Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is something that many women would be familiar with - an estimated 80% experiencing emotional or physical changes prior to their period. For some women this will last no more than 1-2 days, whereas others can experience a week (or more) of...
Women’s Health
Ladies, I can help you! Hormonal balance is a BIG part of wellbeing and, unfortunately, many women more commonly experience imbalance. However, this can be remedied. Ongoing issues such as PMS, irregular cycles, endometriosis and PCOS all respond very well to naturopathic and integrative treatment.
Although discussion of women’s health often surrounds hormone balancing and reproductive health, there is more to it than that. Certain disease processes manifest differently in women than in men, for example, heart disease may present later in life and have different symptoms in women; and some diseases such as osteoarthritis, migraines, and depression are more common in women.
Looking pretty. Pretty healthy, that is.
Many of us wear cosmetics and almost all of us use them in some shape or form (think: body wash, deodorant, moisturiser, etc) but what is actually in these products we slap onto our faces and bodies? As it happens, a chemical cocktail that, over time, will not do good...
Vitamin D: will sunshine cut it?
More and more, we're reading about Vitamin D and how we don't get enough. There is an avalanche of information on this vitamin's role in health and its importance for preventing a number of serious health conditions. Vitamin D is a nutrient that we get from the sun -...
Shining dial
Lovely, sparkling, lustrous, flawless, smooth and peachy. That's what I want my skin to be! You? Easier said than done, what with hormones, allergies, pollution, crappy diets, sluggish livers, cheap cosmetics, etc.. all these things certainly have a tendency to get in...