Curcuma longa - Traditional Uses Quenching Inflammation
Curcuma longa (turmeric) is cultivated in many places around the world, including South East Asia, where it has been used for thousands of years. Due to its distinctive yellow color in the Hindu re...
Fasting - Tips, Research and Myths
Intermittent Fasting: 5 Tips for Staying in a Fast Fasting - Intermittent fasting has taken the dieting world by storm but in terms of its methods and practice as a whole, Intermittent fasting has ...
Boswellia: An Underestimated Anti-inflammatory
Boswellia Serrata has been traditionally used for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations such as the Hindus, Persians, Babylonians, Chinese, Romans, and Greeks have used Boswellia as incense for...
Reishi Mushroom: From Tradition to Today
Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) has an amazing history of treating various ailments. Early writings that praised the medicinal properties of Reishi dated back to the second century B.C. in the ...
Edible Earth - How Effective Is The Trend
Edible earth – Why it's not always great to pair with your smoothies… Edible earth -Bentonite clay, Charcoal, and Diatomaceous Earth – The Edible Earth movement took the health industry by storm re...
Blood Pressure and Licorice – The Facts
Blood Pressure - About one million years ago (OK, 25 years ago really) when I was studying herbal medicine, one of the first things we learned was that you need to take care of prescribing licorice...
Licorice Root - Why is it so sweet?!
Licorice or as it is botanically known - Glycyrrhiza glabra has been around for centuries, much associate licorice with that of the tar-like black confectionary with the strong bitter and sweet par...
Testosterone - Testicle communication to the Brain and Gut
Testosterone and Testicle Health - We are all familiar with the Gut-Brain connection, but a colleague of mine recently sent me a study looking at the connection between gut bacteria and testosteron...
Stressed? Burning the candle at both ends?
Stressed? - You have probably heard the age-old expression “burning the candle at both ends” before. But when it comes to our health, where does this phrase fit so well? The candle symbolizes our l...
Cross Crawling - Switching on for Parents and Kids
Cross Crawling - At the moment we have a tonne of parents at home playing the role of employee and teacher. Many parents recently had to take on this role of educating their kids at home instantly,...
Intuitive Eating - What it is and isn't
Intuitive Eating - it’s a buzzword currently trending in the world of dietary guidelines and dropped into mainstream media by health professionals from broad categories such as coaches, nutritionis...
Morning Routine and the Cortisol Awakening Response
Cortisol Awakening Response - One of the best ways to support the health of our body and our mind each day is to prioritize our morning routine. Particularly now as we are all adapting to changes i...
Reishi Mushroom – Taking a look under the cap!
Reishi Mushroom – has been in amongst ancient Chinese medicinal literature for hundreds of years and was originally reserved for the royals due to its rarity and peculiar growth preference. It is a...
