Category: This Week In Wellness

TWIW 103: Dummy Sterilisation Linked To Allergies

This Week In Wellness a study of 700 Geelong infants has shown that those whose dummies (or pacifiers) were sterilised or otherwise cleaned at 6 months of age were more likely to have a food allergy by 12 months of age. The Barwon Infant Study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, showed… Continue reading TWIW 103: Dummy Sterilisation Linked To Allergies

TWIW 102: Government to research magic mushrooms and MDMA

This Week In Wellness the Australian Federal Government has announced that they will spend $15 million funding research into psychedelics for the treatment of mental illnesses including depression, addictions and eating disorders. The trials are set to include both naturally occurring and lab produced psychedelics with the list set to include magic mushrooms, ketamine and… Continue reading TWIW 102: Government to research magic mushrooms and MDMA

TWIW 101: URGENT input needed into Dietary Guidelines review

This Week In Wellness Australian of the Year and Ophthalmologist James Muecke, former Australian Cricket Doctor Peter Brukner and Orthopaedic surgeon Gary Fettke have written an open letter to the Australian public asking for help participating in a current review of the Australian Dietary Guidelines by the NHMRC (the National Health and Medical Research Council).… Continue reading TWIW 101: URGENT input needed into Dietary Guidelines review

TWIW 100: Help me celebrate 100 episodes by helping Joseph!

This Week In Wellness we celebrate our 100th episode. And rather than make it a self indulgent celebration of us, we decided to make it an episode about gratitude. In particular gratitude to our long term podcast producer Joseph who is going through a tough time. If you are as grateful to The Wellness Couch… Continue reading TWIW 100: Help me celebrate 100 episodes by helping Joseph!

TWIW 99: Do plant foods cause cats to kill wildlife

This Week In Wellness a 12-week trial has shown that cats that eat more animal proteins are less likely to impact on wildlife. The study looked at 355 cats in South West England and compared cats whose diet was largely meat derived with cats who were fed more plant-derived proteins. Get personally mentored by me… Continue reading TWIW 99: Do plant foods cause cats to kill wildlife

TWIW 98: Street lights may cause cancer

This Week In Wellness The American Cancer Society Journal has published a study showing that street lamps and neon signs may increase your risk of thyroid cancer by 55%! In yet another example of people in the alternative medicine fields being ahead of the game (and ignored or worse ridiculed by conventional medicine) the link… Continue reading TWIW 98: Street lights may cause cancer

TWIW 97: Outdoor work lowers risk of breast cancer

This Week In Wellness working outside has been shown to lower the risk of breast cancer for Danish women over the age of 50 by new research in the journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Whilst previous research has indicated that vitamin D levels in the blood were linked to reduced levels of breast cancers… Continue reading TWIW 97: Outdoor work lowers risk of breast cancer

TWIW 96: Irish soil kills bacteria

This Week In Wellness soil from the West Fermanagh scarp-lands used in ancient Irish folk remedies contains several species of antibiotic producing organisms. The study published in MDPI Applied Microbiology conducted by the Traditional Medicine Group, a collection of scientists from Northern Ireland, Swansea University and Brazil have discovered new antibiotic producing species and believe… Continue reading TWIW 96: Irish soil kills bacteria

TWIW 95: Industry influences nutrition research

This Week In Wellness one in every eight peer reviewed nutrition studies has a tie to business, and those that are were 6 times more likely to return favourable results, with industry linked studies finding positive results the majority of the time, versus non linked studies showing positive results less than 10% of the time.… Continue reading TWIW 95: Industry influences nutrition research

TWIW 94: Forest day cares improve the microbiome

This Week In Wellness day cares in Finland have been able to improve the microbiome and therefore immune system of children in just one month by replacing their floors with lawn, forest undergrowth and planter boxes. When compared to other urban day cares where the kids play on pavement, tiles or gravel the forest childcare… Continue reading TWIW 94: Forest day cares improve the microbiome