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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Weight Loss and the Paleo Diet
Hunter-gatherer societies and other less Westernized populations routinely exhibit superior health markers, body composition and physical fitness, when compared to western populations. Indeed, our hunter-gatherer ancestors were lean, healthy, fit and free of the signs and symptoms of most diseases of civilization.
The evolutionary template thus tells us that to achieve optimal health, body composition and physical fitness we should try to emulate our ancestors’ diet and lifestyle.
People who follow the Paleo Diet lose weight without counting calories, measuring portions, or going hungry. There are many reasons why this way of eating naturally leads to a lean body composition. Here are some of them:
1. The Paleo Diet is higher in protein than most Western diets. High protein diets are more effective at reducing hunger than reduced-calorie diets that people typically follow when trying to lose weight. Protein has a two to three times greater satiety value than either fat or carbohydrate, so people spontaneously eat less when they consume more protein. In fact, 3 of the 4 intervention studies with a Palaeolithic type diet have shown exactly that!
2. Protein has a higher thermic effect than carbohydrates or fat, which means it requires more energy to metabolize than the other macronutrients
3. A high-protein diet (especially one that contains high amounts of the amino acid leucine) will help you maintain your muscle mass, which is very important in terms of fat loss.
4. The second reason the Paleo Diet favors fat loss is its low glycemic load. The glycemic load is a measure of how quickly a given serving of a certain carbohydrate containing food raises blood sugar levels. By focusing on fruits and vegetables as the main carbohydrate sources, The Paleo Diet has a lower glycemic load than most cereal based diets. Hundreds of scientific studies show that high glycemic load foods cause hormonal and blood chemistry changes that increase appetite and promote fat gain.
5. The Paleo Diet has a lower omega 6/omega 3 fatty –acid ratio than most so called healthy diets. Emerging evidence suggests that omega 6 fatty acids may promote obesity and that adding omega 3 fatty acids to your weight loss program may lead to more fat reduction and less muscle loss.
So, the Paleo Diet has many advantages. Loren Cordain has written several books on the subject discussing these and many more topics of interest to health conscious human beings…
Madonna Guy, Naturopath, Brisbane
New Leaf Natural Therapies
3348 6098
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Are Foods Making us sick, causing us pain?! Time to take a new look at research from around the world!
I’ve just returned from a anti-ageing & obesity congress on natural medicine, we had speakers from around the world, experts in their fields, researchers in inflammatory processes of foods (and the body), and basically we found that over 30 years, research has been done looking into prevention of many health issues: diabetes, cancer, heart disease and auto-immune diseases… with changing the foods we eat, or negating the inflammatory effects of foods.
There are links with really specific genes interacting with certain allergenic foods – these activate our genetic ability to create disease, unfortunately at this stage there is no medical test which finds these connections, however, the following have been found to create issues:
- Grains, especially wheat and gluten containing foods cause ‘leaky gut’. Every time we eat wheat and gluten, our gut isn’t as strong as it should be and ‘food particles’ are released into the bloodstream creating inflammation. Inflammation causes pain and disease. Wheat and gluten are not good!
- Saponin and lectin containing foods also create leaky gut and inflammation. Studies were done to find out which foods had the highest amounts of these substances: pretty much all grains contain these in differing amounts, but soy scored the highest andd rice, amaranth, wheat, barley, oats all contained these substances.
- Dairy milk creates insulin resistance, a pre-diabetic condition. It is also linked to short-sightedness and acne. Interestingly, in our clinic when we’ve improved the insulin resistance in clients, their eyesight often improves, they see things much more clearly. So kids drinking milk, getting acne and needing glasses has now been linked to being a pre-diabetic condition. Insulin in big amounts is very inflammatory! At the very least pop in to our clinic and have your insulin resistance checked out!
So basically we found compelling research that the health conditions killing people these days: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity are very much linked to the food choices, including many ‘healthy’ choices, so once again, food needs to be individualised.
What to do?
The Paleo Diet/Mediterranean Diet/Keto Diet/Shake It Diet
These diets consistently help the body heal and repair. They all have:
- plenty of high quality proteins: meats, fish, eggs, low-fat hard cheeses, nuts and seeds
- plenty of good quality vegetables (3 handfuls per meal) and fruits (best are the berries, lots of colours, only 1/2 cup per day)
- plenty of fluids such as herbal teas, dandelion coffee, purified water
- limited grains
- limited dairy milk
- limited coffee, tea and alcohol
And then we’re looking at reducing inflammation each time we eat… For example, we could take a couple of purified fish oil capsules such at MetaPure EPA/DHA each time we eat, or some high potency gut bacteria such as Ultra Flora Immune.
