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

• 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

The great news is that there is help for depression and mood problems.  There are very specific things we can do to help with depression and mood disorders.  Our clinic has been dealing with depression and mood disorders since 1995 with great success.  So if you are looking for another avenue to try, then look no further.  We are a specialist naturopathic and kinesiology clinic with plenty of knowledge and experience with depression and mood disorders.

Basically depression and mood disorders are about hormonal imbalance (that’s the chemical imbalance they’re always talking about).  Hormones are made of good fats and proteins and other nutrients.  So when we’re talking about improving depression and mood disorders we have a system to deal with it.

Here are 5 keys to improving depression and mood disorders.

1. Find out which nutritional deficiencies you have and deal with those.  We have tests, questionnaires and processes to find out where the clinical nutritional deficiencies are and high quality supplements to improve these shortfalls.  Depression and mood disorders may be linked to magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, iron, B12, folate and other B Complex, essential fatty acids, to name a few.
2. We have products which improve specific hormonal/neurotransmitter deficiencies such as serotonin, dopamine and gaba.  Proxan is a natural anti-depressant which improves serotonin levels, Gaba is a natural anti-anxiety capsule which improves gaba, the calming hormone, Prozestan is a natural supplement which improves dopamine, which helps give us the umph to get through the day, Stressan and Relaxan help to calm mood disorders which are linked to hormonal imbalances.
3. We use kinesiology and/or frequency specific microcurrent to reset/reboot the nervous system and to ‘open up’ the conscious areas of the brain, which are the areas where happiness and feeling optimistic and looking forward to life, takes place.  Kinesiology and frequency specific microcurrent help to diffuse deep survival patterns which have been running for weeks, months or decades.  These are gentle processes which make huge changes to the way the brain functions.
4. We need to reduce inflammation of the brain.  It has been medically proven that depression and mood disorders are inflammatory conditions:  the brain and spinal cord are inflamed, this disrupts the nerve conduction and makes it harder for many processes to function well.  Inflammation also eats up many nutrients which are also necessary for creating our feel good hormones – therefore the process of being inflamed (which is a proven medical fact in depression and mood disorders) means that we have less serotonin, dopamine and gaba.
5. Reducing pain and increasing relaxation. Many people with chronic depression and mood disorders are in pain (or take pain drugs regularly so therefore don’t feel pain) and their relaxation time isn’t actually relaxing.  We recommend Remedial Yoga and Meditation Classes, infrared saunas, relaxing and lymphatic drainage massage and supplements to help REAL relaxation and REAL reduction in pain.

So, don’t just cover up your depression and mood disorders, come in and let’s fix your depression and mood problems today!

Madonna Guy & Jacqueline Dekoke
Naturopaths & Kinesiologists, Wynnum, Brisbane

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!

1. 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!
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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!
6. 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.
7. 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

What are the symptoms of blood sugar imbalances?

• needing to eat regularly
• dizziness if you haven’t eaten in a few hours
• hungry within an hour of eating
• sluggish liver – inability to lose weight, poor energy
• (or hungry all the time)
• mood disorders
• hormonal imbalances such as PMT & PCOS
• headaches and migraines
• chocolate cravings

There are 5 keys to preventing diabetes:

1. eat a protein snack every 3-4 hours: meats, nuts, cottage cheese, cheese, tofu
2. eat fish for your dinner 3 x weekly along with salmon/sardines for lunch 3-4 x per week.
3. maintain a healthy weight and/or work towards a more balanced BMI (body mass index)
4. use products which balance your blood sugar: for example, we utilise products such as Metagenics Insulex, Resist X, Fibroplex, Meta Oil
5. exercise regularly: 30 minutes daily (minimum) has been shown to balance blood sugar and help our cells to function -  usually blood sugar balancing is also about having insulin resistance, therefore the cells simply can’t take in insulin into the cells, and energy creation can’t happen effectively inside the cells.

Our solutions for blood sugar balancing:

• We have a weight loss programme (and a payment plan to save you money) to start the process of fat loss.
• We have a chronic pain programme (if pain is the reason exercise is difficult) which helps to reverse chronic pain conditions.
• We have a hormonal balancing programme (and a payment plan to save you money) to balance all of the hormones in your body.  Hormones are everything!  Nothing happens in your body without a hormonal component.  Nothing!
• We use frequency specific microcurrent and infrared saunas to detoxify the cell membranes to detoxify insulin and allow the insulin to be utilised the way that it should.

So there are many ways we can help you, here at New Leaf Natural Therapies for your hormonal imbalances.  See us today!

Madonna Guy, Naturopath
Wynnum, Brisbane

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!

