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Natremed Newsletter
July 2010
Dear [FIRSTNAME],
The majority of our patients talk to us about feeling tired and fatigued. There are many reasons why this may be so; too much work, inadequate nutrition from the food you ingest, sedentary lifestyle and poor sleep patterns. The fatigue may present as 3 O'clock-itis or you may wake feeling sluggish each morning. When we look closer it becomes evident that the fatigue is the result of nutritional deficiencies, toxicity, or a part of an existing health condition.
What-ever the reason for your fatigue, your diet can always be improved upon and for this reason we are now giving you the opportunity to improve the quality of your nutrition and diet with some practical, hands on food workshops. The cooking classes have been revamped to better reflect the needs of all our patients and include the use of SUPERFOODS in every one of them. Our aim is to make ‘every mouthful count’ and we hope that you will soon be enjoying the benefits of superfoods in every meal - just as we are!
Whats in this edition?
Current News
Little Yum Yums
 At Natremed we are extreamly pro healthy food and are always excited to discover people who're finding new ways to improve the quality of food we eat, even for tiny tots!
Kyla McGregor has started something we thought we would share with you, the concept is Healthy Food for children between ages of 5 to 18 months. Healthy home made packs of food delivered to you..
Are you a busy parent who sometimes struggles to find time to make healthy food for your baby? Ever needed to organise baby food in a hurry for childcare, babysitters or hectic days?
Don’t just reach for the jar of baby food!
At Little Yum Yums, we’re all about being healthy and convenient! We deliver hand made, preservative free gourmet baby food straight to your door!
Our delicious recipes are lovingly prepared using the freshest Ingredients, straight from the market. Our food is cooked and blended to the perfect consistency, frozen, then delivered to you in convenient portions, ready to just “heat and serve” in a moment’s notice!
Little Yum Yums is available in eight yummy flavours, suitable for Stage 1 (5M +), and Stage 2 (8M to 18 M +) weaning. Each pack contains 12 x 30g portions for $7.99, perfect for meals, desserts, snacks, or just to have on hand for those “just in case” situations.
To order or find out more about our delivery areas, simply phone Kyla: (03) 5881 8759
Now stocking: H2Onya drink bottles
We all know we need to change our behaviours and be a bit greener in everything we do.
Onya makes changing your behaviour easy.
The best way to address environmental problems is to make sure your solutions have exceptional appeal, innovation, style, convenience and practicality. Sustainable, Australian bag & bottle innovation for people that need style, convenience and practicality.
At Natremed we are dedicated to improving your health through environmentally sustainable products which is why we all use the H2Onya drink bottles over plastic ‘one use’ drink bottles. We would like to help you make a positive change to your health and environment so we stock the bottles in a wide range of sizes, shapes and colours – so they can always be OnYA!
Contact us for your H2Oya
Now Stocking: Full Range of La Gai Skin Care
In true reflection of Mother Nature’s versatility, each product in LaGaia's skin care range is skillfully formulated to provide beautification and nurturing across the face and body’s complete daily care requirements. LaGaia’s range is specifically designed to assist restoration and maintenance of the skin’s natural pH as a simple and effective range for every standard skin type. Come and talk to us at Natremed about which product would be best for you.
Combine your Lagai skin care range with a naturopathic consultation for hair, skin and nails that glow from the inside out.
Articles by our Practitioners
Eating with the seasons
Most of us recognise that we should eat the fruits and vegetables that are currently in season – but that is not always as easy as it seems.
From Naturopathy to Feng Shui
Read more...
What we've been up to
Presentation to Tatura Milk
Melissa and Sophie presented to 50 of Tatura Milks employees on the importance of healthy eating for their wellbeing.
Tatura Milk had been running it's own Biggest Looser Competition amoungst some if it's employees and the workshop was part of the competition to give employees a greater awareness that the food they put into their mouths could not only be affecting their weight but also their general health, motivation and ability to flourish.
The aim was to encourage healthier eating pattens amoung shift workers, office staff and management.
