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Immune Competency in the 2020s Part 1 – Let’s widen the lens
The Virus is here to stay To live well, we’re going to need to broaden our view. (6 min read) After much ado, we now need to learn to deal with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants. This means we need to bolster our capacity and draw on all [...]
Immune Competencies in the 2020s Part 2 – Let’s Feed our Immunities
Everybody needs basic building blocks for competent immune function. Immunity is a complex, highly individualised system that interrelates with all other systems of the body. Yet, everybody requires basic nutrients for their immune system to function. (7 minute read) There’s good evidence identifying the key nutrients for competent immune [...]
Immune Competency in the 2020s Part 3 – Let’s reduce excess inflammation
Inflammation is a natural immune response that protects the body It’s important to keep the immune response balanced and appropriate, or in other words, immune competent. (6 minute read) Ninety percent of people who catch the virus SARS-CoV-2 will have mild or no symptoms (Mohammad et al), yet others [...]
Immune Competency in the 2020s Part 4 – Let’s be more caring
Care Impacts Immune Competency. Viewing the pandemic through a wholistic lens means recognising the impact of mental and emotional stressors, and adjusting our style of communication and demonstrating understanding and compassion, to reduce the negative effects. It’s well established that stress significantly impacts how we experience life, and that [...]
Your Guide to Fasting
Fasting is a great healer for the human body. Over the past decade research has been coming in thick and fast proving the healing benefits of the time-honoured practice of fasting. The intricate biochemistry of cellular rejuvenation that is triggered by not eating has been revealed. It’s metabolic adaptation [...]
Food and Mood Workshop
Food impacts mood and mental health Turns out your gut microbes impact your mood! What you eat feeds your gut microbes. When you feed them well, you have a better chance of feeling well too! The food you eat impacts the species living there, as well as the types [...]
Fermenting Food & Gut Health – Workshop
Community Fermenting Food Workshop (2016): A 10-minute introduction from Sally Mathrick Fermented foods can be a huge boon to digestive health and well-being. Improve your whole health by nurturing your gut microbiota with food. Learn about fermented foods, and make your own! We’re only starting [...]
Boosting Brain Power Workshop
Think better, for longer Learn actions & practices that protect, balance & enhance the health of your fragile yet profoundly powerful, precious brain. We all experience memory lapses here and there. As we age it seems that this is ‘just what happens’, however there are ways to prevent this [...]
Eating for the Planet Workshop
Eating for the Planet Workshop Increasing Plant Proteins – An Eating Workshop We know that a predominantly plant-based diet is better for your AND our planet’s health. But not everyone knows how to make this way of eating delicious and nutritious. Reducing meat consumption is proven to be a [...]
What on Earth can we do? (Part 1) Wake Up
Will barbarian forces destroy the planet? 2019. We are in deep trouble. It’s pretty easy to feel powerless in crisis situations. Particularly big ones like climate change, rampant species extinction, wars raged by insane and cruel governing forces and growing, crippling economic inequities. It’s good to remember, the future [...]
What on Earth can we do? (Part 2) Get off the Train!
How can we shift to a manner of living that serves biodiversity on our planet? Here’s thoughts from the inspiring, dedicated environmentalist John Seed OA. John Seed is co-founder of The Rainforest Information Center and has spend many decades implementing effective strategies to save untold hectares of rainforest across [...]
What on Earth can we do? (Part 3) Ask Questions
What on Earth can we do? (Part 3) Ask Questions No-one wants to destroy the planet, right? The majority of humans like (maybe even love) our planet. Most people, if they thought about it, would want to protect the natural world. And yet, the decimation of natural systems continues. [...]
No ‘flu fear. Funghi is here.
Influenza Prevention & Cure There is fear about influenza. You can read about it in the papers, and hear about it on the news. Fears about virus strains becoming more virulent, and fears that there are few effective medicines to resolve it. Yes, influenza is a serious disease, however [...]
Three Immune Boosting Hacks
There are many new (and old) challenges that our immune systems need to manage, from chemical toxic exposures to super bugs, not to mention stress. Therefore, it’s handy to know hacks to keep your immune defenses fighting fit. Immunity is everywhere in our body, a complete system not located [...]
Can we Save the World through Food?
The Planetary Health Diet In January 2019 the EAT-Lancet Commission released a report that identified the way of eating that could nourish 10 billion people on a sustainable planet in 2050. This is definitely the best news I’ve heard about global warming and the future survival of our species, [...]
Six Approaches to Keep your Brain Healthy
Help your brain Seven Sisters Festival 2019: Sally Mathrick spoke to a crowd of 200 women, about how to nourish healthy brains Brain Health and Disease Dementia related diseases kill more women than any other disease (ABS 2017). Currently 20% of people over 60 years of age have [...]
3 Essential Tips for Liver Cleansing
The long days of summer mean enjoying more social activities, and often an increased consumption of the foods and beverages that stray into the “bad” category. You can support your liver to manage these good times AND boost your energy, make your eyes sparkle and skin glow while you’re [...]
Detox for Life
It’s time to pack away the Christmas chocolates and unpack the wheatgrass juice again, says naturopath Sally Mathrick. ‘Detox’ existed centuries before superstars made the lemon juice and maple syrup diet the latest fad. Back then, it was called depuration, fasting or cleansing and it did more than counteract [...]
Navigating Plastic Mayhem
This ubiquitous, synthetic material can be shaped into virtually anything and has infiltrated virtually every corner of our modern world. If you look around right now, can you see any? A biro, phone, glossy labels, bottles of cleaning products, sticky tape, credit cards, sunglasses frames, computers, food containers, traffic [...]