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Yarraville Thrush Clinic Naturopathic Nutrition

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Throughout my time in practing in the western suburbs of Melbourne and elsewhere, I’ve noticed a consistent theme of clients presenting with Candida infections.

These fungal/yeast infections are endemic in our society. Clients often struggle for years with a baffling array of seemingly unconnected or random symptoms, without any proper explanation or resolution.

The merry-go-round of GP’s and specialists visits, tests and medications can be extremely exhausting for clients who just want answers and a treatment that works.

If they’re lucky enough to present with a known fungal infection such as Thrush, then they will receive some anti-fungal treatment either topically or taken as a pill but once they go off the medication it rears its ugly head again.

These infections are insidious. Many of my clients present with a host of seemingly unrelated symptoms and we uncover a Candida infection.

Sometimes if you’re unlucky enough, you can be infected with a bacterial and fungal infection at the same site, such as in the sinuses, which antibiotics will only be partially successful in treating. What’s more, the antibiotics will encourage the growth of yet more fungal problems elsewhere in the body.

So if you have a recurrent Thrush or suspect that you have an underlying health issue, book in today to be screened for Candida. You’ll be glad you did.

Introducing a NEW approach to personalized Wellness & Weight Loss!

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Very exciting news. We’ve just received a new test to enable our clients to see a cross section of their genes (DNA) to gain a very personalized weight loss treatment plan based on their genetic make-up.

As we approach the warmer months this test can give you much needed advice on how to mitigate any genetic variations that can limit weight loss and enhance your ability to lose weight based on your unique DNA profile.

Individually tailored weight loss recommendations are a hallmark of our successful Naturopathic/Nutritional treatment. And this gives you one more tool in your arsenal for safe and effective weight loss.

It can also provide information and treatment recommendations regarding the following:

Your ability to lose weight.
Your appetite and eating behaviours.
How your body stores and processes dietary fats.
Your risk of having an abnormal cholesterol profile.
Your vitamin, mineral and other nutrient needs.
Your sensitivity to specific tastes, foods and drinks.

And much more…this very comprehensive report is available to all clients of Getting Well Naturally, exclusively here in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

It can also give you a complete understanding of the type of exercise you are best suited to and your ability to recover. It also looks at your muscle, strength, endurance, recovery and injury risk when you exercise.

Individualized DNA based reports and treatment plans are the future of healthy, achieveable weight loss. The more you can understand about your body’s ability to process nutrients based on genetic variations, the great the likihood of being successful in creating the body of your dreams.

Taking a generic approach to diet and exercise will achieve some results but using a tailored treatment plan based on your unique make up will always provide better results. This is why there is no one size fits all weight loss program. We are all unique.

This report in conjunction with your individual health history and current circumstances, medications, etc. provides the basis for the most comprehensive approach to sustained weight loss.

So if you’re ready for a new approach to weight loss email us today at gettingwellnaturally@gmail.com with your name and contact number and we will kick start your weight loss journey.

How do I treat Hayfever naturally in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

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Welcome to spring Melbourne!

Warm windy days are a definite respite from the cold dreary weather that we’ve been experiencing but now we have another health concern to deal with!

Seasonal hayfever is just ramping up as we enter Springtime in Melbourne. Pollens and grass chemicals floating in the air trigger the unwanted symptoms of sneezing, watery eyes, tickling throat, mucous congestion and fatigue.

If you suffer from these seasonal symptoms, now is the time to learn how to fortify yourself from hayfever misery and to help prevent it from coming back.

The body’s allergic reaction to pollens is not a normal, healthy response. It is an immune system over reaction to an everyday substance. While almost all of the symptoms of hayfever are in the upper respiratory area, the root cause is in the gut.

From a Naturopathic/Nutritional point of view, healing the gut and providing the body with tailored nutrition, is the key to successful resolution of hayfever, not just for this season but for life long improvement/elimination.

Diet as always, can have a significant impact on our quality of life. Some foods such as dairy products can make hayfever ten times worse. The increase in mucous production created by the diary adds fuel to the fire.

Reducing this fuel load by having less dairy overall, can have a dramatic impact on hayfever symptoms.

Nutrients such as Zinc and Omega 3’s are also beneficial in supporting the immune system and decreasing inflammation. This can be done with by adding more food sources of these nutrients into the diet as well as incorporating therapeutic doeses of these nutrients into your daily routine.

From a nutritional perspective, it’s about reducing foods which are known to exaccerbate symptoms and increasing foods which are beneficial to fortifying the body against over reactions to airborne triggers.

From a lifestyle point of view, getting a daily dose of sunshine is about the best thing you could do to improve your hayfever. However, the irony is that going ‘outside’ is deemed to be too risky for many people with severe hayfever. Never fear, Vitamin D comes in liquid form and capsules so therapeutic doses can be taken in lieu of actual sunshine until symptoms subside.

Vitamin D has a long list of beneficial uses but it this instance, it’s modulating the immune system by dampening down the over reaction to airborne triggers and it’s also a very powerful anti-inflammatory agent which reduces the symptoms considerably.

Vitamin D also assists with improving mental health which can be affected by having to repeatedly deal with hayfever symptoms.

A word or caution though. You should always consult with a your Naturopath/Nutritionist before self-prescribing any nutrients. Doses depend on your unique circumstances, so please be sure to follow the prescription given to you rather than sourcing these nutrients off the shelf.

While all of these nutrients will create an improvement in your hayfever they only do half the job. Really knocking this on the head comes from working with through your health history and applying a functional medicine approach to addressing the root cause of your allergic/gut problem.

As a Naturopathic Nutritionist who has consulted with hundreds of clients in Melbourne’s western corridor, I can attest to the vast improvement my clients make when they address all of the underlying drivers of this condition.

And as an added bonus, when the gut and immune system is healthy, so too is the rest of the body. Clients report feeling better all over once they follow the advice and recommendations that are provided for them.

Things change, when we change so if you’re ready to tackle hayfever head on, we’re ready to assist you.

We service the entire western suburbs of Melboune including suburbs such as Caroline Springs, Taylors Hill, Taylors Lakes, Keilor, Deer Park, Cairnlea, Tarniet, Derrimut, Sunshine, Brooklyn, Footscray, Moonee Ponds, Essendon, Altona, Yarraville, Kingsville, Williamstown and many more.

Email gettingwellnaturally.com.au to book an initial appointment today!

Ask about our September Hayfever special and save on your initial consult!