Health Articles — Liver

Acidity leads to disease

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  ____________________________________________________________________________ Acidity leads to disease Acidic food and Alkalising food have a huge impact on your body. Both can do damage when taken to the extreme.  This is why it is essential for your body to maintain a balance.  It does this by being a BUFFER.  A diet that is high in acidic foods can lead to many chronic health conditions that affect the entire body. (Details to follow) What is a buffer I hear you say? If you are a mother with kids you might feel like a buffer between them when one is being not so nice...

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Gut bacteria may be the cause of weight gain

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  ____________________________________________________________________________ Gut bacteria may be the cause of weight gain There are 100 trillion bacteria in our microbiome with 1000 different species and thousands upon thousands of different strains.   The number of bacteria in our body even outweighs the number of cells we have.  The gut bacteria line your entire digestive tract and can easily live there in harmony with viruses, parasites, fungi and yeast.  What do they do?  The answer to this is both positive and negative. The positive side of things is that they support your immune system, they affect your metabolism, and even your mood (gut-brain axis)....

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Subclinical Hypothyroidism - Blood test results are good but symptoms are still there!!!

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  ________________________________________________________________ Subclinical Hypothyroidism As a Naturopath I feel that it a very important for everyone to have an understanding of what all of the thyroid hormones are doing not just TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone). Further testing may be required to gain an understanding of this, if these tests haven't already been done in the past.  Often is the case that testing has been done for thyroid and you have been told everything is normal, this usually means that what has been tested is within the "reference range".  There is a big difference between reference range and optimal range.  Quite...

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5 Reasons why I always feel sick

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Fatty Liver Disease

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    ____________________________________________________________________________ Fatty Liver Disease - What is it? It is a condition where there is a build up of excess fat in the liver cells. It affects about 1 in every 10 people in Western countries.  There are two different types. Non-alcoholic fatty liver and alcoholic fatty liver disease.  One is due to alcohol and the other is mainly due to metabolic processes from the food you eat and can also result from gut issues and not being able to break down and utilise the food you do eat.  It doesn't matter which one you have they both...

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