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What You Must Know To Protect Your Kidneys
What you must know to protect your kidneys By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Did you know that kidney disease impacts 1.7 million Australians each year? Kidney-related disease kills more people every year than prostate cancer, breast cancer or even road traffic accidents yet more than 10 percent of people who have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) are not even aware they have it. You probably don’t often think about your kidneys. If you have never experienced a problem with them you would have no reason to. However, kidney disease tends to creep up on people, not causing symptoms until it [...]
Bean And Vegetable Stew
Bean and vegetable stew Loaded with veggies, this bean and vegetable stew is a hearty meal for a cold winters day or when you're feeling under the weather. You can add in extra herbs and spices or change the vegetables to your preference. This freezes well so you can double the recipe and portion into containers in the freezer for those days you don't have time to cook. Serves: 3 Ingredients: 10 Serving size: 600 g Total calories: 312 Protein: 14.7 g Fat: 6.9 g Carbohydrates: 52.2 g Fibre: 14.4 g [...]
Postpartum Fatigue – Could Your Thyroid Be To Blame?
Postpartum fatigue - Could your thyroid be to blame? By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Feeling tired, or even completely exhausted is a common complaint of new mums. Being pregnant and giving birth do take an enormous toll on your body and it takes quite some time to recover. Approximately five to ten percent of women develop a condition called postpartum thyroiditis. This is where the thyroid gland becomes inflamed and malfunctions after giving birth. This condition usually develops during the first six months after giving birth. Postpartum thyroiditis occurs in two phases; first there is hyperthyroidism (where the thyroid [...]
Keep Your Child Healthy This Winter
Keep your child healthy this winter By Louise Belle BHSc (Nut Med) It is not uncommon for children to experience colds, chest infections and stomach bugs. This is because they are regularly exposed to germs at day care from other children and are more likely to put their dirty hands and germ-covered objects in their mouths. Their immune systems are still developing at this stage and they are less equipped with immune power to ward off those nasty bugs. Whilst it is impossible to shield our little ones from coming into contact with germs, there’s a lot that [...]
Vegetarian Chickpea Curry
Vegetarian chickpea curry This vegetarian chickpea curry is the perfect comfort dish for those cold winter nights, healthy and rather easy to prepare while also being vegan friendly. Serves: 4 Ingredients: 15 Serving size: 505 g Total calories: 224 Protein: 7 g Fat: 9 g Carbohydrates: 32 g Fibre: 6 g Ingredients 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced (optional) 1 brown onion, diced ½ cup dried chickpeas 1 red capsicum, diced (seeds removed) 1 turnip, peeled and diced 1 cup chopped orange sweet potato 3 [...]
5 Juice Ingredients To Boost Immune Health
5 juice ingredients to boost immune health By Jessah Shaw, Adv Dip (Nut Med) Juicing is unique as it allows nutrients to be consumed in their most concentrated form, providing vital nutrients without feeling weighed down as you would if you were to consume the below foods whole. With the days getting shorter and colder and in turn cold and flu symptoms becoming more rampant, it is more important than ever to be vigilant when it comes to your immune health. 1. Beetroot These vibrant, purple vegetables [...]
Coeliacs Are At Higher Risk Of Fatty Liver Disease
Coeliacs are at higher risk of fatty liver disease By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Fatty liver is a modern day epidemic. It means an abnormally high level of fat has accumulated inside the liver. When the liver is fatty, inflammation and damage occurs to liver cells. This typically produces elevated liver enzymes, which can be measured on a blood test. Because it contains the word fatty, most people think you need to be overweight in order to get a fatty liver. It is certainly true that most sufferers carry excess weight around their torso, and a high sugar diet [...]
Keto Lemon And Parsley Chicken Schnitzel
Keto lemon and parsley chicken schnitzel If you have a hankering for a good pub schnitty but don't want to break your diet, this keto lemon and parsley chicken schnitzel almost tastes like the real thing! Coated in almond meal instead of bread crumbs, this recipe is low-carb and suitable for those on a keto diet. Serves: 4 Ingredients: 9 Serving size: 185 g Total calories: 465 Protein: 33.87 g Fat: 32.7 g Carbohydrates: 10.65 g Fibre: 3.2 g Ingredients 500 g chicken breast fillets, sliced lengthways 3 tbsp [...]
5 At-Home Leg Toning Exercises
5 at-home leg toning exercises As the days are getting shorter and colder, now is the best time to do at-home workouts in the comfort of your own home in preparation for spring and summer. These 5 leg toning exercises are good beginner exercises but also very effective. 1. Jumping jacks Back to basics with this one. The basic jumping jack is an excellent all over leg toning workout move that works your quads, glutes and hips. [...]
Don’t Let Diabetes Steal Your Vision
Don’t let diabetes steal your vision By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Diabetes is the worldwide leading cause of blindness and poor vision. The incidence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is climbing at a frightening pace in Australia and much of the world. The longer a person has diabetes, the more at risk they are of long term complications such as vision loss. Poorly managed diabetes is the biggest risk factor for vision loss, and this applies to both types of diabetes. We see statistics like this in the news regularly: During the past year, more than [...]