Can your diet produce this rapid result?
Ms X and her hypertension A few weeks ago, Ms X came to see me for her 'resistant hypertension.' She had seen a few doctors before, throughout the years to help control it. We started with the basics which meant looking at her lifestyle. I advocated that she cut her...
Alopecia, Vitiligo, Scar Treatments & Functional Medicine Consultations
Alopecia Alopecia is the partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grow. As we get older, there are a fair amount of men and women that suffer from hair loss. This can range from mild to severe. Sometimes there can be a medical...
Do you know the value of your sleep?
It's funny, I never had an issue with sleep until I was interviewed by Longevity Magazine for an article on sleep! The universe was testing me and it was time to take my own advice; look for the root cause, adjust my lifestyle habits and not resort to taking any...
Toxic Load
Most people who hear the word ‘detox’ think that it is some sort of hippie, restrictive diet where you starve or deprive yourself from the pleasures of eating and living. This is because they do not understand the way the body functions. By the time they realise...
Is your stress leading you to burnout?
This past weekend on Sunday afternoon, I decided to relax by reading the Sunday Times (big mistake!). Anyway, I came across an article that stated that 500 000 mums in South Africa are super stressed as their children are writing their matric exams soon....
Legumes
There is so much confusion these days about what is healthy and what isn't. The end result is people eating whatever they desire which is usually the cause of their ill health. "All carbohydrates are not created equal." You have heard this a thousand times. Yet,...