Health Articles
Vegetarianism and Veganism
Debbie Cotton Ad.Dip.Nat - CNM Lecturer
What is a vegetarian / vegan?
The term vegetarian is most commonly used to mean someone who does not eat animal flesh ? beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish. Vegetarians usually eat dairy produce and eggs. Sometimes they may eat fish, although strictly speaking this would be termed pescatarian. [...]
Candida Diet
Anti Candida Diet Advice
If your findings show that you have an intestinal Candida overgrowth that needs treatment, an effective remedy will be prescribed to you, which you have to take according to the instructions. However, experience has shown that medication for intestinal fungi without a special diet is not sufficient. The dietary advice given below [...]
Detox - Sarah Rahman of The Body Whispers
We are today enjoying longer lifespans, but when we take a closer look, we can see that during this time our health is generally worse. Often our illnesses remain once they begin and are managed rather than completely cured, e.g. joint pains, asthma, heart disease, digestive complaints such as IBS, acidity and hiatus hernia, infertility, [...]
The Business of Drugs: Drug Marketing Wars Meet the War on Terror
02/01/2008
Dear Members,
An interesting turn of events we thought you might be interested in before the story disappears altogether. Remember all the noise from that short lived “furore” a while back over kick backs and corruption charges concerning the UN’s “Oil for Food” program? Well, long story short, LOTS of bribe money going into certain pockets [...]
You, Psychiatry and Your Family - The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research
If your children or a relative are ever prescribed “mental health” drugs, you have good reason to be worried. Please circulate this.
To get an idea how toxic these drugs are the “Side Effects Made Simple” series from The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research is worth a visit, (apart from having a funny [...]
Quackbusting the Quackbusters
Free e-book launched exploring anti-nutritional lobby groups
Have you ever wondered why there is so much opposition to nutritional approaches for today’s major health issues? Is it really because the science is weak, or is it more to do with politics and money?
I was fascinated to read the free e-book, published this month on the internet, [...]
Start the New Year the Naturally Healthy Way
Many people feel that they have overindulged during the Christmas season. Doing the rounds of Christmas parties, Christmas dinners and Christmas leftovers can cause lots of us to go into January feeling bloated, tired, a little down and somewhat toxic. Luckily there is a lot we can do to pep ourselves up using nutrition and [...]
Tips For A Happy And Healthy Christmas
- Debbie Cotton, Naturopath and Lecturer for the CNM
1. Make sure you look good for all the Christmas parties - cleanse your skin
Water
Drink as much water as you can before and during the festive season. The more you can help the kidneys to cleanse toxins, the less work your skin has to do, so the [...]
Holiday Hangover Tips
- Debbie Cotton, Naturopath and Lecturer for the CNM
A hangover is the combination of a number of factors coming into play, but its the over-consumption of your favorite alcohol thats the aggravating part. If youre wanting to avoid a hangover (and who isnt?) then try these top tips for starters
Try and eat before you start [...]
Genetically Modified Foods and Our Health
Debbie Cotton Ad.Dip.Nat - College of Naturopathic Medicine Lecturer
With the introduction of the first genetically modified tomato to the commercial market in 1994, there has been great debate over the use of GM foods in our community.
The argument for these foods has been put to us from the companies that have created them, scientists and [...]
Natural Travel Tips
Packing for the holidays can be a daunting task, particularly if you going for an extended period of time or are packing for a large family. One important thing that is often forgotten or not thought about is the first aid kit. The following is advice on natural holiday essentials that can ensure that you [...]
Mother Nature for Mother and Baby
- Carina Harkin BHSc.Nat.BHSc.Hom.BHSc.Acu.
Congratulations! You are either pregnant, thinking about becoming pregnant or recently given birth. This is a time when many of us start to become concerned about chemicals in our food and environment. Many skincare products are also a chemical concoction. The following information will help those prospective mothers make choices in regards [...]
Feminine Hygiene - A Chemical Cocktail
- Carina Harkin BHSc.Nat.BHSc.Hom.BHSc.Acu
In the same way that we are what we eat, we are also what we put on our skin. Many women are becoming increasingly aware that petrochemicals in many toiletries can negatively affect our health. Petrochemicals are chemical products made from petrol or more correctly oil. They are found in all non-organic [...]
Managing Allergies Naturally
- Carina Harkin, BHSc.Nat, BHSc.Hom, BHSc.Acu
Food allergy
Food allergy involves the abnormal reaction of a persons immune system to a food substance, much in the same way that a person can be allergic to pollen.
Symptoms of food allergy
Common symptoms include hives, eczema, asthma, hayfever and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A good one in regard to [...]
Recharging The Batteries
- Carina Harkin BHSc.Nat, BHSc.Hom, BHSc.Acu.
Our cars are not the only things that are hard to start. Some mornings it takes a while to get the body moving. There are many reasons why we may feel tired. It is important, as always, to see your GP to eliminate any underlying disease. Sometimes however, there seems [...]
A Naturopathic View on Cure
Cure is a term that is used in both Natural Medicine and Western Medicine, but with completely different concepts ascertaining to both. The definition of cure in words is very similar, but the principles and the frame work in which it is measured are different in both. The best way to compare the two concepts [...]
