascinates me today! It is a phenomenon involving the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals, including humans. However, its primary host is the cat...
Kintsugi – A Powerful Visual Metaphor for Living
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery using gold or silver lacquer, resulting in a unique piece that does not hide the damage but instead highlights any cracks and imperfections. Dating back to the 15th century in Japan, it became a common...