We all like our food to taste more-ish so that we keep going back to it to enjoy the flavour. Monosodium Glutamate hit the news a few decades ago about being risky to our health but with so many different multicultural foods now available since mass immigration in the 80's and 90's, its impact, like… Continue reading MSG – is a flavour additive harming you?
Although bones are the last pieces of evidence that we are likely to have left that we existed after up to millions of years, they are not simply rods of inert material. They are a living, moving ecosystem that protects the deepest nerves that support our bodies to function, including the brain & spinal cord.… Continue reading Them Bones…
There are 4 beautiful ingredients in this lovely, refreshing Summer recipe which all have their own individual health benefits and useful biochemicals, as some that are used traditionally as Chinese herbs. The Fabulous 4 1. Pomegranate juice Pomegranate is a delicious, sweet & sour tasting exotic fruit that has been used as a culinary item… Continue reading Delicious summer punch recipe
3 foods that are absolutely incredible for your gut health. If your gut is not doing so well, manifesting symptoms such as fatigue, heavy limbs, sweating on mild exertion, sugar cravings, fluid retention with loose stools and a squelchy belly with lots of noise, you might have the TCM diagnosis of Spleen Qi Deficiency with Damp.… Continue reading Bloating? Read this.
That's the first question TCM practitioner Dr Bec will ask you in the clinic, if you present with neck pain. Neck pain can be of musculo-skeletal injury origin, or in TCM theory, can be caused by Cold, Heat or Wind invasion which most commonly occurs at change of season - where we are now. In… Continue reading What’s giving you a pain in the neck?
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