March 2008

Breast Cancer and Soy

by Leisa on March 27, 2008

Many of my readers are probably familiar with Elaine Hollingsworth’s research on the dangers of soy in her book “Take Control of Your Health and Escape the Sickness Industry”.  Recently some forward thinking countries introduced warnings labels for soy products, but unfortunately Australia wasn’t one of them. The following article by David Gutierrez was featured
Continue Reading

Money Talks…

by Leisa on March 22, 2008

One thing that I like to remind people of, is that they wield enormous power with the choices they make in how to spend their hard earned dollars.  If we want to see a change in our world, then we need to vote with our money, as to what industries we want to support and those
Continue Reading

Questions To Reflect Upon

by Leisa on March 19, 2008

Just last weekend my partner and I took my Mum for a weekend getaway to the Sunshine Coast.  It’s only a two hour drive away, but the whole change of scenery and taking scheduled time out to relax, gave the weekend a holiday type feel. It is so important to take those short breaks, especially
Continue Reading

Six Words That Could Change Your Life

by Leisa on March 16, 2008

Not long ago I wrote about seven important words on health that author Michael Pollan had to say, namely “Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants”.  A statement that seems too simple to be as profound as it actually is.  A suggestion, that, if it was adopted by more people, would have far reaching positive
Continue Reading

The Amazing Dog

by Leisa on March 12, 2008

This is a beautiful story about a truly amazing dog. If you are an animal lover like me, you will really enjoy this eight minute piece. Leisa

The Vitamin D Miracle: Is It For Real?

by Leisa on March 9, 2008

I’ve written before about the importance of Vitamin D (Blog post: Breast Cancer Prevention) in cancer prevention, and there has just been a great article published that examines whether the facts around Vitamin D stand up to the hype: The Vitamin D Miracle: Is It For Real? There are so many dangers of buying into the “slip,
Continue Reading

Figuring Out Fibromyalgia

by Leisa on March 6, 2008

I just wanted to give everyone a head’s up about the not-to-be-missed March issue of my newsletter! Yesterday I spent over an hour talking with Dr. John Lowe, one of the world’s foremost experts on Fibromyalgia.  He was incredibly generous to spend so much time speaking with me about this debilitating condition; it’s underlying causes
Continue Reading

What is Underneath Those Food Cravings?

by Leisa on March 3, 2008

Many a time I see a patient in clinic that suffers from quite severe food cravings that they have been unable to control.  Often it is a craving for carbohydrates in any form, whether it be a bread, sugar or alcohol addiction; or it may be for chocolate or other types of dairy products. There
Continue Reading

Still on the subject of synthetic hormones for women, I do a lot of work with balancing hormones naturally, and in certain circumstances when a women needs Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, I refer her to a Dr. for this. In Australia we have what are called Compounding Chemists, which make up to order, capsules, creams
Continue Reading