Category: Nutrition
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Four Ways to Store Your Green Leafy Vegetables without Plastic
Green leafy vegetables are one of the most nutrient-dense foods to include in a balanced, healthy diet. They are rich in minerals – calcium, magnesium and vitamin K and folic acid, and they are a great source of fibre. I always suggest having a wide variety of green leafy vegetables – eating some raw –…
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Eating for a Sustainable Future: Seven Tips to Reduce Your Food Footprint
While many of us environmentally frugal types focus on ensuring that our printing paper is made from sustainable resources and our light globes are energy efficient, we often overlook the important role of what we put in our mouths and its impact on the environment. We are all consumers of food, and many of us…
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Seven Tips to Stretch Your Grocery Budget (While still eating healthy)
A common misconception among Western societies is that for a person to eat well, they need to be flush with funds. However, when you consider the costs involved in producing foods out of season and in the incorrect soil, with chemical pesticides and fertilizers, you begin to understand the true price of eating the unnatural…
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What are phytoestrogens and how do they affect hormones during menopause?
Phytoestrogens in food aren’t really new, but they seem to be getting a lot more attention these days. Although we’ve been eating phytoestrogen foods for a very, very long time, it wasn’t until the 1920s that phytoestrogens were discovered, and they became a ‘thing’. If we break the word phytoestrogen into its components, ‘phyto’ means…
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Bone Health and Menopause: Am I Getting Enough Calcium?
As we step into the time of life that is termed ‘menopause‘, we become aware that osteoporosis and bone issues can become an issue in later life. We often turn to calcium supplements and hoe into dairy products in an attempt to prevent these from taking hold, and the one nutrient that we think of…
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My Year Without Coffee: A Naturopath’s Journey
Twelve months without coffee and still going in strong: this is my journey as a Naturopath who has, let’s say, managed to get a handle on her coffee habit. I noticed that I had an issue with coffee about twelve years ago. I realised that I craved coffee in the morning, and I felt more motivated…
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Simple Tips for a Healthy Immune System
Today, I’m discussing, good, old-fashioned tips for a healthy immune system; the kind of stuff that your grandmother would have tried to teach you when you were young.
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Naturopathic Approaches to Menopause Support
Naturopathy is one of the best ways to rebalance health and hormones and adjust mentally and physically to the transition of menopause. One of my most frequently asked questions is, “How can a Naturopath help with menopause?” As a natural health practitioner, I keep several tools in my healthcare kit for helping with symptoms, in…
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Seven Signs it is Time To Give Up Coffee
Coffee has become part of our culture. We meet for coffee, stand in line to get our morning fix, and even have our own coffee machines at work and at home. But how do we know when it is time to rein in our coffee consumption and focus on nurturing our health? In the last…
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The Evolution of Fad Diets Through the Decades
With a combination of information overload and a penchant for quick fixes, it seems understandable that fad diets and new ways of eating can become confusing and a little jejune. I am often fascinated by the food choices people make when there seems to be an abundance of food available. Knowing what is healthy is…
