Health Articles — Immune

The immune system needs a super hero!!!

Posted by Melissa Callaghan on

    The immune system needs a super hero!!! As a Naturopath, I am always asked, "how can I boost my immune system?" My answer is always the same: Let's start by improving your gut health!!! Our gut is home to about 38 TRILLION microbes, that's more trillions than the United States national debt.  The gut contains 150 times more DNA than we have in our whole body.  It's just a little bit important and yet we constantly think "she'll be right" and throw more junk at it.  Then we wonder why we get sick. Our body has a mutually...

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Toxins and detox

Posted by Melissa Callaghan on

  ____________________________________________________________________________ Toxins and detox Your body is exposed to toxins on a daily basis both internally (from inside your body) and externally (from outside your body).Internal toxins may include an imbalance in gut bacteria allowing the bad bacteria to dominate, yeast, viruses, stress, anxiety and even the negative thoughts associated with life can have an effect. External toxins come from the environment we live in.Some sources of toxins include:FoodSome major exposures are from food, in particular processed food which is full of chemicals, additives & pesticides. Some signs you may see to indicate toxicity include poor digestive health, food...

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Coronavirus and gut health

Posted by Melissa Callaghan on

Coronavirus and gut health We have all been informed on how to go about protecting yourself from the outside when it comes to coronavirus but did you know that you can also build up your defenses on the inside? Please note that the information provided in this post is for educational purposes only it is not medical advice. The medical community has learnt alot from previous coronavirus infections and one point of particular interest to me is the connection between the lungs and gut health.  We are learning more and more about the gut connections to the rest of the body...

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Glandular Fever

Posted by Melissa Callaghan on

Glandular Fever, Infectious mononucleosis (mono), kissing disease, what ever you want to call it, if you have ever had it then chances are you are saying that you have just never felt well since then. This is because is stays with you for life...BUT there is help to get you back on track and feeling better. Let's talk about Glandular Fever: It is caused by Epstein-Barr Virus and is part of the Herpes family of viruses. Even if you are a healthy adult you can still be a long term carrier of the virus. What is Glandular Fever? It is an...

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