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Naturopathic & Nutritional Blog Posts and Pathology results explained. Be the person you want to be!
This page provides useful information for you to review and apply for your health. In addition, your pathology results are explained so you can understand how your body works, how you can tell if something isn't right, and how to take positive changes to turn things around.
Be the person you want to be by taking your health in your hands!
Autism Symptoms - are they the Cause?
What are the underlying causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders? Autism Symptoms - are they now the cause? Why are autism numbers increasing?
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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Fix your Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Fix your Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - a disease of the liver related to diet, by introducing a Mediterranean Diet approach.
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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Why Test our Gut Microbiome?
Why Test our Gut Microbiome? It is believed that all low grade, chronic inflammation begins in the gut leading to chronic diseases today.
Kim Atherton
5 min read
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Why Am I Losing My Hair?
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.
Kim Atherton
7 min read
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What Am I Supposed To Eat?
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!
Kim Atherton
5 min read
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Why is Vitamin D Deficiency Common?
Why are so many people Vitamin D deficient these days? Beyond spending less time outdoors, other explanations include Magnesium deficiency!
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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Bread - Is it Bad for You?
Does bread have potential issues that may impact on our health? If issues potentially exist, then what can we do to minimise the risks?
Kim Atherton
9 min read
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Vitamins & Minerals from Food Sources
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?
Kim Atherton
2 min read
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Essential Fatty Acids (EFA's)
Essential Fatty Acids (EFA's) which the body cannot manufacture must be eaten in our diet for healthy Omega 3 levels.
Kim Atherton
4 min read
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Dietary Fibre, Prebiotics & SCFA's
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.
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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Food as Medicine Nutrition
Foods eaten either help or hinder health outcomes. Food is our Medicine with nutrition and phytochemicals provided in what we choose to eat.
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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30 Plant-foods a Week Challenge?
Can you challenge yourself to eat 30 different plant types each week for gut microbiome & health improvements? It's easier than you think!
Kim Atherton
4 min read
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Rules of Healthy Eating and Living
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.
Kim Atherton
4 min read
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Nutrient Deficiencies - why?
Nutrients can do two things:
perform a function (a positive outcome) or display a symptom (a negative outcome) which is the body crying out.
Kim Atherton
4 min read
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Zinc and Copper Ratio
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.
Kim Atherton
8 min read
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Homocysteine - the 'canary in the mine'
Testing of Homocysteine occurs to identify if active folate and Vitamin B12 are low. Homocysteine indicates a lot clinically.
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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Electrolyte Imbalances mean what?
Electrolytes are minerals that carry electrical charge, & help regulate heart rhythms, nerves, muscles & maintain fluid & acid-base balance.
Kim Atherton
2 min read
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Metabolic Syndrome explained?
Metabolic Syndrome is an insidious inflammatory state predisposing you to CVD from poor glucose & lipid control, high BP & central obesity.
Kim Atherton
6 min read
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Iron Deficiency Anaemia Explained
Iron-Deficiency Anaemia is the most common form of anaemia from inadequate levels of the essential mineral Iron in the body.
Kim Atherton
8 min read
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Full Blood Count Explained
This blog explains the Full Blood Count results and their various Functional Reference Ranges for desired health outcomes.
Kim Atherton
3 min read
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