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Alternative Medicine vs Western Medicine

Alternative Medicine vs Western Medicine

There’s no way of getting around the sad fact that Modern Western Medicine and anything ‘alternative’ are speaking two different languages; so much so that the lack of communication is widening the chasm. Where any and all things that help a patient should be employed...
Young & Healthy… Know the Consequences

Young & Healthy… Know the Consequences

20-30 are our funning years, where, looking back from 50 years old, we were 12 ft tall and bulletproof. When I was young there was no internet, no access to information, no abundance of knowledge like there is today, but I have to say that even if there was, I don’t...
Stress Management

Stress Management

This is our 3rd-in-a series stress blog. We now know the difference between acute and chronic stress and we know that chronic stress damages every system in our body. Yet stress is a part of daily life and there’s not a person who can say they don’t suffer the effects...
The Biological Effects of Stress, Part 2

The Biological Effects of Stress, Part 2

In the previous blog we explored the stress response and the effect it has on our physical body. We know that once the brain has assessed the danger adrenalin and cortisol are released and that gradually as the stress recedes the adrenals slow down the output and the...
The biological effects of stress…

The biological effects of stress…

So, 1/2 way through November and the silly season is approaching… the most common issues we’re seeing in the shop now revolve around stress: exam, money, pressure-to-get-stuff-done, can’t-switch off my mind-and-sleep, retrenchment, fear-for-the-future… No...