10 day Detox ProgramNaturopath
Fern is our qualified naturopath at The Pines Healthpoint Chemist. She has a Bachelor of Naturopathy and is a member of the ANTA.
If you suffer from: *Lack of energy? * Tight aching muscles? * Bad Breath? * Constipation? * Sore Joints? * Mood Swings? * Bloating, Indigestion? *Haven't felt well since flu? * Poor appetite? ..... then come into The Pines and talk to Fern.
HOW HEALTHY ARE YOUR CELLS?
You can now find out thanks to Cellular Health Analysis!
Highly accurate, painless and safe for everyone to use, Cellular Health Analysis helps you get more out of life.
It is that time of year when people are trying to shed those extra kilos gained during winter and slim down for summer. Cellular Health Analysis calculates your actual fat mass accurate to 100g. It also calculates muscle mass, cellular fluid levels and biological age.
THROW YOUR SCALES AWAY LOOK GREAT IN 2008!
Healthpoint Chemists invite you to discover a new and exciting FAT loss method where you no longer focus on the reading from your scales but on your fat and muscle mass. The latest technology called Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA) accurately measures body fat and muscle. By emphasising and measuring FAT loss instead of weight loss, our program promotes a health-based slimming program and is proven to result in more sustainable weight loss than other diet programs.
BIA is a scientifically validated device that measures your body fat and muscle mass. It also tests cellular health and establishes how well your body is coping with your current lifestyle. Using this information your Naturopath is able to design a personalised plan to detoxify, kick-start fat loss and increase lean muscle mass. Additionally, BIA allows us to monitor and graph your progress. This is a great motivational tool and keeps you focused on losing fat and looking great!
What can our weight loss program offer that others can’t?
Our fat loss program (called the Ketosystem) is designed to burn fat as the body's main source of fuel and, more importantly, maintain lean muscle mass. By maintaining or increasing lean muscle mass, you increase your cellular metabolism, burning more calories, even at rest. Many other dieting programs fail because you lose muscle mass, decreasing your metabolic rate and ability to burn calories. This usually results in a dramatic rebound weight gain and the need to start dieting again. By maintaining lean muscle mass and improving metabolic rate, the Ketosystem offers superior fat loss than other programs and ensures that rebound weight gain is a thing of the past. In addition, you will feel more energetic and embark on a lifetime of healthier eating!
For the months of January, February and March, Healthpoint Naturopaths are offering fat loss and detoxification programs. This will involve a private consultation with one of our Naturopaths, including a FREE cellular health, fat and muscle analysis using BIA, and development of an individualised fat loss or detoxification program.
Start afresh in the New Year by looking thinner and feeling healthier!
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY!
Milk Thistle
Milk Thistle protects the liver through its strong antioxidant properties. Traditionally it is used as a detoxifying agent and it supports the regeneration of liver cells. Milk Thistle also helps protect the liver against potentially harmful substances such as alcohol. Available in tablets and capsules, prices range from 60c to 80c per day.
Milk Thistle has black shiny seeds and is native to the Mediterranean. The stem branches at the top, and reaches a height of 4 to 10 feet. The leaves are wide, with white blotches or veins. The flowers are red-purple. The small, hard-skinned fruit is brown, spotted, and shiny. Milk thistle is easy to grow, and it matures quickly, in less than a year.
Trying to Quit Smoking?
Why not enrol in a natural Smoking Cessation Programme. Designed to help manage the symptoms of cigarette withdrawal. For more information speak to Fern today.
Scholl Party Feet Gel Cushions
Prevent the burning pain in the balls of your feet so you can party all night!
They are ultra slim and made from clear gel, providing discreet, invisible cushioning, making them ideal for high heel shoes and sandals.
Remedies from the BeeHive by Fern
Growing up with a beekeeper father meant that most of the medicines our family used came straight from the beehive. My parents used honey, honeycomb, bee pollen, propolis and Royal Jelly to ward off just about every ailment that made its way into our home. Honey and Propolis remain two of my favourite remedies for a wide range of conditions.
