Category Archives: nutrition
The connection between our gut health and skin
The Gut-Skin Axis The health of the gut microbiome and its impact on wider health has seen an explosion of research, and with the advent of DNA sequencing our understanding of the microbiome and its effects on health is growing. … Continue reading
Posted in acne, Acne and diet, nutrition, Skin Health, Stress
Tagged gut skin axis, healthy microbiome, skin microbiome
Food marketing to kids?!?
Have you ever perused the food options on the shelves of the supermarket looking for the healthiest option, and then read the ingredients only to find it was loaded with sugar…or something that sounds like sugar but you just can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Health Tips, nutrition, Uncategorized
Tagged hidden sugar, ultra processed foods
Throwing the baby spinach out with the bath water
Recently I went into a well known supermarket looking for some leafy greens to go with the dinner I was cooking. I scanned the shelves and all I could see was packets of baby spinach, rocket or mixed greens, neither … Continue reading
Posted in Health Tips, nutrition
Tagged healthy nutrition, leafy greens, nutritional variety, spinach
You are what you eat in chronic pain
Over the last decade we have seen a flood of evidence linking a poor diet with chronic health conditions. But what about chronic pain? Until recently the role of diet in relation to chronic pain in most areas has been … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic pain management, nutrition
Tagged chronic pain, diet, fruit and vegetables, healthy nutrition and diet
Holistic Pain Management Podcast 2
This podcast is a follow up to Holistic Pain Management Part 1 and in it Andrew Whitfield-Cook and I discuss some of the treatment strategies that are employed as part of a holistic approach to chronic pain. Holistic Pain Management … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic pain management, neuropathy, nutrition, pain psychology
Tagged chronic pain, chronic pain treatment, low back pain, mindfulness, nutrition, wellbeing
Memory enhancing EVOO
I am regularly regaled with the benefits of Coconut oil (predominantly a saturated fat) but personally I am not a fan. By all means moisturise with it, use it as a mouth cleanser, rub it through hair etc, but don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Health Tips, nutrition
Tagged memory enhancing olive oil, Olive oil health benefits
Kitchen Table Wisdom
Come and see me talk about ‘Real Food for Real Nutrition’ at the inagrual Kitchen Table Wisdom event.
Posted in Health Tips, nutrition, Uncategorized
Tagged Kitchen Table Wisdom, nutrition, nutrition and chronic disease, Plant based nutrition
A quick F&V fix!
Is two weeks soon enough to start feeling better? Yes according to a recent paper of which the title is in part “Let them eat fruit!” reported that increasing fruit and vegetable consumption for just 2 weeks is enough to … Continue reading
Posted in nutrition
Tagged fruit and vegetables
An after-meal stroll can help improve diabetes
The causes of chronic pain are many and varied but a condition I see with increasing frequently is chronic pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. This isn’t particularly surprising given the significant rise in Type 2 diabetes in Australia. Treatment usually … Continue reading
Constipation, pain and the digestive benefit of Figgy Pudding
Almost everyone suffers from constipation at some point in their lives, some of the classic symptoms including hard stools, missing a day or days at a time, difficulty going to the toilet or a feeling that your bowel motion isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Health Tips, nutrition
Tagged constipation and pain, nutrition for constipation