So, that’s it for today,
Have a great one…
Madonna Guy, Naturopath, Brisbane, Australia
4BC & BayFM Naturopath
3348 6098/0417 643 849
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Are you looking for a natural therapies clinic who has a Remedial Massage Loyalty Programme? Well, we’ve never seen one which is as good as ours! Our well-trained therapists Katherine Lynn & Nathan Leach have training in many areas such as:
- remedial massage
- sports massage
- deep tissue massage
- hot stone massage
- reflexology
- lymphatic drainage
- pregnancy massage
- cupping techniques
- massage for pure relaxation
- natural facials
- structural alignment and balancing
The benefits of massage in our clinic are:
- fully enclosed, private rooms
- 100% organic towelling (warm, safe, healthy, non-toxic)
- supplements available for muscle pain, stress, cramps, injury repair
- naturopaths and kinesiologists available for complete health care
- full reception team – your therapist has the full-allotted time for your appointment
- fully qualified, experienced therapists
- all towels are cleaned after EVERY client
- pure water available before and after your massage
Our therapists are currently available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.
Our massage loyalty bonuses are as follows:
- book within 1 week and save 30% off recommended retail price
- book within 2 weeks and save 20% off RRP
- book within 3-4 weeks and save 10% off RRP
- health fund rebates available
OR pay for a remedial massage monthly (for 9 months) and ALWAYS receive 30% off your massages!!!
For those on our monthly payment plan, there are additional bonuses such as discounts off infrared saunas, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER BONUS!!
Book this month and save 30% off your initial massage with BOTH Nathan & Katherine!
Talk to Gabby or Helen about these savings!
Madonna Guy
New Leaf Natural Therapies
Chief Clinician/Owner
Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane, Australia
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
There are real reasons for poor diagnosis, medically, of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia. Think about what happens in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia – medically there is often nothing outstanding in the blood tests, slight variations in iron levels, liver function, but nothing conclusive. There may be a little rise in inflammatory signs, and yet medically this will be blamed on ‘fighting a bug’, ‘pain’ or ‘being tired.’
Anything that slows down metabolism, makes the blood supply sluggish, upsets the liver and digestive tract can be involved in chronic fatigue. Isn’t it time to start dealing with the reasons, one by one, and get your life back on track??
Here are various reasons for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia and what tests we do to confirm/deny this is a problem for you.
- the body is too acidic (urine test)
- the body is inflamed (live blood analysis and cellular analysis/VLA)
- heavy metal toxicity (urine test)
- candida (blood)
- celiac (blood)
- helicobacter (blood)
- insulin resistance (blood)
- low HDL cholesterol levels (blood)
- fungal and mould spore infestations (blood & kinesiology)
- allergies/intolerances (live blood analysis & kinesiology)
- general toxicity (live blood analysis & cellular analysis/VLA)
- tooth toxins/amalgams
- scar tissue toxins
- environmental allergens & intolerances (kinesiology)
- endocrine issues – thyroid, adrenals, sex hormones (kinesiology)
- adrenal stress (kinesiology/blood)
- emotional stress/post traumatic stress syndrome
- poor immune system (live blood analysis)
- geopathic stress
- electromagnetic stress (kinesiology)
- viral and bacterial load (live blood analysis & urine test)
- parasites (live blood analysis)
- digestive issues and leaky gut syndrome (live blood analysis)
- poor diet
- smoking, drugs and alcohol
You can see why the one-reason-fits-all ’cause’ that they’re looking for medically doesn’t work. In all of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia clients we see, there has been a combination of causes that we find through our various testing processes.
Our naturopaths, Jacqueline Dekoke ND, Linda Hoggard ND & myself, all have experience in dealing with these causes, can recommend treatments to help speed up the healing processes and will recommend lifestyle changes that ultimately will save your cells!
Madonna Guy ND, Naturopath, Wynnum Brisbane
New Leaf Natural Therapies
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Worried about vaccinations? Most people cope well, without side-effects and have no long-lasting effects. As a naturopath, I’ve been treating immunity, pre-vaccination care and vaccination side-effects for 15 years. Vaccinations are a tricky topic, very emotive and can be a huge struggle for parents to feel like they’re making the right decision.
Vaccination Benefits: If someone doesn’t take care of their health, then vaccination is perhaps the best option for them, but it’s people with poor immunity and poor health who are most likely to get the side-effects. Vaccinations have been around for over 200 years and have without a doubt saved many thousands and thousand of lives over the years. The theory is that people get close-to-immediate immunity for the specific ‘germ’ they are being treated for.
Most common side-effects of vaccinations: the usual suspects are fevers and vomiting. Medically speaking, a vaccination side-effect must be reported within 24-48 hours, and the attending physician must ‘agree’ that it’s a side-effect or it doesn’t get reported. This is how the AMA gets around the possibility of other problems being connected to vaccines. It is interesting that problems such as Aspergers & Autism have been linked with vaccinations for 20 years or more, and yet they still claim that there’s no connection. Consider this: vaccinations by-pass the immune system, by being injected directly into the bloodstream, including all of the delightful vaccination-extras such as mercury, aluminium and formaldehydes. As preservatives, they are fantastic, and they can last in our bodies for many year.
