Good nutrition or slow health decline You and your growing children are receiving fewer vitamins and minerals than are necessary to sustain health. And the cereals and even fresh foods foods are falling a long way short of supplying those in healthy measures. Why? Because the World Health Organisation recommends the daily minimum quantities (MDR) […]
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Bone density by Phil Wade Osteoporosis The Australian Health Survey points out that osteoporosis is not inevitable and can be avoided. I also say this from many years of clinical research and practice. At Lane Cove Wellness Centre, we believe strongly that much of osteoporosis that occurs can be avoided. Indeed we now have two MRIs
Puberty Onset and juvenile illness Apologia: I use the terms “he” and “she” alternately where indicated to remove discrimination, and the use of either term against a particular issue does not signify a greater tendency for either sex to contract a particular illness. My decades of experience with acne and fatigue has led me to
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Healthy brain moods Author Phil Wade © Depression can be caused by brain inflammation, according to Dr Adrian Lopresti at the functional medicine conference at Sofitel Brisbane Central in June, 2016. Danielle Fairbrother also reported research showing that specific areas in the brain may physically alter with inflammation. Diet, lifestyle and herbal medicine may improve mental
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Vitality embracing Nutrition I often get the question/answer: “Why should I bother with all the fuss of selecting special foods and taking pills? I believe in staying healthy naturally by healthy eating”. The answer to this conundrum is why our clinic exists. Nutritional medicine is all about endeavouring to restore the body’s natural balance that
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Food and Mental Health There is overwhelming evidence that over 65% of depression and other brain issues caused by poor food choices. Professor Felicity Jacka presented a breakthrough paper at the Rotary Conference of district 9680 in Wollongong on the weekend (18/3/12) at the WIN entertainment centre in front of several hundred business leaders and
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Teenage health is achievable Teenagers can experience the onset of many health challenges that are wrongly attributed to ‘hormones’. Sure, teenagers suddenly accelerate hormone production at puberty but don’t think for a second that sex hormones can cause blood sugar fluctuations associated with thirst, depression, mental health issues, joint discomfort or swollen glands leading to
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Fertility and Preconception Care Is it possible to improve your chances of a healthy pregnancy with just nutritional supplements like elevit? Or do we need to do more? The tips for a healthy pregnancy that we list below may not be exhaustive but they do represent handy and proven methods.* Our Fertility planning “kit” may:
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Growing Children and Childhood Diseases Repetitive childhood illnesses affect every child. Because they make the child weak and feverish, the first impulse is to put pressure on your doctor for antibiotics (which can kill some germs) and analgesics (which reduce fever). Let’s be clear – I am saying that childhood illnesses can affect children severely,
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Sleeping disorders can be treated with natural medicine Sleep is a state of mind induced by a string of chemical reactions that occur naturally in the brain in most people. The mechanism of what triggers sleep is still not completely understood but we do know that production of the sleep-inducing pituitary hormone melatonin is triggered
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