I see a lot of patients in General Practice with anxiety and depression. In fact, according to a recent survey, 6% of New Zealand adults...

I recently attended a Food and Mood Event hosted by the Ancestral Health Society of New Zealand. There were many interesting speakers,...

We live in the 'Age of Adiposity', caused by several different factors involving the western lifestyle, which are fuelling the current...

Vitamin D has been shown to be very important for wellbeing and is involved in supporting healthy immune function, maintaining a healthy...

Sleeping pills are in the news again with concerns of increasing cancer. 1 in 10 adults apparently use sleeping pills regularly. Relying...

Lately I have been diagnosing more and more Coeliac Disease in my patients. Whilst bowel symptoms are the commonest presentation,many...

Having your DNA analysed is becoming more accessible, but making sense of the results can be a challenge. Fitgenes is a more targeted...

Dr Libby Weaver, nutritional biochemist, recently visited Wellington to talk about energy levels. Daily fatigue is a real issue for many...

Here in New Zealand we are in deepest darkest winter and spring still seems a long way away. There are many excellent methods available...

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...