 THE CURIOUS MINDS CLUB 
Well this topic has certainly got us all talking. My inbox overfloweth! Good. Because in the current online climate of 'Sacred Super Foods' for kids, this conversation has to happen. I'm not batting for 'beige baby foods', however, with trends like this, my concern...
While it seems like every second patient is on statins in Australia, NZ, America and most developed countries, over the age of 70, they actually are! But can you name a patient who has had their Lipoprotein (a) measured and is being managed for this by their GP?...
Horses not Zebras. You've no doubt heard me repeat that quote which is famous in medical schools, something to the effect of, "When you hear a herd of animals outside your door, think horses not zebras"...unless of course you are practising in Africa might I suggest...
Until it is. Following on from my frolicking in frocks made of my favourite oxalate-rich foods around the Alps, let's be clear these are great, healthy and health-promoting inclusions in ours and our patients' diets. Until they're not. Just like FODMAP avoidance is...
With the increasing weight of evidence pointing to a potent pathogenic portal between our mouths and every other part of the body, whether that be in terms of cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, appendicitis, even a growing case for Alzheimer's disease, we...
Histamine, Oxalates & Nickel...any of which may be at fault when your patient reports they experience adverse reactions from eating them.  The same can be said for legumes, with a few extra contenders thrown in like oligosaccharides for those farty on FODMAPs. ...
No you're right, it's not long enough to be a Hemsworth's mobile number but actually it's more sought after 😉 If you're up to date with reading & recognising all the different patterns of Iron Studies & the stories they tell, which is a daily business for...
I've had a bit of 'a bee in my bonnet' this year. I heard that! Ok, arguably it extends a little further back...like my whole career! But if you've seen the topics I've been speaking on at conferences in recent months, you'll know exactly the soapbox I've climbed up...
Remember biochemical individuality folks? That great core underpinning principle of naturopathic & integrative nutrition. We should always keep this in front of mind, when something utterly fabulous for absolutely everyone pops its head up. Like every month or...
Do you know that saying, 'mind your Ps and Qs?' It basically means mind your manners and I heard that a lot as a kid 😉 But what we really need to hear now, as practitioners and promoters of healthy eating and wellness is really, Mind your P's and P's because a lot...
When I was studying my under-graduate I imagined my clinic was going to be full of them: well patients wanting to maintain or even improve upon their wellness. Turns out...not so much...all the really really sick people have taken their spots and the former has been...
How often were we told this in our training? And how often have we found this to be true in practice? And now suddenly, it seems, the medical researchers (at last!) are rapidly coming around to this core concept?? Our microbiome is suddenly the hottest property on...
Q: If a patient says they can only tolerate 7 foods...how many did they start with? A: Typically about 20 No, this answer doesn't come from some complex mathematical formula...it comes from appreciating the low dietary diversity of those eating a Western diet. When...
We're not deaf...we heard that stampede of Iron-Inundated Practitioners! Our recordings and clinical resources for improving your skill-set in all things iron including, your accuracy of diagnosing deficiencies, pseudo-deficiencies & excesses, plus...
So this is not news to most people who know me but I don't like taking things out of people's diet. As a result, in a room full of naturopaths & integrative medicos, I might be voted the least likely to use the phrase, "No Gluten or Dairy for you!" [said with the...
So you've gone to all the effort. Be that writing referral letters suggesting some pathology investigations might be warranted or you've coached your patients endlessly to get copies of ones done elsewhere so that you may be privy to their findings. Worse still,...
As Britney so famously put it, 'Oops, I did it again!' I remember the actions on my to do list but not the intended recipients! D.O.H. I was talking with a practitioner the other day who lamented that she had never really learnt about stats nor how to assess the...
Forever fascinated by the neurobiology of various mental health presentations, addiction included, two medical news items caught my attention this week. If you've ever heard me speak on addiction, in somewhat simplistic terms, it is very much about the reward centre...
This weekend I re-experienced an incredibly potent therapeutic intervention firsthand.  We drove 40 minutes inland to vamp under the stars (that's between camping and glamping and has nothing to do with vaping!) That was a good start. Breaking from the 'norm', looking...
If you've not seen Kitty Flanagan's skit on current coffee culture...it's essential viewing. In true Kitty-fashion, she wants to simplify coffee ordering down to 2 basic lines - White or Black - says all our pretentious coffee orders; macchiato, skinny, decaf, half...
Quite the month for it, I hear. My inbox has run hot with practitioners deeply concerned about some serious finger pointing that's been going on. The fingers in these instances have belonged to medical practitioners and the direction they're all pointing, is seemingly...
Ever feel like you're chasing your own tail trying to treat & find the source of GIT parasites in some patients?! Well guess what, you just might be! We're seeing more & more patients test positive for Dientamoeba fragilis and increasingly patients...
You know I'm not one to raise my voice and make scene. Ok, I always raise my voice and make a scene, but only when I think something really warrants our attention and the issue of under-recognised, under-estimated and mismanaged chronic worms, demands our attention. ...