Naturopathy in NZ and in IT - Science-based Nutrition, Herbal Medicine and Massages

I used to be an athlete, but this is long time ago, as a child. But since then, I’ve always kept up physical exercise or movement of some kind, and I’ve always had a regular slow heart rhythm, and always passed the EEC test prescribed for participating even to a normal...

I’ve just come back from a two-day conference on Brain health where I learned a lot about biochemistry of the brain, the work of hormones and neurotransmitters on the body, the link of depression to stress in life and the central role of gut bacteria in our mental heal...

We often heard that the gut microbes exceed human cells in number, being 10¹³-10¹⁴ micro-organisms, ten times the number of our won cells, and weighing approximately 1 kg, or about the weight of the human brain, (Dinan et al. 2015) and containing 150 times as many gene...

Very hot debate but very cool subject in this time approaching winter, when we want to be “protected” from influenza ever-changing viruses that debilitate the whole body. If you read carefully, the web is full of the latest science news concerning efficacy of influenza...

Lomilomi is a form of body touch and treatment that carries a lot of ancient wisdom in it. It used to be part of a set of healing practices to lead the patient to health and recovery from illness and trauma. What remains to us, in most of the western world, is the touc...

Post-partum depression  is a common event among women. About 20% would fall into this condition after delivery posing risks also for infant development. One of the reasons for this weakness is depletion in essential nutrients during gestation.

Among these, omega 3 DHA...

From bone health to mental health, from PMS to weight, so many actions...

Last Sunday I participated to a scientific international conference in Auckland and was reminded of very important facts on health and diet.

The conference was centering on the often-observed unbal...

Have you noticed how much attention is given to the word “emotion” in the media, in many forms, from advertisement, to subliminal mentioning in political speeches, to tv series and movies, newspaper articles, etc. etc.? Love, hate, sadness, happiness, disgust, fear….Al...

We all learnt that carbohydrates are pro-inflammatory and that it is better to eat coconut oil than white bread to less arthritis or any inflammatory condition, however…..

Lately, new research has been exploring the mechanisms that could explain an increase of bacteria...