I’ve just returned from a anti-ageing & obesity congress on natural medicine, we had speakers from around the world, experts in their fields, researchers in inflammatory processes of foods (and the body), and basically we found that over 30 years, research has been done looking into prevention of many health issues:  diabetes, cancer, heart disease and auto-immune diseases… with changing the foods we eat, or negating the inflammatory effects of foods.

There are links with really specific genes interacting with certain allergenic foods - these activate our genetic ability to create disease, unfortunately at this stage there is no medical test which finds these connections, however, the  following have been found to create issues:

1. Grains, especially wheat and gluten containing foods cause ‘leaky gut’.  Every time we eat wheat and gluten, our gut isn’t as strong as it should be and ‘food particles’ are released into the bloodstream creating inflammation.  Inflammation causes pain and disease.  Wheat and gluten are not good!
2. Saponin and lectin containing foods also create leaky gut and inflammation.  Studies were done to find out which foods had the highest amounts of these substances: pretty much all grains contain these in differing amounts, but soy scored the highest andd rice, amaranth, wheat, barley, oats all contained these substances.
3. Dairy milk creates insulin resistance, a pre-diabetic condition.  It is also linked to short-sightedness and acne.  Interestingly, in our clinic when we’ve improved the insulin resistance in clients, their eyesight often improves, they see things much more clearly.  So kids drinking milk, getting acne and needing glasses has now been linked to being a pre-diabetic condition.  Insulin in big amounts is very inflammatory!  At the very least pop in to our clinic and have your insulin resistance checked out!

So basically we found compelling research that the health conditions killing people these days:  cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity are very much linked to the food choices, including many ‘healthy’ choices, so once again, food needs to be individualised.

What to do?

The Paleo Diet/Mediterranean Diet/Keto Diet/Shake It Diet

These diets consistently help the body heal and repair.  They all have:

• plenty of high quality proteins: meats, fish, eggs, low-fat hard cheeses, nuts and seeds
• plenty of good quality vegetables (3 handfuls per meal) and fruits (best are the berries, lots of colours, only 1/2 cup per day)
• plenty of fluids such as herbal teas, dandelion coffee, purified water
• limited grains
• limited dairy milk
• limited coffee, tea and alcohol

And then we’re looking at reducing inflammation each time we eat…  For example, we could take a couple of purified fish oil capsules such at MetaPure EPA/DHA each time we eat, or some high potency gut bacteria such as Ultra Flora Immune.

So, that’s it for today,
Have a great one…
Madonna Guy, Naturopath, Brisbane, Australia
3348 6098/0417 643 849

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Our therapists are currently available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.

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Madonna Guy
New Leaf Natural Therapies
Chief Clinician/Owner
Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane, Australia

Are you needing some tools for pain relief and relaxation time with Yoga Classes or Meditation Classes – right here in Wynnum, Brisbane? The problem with planning to relax at home is that we often either never get around to it, or simply don’t know what we’re doing so that it’s not that relaxing anyway!  We have remedial yoga classes and meditation classes here at New Leaf Natural Therapies.  The mind is incredibly powerful, the more we train it to relax, visualise and create your own healing powers in our meditation classes, the more quickly you’ll be able to access these tools on a day by day basis.

Remedial Yoga

Remedial Yoga Classes draw upon both Hatha and Restorative Yoga to create personal programs which gradually build strength and flexibility whilst promoting deep rest, healing and wellness. Remedial Yoga may significantly ease chronic pain, sore joints, depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, diabetes, respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

Guaranteed small yoga classes: maximum 8 people per class, must be pre-purchased in packs of 6 classes.

Monday 9.30am or 6pm

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Simply want to relax?  Chris Shana has been running classes locally for 8 years… and at our clinic for the past few months.  Every meditation process is different and guide us through a visualisation process to help us see ourselves clearer, happier and more focussed.  Guaranteed small, intimate classes.  Meditation has been used to improve all health conditions, since stress is linked with all chronic disease!

Tuesdays 10am; Thursdays 7pm

Phone now on 3348 6098 for bookings.

New Leaf Natural Therapies
Madonna Guy
Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane

There are real reasons for poor diagnosis, medically, of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia.  Think about what happens in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia – medically there is often nothing outstanding in the blood tests, slight variations in iron levels, liver function, but nothing conclusive.  There may be a little rise in inflammatory signs, and yet medically this will be blamed on ‘fighting a bug’, ‘pain’ or ‘being tired.’

Anything that slows down metabolism, makes the blood supply sluggish, upsets the liver and digestive tract can be involved in chronic fatigue. Isn’t it time to start dealing with the reasons, one by one, and get your life back on track??

