The Great Cholesterol Myth Cholesterol has been touted as ‘the enemy’ in recent years and prescriptions for statin medications are regularly handed out to keep cholesterol in check. In fact, the two top selling pharmaceutical drugs in Australia are statin medications. But is cholesterol really as bad as we have been led to believe? Let’s take a deeper look. A quick stroll down memory lane. Have you heard of a guy called Ancell Keys? He is the reason for the…
How Metabolic Disease Begins In The Gut. Are you overweight? Struggling with high blood sugar, cholesterol or blood pressure? Wanting to avoid medication at all costs? Then this blog is for you my friend. Let’s start with a definition: Metabolic syndrome is an umbrella term that includes a cluster of symptoms such as excess weight/obesity, increased blood pressure, fatty liver, high cholesterol and/or triglycerides and blood sugar. It is a major risk factor in the development of hypertension, type 2…
Putting Your Health On Hold. Across the entire health care sector, we are currently seeing many patients deferring treatment, including seeing their GP for regular check ups and monitoring of chronic health conditions. It makes sense though doesn’t it? Nobody wants to leave the house at the moment. Nobody wants to place any unnecessary burdens on our already overwhelmed health care system either. So they are putting off getting those blood tests, getting their blood sugar or blood pressure checked,…
FIBRE & YOUR HEALTH Yes I know, it’s a boring topic BUT I am constantly talking about fibre to patients so I thought I’d write a blog post and share a few of my ‘top tips’ with you. Low fibre intake has been associated with numerous health conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune disease and cancer. It is also implicated in hormonal imbalance (heavy and painful periods anyone?), high cholesterol and diabetes. And yet in Australia, our standard diet is…