Archive for the ‘immune system challenges’ Category
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Did you know that there’s a safe and easy way to have your child checked for allergic tendencies AND that there are things we can do to help live a healthier lifestyle? Allergies can cause so many health issues which scare the hell out of parents and caregivers: eczema and dermatitis, anaphylactic shock, swollen throats and lymphatic nodes, constant colds and flus… not to mention issues such as autism, aspergers, ADD, ADHD, asthma, which are on the rise, and very definitely linked to the messages we are sending our bodies via our foods…
No wonder we give our kids drugs to get the symptoms under control when our gut tells us it’s not doing them any favours.
There IS stuff we can do to help our kids allergies, intolerances and sensitivities:
- we use live blood analysis to find out many things including how useful the immune system is, how the liver is functioning, if the bloodstream is cleansing properly, nutritional levels of iron, b12, zinc and oxygen…
- we use kinesiology balancing techniques to pick up the body’s energy and help it heal, especially in relation to specific allergies and intolerances
- we use frequency specific microcurrent and infrared saunas to help pull toxins from the body so that it can function more effectively.
Talk to us today about the options for allergies for your children.
Madonna Guy, Naturopath. Brisbane. Wynnum
3348 6098
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Allergy testing is something that there’s a lot of controversy about these days. Many naturopathic clinics are being told that they can’t do allergy testing. Weird, huh? It seems to be an issue that the government has taken to heart, that only drugs can effectively treat allergies.
So what do we do if we don’t want to use drugs which suppress allergic symptoms such as sinusitis, asthma, hayfever, itchy eyes, itchy skin… not to mention issues such as bloating, burping, belching, wind, flatulence or more debilitating issues such as eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis.
Around 75-80% of babies are born with an allergic immune system these days. Therefore they are more likely to develop issues such as food intolerances and allergies. Partly this is because our bodies are much more acidic these days. As this is a huge reason for miscarriage, the body deliberately goes into the opposite immune position to miscarriage, which is the allergic immune condition…
Our clinic has fabulous results with allergies and intolerances because we use a variety of testing and treatments.
- We use live blood analysis to determine how well the immune system is functioning. There are particular signs in the blood that let us know if the body is more likely to be an allergic one or not.
- We use other blood tests such as candida, helicobacter and celiac testing to find underlying gut issues which predispose us to health problems such as allergies and intolerances.
- We use urine testing such as urinary indicans and ph testing to find out how much bad gut bacteria we have and how acidic the body is. These can both be linked to poor immunity.
- We also use a variety of kinesiology techniques which lower the body’s stress in relation to a particular allergen – we can find whether or not things are alleries or intolerances, or even whether it’s just an energy mismatch – an energy mismatch is when the body doesn’t ‘know’ what to do with something. For example, if we eat spelt flour for the first time in our lives, and the body doesn’t know what to do with it, we may get symptoms of bloating, but this may be because the body just doesn’t know what to do with it… we can balance that out…
Talk soon,
Madonna Guy, Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
The right diet of anti-angiogenic foods may be our best weapon in preventing cancer.
Did you know that up to 40 percent of women ages 40 to 50 may have tiny cancers in their breasts—no larger than the tip of a ballpoint pen? Microscopic tumors are forming all the time, but our body’s natural cancer-fighting system usually prevents them from growing large enough to cause harm. A key component of this system is angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels.
“Angiogenesis is what makes the difference between a small, innocuous cancer and a runaway, dangerous disease,” says William Li, MD, president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation. Already about a dozen drugs battle cancer by keeping blood vessel growth in check (with the usual problems of lots of side-effects), but Li is even more excited by research that shows that adding certain foods to our diet can have a similar effect.
Many of the foods that contain angiogenesis-inhibiting compounds are also rich in antioxidants, which may contribute to their anticancer benefits. But as Li explains, “The jury is still out on whether antioxidants are truly effective at preventing cancer, yet controlling blood vessel growth has been proven to make a profound difference.” Initial study results are startling: Asian-American women who ate soy at least once a week throughout their lives reduced their risk of breast cancer by 60 percent; Chinese women who drank a cup of green tea at least three times a week cut their colon cancer risk by 34 percent. Other natural antiangiogenic foods include red wine, cooked tomatoes, blueberries, garlic, and dark chocolate.
According to Li, future research will focus on which specific varieties of foods are most potent. “We may one day soon be able to pinpoint the exact species of tomato or type of red wine that offers the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to discouraging tumor growth,” he says. “Doctors will truly be able to recommend foods to fight cancer and know they’re having a meaningful effect.”
Madonna Guy ND
Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane
Chief Clinician
New Leaf Natural Therapies
3348 6098
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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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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Feeling tired all the time? Exhausted? Burnt out? Did you know that it’s not just a symptom – it’s a sign that some crucial bodily functions aren’t working properly! Medical tests just don’t find anything MOST of the time, but if you’re sick of feeling zonked, then read on!!