Here are various reasons for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia and what tests we do to confirm/deny this is a problem for you.

• the body is too acidic (urine test)
• the body is inflamed (live blood analysis and cellular analysis/VLA)
• heavy metal toxicity (urine test)
• candida (blood)
• celiac (blood)
• helicobacter (blood)
• insulin resistance (blood)
• low HDL cholesterol levels (blood)
• fungal and mould spore infestations (blood & kinesiology)
• allergies/intolerances (live blood analysis & kinesiology)
• general toxicity (live blood analysis & cellular analysis/VLA)
• tooth toxins/amalgams
• scar tissue toxins
• environmental allergens & intolerances (kinesiology)
• endocrine issues – thyroid, adrenals, sex hormones (kinesiology)
• adrenal stress (kinesiology/blood)
• emotional stress/post traumatic stress syndrome
• poor immune system (live blood analysis)
• geopathic stress
• electromagnetic stress (kinesiology)
• viral and bacterial load (live blood analysis & urine test)
• parasites (live blood analysis)
• digestive issues and leaky gut syndrome (live blood analysis)
• poor diet
• smoking, drugs and alcohol

You can see why the one-reason-fits-all ’cause’ that they’re looking for medically doesn’t work.  In all of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia clients we see, there has been a combination of causes that we find through our various testing processes.

Our naturopaths, Jacqueline Dekoke ND, Linda Hoggard ND & myself, all have experience in dealing with these causes, can recommend treatments to help speed up the healing processes and will recommend lifestyle changes that ultimately will save your cells!

Madonna Guy ND, Naturopath, Wynnum, Brisbane, Australia
New Leaf Natural Therapies  07 3348 6098
healthteam@nlnt.com.au

We work with many weight loss challenges in our clinic, and insulin resistance is huge!  We have a small blood analysis machine that tells us on the spot how ‘insulin resistant’ someone is.  This is a pre-diabetic condition which medically doesn’t get picked up due to the fact that it’s NOT diabetes.  Medically (and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this) they are always waiting for tests to be bad enough to 1. put us on medication; 2. send us to a specialist or 3. operate.

I tell my clients all the time ‘thank goodness they didn’t find anything!!’.  Insulin resistance means that the cells are not taking in insulin easily and/or the internal mechanism of the cell which deals with insulin isn’t working.

One of my clients yesterday has been exercising his butt off, changing his diet and weight hasn’t come off.  Yesterday his insulin resistance was huge (about 6x maximum level for ’safe’ insulin levels - no wonder his body isn’t losing weight.  The small amounts of carbohydrates he’s having (fruits, rice crackers, bread…hmmm, and cereals) are simply storing as fat.  His body can’t handle them at the moment.

By the way, insulin is a very inflammatory hormone when out of whack - it can be a major cause of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and pain.

Luckily we have some fabulous products which help reverse insulin resistance.

Madonna Guy ND

Chief Clinician at New Leaf

Katherine Lynn is our new Musculoskeletal Therapist with a passion for kinesiology and all aspects of health, especially in getting to the cause of each clients problem. With training in the chiropractic field as well as MST and kinesiology, Katherine enjoys treating all conditions, but in particular those of the neck, shoulders and lower back.  Her degree in MST gives such a huge understanding of the human body that booking in with her can only enhance your physical body, head to toe!  See Katherine for issues such as chronic neck and back pain, hip and lower back pain, headaches and migraines, frozen shoulders and more.

We gladly welcome another remedial massage therapist, Cherice Day back to the fold at New Leaf.  Cherice worked at New Leaf prior to working in New Zealand expanding her skills.  Along with her initial diploma in remedial massage training around 4 years ago, she has continued to update her skills with Chinese cupping techniques, reflexology and lymphatic drainage. Cherices’ Hot Stone Massages are fabulous!!!  See Cherice for pain management, stretching techniques, relaxation massage, reflexology, cupping techniques and more!

Bonus:  We have chronic pain programmes available where massages with Cherice and Katherine are 50% off the normal retail price (until further notice)!!!

Why us?  We have spent years collecting expertise, practitioners and team members who can help support or eliminate just about any health condition!

We have the complete solution to getting you balanced and structurally sound. Many practitioners only focus on one thing:  emotional stability, the spine, the muscles…  We work together a programme, a series of sessions which help to work on every part of your body to get you right, long term!