Propolis is a greenish-brown sticky substance found in the beehive. Honeybees gather the resin from certain trees on their back legs and carry it to the hive where it is mixed with enzymes and beeswax to make Propolis. Propolis sterilizes and seals the hive, protecting it from bacterial, viral and fungal infections.
Just as Propolis protects the hive from infections, it can also be an invaluable tool for protecting us from infection. Coughs and colds can be caused by foreign viruses and bacteria and we rely on our immune systems to fight these off and keep us well. Propolis has immunostimulant properties as well as being antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral and as such can help our immune systems work more effectively to destroy foreign invaders. Propolis also has a soothing and cooling action which helps explain why people with sore throats have taken it for centuries. The anti-inflammatory and anaesthetic (numbing) properties of Propolis are likely to be responsible for this action and also explain its usefulness in treating gastrointestinal infections, diverticulitis, mouth ulcers, duodenal ulcers and tonsillitis.
Propolis is available as a tincture and in tablet or capsule form although as a child I can remember being given the sticky resin to chew, straight from the hive, on several occasions!
Honey is another of nature's great defenses, Manuka honey in particular. "Manuka" refers to a small tree native to New Zealand and honey produced from this tree contains an extra antibacterial component compared to honey produced from other trees.
The antibacterial activity of Manuka Honey means that it can be useful to treat a variety of problems. Eating the honey can help relieve stomach ulcer and mouth ulcer symptoms, aid sensitive digestion, maintain a healthy intestinal bacteria balance, soothe sore throats, aid oral hygiene and enhance general health. Manuka honey is also ideal for woundcare. It provides antibacterial environment against many of the common wound infecting bacteria and a moist environment to assist healing. Using Manuka on minor wounds, burns, cuts, scrapes and ulcers is believed to reduce infection, assist tissue growth, reduce scarring and assist healing.
We now have an excellent range of products containing both Propolis and Manuka Honey. This Winer Wellness range is specially formulated to treat cough, cold and sore throat but can also be a great preventative treatment. For more information about these products or about our Manuka woundcare range, please come in and see us.
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Olive Leaf Extract
Olive leaves have been widely used in the traditional remedies of many nations. Olive leaf Australia's extract is a totally natural, multi use health food supplement. This High Strength extract contains a range of very powerful antioxidants and has free radical scavenging properties. It also contains mild astringent properties and has been traditionally used to help relieve fevers. Olive leaf also helps to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system and assists in the maintenance of normal heart function.
To ensure a pure and bio-effective extract Olive Leaf Australia has established a system to grow, harvest, process and package all of our fresh leaves and extracts on our own estate.
Each 5ml contains Olea europaea (Olive) leaf extract equiv to approx (5g) 5000mg fresh leaf standardised to contain 22.0mg oleuropein.
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Co-Enzyme Q10
Some cholesterol medications can reduce more than just cholesterol
There is evidence showing that some cholesterol medications may cause depletion of
co-enzyme Q10 in the body.
Co-enzyme Q10 is valuable to cardiovascular health!
One of the highest concentrations of this vitamin-like nutrient is found in the heart where its action in the mitochondria is important to its healthy function. Supplementing the diet with additional Co-enzyme Q10 may benefit in maintaining the body’s co-enzyme Q10 levels, which may be depleted due to cholesterol medications. It may also improve cardiovascular health and maintain energy levels.
It is important to see your doctor if you are considering using
Co-enzyme Q10 and are taking other medications.
Co-enzyme Q10 comes in 50mg and 100mg doses and will cost you approximately $1 - $1.60 a day.
Call in at all Healthpoint Chemists for more information!
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Tussiban
Tussiban by Greenridge Cough Expectorant. For hundreds of years, people have trusted the effective traditional use of medicial ivy leaf for the relief of symptoms of inflammatory illness of the respiratory tract. Greenridge Tussiban® provides effective, gentle relief of coughing and tastes great, making it easier to administer to children. Use only as directed, always read the label.
What does it do?