Some of the topics included:
- You are what you eat
- Eating food not numbers
- Balancing your blood sugars
- Weight management
We also provided a healthy lunch and snacks for those who attended
What's coming up
SuperFoods - New Cooking & Food Education Workshops
Why superfoods?
Superfoods are found in nature and do not require processing or refining and appear to offer health benefits beyond simple nutrition. This is a fortnightly, hands on cooking class, teaching you the benefits of healthy home cooking from whole ingredients. Each class focuses on a Superfood and it’s benefits for disease prevention, healthy aging, weight management, energy and wellbeing.
Food included in the cost so you can enjoy what you have made. Take home recipes, ingredient and local supplier lists are provided, so that you can easily re-create these meals at home.
Beneficial in combination with current naturopathic or musculoskeletal consultation, to maximise the success of the treatment.
Our aim is to ‘make each mouthful count’ so that you can enjoy superfoods at every meal – just as we do!
Food allergy or intolerances catered for by request.
- Time: 6:00 - 7.30pm
- Date: 1st Monday and 3rd Thursday of each month
- Presenters: Natremed practitioners who are home cooks of delicious every day food
- Content: Cooking class and food education
Pearls of Wisdom
Think Globally, Eat Locally
We all know that our planet needs our help right now, but we often feel unsure about what to do, where to make an effort, and what will really help. The good news is that we can heal the planet on a daily basis simply by buying and eating food that is grown locally. Food that has been transported long distances doesn’t contain much life force by the time it gets to your kitchen. Making a commitment to shop, buy, and eat locally is not only a very important part of creating positive change, it can also be delicious fun.
One of the best places to begin the adventure of eating locally is a farmer’s market. Stalls brim with fresh fruits and vegetables grown on nearby farms. Not only is this good for the environment, it’s good for the farmers since they benefit from selling directly to the consumer. The consumer benefits, too, from the intimate experience of buying food from the hand of the person who grew it. In addition, the food is fresher and more diverse. In supermarkets, particular varieties of fruits and vegetables are favored due to their ability to survive transport to a far destination. Alternately, at a farmer’s market, you will find versions of the fruits and vegetables you know that will surprise and delight your senses—green striped heirloom tomatoes, purple cauliflower, white carrots, and edible flowers, just to name a few.
Make an effort to buy as much of your food as possible directly from local farmers. You will become one of a growing number of people eating delicious food to save the planet and having fun doing it.
Food of the Month
Food of the month - Quince
Okay, so it might not be the prettiest fruit going around, but don’t judge it by its appearance. The quince is somewhere between an apple and a pear, a bit furry with a few odd knobs, but tastes delicious!
Read more...
Challenge of the Month
Challenge of the month - cut back on sugar!
If you keep a food diary for 3 days and write down EVERYTHING you eat, chances are you will be consuming around 26 tsp of sugar a day just like every other average Australian.
Don't believe me? Well let's take a look at some "foods" that are commonly found making their way into many shopping trolleys around this town.
- 375ml cola drinks: 10tsp sugar
- Tomato sauce (per serve): 1 tsp sugar
- White pasta (200g): equates to 150g sugar
- Ave breakfast cereal: up to 40% about 3tsp of sugar per serve
How could there possibly be that much sugar in these foods? Well, just
as those 26tsp crept up on you so sneakily, sugar is cunningly hiding
behind one of it’s secret identities: corn syrup, fructose, malt, corn
sweetener, dextrose, sucrose, fruit juice concentrate, lactose, maltol,
xylitol, dextrin, maltodextrin.
Our immune system can not function on sugar, nor can we sustain
energy or concetrate for long periods of time when we live off sugar.
So your challenge this month is to:
- Keep a food diary for 3 days and add up all the tsps of sugar (include white bread and pasta)
- Look up all the food in packets and jars and tins and determine which ones are too high in sugar
- Make a new food diary and for the next week try to halve your intake of sugar
- Continue this until the only sugar you are eating comes from fresh fruit and honey
- Reflect on how you feel now that sugar is no longer ruling your moods and energy!
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