Health Tips

Conscious Dentistry

by Leisa on July 13, 2010

I will be so excited when this book comes out! The health of the mouth is one that has interested me for a long time, and I am fascinated by the connection of our teeth to different areas of our body and emotional patterns. Here, Dr Jon Veranese introduces us to these concepts in the
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How To Fix The Poison in Your Mouth

by Leisa on July 11, 2010

Since the recent post “The Secret Poison in Your Mouth” I have been asked by many people about how to find a dentist who practices with an holistic approach. I am more than happy to direct people to a wonderful dentist in Byron Bay, NSW – Dr Jon Veranese. Dr Jon is a conscious holistic
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Simple Raw Food Combining

by Leisa on July 9, 2010

I found this great article on raw food combining whilst surfing the net – something I do a lot of!  I’ve played around a lot with food combining over the years – the very first experiment I made when I was 15 years old, was changing to a raw food and food combining diet. Over
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I really get upset when I read about people being harmed by medication, especially when they are taking it for diseases that can be easily managed or cured by natural medicine – a simple change of diet, some exercise, meditation and maybe some herbal medicine or certain therapeutic superfoods. What upsets me even more is
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The Bountiful Benefits of Berries

by Leisa on July 1, 2010

Out of all the different types of fruits available, some of my favourites are the berries – all types – strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, mulberries, cranberries, goji berries, acai berries,  and my all time number one out of all of them – raspberries. Berries are a great choice for those who don’t do well on fruits with
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The Secret Poison In Your Mouth

by Leisa on June 30, 2010

I am on a mailing list from Bill Henderson who has a website Beating Cancer Gently, and is an authority on healing cancer naturally.  He has a fantastic web radio show as well, and has a lot of very interesting information to share. One of the very important risk factors for cancer that he has
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Remember To Rotate Your Greens!

by Leisa on June 28, 2010

I’m a big advocate of Green Smoothies, – I like to have one nearly every day and I regularly recommend them to people – however I always make sure I caution everyone to make sure they rotate their greens. By this, I mean don’t use the same type of green every time.  It is easy to get into
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At the Metagenics Congress two weeks ago, one of the important points they focused on was inflammation, leaky gut, allergies and auto-immune conditions, and their connection with certain foods  in the diet. Naturopath’s have been aware for a long time, the links between auto-immune diseases, and the incidence of “leaky gut”. Even though the medical
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Strawberry Pesticide Causes Cancer?

by Leisa on June 20, 2010

The below article came through from Mary Shomon this week, and it prompted me to look into whether we use this pesticide in Australia. I’ve known for a long time that strawberries are one of the most contaminated fruits we can buy, and is one food that we should only ever eat if it is
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Just last weekend I spend three days at the Metagenics 2010 International Congress, and as I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I loved every  minute of it. Metagenics is a company which produces naturopathic grade supplements – and even though I like to use food as medicine as my main treatment plan –
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