THE CURIOUS MINDS CLUB 
"Cosmeceutical” sits between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals and probably makes you think of serums and skincare, and of course many of these products' 'active agents' are in our lane: Retinol, Biotin, Collagen, Liposomal C and herbs. However, the new kids on the...
Have you been tempted to prescribe nutrients in a cream in patients who aren't responding to oral treatments? Or perhaps you've had patients come in all 'patched' already! Either way it seems like now is a great time for us to revisit the topics of skin anatomy,...
At the end of last week I spent 3 days engrossed in intensive ANS planning for 2018. As you can probably imagine these planning days are incredibly exciting, creative, stimulating processes. If everyone involved had brain PET scans performed during these discussions,...
May was the month of teenage girls presenting with severe digestive problems, especially 'food intolerances', leading to avoidance of specific foods and at times significantly reduced food intake overall. As integrative health practitioners, validating and creating...
This year has been a steep learning curve but this is exactly as I had hoped and planned for. I strapped myself in for my roller-coaster ride, a series of intensive upskilling initiatives undertaken with mentors and experts in specialist areas, and I haven't hurled...
Whenever I talk to practitioners about thyroid health, like I recently did at MINDD, I can guarantee I'm going to get 2 questions: Shouldn't we aim for the high iodine intake of Japanese? Can we use the patch test for testing iodine levels in our patients? I...
I've been given a lot to think about. With ACNEM Science of Nutrition Conference and then MINDD both this last week, I've heard a lot. Not all of it good, useful or accurate of course. 'Beware the Spin!' I would say to anyone wondering how to sift through the...
I was typing notes furiously throughout the ACNEM Science of Nutrition conference last weekend. So many gems, so many gems, from researchers & clinicians - I just got so much out of it. I love the slightly awkward mismatch between the research world, aka 'don't...
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'How much does the Update in Under 30 podcast subscription cost?' I hear you ask...about 1/4 of a packet of Activated Almonds per month, that's about 1 activated almond per day I reckon. This is a Byron Shire joke, the idea being that Activated Almonds are the...
So you've heard part of that BIMA story...now here's the rest. To be honest, I was pretty surprised to win anything given I've spent the last 20 years 'agitating', challenging the misinformation and strongholds of the big companies etc. Funnily enough, in my post...
Psssssssssssst....just thought I would share a special moment from a couple of weeks ago when I received the BIMA for Lecturer of the Year. Thanks to all those practitioners who nominated me for Lecturer, Nutritionist & Researcher of the year! It was really...
There are many different potential sources of satisfaction that come from working in integrative health. The first that comes to most of our minds of course is the deep satisfaction that comes with solving a complex health riddle for someone and knowing that you have...
I keep hearing the name, 'Molly': "I think I'll use 'Molly' for this patient" or "A bit of 'Molly' might go well with the zinc for their high copper"... a moment of confusion on my behalf, (Molly who?) and then the slightly late...'ooooooooh Molybdenum'. Gotta love a...
Recently, I posted about my very positive experience of the AIMA NZ conference, prior to that I was gabbing on about the upcoming ACNEM Brain Health conference in Melbourne in May and now I am going for the conference hat trick! I want to revisit a really impacting...
Just back from a truly wonderful Australasian Integrative Medical Association (AIMA) conference in NZ. I don't know what it is about the land of the long white cloud but they seem to produce some of the loveliest, most earnest health practitioners and this conference...
Duck duck GOOSE! Do you know this game? That's how I'm feeling with oestrogen - high-high-high-LOW!-of late. Likely similar to your experience, the majority of my female clients battle with oestrogen dominance, therefore I get so used to looking for it, expecting it:...
Got any patients on Natural Thyroid Extracts (NTE)? Me too...and I am finding it's on the increase. What's the deal? What do we need to understand about this form of thyroid replacement therapy to best monitor and manage those patients already on it or...
That's the word on integrative medicine street. I had a sense this was coming, not just a tightening of our terminology but also a challenge of the very concept of 'adrenal burnout'. Hear me out. This important information was presented by Dr. Kamal Karl, an...
I just want to scream with joy...and then keep on screaming with utter frustration! Last week I presented the culmination of months of work looking into the extraordinary manifold relationships between thyroid health, fertility, pregnancy & post-partum health for...
I know you're out there. Reading a recent news article I had instant flashbacks of being a young, big-eyed, rosy cheeked naturopathic student of 20+years ago. While my career since may have taken me in somewhat of a different direction, I know many of my colleagues...
This week I must have spent more than my daily time allocation (5mins) on Facebook and as a result I stumbled across an article I actually read from beginning to finish! The title called to me, "Bad Parent, Hey Bad Parent"...it works every time right? Anyway, once I...
I've managed to befriend a microbiologist. I know it wouldn't excite everyone, but it's my big good news story of the month and I can't wipe the smile off my face when I announce this to friends and colleagues. Friends don't get it. Yet another Rachel weirdism. But...