1. 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;
2. how hydrated are you?  The less hydrated the more acidic and inflamed your body is – see point 1!!
3. 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

1 in 5 Australians have chronic pain at some stage in their lives, so pain management is a huge challenge for many health professionals.  Pain can come from so many sources, and is often linked to emotional pain and traumas in our lives: deaths of a loved one, an operation, a nasty viral infection, financial difficulties.  Neck and shoulder pain, for example, is notoriously worse when someone is stressed.  Eventually this can lead to chronic pain for which medical science has no answers for other than stronger and stronger drug therapies.

Natural pain management works to reduce irritation to the nerves; regenerate the areas which are degenerating and re-mineralise the body.  This combination helps to reduce acidity, reduce pain and increase longevity.  Drug pain management suppresses the symptoms allowing nerve damage, acidity and degeneration to continue.

New Leaf Natural Therapies has many treatments for pain management:  naturopathic supplements; frequency specific microcurrent; remedial massage; infrared saunas; structural kinesiology and acupuncture.  It’s time to get to the cause of health problems, not just suppress them!

Madonna Guy ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies

Massage Therapies:

• hot stone massage
• remedial massage
• relaxation massage
• reflexology
• shiatsu
• lymphatic drainage
• pregnancy massage
• hydrating and relaxing facials: mini, basic & deluxe

Structural Kinesiology Processes (with Linda Hoggard ND, Jacqueline Dekoke ND & Madonna Guy ND) which test and treat:

• Food sensitivity treatments, challenging and assessments
• Chemical sensitivity treatments, challenging and assessments
• Whiplash
• Scolisosis
• Jaw & Hip problems
• Cranial Injuries (past and present)
• Shoulder pain
• Bicipital tendon pain
• Dural torque (from spinal injuries)
• Knee, foot and hip corrections
• Foot mobilisation techniques

Emotional Kinesiology Processes (with Jacqueline Dekoke ND, Madonna Guy ND & Linda Hoggard ND)

• LEAP Learning Enhancement Advanced Protocol
• Diffusion of survival switching patterns
• Re-connection of areas of the brain such as memory centres, logical and creative pathways and more
• Counselling kinesiology
• Cranial kinesiology
• SIPS: Stress indicator points system

Frequency Specific Microcurrent (Jacqueline Dekoke ND & Madonna Guy ND): we have successfully used FSM for:

• advanced injury repair
• fibromyalgia
• chronic pain
• nerve pain
• spinal cord pain
• chronic disc pain
• knees pain
• hip pain
• foot pain
• dizziness
• arthritis
• osteoarthritis
• memory improvement
• insulin resistance
• liver and gut stress
• shingles
• irritable bowel syndrome

Infrared Saunas: Our saunas detoxify instantly it is turned on, it doesn’t wait for you to heat up before working.  We deliberately chose non-toxic saunas (many are lacquered which makes them toxic when heated); we use organic towels (so you’re not breathing in toxins in our clinic) and we give you a meditation CD or music to listen to.  It’s amazing how fast 1/2 hour goes in one of these…

Madonna Guy ND
Chief Clinician

We also had calls about high and low levels of iron in the blood:  high levels is generally known as hemachromatosis, the medical treatment is basically regular taking of blood.  Naturopathically, we like to treat the liver and help it cope with the excess iron levels so that it doesn’t cause a problem.  Low levels of iron in the blood can obviously cause chronic exhaustion, but is also linked with low blood pressure.  Red blood cells with a low iron count are too small, they don’t drop off oxygen throughout your body effectively, therefore we’re also more likely to develop bugs regularly…  A great supplement we use a lot for this is Hemagenics, which gives a whopping high dose of iron, in an easy to take form.

We also had a woman with a painful spleen.  The spleen is like a big tonsil – it’s a lymphatic cleansing organ of the body, so detoxification processes will help:  lymphatic drainage massage with Alison Honour, Bowen Technique with Jacqueline Dekoke or Madonna Guy; infrared saunas help to mobilise toxins and move blood and lymph throughout our bodies are just a few options to support cleansing the spleen.  Save $$$ by grabbing a 10 pack of infrared saunas in our clinic.

There was a query again about live blood analysis (see separately under ‘our tests and equipment) and a question about pre-diabetes.  It’s important with ‘pre-diabetes’ to start changing diet is a rather large way.  See the article on ‘insulin resistance’ as this gives a huge amount of information.

Until next week,

Madonna Guy ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies

So, we used totally non-toxic glues, vinyl (marmoleum), carpets (100% wool); resene paints, non-mercury light globes and use 100% organic towelling in our massages & infrared saunas!

Life is toxic, our clinic doesn’t need to be…  have you thought about how to detox your home and living environment.  Each time you buy another new product, appliance, paint your house etc, have a look at the ‘toxic element’ to it and do some research.  It’s not as hard as you may think to be a little more healthy!

Stay tuned…

Madonna Guy ND Naturopath Wynnum