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Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by cells in the prostate gland. Elevated total PSA levels, or lower PSA ratios may indicate concerning prostate issues, but there can be other less concerning causes. As discussed in the blog, ensuring you get tested in optimal times and conditions will assist with ensuring the results are more relevant.

Tissue salts are homeopathic preparations made from minerals like calcium and magnesium that are essential for bodily functions by regulating our body's mineral levels at the cellular level. There are 12 main tissue salt remedies encompassing minerals like magnesium calcium etc. By maintaining cellular harmony, these salts are believed to prevent future health issues rather than merely alleviating the current health issue.

The Acne Face Map is a visual guide linking different facial areas to potential underlying causes of acne, including stress, diet, hormonal imbalance, and skincare habits.

Strategies to prevent Sarcopenia comes down to exercise and good healthy nutritional choices. This post includes links to simple resistance band and dumbbell exercises for you to use. - at any age!

What are the underlying causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders? Autism Symptoms - are they now the cause? Why are autism numbers increasing?

Fix your Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - a disease of the liver related to diet, by introducing a Mediterranean Diet approach.

Why Test our Gut Microbiome? It is believed that all low grade, chronic inflammation begins in the gut leading to chronic diseases today.

Alopecia is the medical term for hair loss for men and women. Most days we lose around 100 hairs - more than this may require investigation.

Eating can be so confusing these days! What should we eat? For optimal health, we need to feed our gut microbiome and protect our liver!

Why are so many people Vitamin D deficient these days? Beyond spending less time outdoors, other explanations include Magnesium deficiency!

Does bread have potential issues that may impact on our health? If issues potentially exist, then what can we do to minimise the risks?

With so many Vitamins and Minerals in our food sources that we need to consume, how do we know if we are consuming a balanced diet?

Essential Fatty Acids (EFA's) which the body cannot manufacture must be eaten in our diet for healthy Omega 3 levels.

Dietary fibre is the indigestible part of plants we eat, that acts as a prebiotic food source to gut bacteria to produce beneficial SCFA's.

Foods eaten either help or hinder health outcomes. Food is our Medicine with nutrition and phytochemicals provided in what we choose to eat.

Can you challenge yourself to eat 30 different plant types each week for gut microbiome & health improvements? It's easier than you think!

What are the rules of healthy eating and living? What should I be eating and doing to keep healthy? See the Healthy Eating Plate graphic.

Nutrients can do two things: perform a function (a positive outcome) or display a symptom (a negative outcome) which is the body crying out.

The Zinc and Copper ratio means that Zinc needs to be in a 1:1 relationship with Copper levels. If copper is higher we may get issues.

Testing of Homocysteine occurs to identify if active folate and Vitamin B12 are low. Homocysteine indicates a lot clinically.