With 15 years experience, we suspect that vaccinations are linked with many health issues such as:
- increasing asthma levels
- auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and hashimotos
- increasing allergies (1 in 4 in Australia)
- increasing levels of autism and aspergers
- poor behaviour, ADD, ADHD and ODD in children
- poor immunity – constant colds and flus – after all we can’t vaccinate for everything!!!
- chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (heavy metals are linked with both)
What can we do to remove vaccination toxins, boost natural immunity and help the brain?
- frequency specific microcurrent and specific nutrition to remove vaccination toxins
- LEAP, NOT and other specialised kinesiology techniques to reconnect the brain
- infrared saunas to boost toxin removal and detoxification from the body
- using natural therapies, nutritional supplements, micrrocurrent techniques to increase immunity
- testing processes such as live blood analysis, heavy metal toxicity, urine tests, cellular analysis to find the extent of the toxicity and the oxidative stress, and see improvement as it is being removed.
For more information:
- I highly recommend any parents/interested parties to go the the Australian Vaccination Network for more information: www.avn.org.au
- Book in for an appointment with one of our naturopaths: Jacqueline Dekoke ND, Linda Hoggard ND & myself: we all have extensive experience in coping with either option you choose – being vaccinated or choosing not to.
Madonna Guy ND, Naturopath, Wynnum Brisbane
New Leaf Natural Therapies
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
Have you been worried about your arthritis or the drugs you need to take to reduce your pain? We can help, right here in our beautiful professional clinic in Wynnum, Brisbane! With our Chronic Pain Programme you can use simple naturopathic treatments such as natural pain products and Frequency Specific Microcurrent to get you on your way!
Normal medical tests often miss out on some basic information that can really create an environment in your body where arthritis will just continue. Our naturopathic tests such as live blood analysis, our urine and blood tests and our cellular analysis (VLA) give loads of information that we can then work on with you to improve!
- how acidic are you??? We often see people 200 x more acidic then they should be, that means the minerals (calcium & magnesium) are being pulled from your bones, making them more brittle;
- how hydrated are you? The less hydrated the more acidic and inflamed your body is – see point 1!!
- where is your BMI? If your body mass index is over 30 (20% higher than perfect weight), the body is an inflammatory, stress creating, insulin resistant machine. That means that you’ll be more inflamed and acidic…
Are you seeing a pattern here? Therefore we work on, you guessed it, inflammation and acidity!!! Our frequency specific microcurrent machine helps to target specific areas of the body and reduces inflammation such as joints, tendons, bursa, joints, vertabra etc.
Talk to us today, and fix your arthritis! In our Chronic Pain Programme (payment plan) you also get other benefits such as:
- 1/2 price massage therapies with Katheine Lynn & Cherice Day (until we are fully booked)
- 1/2 price kinesiology sessions
- 1/2 price infrared saunas
- 1/2 price allergy testing and treatments with Jacqueline Dekoke and lots more!!!
Madonna Guy ND
Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
Is your life, or the life of a loved one, hampered by chronic auto-immune conditions?
At New Leaf Natural Therapies we have had great success with auto-immune diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. Hope truly is out there if you have these, or other auto-immune disorders such as fibromyalgia, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, hashimotos & Graves Disease and much more. Our practitioners and team have a combined 60 years experience within the natural therapies industry, and plenty of experience with auto-immune diseases.
Interestingly, the experience our practitioners and I have had as newer, stronger and more effective supplementation is much available, has been even better. We utilise detoxification products (auto-immune conditions are heavily linked with heavy metal toxicity) and products which increase the production of stem cells, products which balance the immune system (as auto-immunity is like having an ADHD immune system – overworking to attack specific cells in the body).
We provide the following tests for people with chronic auto-immune disease:
- live blood analysis: looking at immunity, anti-oxidant levels, invisible toxicity, sluggish or overactive immunity, essential fatty acid levels and more;
- acidity levels – the more acidic the body is the more risk of chronic disease, the more minerals are ‘pulled’ from the bones, nerves, muscles and brain;
- reasons for auto-immunity – gut issues such as leaky gut, helicobacter, candida, celiac disease, insulin resistance. All of these conditions increase inflammation and toxicity levels in the gut, and the gut is home to over 70% of the immune system;
- BMI, fat mass & muscle mass readings with Cellular Analysis: if the BMI (body mass index) is over 30 then inflammation continues unabated in the body regardless of the amount of anti-inflammatories (natural or drug) are being taken, so working on the BMI is imperative.
So the treatment involves working on inflammation and acidity, the immune system, weight issues, toxicity levels, gut and liver health. Wow, can it be done??? It sure can, ask about our payment plans for saving you money on our programmes today!
Madonna Guy
New Leaf Natural Therapies
Wynnum, Brisbane
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