by admin | Dec 10, 2012 | Medicine, Mind
I am regularly astonished at the many faces of depression that I see. Anger, guilt, diarrhoea, headaches, weight gain or weight loss. Not necessarily sadness. Sadness is clearly not fashionable in many aspects of our cup-of-cement culture. This can make it a little...
by admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Food, Medicine, Mind
We are made of protein, so we need it in certain quantities to maintain our structures, such as muscle, skin and bone. Protein is made up of chains of tiny units called amino acids. These not only make up the architecture of our body; each amino acid also has a unique...
by admin | Aug 21, 2011 | Food, Medicine
I am doing all the right things but I’m not losing weight – why? Effective weight management is a basic necessity for our long-term well-being. Australians spend over 700 million dollars a year for this purpose, yet we are not seeing the results. Diet restriction and...
by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | Medicine, Mind
Can you ever remember a time when you have said ‘yes’ but you really mean ‘no’? And perhaps followed through based on obligation and felt resentment afterwards? The recent term for this habit is called ‘People Pleasing’. We all like to please others but if (in our...
by admin | May 3, 2011 | Medicine, Mind
I heard the poignant answer to this at a seminar by Naturopath Stephen Eddie a few nights ago: “people don’t become depressed because they have a Prozac deficiency.” This is not to detract from the crucial and sometimes life-saving role medication plays in psychiatry,...
by admin | May 3, 2011 | Medicine, Mind
Happiness is a combination of pleasure, fulfilment and meaning; and distinctly: freedom from anxiety and depression. Up to 1 in 3 of our population will experience a mood disorder at least once during our lives, anxiety affecting around 25% of us. For many, anxiety...
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