Rachel's Blogs
What’s A Little Flesh Between Friends?
I talk so much about iron, I feel like I'm cheating on my life partner (Zinc)...but these two are arguably the main mineral deficiencies we encounter most consistently in our patients and, don't tell Zn, but quite frankly, in terms of who's more well recognised out...
Finding Your Path For 2021
In addition to all the lessons we learn from our patients there is an abundance of professional development on offer to facilitate your growth as a clinician. We offer several (Group Programs, Self-directed Learning Packages, a live MasterCourse &Alumni, Clinic...
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Less Iron Proves More in Some BUT Not All Patients
I need to clear the air, to clarify. If you've listened to my So you think you know how to treat Iron deficiency podcast and implemented a less frequent dosing regime and it's worked like a treat for your patients, like Tina....HOORAY! And if you tried out this...
A Guide (at last!) to Picking Up On Pyrroles
Got fair skin and white spots on your nails and go a bit off-grid in stressful situations? Thinking it's pyrroles? Well, you're probably wrong! Man. I've been waiting a long time, since being introduced to the pyrroluria biochemistry and diagnosis over a decade ago...
Wondering About The One That Got Away?
Luckily I still had the file. After seeing patients for a couple of decades, I have to get periodically ruthless with the shredder for those I haven't seen in a long time and 7 years qualifies as a long gap between appointments but when I saw her name in my calendar,...
A Hat Trick Week for Gilbert’s Syndrome… Guys and Gals
Sometimes we wonder who put the invisible sign up out the front of our practice, right? The one that says...absolutely everyone with Condition 'Z' come and see me, now! I'm sure you know what I'm describing. Well this week I have hit the trifecta, performed a neat...
$200 Off Just for You
When Dr. Christabelle Yeoh says, 'Hey, we all need to up-skill in Mitochondrial & Metabolic Medicine, Gut and Immunity & Healthy Ageing,' and then invites a dozen or so absolute experts in each of these fields to speak at the 8th Science in Nutritional...
One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Not Even for Besties
I have a good friend...who happens to be a naturopath...who happens to also be a patient of mine. Have you got a few of these as well? A month ago, looking over her recent bloods which included fasting lipids that had been steadily climbing for the last couple of...
“On Tour”- I’m Coming to You!
I'm packing the bag and getting my 'roadies' ready......well, not really but it would be great to have one or three! I’m super excited to be going on tour in May with Nutrition Care and introducing new clinical tools I've been developing to help you master the maze...
“Mummy Are You Losing Your Hair?”
The words together with the horror on her face made me feel instantly nauseous. I'd been internally debating for months now if I was simply imagining things and intellectualising about how this just might be the case... observing myself looking in the mirror more...
Gotta Love An Upgrade!
Upgrade's always give you so much more and here at RAN, we wanted to give our UU30 subscribers more....more...
Magic Medicines?
I was just reading the results of a spot Facebook poll of GPs asking what the most wonderful medications ever invented are. Once everyone got the customary "caffeine" gag out of the way, the rest of the nominations and auspicious award winners unfolded like a who's...
That’s Not A Methylation Issue…
This is. I think we're all going to scream when the next patient says, 'I've got an MTHFR', right?! Congratulations, I want to say, because you would be in much more serious trouble if you didn't have a copy... 'Oh, sorry, you mean you have a mutation on at least...
I’ve Had a Gut Full of Glutamine!
"I always give some Glutamine to heal their leaky gut" Cue pained expression on my face. No, I'm not a fan. I take that back, I have no problem with the amino acid itself and I'm still in awe of its incredible multifaceted role in the gut. What I do have a giant...
A Mum, Dad & Their Son Walk Into Your Clinic
They've just come from the immunologist, having presented with extensive vitiligo in dad and early stage vitiligo now in their primary school aged son. The immunologist, without running a single blood test, told them, 'Bad news, you both have autoimmune issues and...
GORD, It’s Hard to Sleep In Pregnancy!
Just finished talking with the fearless fertility naturopathic specialist, Rhiannon Hardingham, who wanted to let me know that after listening to my Update in Under 30: Silent Reflux she's had a lot of success treating both GORD and insomnia in her pregnant patients....
Iodine – Questions & Confusion Need Clearing Up!
That's me...always questioning the 'status quo' and Iodine is the perfect example! The interview I did on this important subject with Andrew Whitfield-Cook from FxMedicine, covers a lot of key areas of confusion & underscores why it's so critical all health...
The Wait is Over!…My Standing Desk Review Is In
I promised I would keep all you fellow desk workers posted. Over 6 months has passed since I started standing for work....and I LOVE IT! Here are the pros I can wax lyrically about so far: Back ache from long days at the computer, gone...seriously I am more energised...
Batmania here I come…
No, I haven't gone crazy for the 'caped crusader'... but I thought that would get your attention.... oh look it did! 😉 I’m off to Melbourne for the ACNEM Conference May 5-6th and Batmania was one of the interim names of this very cool and happenin' town before it...
So You Think You Know the Best Iron Supplements?!
Ok now you're getting mad at me, right? Because how many 'absolute givens' can I debunk?! Last Update in Under 30 certainly got people talking...giving iron less often rather than more often to our most iron deficient patients seems counter-intuitive, right?! Wrong. ...
Iodine Deficiency May Impair Ability to Conceive…Who’d Have Thought!
"Researchers followed more than 500 women trying to conceive over about five years and found that, overall, those with moderate to severe iodine deficiency had 46% lower odds, per cycle, of becoming pregnant." All researchers dream of generating the kind of results...
Breaking Wind News – Tracked Straight to Your Phone!
Is this the way of the future for health practitioners interested in patients' digestion…? "The team developed an ingestible electronic capsule to monitor gas levels in the human gut. When it’s paired with a pocket-sized receiver and a mobile phone app, the pill...
Is Your GP Doing it Tough Right Now?
If you receive the free Medical Observer newsfeeds you'll know what I'm talking about. Here are some recent headlines: I stand accused of rorting Medicare. This is what it's like A GP is sued after doing everything right — except her notes After-hours funding...