Tag: chronic

TWIW 166: Australians live longer but sicker

This Week In Wellness a report by the Australian Institute Of Health and Welfare (AIHW) titled Australia’s Health 2022 has shown that while life expectancy has risen, so have the levels of chronic disease. Over half of all Australians now have one or more chronic health conditions and over a third of these due to… Continue reading TWIW 166: Australians live longer but sicker

TWIW 161: Less than seven percent of adults have good cardiometabolic health

This Week In Wellness a study of adult Americans has shown that less than seven percent of them have good metabolic health with the researchers describing the results as “a devastating health crisis requiring urgent action” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220704180921.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735109722049944?via%3Dihub

TWIW 89: The 10 most commonly taken drugs in Australia

This Week In Wellness Australian Prescriber published its annual list of the 10 most commonly taken and the 10 most costly prescription drugs for the Australian Government based on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data collected between July 2019 and June 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/01/zoloft-enters-list-of-10-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-12-01/australias-most-commonly-prescribed-medicines-statins/12936626 https://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/articles/top-10-drugs-2019-20 http://anmf.org.au/pages/the-facts-on-australias-health-spending#:~:text=Approximately%2040%25%20of%20Australia’s%20health,than%202%25%20spent%20on%20prevention

TWIW 50: Healthy lifestyle adds 10 disease free years

This Week In Wellness a healthy lifestyle leads to a life that is free of chronic illness including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer for longer. Using data from the Nurses Health Study and the Health Professionals follow up study this paper in the British Journal of Medicine was able to confirm that never smoking, maintaining… Continue reading TWIW 50: Healthy lifestyle adds 10 disease free years

TNN 96: Talking All Things Supplements With Nikki Warren

Special and regular guest Nikki Warren (creator of Naturobest) is on the podcast again this episode! We chat about the quality of supplements in Australia and regulation of these, MTHFR and the controversy in the western medical world about this, anxiety and methylation, dosage of folate and SO much more information about these topics. You’ll… Continue reading TNN 96: Talking All Things Supplements With Nikki Warren

TNN 91: With Dr Diana Driscoll

We are honoured to have Dr. Diana Driscoll on the podcast for this informative and interesting episode. Dr D is an internationally recognised researcher, inventor, speaker, author and patient advocate. An optometrist by education, she was disabled for over a decade with “invisible illnesses”. Now fully recovered, she is the recipient of two patents to… Continue reading TNN 91: With Dr Diana Driscoll

TNN 85: The Fan-C Approach With Dr Eckel

Dr Greg Eckel is our special guest today! Dr Eckel graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine with a doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine. He has recently released a book on Parkinson’s Disease called Shake it off: A FAN-C Approach to Parkinson’s Disease, which we chat a… Continue reading TNN 85: The Fan-C Approach With Dr Eckel

TNN 74: Behind The Scenes With Tammy Guest

This episode features fellow naturopath and now natural health business mentor, Tammy Guest. We take a behind the scenes look at the back-end of running a healing business, this one is more for the practitioners but would be interesting for anyone to take a sneak peek into what it’s like for us! Tammy speaks about… Continue reading TNN 74: Behind The Scenes With Tammy Guest

TNN 71: Living With Cerebral Palsy

My husband Sam Larkings joins me on this episode to talk through living with Cerebral Palsy. Sam has lived with Cerebral Palsy since birth and has made it his mission to function well and thrive with this condition. Sam talks through what Cerebral Palsy is, how it presents and what it does to the body.… Continue reading TNN 71: Living With Cerebral Palsy

TNN 67: The Wholefood Family

Jane Jenkinson from The Wholefood Family (wholefoodfamily.com.au) joins Mel on this episode! Jane is a fermenting nerd as well, and runs amazing fermenting workshops in the Newcastle area and sells the beautiful beetroot kvass which you may have been lucky enough to try. Jane and Mel talk about how and why Jane got into fermenting,… Continue reading TNN 67: The Wholefood Family