by Kate Driver | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
I was going for my morning jog down to the beach today, like I do every day (but sometimes it’s a bike ride on the beach or inside Pilates when it’s raining ) and it is the most beautiful spring day we have had so far. Fresh air in my lungs, about to get the sea air...
by Kate Driver | Sep 19, 2016 | Fatigue, Health, Leaky gut
“Gut feelings”………… “I’ve got a gut feeling about this”. We have all used this expression at some stage of our lives. There is a real relevance to this as our gut really does influence our feelings! One way this happens is through...
by Kate Driver | Aug 28, 2016 | Blog, Fatigue
“All disease begins in the gut” – Hippocrates Candida alblicans are symbiotic (diverse organisms that live together) microbes which has co-evolved with humans. Candida albicans in particular, is a yeast that we all have living in our intestines, urinary tract...
by Kate Driver | Aug 14, 2016 | Anxiety, Blog, Fatigue
I was told I had chronic fatigue by a naturopath when I was 22. I could function on a daily basis, but barely, as I dragged myself through days with no energy, intense cravings for sugar and bread, a cloudy / fuzzy head and IBS symptoms which kept me guessing what to...
by Kate Driver | Jul 17, 2016 | Blog, Fatigue
Do you get sad and down in winter? In Australia about 1 in 300 people are effected by seasonal affective disorder. (1) Especially in the southern states of Australia where there is less sun and cooler temperatures in winter. SAD is also known as ‘ winter blues’ and is...
by Kate Driver | Jun 30, 2016 | Blog, Fatigue, Health
Did you know that 70-80% of the body’s immune cells are in the gut? This is because the food and water we consume contains the most common source of antigenic invasion, so the gut needs the most protection. The digestive system is home to gut –associated lymphoid...
