Zinc deficiency is very common. Zinc is a very important mineral needed for hundreds of processes in your body. We need zinc to make hydrochloric acid in our stomach. Good levels of hydrochloric acid are important to make sure the stomach is at the correct pH so that we can breakdown our food and kill the bugs in our food. We also use zinc to make our neurotransmitters including dopamine which makes us feel motivated, and serotonin which makes us feel happy.… Read more
Have an infrared sauna – or even better have regular infrared sauna’s.
Infrared sauna’s help you to sweat, which helps remove toxins such as heavy metals and chemicals from our body. We all have a load of toxins in our body from sprays on our fruit and vegetables. There are heavy metals in our soil and in our drinking water and many people are exposed to an extra load from their workplace. We are also exposed to toxins through vaccinations, cleaning products, skin care and amalgam fillings – just to name a few.… Read more
Liver Function Tests are a common blood test that your doctor will run to check how well your liver is functioning. Liver Function Tests are also run regularly if you are on medication that has the potential to damage the function of the liver.
The Lab ranges for the results of these tests are very wide so your liver may still not be functioning optimally even if your results are within these ranges. As a naturopath the optimal range we work within is much narrower than those used by most doctors.
The liver is a very important organ in the body as it helps the body to process and remove toxins, it also helps clean our blood and it stores nutrients; so, it’s extremely important that we look after it.
Your liver may not be functioning well if you have any of the following symptoms:… Read more
Do you get headaches, itchy or get flushed in the face?
Are you a light sleeper, have a runny nose or are intolerant to wine?
If you have these symptoms you could have histamine intolerance. Other symptoms of histamine intolerance include food allergies, runny nose, nasal congestion, large or swollen mosquito bites, dizziness when standing, low tolerance to alcohol, fatigue, feeling panicky or having trouble concentrating.
Histamine intolerance is when you have too much histamine in your body either due to, too higher level of production or intake or due to a reduced ability to breakdown histamine.
Histamine is made in the brain and stomach as well as in specific cells in the nose and mouth. Each area in the body produces histamine for a different function:
• The histamine in our brain helps keep us awake and prevents sleep
• In the stomach histamine helps the release of gastric acids that we need for digestion
• Histamine in our nose and mouth is released as an immune response to foreign invaders
So what can cause histamine intolerance? … Read more