What is Naturopathy?
- Stephen Langley, ND
Naturopathy or Nature Cure is underpinned by a fundamental principle - vis medicatrix naturae - the healing power of nature. This was made clear twenty-five centuries ago when Hippocrates said Health is the expression of a harmonious balance between various components of mans nature, the environment and ways of lifenature is the [...]
Naturopathic Principles
- Stephen Langley, ND
1. Vis Medicatrix Naturae - The healing power of Nature. There is a Vital Force or Life Force that, given the right conditions, will self-heal or self-correct. The Vital Force is stimulated by factors, which promote health and suppressed by excesses and deficiencies. For example, the body will heal a wound, absorb [...]
How Safe is the Water We Drink?
- Stephen Langley, ND
The definition of pure water is bacteriologically safe water, the tap water having a pH between 6.5 and 8.5. This allows a great deal of leeway in what passes as acceptable water. Over 350 different man-made chemicals have been detected in British tap water. Alum, chlorine and many other inorganic compounds are [...]
History of Naturopathy
- Stephen Langley, ND
ANCIENT TIMES
15,000 BC Shamanic rituals on cave paintings in France (healing mind & soul).
Ayurveda Medicine (3000-1000 BC) ayur (life) and veda (science).
Sacred medicine from Ancient India.
Holistic philosophy embracing fasts, herbs, enemas, baths and cleansing diets
2700 BC Shen Nong discovers Chinese herbalism.
2600 BC Imhotep describes ancient Egyptian medicine.
c2000 BC The writings of the [...]
Men?s Health - The Big Issues
- Carina Harkin BHSc.Acu., BHSc.Nat., BHSc.Hom. Director of studies and lecturer at the College of Naturopathic Medicine Ireland - Galway.
Father’s day is an important time to treat Dad. It is also a good reminder to focus on men’s health and some of the big health issues affecting men. This is especially relevant as some Irish [...]
Supplement Advice
Melanie Stephens, IANT, Head of Nutrition at the CNM, Nutritional Therapist.
To arrange a private consultation call Mel on 086-2442708, or email healthforce@gmail.com.
VITAMIN C
Food sources - Fresh vegetables and fruit, such as broccoli, green and red pepper, potatoes, brussel sprouts, kale, parsley, cauliflower, cabbage, sharon fruit, pineapple, kiwis, strawberries, papaya, citrus fruit, mango.
Best supplement form [...]
Unhappy Meals
- Michael Pollan - Published: January 28, 2007 - New York Times
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at [...]
The integrated treatment of cancer in Chinese Hospitals
- Henry McGrath MA MRCHM MBAcC
Abstract
The author is a practitioner of Chinese Herbal medicine and acupuncture in the UK, specialising in the management of cancer. He is the Acupuncture Course Leader for the College of Naturopathic Medicine. He spent two weeks in China, and observed the herbal treatment of around 70 patients with cancer. Some [...]
10 Easy Steps to Clean the Body in 10 Days
- Melanie Stephens, IANT, Head of Nutrition at the CNM, Nutritional Therapist
To arrange a private consultation call Mel on 086-2442708, or email healthforce@gmail.com.
Step 1
Preparation - if you dont plan, you plan to fail. 1-2 weeks before you start:
Prepare your kitchen
Prepare your mind
Prepare your shopping list
Step 2
No tea, coffee, alcohol, sugar, red meat, dairy, refined foods
Step [...]
A Brief History of Protein: Passion, Social Bigotry, Rats, and Enlightenment
Nutrition is an emotional subject and nothing arouses people’s passions more than the subject of protein in their diet. Widely divergent opinions on whether more protein or less is best, and on the merits of animal vs. vegetable sources, have been debated for more than 150 years. And for all that time solid scientific research [...]
How to Help a Meathead
Meat is ideal nutrition for my body, I once thought after all, my own body is made of meat like muscles, liver, kidneys, brain, and associated, more-or-less, edible substances, like fat, blood vessels, lymph nodes, tendons, nerves, bone, skin, etc. Most of my friends still believe meat is essential for vigorous health and [...]
Protein Overload
Muscle, vitality, strength, power, energy, vigor, aggressiveness, and liveliness are words that come to mind when people think of the benefits of protein in their diet. The truth is quite the opposite. Bone loss, osteoporisis, kidney damage, kidney stones, immune dysfunction, arthritis, cancer promotion, low-energy, and overall poor health are the real consequences from overemphasizing [...]
Dairy Products and 10 False Promises
Milk is as pure white as fresh fallen snow and as familiar as a mother’s warm touch. Common sense once led me to believe that if a single food, milk, could sustain a baby as the sole source of nutrients, then it must be nature’s most perfect food. Milk builds strong bones I have [...]
When Friends Ask: Where Do You Get Your Calcium?
One of the first questions concerned family and friends ask when they learn you have become vegan and now avoid all animal products, including dairy products is, Where do you get your calcium? Begin your dialog with them by assuming that the questioners have sincere interests in expanding their knowledge about good nutritionrather than just [...]
