Natremed Newsletter
July - September 08
Dear [FIRSTNAME],
As the days get longer and the weather warmer it is an ideal time to get out and about and start making those healthy changes you have been promising yourself. Start a garden by planting some herbs and vegetables. Take a look at the Natremed recipe section and prepare some delicious healthy food. All the recipes have been approved by our practitioners, which is a guarantee that they will be good for you! Spend some time in the sun, 15-20 minutes is all it takes to boost your vitamin D levels, which in turn will improve your immunity and your mood.
If you suffer from allergies during this change in season, come and have a talk to us about how to improve your immunity, so that you too can get out and enjoy the warmer weather.
Whats in this edition?
Current News
We have been rather quite in the past two months, as we have been very busy working toward our renovations. Check our website for more details
Articles by our Practitioners
The Lost Importance of Convalescence to Optimal Health
Even the word 'convalescence' seems to have dropped out of our modern
day vocabulary, not to mention the decrease in its practise. To
convalesce is to allow the full recovery from illness, no matter how
small, and to return the body to total wellness. Unfortunately this age
old practise is now quite out of fashion with our current lifestyles
and often substituted by a 'soldier on' mentality.
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Pre & Probiotic Foods
Our digestive tract & genitourinary tracts are home to many types of bacteria and yeast. These bacteria play important roles in maintaining and optimising digestive function. Exposure to stress, poor diet (refined, high sugar), infection and some medicines disrupts the balance of the bacteria in our digestive, promoting the growth of “unfriendly” bacteria .
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Preconception Health Care
Many childhood complaints or problem pregnancies are just put down as
“one of those things”, however many problems such as miscarriage (which
incidently can also be a problem with the fathers sperm), birth
defects, premature birth, complicated labour, and problems effecting
your child such as poor sleep, irritability, learning disorders,
allergies, chronic infections and behavioural problems can be lessened
or eliminated altogether by BOTH parents undertaking a preconception
care plan 4-6 months before you want to conceive.
Read more...
Parasites - The Silent Invasion
Most people cringe at the thought of worms or other little creatures
inhabiting their bodies, but in reality most of us will suffer some
symptoms related to parasites at one time or another. It makes no
difference where you live, how clean you are and whether you have pets
or not, if you’re not worming yourself with a herbal/homoeopathic
remedy every 3 months, then you probably have them.
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Cholesterol & Statins
Cholesterol is a precursor to many steroid hormones and is manufactured in the liver. It is transported around your body by two proteins. These proteins are known as high density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL). LDL carries the cholesterol to the tissues and blood vessels and HDL collects the cholesterol and returns it to your liver.
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Inflammation, Pain and NSAID's
Inflammation is experienced in the body as swelling, pain, aches, redness, heat and even pus.
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What we've been up to
Nicole has more HynoBirthing session coming up so be sure to fill in an expression of interest form if this is something you and your partner would like to be involved in.
What's coming up
Nicole is about to start using RTBI Urine & Saliva analysis in her consultations. We're excited about this as it will give us another tool to track key health indicators and the changes to these indicators over time. Check our website for more information.
Pearls of Wisdom
Enjoying Life
Life, in all of its fullness, is happening right now. While our
thoughts are sometimes elsewhere, beautiful opportunities and moments
are being passed over and lost to the flow of time. And though we
cannot possibly fully experience each leaf that falls to the ground,
sometimes we get so attached to reaching our goals that we don’t pay
attention to the wonder all around us. When we do that, we live in a
world that exists only in our heads, while we miss life itself. There
is so much to be enjoyed and appreciated that we need to remember to
pay attention to the present moment, because it is the only space in
which we can experience being alive.
We learn from our past, but dwelling on it keeps us from being fully
present to life in the moment. We create our lives with our thoughts,
but focusing so firmly on our imagined future keeps us from co-creating
with the universe, so we might never allow ourselves to live our dreams
as they manifest. It’s possible to be so happy and comfortable in our
inner worlds that we lose touch with the business of life. We may enjoy
spending large portions of time in meditation, or focused on our
thoughts.
Life must be attended to, and if we are wise, we can enjoy it at the
same time. We can awaken ourselves to the moment we are living right
now by taking a deep breath and simply looking around. In doing so, we
refocus our attention to our location in the real world. Then we can
learn to appreciate the process of working toward our goals as much as
their attainment. Balancing ourselves between the present moment and
eternity, we can experience and enjoy the full range of reality
available to us as spiritual beings living on earth.
From: http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2008/14665.html
Food of the Month
Jerusalem artichokes
Neither from Jerusalem, nor a member of the artichoke family, the Jerusalem artichoke is a bulb/tuber that looks quite like a ginger root and is actually related to the sunflower!
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