Health Articles — Diabetes

Book your appointment with Melissa to begin your individualised treatment plan specific to your signs and symptoms and medical history. Appointments available online via Telehealth video chat or in our Nth Brisbane Clinic I am launching a new Facebook Group where we can talk about all things health, with a special focus at the moment on Immune support.   Would love everyone to come along and join the group.   Here is the link to join:  High Cholesterol - What you haven't been told High Cholesterol we are told is BAD and causes disease such as heart disease, stroke, and...

Diabetic Heart Disease – Heart disease that develops in people with diabetes and pre-diabetes. When it comes to diabetes, there is an increased risk of heart disease by about four times. That is an increased risk for heart attacks, strokes, and high blood pressure. When diabetes is present: - There is an increased risk of heart disease even without symptoms such as high cholesterol- There are additional causes of heart disease- Heart disease events will occur at an earlier age Diabetes effects some substances found in the blood and changes their chemical makeup and then this leads to a narrowing...

Book your appointment with Melissa to begin your individualised treatment plan specific to your signs and symptoms and medical history. Appointments available online via Telehealth video chat or in our Nth Brisbane Clinic I am launching a new Facebook Group where we can talk about all things health, with a special focus at the moment on Immune support.   Would love everyone to come along and join the group.   Here is the link to join:  Insulin Resistance What is insulin resistance? It is a condition where the liver, muscle, and fat cells stop responding to instructions from a hormone...

Autoimmune disease is where the immune system has a case of mistaken identity and thinks your body is the enemy and begins to attack your health body.  There are presently around 80 recognised autoimmune diseases with the number on this rise. When looking for underlying triggers of autoimmune gut health and inflammation are major factors. Your gut is your like your body's life support system, you need a balance of bacteria, yeast, and all the components for digestion.  If this balanced ecosystem is out of balance, then problems arise.  It is one of your major defence forces against toxins and pathogens...

This is a skin condition that is often ignored mainly due to people not recognising it as an issue or a sign of something else going on in the body. These spots of dark discolouration usually occur in the skin folds and creases.  Often the armpits, groin area, and neck. It can also appear in elbows, knees, lips, palms, soles of feet, and knuckles. The skin can become thick and have a kind of velvety feel to it.   The change in skin colour usually happens slowly and there may also be an odour or an itch connected to it.  This...