NatMed Blogs

Our blogs are created for you to learn from our experienced team of specialists- from the comfort of your home! We’ll help you learn more about topics such as portion control, thyroid testing, fertility, leading a healthy lifestyle and more!

28 May

Posted at 11:39h in Nutrition, Well Being by

Dairy: A Hidden Factor in Your Weight Loss

Have you ever wondered how much dairy you should have each day? Or whether it’s working for you? Dairy is prevalent in the average Australian diet, recommended by our health authorities as the best food to keep our bones and teeth strong via its calcium content. It is a unique animal food as it is intended to promote rapid development of a baby calf cow. The question is, if it is intended to stimulate rapid growth and developments of a calf, what effect does it have on humans trying to lose weight?

28 May

Posted at 11:18h in Child Health, Well Being by

Keeping Our Little Ones Healthy Over Winter Using Some Old Fashioned Common Sense

How do we keep our kids from spending the winter with runny noses and miserable looks on their faces? I would say that the first steps are the simple ones. In the hype of health information, we sometimes forget some of the gems contained in ‘old fashioned common sense’.

31 Mar

Posted at 18:10h in Well Being by

Why Thyroid Blood Tests Are Not Completely Accurate

A proper functioning thyroid can make a substantial difference to your well-being and overall health.

22 Mar

Posted at 17:30h in Nutrition, Well Being by

Toxic Homes

Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information available on “toxins”? Being a naturopath, I may be aware of more environmental pollutants we are exposed to, but it can become overwhelming, and often it becomes confusing.

13 Mar

Posted at 18:10h in Well Being by

World Sleep Day: 13/03/2015

    How much sleep do we need? Too little sleep over several nights leaves you tired, unable to concentrate, depressed and anxious. Long term affects increase your risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, these are the same risk factors for too much sleep.

04 Mar

Posted at 18:10h in Nutrition, Well Being by

Food Additives: Leaving out the nasties

Over the past 50 years the use of food additives has sky-rocketed. Not all are harmful and many have been well tested, however there remain a number of additives with questionable potential health consequences, some even have well established health risks.

26 Feb

Posted at 18:10h in Nutrition, Well Being by

What Hidden Factors Could Be Harming Your Metabolism?

Fat composition in the Australian diet has changed considerably over the last 80 to 90 years. Back in the 1920s Australians were eating predominantly saturated fats from butter and animal fats. Keep in mind that the rates of our modern diseases were low. Since then, there has been a gradual rise in the consumption of legume, grain, nuts, and seed oils from mass farming industries. These oils are high in omega 6 polyunsaturated fats and are the major reason behind how these fats damage metabolism and are partially why Australia has seen a surge in metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.

02 Feb

Posted at 18:15h in General, Info, Nutrition, Well Being by

Greens are great!

We’ve all been told to eat our greens because they are good for us but why? Green vegetables or “greens” are actually a power house of nutrition with different greens having different vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals which all serve to keep you vibrant and healthy.

13 Jan

Posted at 18:00h in NatMed Services, Well Being by
Recent research by Pieh et al.(2014) has shown that a multi-modal approach to health management delivers the most effective results, compared to a single modality on its own. So what does this mean for you? It means that multi-modality clinics like NatMed are in a unique position to offer you and your family the best quality healthcare, all under one roof.

01 Jan

Posted at 14:59h in Well Being by
What is Christmas for you? For too many of us it is a time of falling into Christmas day in an exhausted heap after school wind-ups, rushing to finalise work commitments that were due yesterday, attending about three too many social “get-togethers” and behind that smile lies the true desire to swap the heels for a pair of fluffy slippers, a cuppa and an early night, and to top it off - cramming in that last minute christmas shopping on a budget with throngs of others all looking strung out and the very opposite of peace, joy and goodwill to all.