• using frequency specific microcurrent to reduce inflammation and support regeneration of different areas of the body
• using structural balancing with our Musculo Skeletal Therapist, Katherine Lynn and Structural Kinesiology techniques with Madonna Guy & Jacqueline Dekoke, to ensure the body is not ‘pulling’ in the wrong directions
• getting your feet right - we do foot manipulation and re-setting the foot proprioceptors so that the feet are sending the correct messages to the brain, and the other 600+ muscles of the body that the feet impact on every day
• using remedial massage to relax and tone your muscles with Katherine Lynn & Cherice Day
• Our Chronic and Acute Pain Programmes include highly discounted sessions of frequency specific microcurrent, remedial massage, infrared saunas & structural kinesiology.

So come in and start the process of getting balanced!!!

Madonna Guy ND
Chief Clinician
New Leaf Natural Therapies

Would you have ever considered that chronic pain can be linked with poor digestion?  Well, let’s take a look at components withing the digestive tract and symptoms which are linked to pain:

• parasites,
• lack of good acids to break down foods,
• small intestine bacterial overgrowth,
• viral and bacterial particles,
• undigested food particles.  All of these create ‘bad acids’ in the body

Symptoms of poor digestion are huge and include the obvious symptoms of:

• bloating, burping, belching, wind, flatulence, diarrhoea, constipation
• reflux and heartburn
• allergies: eczema, dermatitiis, hayfever, sinusitis
• chronic coughs
• headaches and migraines
• chronic  fatigue and fibromyalgia, just to name a few…

Just about any long term health condition is linked with poor digestion: think of bones and muscles - what are they made out of: we are what we eat, but moreso, we are what we digest!  So if we can’t break down our proteins and fats, we can’t repair our muscles and nerves.  If we can’t break down our veggies and fruit, we can’t utilise the nutrients and keep our cells clean and healthy.  Get the picture.  Digestion is everything.

It takes many months to cleanse the digestive tract properly…  Parasites, for example, can be everywhere:  the gut, the liver, the bloodstream - the more we have the longer it takes.  We can even have parasites in the brain and nervous systems, so it’s not something that can done quickly.  In fact, the killing off of parasites, the process itself needs to include natural anti-inflammatory substances and immune boosting substances since the membranes of the parasites release about 30x more toxins than the parasites themselves.

Parasites, fungus, candida and bacterial overgrowth can all take some time to cleanse, and then we start the process of healing the leaky gut.  Then we start to deal with the liver, once the gut is feeling strong enough to cope with the onslaught of toxins we’re about to release through the liver.

All in all it really does take 9-12 months of taking you step-by-step through the process…  but the digestive process itself takes about 3 months or so (although if the leaky gut has been long-term some gut support can be recommended long-term…)

Take care,
4BC’s Madonna Guy ND & Jacqueline Dekoke ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies
07 3348 6098
www.newleafnaturaltherapies.com.au

For long-term pain relief these Foundations of Health filters must be cleansed and kept cleaned.  To cleanse the Foundations of Health properly takes time, and most cleansing products and programmes barely even touch the surface, and pain continues.

What do we feel when we are in pain?  Aching in the muscles and bones?  Burning acidic pain?  Throbbing, stabbing pain?  A constant nagging in the nerves and muscles?  It doesn’t matter what a condition is diagnosed as: fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, peripheral neuropathy, arthritis…  when it comes down to it our bodies are not functioning properly, we’re not cleansing our Foundations of Health and toxins and acids are building up in our body - when these toxins and acids can’t be released, they attach to the muscles, nerves, bones, spinal cord, cell membranes - these degenerate and deteriorate these tissues and cause pain.  These toxins then lead to other chronic health problems such as depression and stress, anxiety, weight gain & obesity and more.

Last week we had a clients with a combination of Frozen Shoulder and Peripheral Neuropathy.  Within 2 treatments of Frequency Specific Microcurrent - reducing inflammation in the nerves, joints and muscles, there has been significant pain relief and more movement!  It will be sometime until she is well, but we have already started the detoxification process in the nerves and muscles.  Medically this would never happen, and pain drugs are the only option.  Scary huh?

In my next blog I’ll talk about the parts to cleansing these Foundations of Health and again, why it is so necessary!

Until then,

Madonna Guy ND
New Leaf Natural Therapies
07 3348 6098
www.nlnt.com.au

p.s. Our Foundations of Health Programme is a 9-12 month programme designed to cleanse these systems; reduce weight and pain; increase health and vitality; and extend life!  Both myself and Jacqueline Dekoke ND are fully trained in taking you through our programme.  The programme includes specialised supplementation, treatments such as Frequency Specific Microcurrent; various detoxifying massage processes such as Lymphatic Drainage and Remedial Massage with our fantastic therapist Alison Honour; Infrared Saunas to pull toxins out of every cell in the body and more.