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Suite 1, 54 Davis Avenue

South Yarra, VIC, 3141

phone 1300 280 509

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Melbourne, VIC, 3000

ABN 28146276489

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So many reasons why natural medicine is so great 💥💥💥

✨We treat the whole person. So with natural medicine, many of your health problems are very often fixed at once!

✨We don’t just treat your symptoms, we treat the underlying cause of your health condition. So we are preventing it from happening again. Treating symptoms alone is like just slapping a Band-Aid on.

✨We use methods that have been tried and tested over hundreds of years! Look, here are some vials of herbal medicine in Florence dating back 500 years ago 😍 The same herbal remedies we use today!!

If you’re having health issues and conventional medicine hasn’t been able to help, then try naturopathy 🌱
Or book a free 20 min discovery call via our website and have a chat to see if we can help.

Low stomach acid contributes to a lot of digestive

Low stomach acid contributes to a lot of digestive issues, such as pain and discomfort after eating, constipation or delayed elimination, and bloating.

If the digestive system is working inefficiently, then not only do you start to feel very fatigued, but over time nutritional levels can become depleted because nutrients are not assimilated properly.

Our stomach acid is also our first line of defence against pathogens. We need strong stomach acid in order to kill off nasty bacteria or parasites that enter the body. Without it, we leave ourselves open to outside invaders entering the body and wreaking havoc on our digestive system and immune system.

How to increase stomach acid

✨Chew. Most of us don’t chew nearly enough. when we chew, it encourages enzymes to be released in the mouth to start the breakdown of food.

✨Take your time. Don’t rush eating, or eat on the run. When we prepare food, smell it, and allow our body to signal that it’s soon time to eat, then we start to produce the enzymes to break the food down.

✨Drink an apple cider vinegar shot before the meal. Add a tablespoon into a small amount of water and drink 15 minutes before the meal. You can also add it to salad dressings for example. Apple cider vinegar is full of enzymes to help break down food, and it also increases stomach acid.

✨Eat protein last on the plate. This allows time for the digestive system to release more enzymes in order to process the protein component.

✨Eat fermented vegetables and pickles. Fermented foods have a natural ability to boost digestive enzymes through beneficial bacteria that help to digest food.

✨Take digestive bitters. Digestive bitters can be purchased from most health food stores. They are a combination of liquid herbal medicine traditionally used to boost digestive enzymes.

✨Try ginger, HCL, probiotics, zinc (test zinc levels first). Test for which probiotics you need (ie are you low in beneficial bacteria - we can test this).

If you have digestive issues, then schedule a time with us and we’ll help you sort it out 👆

✨Licorice Tea Licorice root tea has a very swee

✨Licorice Tea

Licorice root tea has a very sweet taste. It is great for digestive issues, and healing the gut lining. Good for gastritis, ulcers, reflux, adrenal issues, constipation.

✨Gingko Tea

Gingko is used for cognition enhancing, memory, concentration, and is neuroprotective. It’s also great for circulatory issues.

✨Ashwaghanda Tea

Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb. The most common use is for treating stress, anxiety and sleeping problems. It is also great for post viral syndromes and iron deficiency.

✨Elderberry Tea

Elderflower tea has an antibacterial and antiviral properties. It is a powerful antioxidant, and great for treating the common cold and flu.

✨Nettle Tea

Nettle helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases, cancer and diabetes, and has a positive effect on blood pressure. It’s good for cleansing the blood and detoxing.

✨Dandelion Tea

Dandelion is good for high blood pressure, swelling, constipation, gall stones, and liver insufficiency.

✨Gotu Kola Tea

Gotu kola is great for healing connective tissue, and promoting healing of any kind of wound, burns, ulcers. It’s also great for varicose veins, and is a good nervine tonic.

✨Marshmellow Root Tea

Marshmallow root tea is often used for treating coughs, reflux, ulcers, gastritis, and any kind of inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.

