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If mercury is dangerous, shouldn’t everyone dash out and have his or her dental fillings removed? The answer is definitely ‘NO’. The process of removing amalgams can significantly increase your mercury exposure and can cause an exacerbation of symptoms or general worsening of health.

Have you ever heard someone tell you, in summer particularly, that they developed a problem with their tummy after they went to a barbeque or when eating out at someone’s place? As a naturopath I have seen many people come into the clinic with ‘sore tummies’.

Our land soils are consistently found to be depleted in the mineral magnesium. Quite apart from the gene tinkering crops, it has been further depleted in plant’s by the use of excessive potassium and phosphorous laden fertilisers which alter the plant’ ability to take up magnesium.

An Anthroposophical nurse is a registered nurse who has extended their practise into the field of anthroposophy. This field offers a holistic view of health care, accessing a deeper understanding of illness and health through spiritual insight.

Being vegetarian invokes ‘the power of one with the earth’ and is an individual way of exercising personal power and setting an example against profit making via the destruction of the planet, and the mass slaughter of animals in often under really sad conditions.

The ultimate purpose of yoga practices is to give us the capability to achieve that balance by incorporating its principles and philosophy into our entire life. Yet, in spite of the increasing popularity of yoga, and the everyday increasing needs of yoga followers, we still see that there is a consistent increase in physical, mental and emotional ailments in our society.

Lemon balm is an easy plant to grow and some prefer to grow this herb in larger pots as they have runners and spread. This plant is true to its nature as it likes sheltered spots amongst other plants.

The beauty of my son’s recovery story is that he essentially healed himself. I may have taught him what he needed to know, but as a non-custodial parent, I did not have the liberty to apply alternative medicine to my son, nor take him to an alternative doctor.

The whole truth is that when you stop eating the processed grains, cereals and pastas and go back to eating more butter, eggs and other natural foods that have nourished traditional populations for millennia, you will start to slim down. You will also regain that elusive lost energy of your younger days.