Tag: autoimmune

TWIW 67: Can vitamin D prevent allergies?

This Week In Wellness Australian researchers are investigating whether vitamin D could be the answer to our country’s “allergy epidemic”. With one in 10 infants and one in 20 children in Australia already suffering from food-related allergies, and with the rates seemingly on the rise, researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute are hoping that… Continue reading TWIW 67: Can vitamin D prevent allergies?

WWR 151: Graves’ disease

The thyroid gland is a pretty complicated little part of our endocrine system and certainly works according to the ‘goldilocks’ principle, we don’t want an overactive or underachieve thyroid! We very commonly see a lot of patients with an underactive thyroid, or hypothyroidism, but overactive thyroid function can wreck just as much havoc on the… Continue reading WWR 151: Graves’ disease

STNH 5: Alysha Habgood – Breast Implant Illness

Meet Alysha Habgood, a Sydney naturopath who recently had her breast implants removed due to Breast Implant Illness (BII). With thousands of breast augmentation surgeries being performed in Australia (and hundreds of thousands more around the world) each year, there is a growing concern that many of the implants are becoming toxic. Thousands of women… Continue reading STNH 5: Alysha Habgood – Breast Implant Illness

UC 317: Rheumatoid Arthritis with Clint Paddison

Carren is a private person, but in this episode she reveals something about herself that she has not talked about in public.  Clint Paddison helps her get a full understanding of what has been happening to her over the last few years.  Clint Paddison is a man driven to be well.  He was diagnosed with… Continue reading UC 317: Rheumatoid Arthritis with Clint Paddison

UC 316: Breast Implants – Are They Making You Sick

Alysha Habgood is a naturopath, but as a young woman she wasn’t happy with her body image.  Her breasts were too small.   Living in a modern world she decided she could do something about it by having breast implants. 4 months later she was sick, tired and was presenting with an autoimmune disease.  She… Continue reading UC 316: Breast Implants – Are They Making You Sick

TWG 347: Healthy Kids Happy Kids with Dr Elisa Song

This week Brett and Damian interview world renowned integrative paediatrician Dr Elisa Song from www.healthykidshappykids.com at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium. Dr Song shares a wealth if information about Chronic disease in kids including just how prevalent it is, why it is so high and what we can do to not only manage it but… Continue reading TWG 347: Healthy Kids Happy Kids with Dr Elisa Song

SHY 65: Ask The Naturopath

Hi and welcome to a type of episode that I do every now and again called Ask the Naturopath. It’s your opportunity to ask any health questions that you’re dying to have answered, but didn’t know who to ask. In this episode, we will chat about: • Female hair loss – what causes it, what… Continue reading SHY 65: Ask The Naturopath

SHY 63: Dr Terry Wahls – The Wahls Protocol for Autoimmune Diseases

Sometimes I still pinch myself that I get to chat with the people that I really look up to in the industry, and better still, that I get to call it work. This interview has to be one of my all time favourites, so I hope you enjoy it too. Meet Dr Terry Wahls. In… Continue reading SHY 63: Dr Terry Wahls – The Wahls Protocol for Autoimmune Diseases

AQJ 88: Gluten – All you need to know, with Dr Tom O’Bryan – plus Quirky Christmas tips!

• The interview with Dr Tom O’Bryan begins at: 46 minutes ~ 33 seconds Dr Tom O’Bryan is a functional medicine practitioner, and an internationally recognised speaker specialising in the complications of non-coeliac gluten sensitivity and coeliac disease. A Quirky Journey is so pleased to be able to bring you Dr Tom’s deep knowledge on… Continue reading AQJ 88: Gluten – All you need to know, with Dr Tom O’Bryan – plus Quirky Christmas tips!

AQJ 80: Treating MS and Autoimmune with LDN

Fouad is back from his trip overseas to Singapore and Lebanon and he and Jo have a good catch up, discussing everything from Fouad’s food experiences overseas, the struggle to eat organic whole foods when living in a city, food security, and the rise of diabetes in Singapore… to Jo’s recent experiences at the Gluten… Continue reading AQJ 80: Treating MS and Autoimmune with LDN