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Sugar Cravings – What Can We Do About Them?
Sugar Cravings – What Can We Do About Them? Sugar cravings – we can all experience them – but why? They can develop for many reasons, such as after periods of indulgence like Christmas and holidays, or during stressful and emotional times. Once the levels of sugar in our diet increase it becomes difficult to […]
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Tagged Brisbane naturopath, candida albicans, dehydration, depression, fatigue, gut health, health, improve vitality, insulin resistance, mind fog, reduce sugar cravings, sugar addiction, sugar cravings, wellbeing
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Are You Confused About Sugar?
Are You Confused About Sugar? Speaking to my friends and clients I see that there is a lot of confusion about the issue of sugar. The questions frequently asked are – should be eat it? should we avoid it? and what type of sugar should we eat? The modern western diet is often very high […]
Also posted in Brisbane Naturopath, Brisbane Nutritionist, changing habits, Diabetes Type 2, Fatty Liver Disease, Food As Medicine, Immune Health, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Quit sugar, Sugar cravings, Sugar free, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-inflammatory, Diabetes Type 2, fatty liver disease, fresh fruit, heart health, immune health, pancreatic health, quit sugar, sugar free
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Healing Vegetable Red Curry
Healing Vegetable Red Curry is delicious and power packed with goodness – perfect comfort food for the winter evenings. It’s a yummy vegetarian based curry that I love to make. It’s loaded with goodness and packed with vegetables and anti-inflammatory spices that are slowly simmered until tender. It is served with roasted cashew nuts sprinkled […]
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Tagged anti-inflammatory, Cauliflower, comfort food, curry, digestive health, Gluten Free, healthy food, immune health, recipe, turmeric, vegan, vegetable curry, vegetarian, winter food
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Turmeric – Changing Gene Expression
Turmeric can change gene expression and is a perfect example of Food As Medicine. We are all becoming aware of the many benefits of curcumin, a constituent of turmeric, from its ability to reduce depression to its anti-inflammatory effects which help with osteoarthritis and diabetes. It also has the ability to protect the liver and […]
Also posted in Digestive Health, Immune Health, Marianne Harold Naturopath, Naturopath Brisbane West, Turmeric
Tagged anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, curcumin, diabetes, food as medicine, gene expression, health, turmeric, turmeric latte, weight loss
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Coping with Christmas Stress
As Christmas and New Year approach, many of us experience increased stress levels which can be due to varying reasons such as a lack of time, financial obligations, relationship stress, worrying about our health or what presents to buy. Usually most of the stress we experience is the stress we place on ourselves! We need […]
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Strategies to Boost Your Immunity
Strategies to Boost Your Immunity Strategies to boost your immunity as the seasons change can be simple. There are simple naturopathic and nutritional strategies you can take to boost your immunity before coming down with a cold, cough or another respiratory illness. These strategies also support overall immunity when you start to experience any sign […]
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Are You Confused About Sugar?
Are You Confused About Sugar? Speaking to my friends and clients I see that there is a lot of confusion about the issue of sugar. The questions frequently asked are – should be eat it? should we avoid it? and what type of sugar should we eat? The modern western diet is often very high […]
The Good Oils (and Fats) – What You Need to Know
The Good Oils (and Fats) – and what you need to know The growing knowledge that we should include ‘good’ oils and fats in the foods we eat is breaking down the fear that they should be avoided in case they might negatively impact our health. Consuming a variety of healthy fats and […]
Why You Should Soak Your Grains, Legumes & Nuts
Why You Should Soak Your Grains, Legumes, Nuts & Seeds Raw grains, legumes, nuts and seeds all contain a substance called phytate (in varying quantities) which interferes with our digestion’s ability to absorb nutrients. They also have a protein called lectin which is found in the seed of a plant and are resistant to human […]