Greenridge Tussiban® works to relieve coughs in three ways:
1. Mucolytic - Liquefies mucus making it easier to cough up
2..Expectorant - Promotes the ejection of mucus and may provide
temporary relief of bronchial cough
3. Spasmolytic - Calms convulsive and annoying coughs
Who is it for?
1. For Children and Adults
2. Suits both dry and productive coughs
3. Delicious taste makes it easy to administer to children
Price at Healthpoint $15.95 for 200ml : $12.30 for 100ml
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Immune Defence
Immune Defence by Ethical Nutrients. Cough Cold Relief Therapeudic applications: May help to relieve symptoms and severity associated with the common cold including tiredness, sleeplessness, sore throat, nasal secretion, headache, earache, phlegm and persistent coughs, inflammation of the sinuses and throat.
Helps to improve immune system function.
WARNING: When taken in excess of 8000 IU vitamin A can cause
birth defects. If you are pregnant or considering becoming pregnant
do not take vitamin A supplements without consulting your doctor or
pharmacist. Not to be used in children under 2 years of age.
Use only as directed, always read the label.
No added artificial flavouring, colouring or preservatives.
Storage: Store below 30oC.
Price at Healthpoint $20.95 for 30 Tablets
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Gastroesophageal reflux, often referred to as heartburn, is a common complaint that has people reaching for the occasional antacid. Reflux refers to the backflow of stomach contents into the oesophagus which causes the burning sensation and pain in the stomach and chest typical of heartburn. For most people, occasional heartburn can be managed by using antacid medications or herbs, however when heartburn becomes a daily occurrence, continued use of antacids may no longer be an effective or desirable method of treatment.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease or (GORD) refers to these people in which heartburn is a daily complaint. Oesophagitis (Inflammation of the oesophagus, the tube connecting the throat to the stomach) is a common complication of prolonged reflux and can be a considerable cause of discomfort. Oesophagitis, if not managed, can also have long term consequences including infection of the oesophagus or cancerous changes to the cells lining the oesophageal wall.
Perhaps the most important part of managing symptoms of GORD should be through dietary and lifestyle modifications. For example, smoking, alcohol, coffee, chocolate, fatty and spicy foods can increase the risk of GORD and should be avoided in susceptible individuals. Eating too quickly and not thoroughly chewing food will also increase the severity of GORD, as will eating very large meals. Being overweight will also increase risk of GORD so it is important to lose weight if you are over your ideal.
Other important dietary hints include avoiding carbonated drinks, chewing gum, sucking lollies, peppermint and spearmint and eating small frequent meals rather than large meals. If reflux is a problem for you, stressful situations should be avoided, especially around meal times and it is also helpful to avoid wearing tight clothes around the abdomen. Avoid physical exertion directly after eating and wait three hours before lying down after your evening meal. When all of these suggestions are put into place, people will often have a huge improvement in the symptoms of GORD, however, the following supplements can also be a great help.
Slippery elms is a great herb that by reducing inflammation and improving digestion can soothe the burning pain of GORD and assist healing. Acidophilus and other beneficial bacteria will help to rebalance the bacteria levels in the digestive system, improving digestive function. Digestive enzymes can be a great help to GORD sufferers as they assist the breakdown and absorption of food, moving it through the stomach more effectively.
If you would like any more information about GORD, don't hesitate to speak to me today. Alternatively, if you would like an individualised treatment plan for you, arrange to have a consultation. I hope to see you soon.
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1 to 2 out of 100 people suffer from Coeliac Disease
Coeliac affects children as well as adults, men and women. Yet 80-90% of people with coeliac disease go undiagnosed. Coelic disease is one of the most common genetic conditions in the world. It is a multi-symptoms, multi-system disorder, activated by eating gluten - proteins found in wheat, rye, barley and possibly oats. Symptoms vary and are not always gastrointestinal. If you experience constipation, diarrhoea, anaemia, bloating, gas osteoporosis, weight loss, even fatigue, depression and infertility - you could be the one.
Find out how you can be screened for coelic disease at Healthpoint Chemist the Pines
