A recent study conducted by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has found that 43% of Australians do not receive enough iodine, while 70% of women of child-bearing age and about 10% of children between the ages of two and three are iodine deficient.

Hereʼs an inspiring recipe to help vary your breakfast grains (read wheat!) and obtain a nutritious, high fibre, low-glycaemic, delicious start to the day.

Many of my clients include babies and young children, consulting me for a range of health concerns, including chronic ear infections, skin rashes and food reactions, constant colds and sore throats, as well as constipation and diarrhoea. The majority of these small patients are prescribed liquid herbal medicine as only children aged 9 or 10 can swallow tablets and capsules whole. (Powdered pro-biotics are also often prescibed... a healthy gut means a strong immune system.)

Just like I have always said, exercising in the morning is excellent time management. (What does 45 minutes less sleep matter when you can start the day on an endorphin-rich high?!) We know that morning exercise significantly raises the metabolic rate for the day, it has now been proven to in fact be easier in the early hours.

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) literally means a condition associated with many cysts in the ovary or ovaries. It is accompanied by a tendency to produce too much androgen (male hormones) and to ovulate erratically. Other symptoms of PCOS can include failure to menstruate, and/or to ovulate, excessive facial hair and obesity. Fat deposits accumulate around the upper body resulting in central obesity. It is probably one of the most common menstrual disorders associated with infertility and it is estimated that somewhere between six to twenty percent of women of childbearing age suffer form this disease.