✨Passionflower Tea

Passionflower tea has wonderful calming properties. It’s great for sleep onset or sleep maintenance issues, anxiety, irritability, and tension headaches.

Akkermansia muciniphila's health benefits include

Akkermansia muciniphila's health benefits include metabolic modulation, immune regulation, and gut health protection.

It strengthens your gut’s mucous lining. This helps to make a strong functioning gut, and protects it from damage.

Akkermansia is also a foundational gut species as it helps to feed other beneficial bacteria too.

✨A. muciniphila protects against Metabolic disease

Daily supplementation of A. muciniphila for five weeks has shown body weight, fat mass, glucose tolerance, and insulin sensitvity to be significantly improved in obese subjects. This is really helpful for patients with metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

✨A. muciniphila protects against Autoimmunity

Dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiome is related to autoimmune diseases. Having a strong gut reduces endotoxaemia (when endotoxins enter the bloodstream through a damaged gut wall). This is extremely important for a balanced immune response (protecting against autoimmunity). It has shown efficacy in treating autoimmune diseases when orally administered.

✨A. muciniphila protects against Gastrointestinal Disorders

Studies have revealed an inverse relationship between A. muciniphila and intestinal inflammation, such as inflammatory bowel diseases. It was shown to improve the integrity of gut barrier which is a crucial factor in improving health outcomes in gastrointestinal disorders.

✨A. muciniphila protects against Cancer

One study showed that A. muciniphila was especially enriched in cancer patients who responded to PD-1 treatment when compared to non-responders, suggesting that A. muciniphila may enhance anticancer immunotherapy efficacy.

✨✨How to increase Akkermansia muciniphila✨✨

Akkermansia muciniphila loves to eat pomegranate, green tea, rhubarb, grape juice, and cranberry.

Eating prebiotic foods also encourages Akkermansia muciniphila to thrive and multiply. Prebiotic foods are raw potato starch, onions, garlic, leeks, chicory, artichoke, flaxseeds, legumes, asparagus, cooked and cooled potatoes, cooked and cooled rice.

Working with your naturopath, you can determine th

Working with your naturopath, you can determine the best approach for treating your symptoms, and ensure you cover the below four steps.

✨Remove
The first step is to remove the factors that negatively impact the gastrointestinal tract and may be contributing to your symptoms. These triggers may be varied, because there’s often not just one trigger, but can be a few. A great place to start is to run a stool test to determine the mix of bacteria, yeast, and/or parasites in the gut – this takes out all the guesswork. Triggers may not only be pathogens in the gut such as bacteria or yeast/candida, but may also be food sensitivities, medications, sugar/refined carbs, fried/fatty foods, stress, toxic elements and foods that your body finds difficult to digest.

✨Replace
In this step, you and your naturopath can replace all those factors that may be missing or lacking such as insufficient stomach acid or digestive enzymes, low beneficial bacteria, or nutrient deficiencies.

✨Re-inoculate
Your naturopath will help you to re-inoculate your gut with good bacteria by using targeted prebiotics and probiotics in order to regain a healthy balance. Prebiotics help to feed and promote the growth of beneficial bacteria. It’s even better when we find out precisely which types of beneficial bacteria you’re low in so that we can choose a strain-specific probiotic.

✨Repair
It’s important to repair the lining of your gut. Your naturopath may suggest the use of nutraceutical agents to repair the gut lining. There are a number of supplements that can be used to help repair the intestinal tract lining including L-Glutamine, slippery elm, zinc, collagen, mastic gum/gum arabia/acacia, licorice, aloe vera, omega 3s.

Gut health =
Great digestion + assimilation of nutrients + glowing skin, hair, nails + healthy immune response + low inflammation + better sleep + supports a healthy weight + boosts energy + supports a balanced mood + clears brain fog + more!

If you’re ready to start feeling great again, look no further than the gut! Talk to us and test to find out what’s really on the inside! ✨✨✨

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