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08 Oct

Do you want your child to love their veggies? Well, you need to start early. In fact, what a woman eats during pregnancy not only nourishes her baby in the womb, but may also shape the food preferences of her child later in life. At 21 weeks following conception, your growing baby begins to gulp down several millilitres of amniotic fluid daily. That fluid surrounding your baby is actually flavoured by the foods and beverages you have eaten in the previous few hours. Consequently, eating a variety of foods throughout the day will help you to get the nutrients you...

09:30 / Children's General Health / Gut Health / Healthy Eating
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30 Sep

Some.kids can take a little while to settle down before bed, but if this happens to your child on a regular basis, they may have a sleep disorder. Listed below are common indications of a possible sleep disorder: your child lies in bed, calling for another book, song, drink, or trip to the bathroom, for what can seem like hours your child only sleeps for about 90 minutes at a time, even at night your child complains of itchy legs at night your child snores loudly Here’s how to recognize the signs of a sleep disorder and when you should seek help for your child.   How children...

09:48 / Children's General Health
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30 Sep

Sleep is essential for the healthy functioning of the immune, hormonal and cardiovascular systems, as well as regulating appetite, metabolic processes and brain function. However, all too often children often present with sleep issues, whether they are having difficulty falling or staying asleep, waking unrefreshed, experiencing circadian disruption exacerbated by excess screen time, or struggling to relax due to restless legs, muscle tension or cramps.   Short-term sleep disruption has been linked with impaired glucose metabolism, elevated cortisol levels, increased hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation, cognitive impairments and mood issues including anxiety and depression. When poor sleep becomes a chronic issue, it...

09:48 / Children's General Health
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30 Sep

Does Your Body Need Nutrients? With up to 80% of Australians and New Zealanders deficient in essential minerals,1 does your body need a nutrient top up? If you have been feeling low in energy, getting frequent colds or finding your stress levels increasing, your body may be in need of important vitamins and minerals to function at its best. You may experience a decline in health and be at an increased risk of developing certain health conditions if your nutrient status is low. Those with health conditions may also have higher demands for particular vitamins and minerals. The ideal way...

09:47 / Children's General Health
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30 Sep

The Return of the Silly Season Each year the seasonal festivities pose a challenge to sustaining your health. You may give in to cravings for refined carbohydrates, sugary treats and alcohol – waking up in the New Year with a metabolic ‘hangover’ of weight gain and fatigue caused by erratic blood glucose (sugar) levels. However, the holiday period doesn’t mean your health has to come undone providing you put in place some simple strategies, including balancing your blood glucose and insulin levels. Blood Glucose vs. Insulin Following each meal your body releases the hormone insulin in response to rising blood glucose...

09:46 / Children's General Health
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30 Sep

Are you sick of being sick? Disease causing viruses or bacteria can enter your body simply by breathing or eating! Fortunately, only a few of these, particularly viral, ‘pathogens’ result in a cold or flu because you are equipped with an immune system specifically designed to fight off unwanted invaders. That said, are you one of the many people, for whom a string of colds and flu is a way of life in winter? Perhaps getting rid of the seemingly endless sniffles, sneezing and sore throats seems like an unachievable ideal. Fortunately, it is possible to improve your immune system function...

09:43 / Children's General Health
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30 Sep

The gut is considered in traditional Naturopathic philosophy, as the seat of all health. It’s not surprising then, that managing the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is a key step in managing almost all other body systems. The gut is a complex system and any dysfunction in the gut can have a profound influence over other body systems. As a result of this complexity, managing digestive disorders isn’t always simple and there are often many contributing factors that lead to, and are a consequence of, GIT dysfunction. To truly restore gut health, a treatment plan will ideally address each and every one of...

04:09 / Children's General Health / Gut Health
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20 Sep

Over the past decade or so, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children diagnosed with compromised brain function which include conditions such as ADHD, autism, cognitive problems, alongside an increase in depression and anxiety.   So, what is it about the modern lifestyle that is so destructive to the health of our children’s brain function? The gut as key to mental development Research papers backed by clinical experience indicate there is a definite connection between gut health and brain function.  In fact the gut and brain originate from the same area in the embryo. Therefore children who suffer from digestive complaints...

03:36 / Brain Health / Children's General Health / Children's Health Conditions / Gut Health
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06 Sep

Your gut is where you absorb all the nutrients to power your body, making a healthy digestive system central to your overall health. But did you know that there are close to 2 kg worth of bacteria in your gut? That’s literally billions of tiny micro-organisms living and growing in your gut right now – collectively called gut ‘microbiota’. These beneficial bacteria encourage healthy digestion and support an efficient immune system, keeping any undesirable bacteria at minimal levels. However, if the numbers of undesirable bacteria begin to outweigh the beneficial bacteria this can lead to digestive symptoms such as constipation, wind...

01:57 / Children's General Health / Gut Health / Probiotics
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05 Sep

Children’s food intolerances are caused by a chemical reaction and symptoms are usually limited to digestive problems.  They do not involve your children’s immune system and don’t cause the severe allergic reaction of children’s anaphylaxis.  With children’s food intolerances, small amounts of the offending food can still be an irritant to the gut lining, and can often be tolerated without causing symptoms.   Children’s food intolerance symptoms can occur immediately after eating the offending food but they can also take 12 to 24 hours to develop.  Because there is no immune involvement, children’s allergy testing will not identify a childhood food intolerance.   Signs...

22:24 / Children's General Health
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