How long since you woke up feeling energised?? Have you been feeling tired all the time? Exhausted from the moment you get up, unless you use stimulants – sugar, coffee & tea, cigarettes, stress… Needing these stimulants is a sign that your cells aren’t functioning properly. Medically, nothing can be done until a disease is present, but trust me, you DON’T want to wait until you’re a medical mess.
Here’s a 7 part process to more energy! Talk to us today and get your journey started!
- Have a cellular analysis (VLA) and find out how much energy your cells are giving you. Your Active Tissue Mass (muscle) is what feeds your energy cycle. With low quality muscle mass and low amounts of muscle mass, your cells ARE NOT GIVING YOU ENERGY! Work on improving your muscle mass!
- Have a look at your cells with Live Blood Analysis: there are 2 types of anaemia we see regularly – Iron deficiency and B12/folate deficiency. We regularly find both types of anaemia in Live Blood Analysis with Chronically Tired People.
- How acidic are you? We do urine tests which let us know if you are acidic – if your body has a ph (acidity) of 6.5 or lower (more acidic) than the body is working harder than it needs to: it has a harder time hydrating your cells, detoxifying your cells, removing inflammation, killing bacteria, viruses, helicobacter, parasites and more.
- Remove inflammation: With live blood analysis and cellular analysis we know how inflamed you are, this gives us a starting point. We use infrared saunas, natural supplements, massage therapies, frequency specific microcurrent, structural kinesiology to reduce inflammation.
- huge doses of fish oils that are heavy metal free. Now, this sounds easier than it is, since nearly every supplement claims to be free of toxins. However, did you know the government rules on toxicity are a joke? We only recommend Metagenics fish oils and 100% of their range is completely non-toxic, whereas most ranges are very dodgy. You then need a therapeutic dose of the fish oils to reduce inflammation and allow the cells to function a little better!
- Removing anesthetics: even dental work can impact on energy levels, having moles removed, veins stripped. Tiny amounts of anesthetics can attach to nerve membranes and stop them from being functional, hindering the nerve conduction in the body. We use B12 (at least 2000mg daily); infrared saunas and frequency specific microcurrent to pull anesthetics out of your body.
- Detoxify! Our Foundations of Health Programme is a 9 month programme which works through the body’s filters 1 by 1 and cleanses them. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is linked to all of the filters being clogged, hindering nerve and cellular conduction. We work through balancing the ph (acidity) as well as cleansing the gut (candida, parasites, helicobacter, fungus, leaky gut, allergens); the liver; the immune system and the kidneys.
So don’t despair, if you’re feeling really tired, you need to start at the beginning and treat the symptoms initially, and then cleanse, cleanse, cleanse! Slowly but surely, you’ll get better and better. Start your journey today – call Gabby or Helen on 3348 6098!
Madonna Guy & Jacqueline Dekoke Naturopaths, Wynnum, Brisbane
New Leaf Natural Therapies
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Natural strategies for asthma have improved hugely over the last five years. Breathing is such a natural process that it’s hard to imagine the lungs conspiring to stop us…however, it now happens to many, many Australians each year!
2.2 million adults have asthma (1/10) and 1/6 children (the third highest rate of childhood asthma in the world!
Around 400 deaths per year are a result of asthma and around 60% of these are fully preventable – even moreso when the lungs and respiratory system are supported with natural therapies… it takes time, but it may save your life!
New Leaf Natural Therapies have strategies to help you improve your lungs and take control of your life!
- natural supplements strong enough to create an anti-inflammatory process within the lungs: thereby allowing us to reduce medication as appropriate
- supplements and frequency specific microcurrent help to repair the lungs and bronchial tissue which has been inflamed for so long
- reduce allergens and allergic tendencies: the number one reason for asthma attacks – we do treatments to improve allergic tendencies: these include supplements; kinesiology and frequency specific microcurrent. In our live blood analysis testing we usually find massive levels of eosinophils (allergy markers in the bloodstream) in asthmatics. We consistenly find these improve over time with this combination of treatments.
- repair the gut! We find that just about 100% of our clients with asthma have ‘leaky gut syndrome’ in our Live Blood Analysis. The tissue in the gut (endothelial tissue) is identical to that of the lungs and inflammation tends to happen simultaneously in both areas with affected asthmatics. So ‘leaky lung syndrome’ and ‘leaky gut syndrome‘ go hand in hand!
- Many chronic coughs are a result of either subclinical asthmatic tendencies or allergies. It is important to get to the bottom of it as these coughs can last for years!
- Asthmatics tend to have low oxygen levels due to inefficient lungs: increasing substances like co-enzyme Q10 and oxygen supplements help the body to re-oxygenate.
Madonna Guy ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
After having a cough for nearly 3 months and being treated for Asthma with various Steroid and Ventolin medications, I had treatment on the Cellular Regeneration Machine and I woke up the next morning without coughing for the first time in months. It made the world of difference. ~ Larissa
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Hi, my name’s Mal Jones, I’m 47 years of age. I came to New Leaf Therapies to see Madonna & the team, and I’m very pleased with my progress. Weight loss is great, I’ve lost 5 kilos, and kept it off. Memory is good! This is the first time I haven’t been sick in eight years. So I’m very pleased with everything.
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