Rethinking DepressionI see a lot of patients in General Practice with anxiety and depression. In fact, according to a recent survey, 6% of New Zealand adults...
Food and MoodI recently attended a Food and Mood Event hosted by the Ancestral Health Society of New Zealand. There were many interesting speakers,...
Is it possible to reverse Type 2 Diabetes?We live in the 'Age of Adiposity', caused by several different factors involving the western lifestyle, which are fuelling the current...
Vitamin D: the sunshine vitaminVitamin D has been shown to be very important for wellbeing and is involved in supporting healthy immune function, maintaining a healthy...
Get a good night's sleepSleeping pills are in the news again with concerns of increasing cancer. 1 in 10 adults apparently use sleeping pills regularly. Relying...
What is it with Gluten?Lately I have been diagnosing more and more Coeliac Disease in my patients. Whilst bowel symptoms are the commonest presentation,many...
Genomics: A new era in Preventative medicineHaving your DNA analysed is becoming more accessible, but making sense of the results can be a challenge. Fitgenes is a more targeted...
Exhausted to EnergisedDr Libby Weaver, nutritional biochemist, recently visited Wellington to talk about energy levels. Daily fatigue is a real issue for many...
St Johns Wort in Seasonal Affective DisorderHere in New Zealand we are in deepest darkest winter and spring still seems a long way away. There are many excellent methods available...
Sugar: the new Tobacco?Sugar has been in the news this week following a major report in the UK in which urges us to half our current recommended intake of sugar...