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Gill Stannard
06
AUG
2011

Why I’m learning more about mindfulness

Note: I signed up for Charlotte’s course even before I watched her video. What a bonus to learn that chocolate can be therapeutic tool!
19
JUL
2011

Recipe: roasted cauliflower dip

The following original recipe first appeared in the July 2011 City Natural Therapies e-newsletter. Click the link if you’d like to sign up for a free serving of health tips and delicious food every month. As a child I found the cruciferous winter vegetables rather boring....
08
JUL
2011

On being ill

The hospital experience is full of the drama of the untidy body: of blood, sweat, vomit, bile, all the other stuff normally contained and hidden. But in hospital, the normally compliant body does not, will not and cannot maintain its normal boundaries or habits, so any chart or...
04
JUL
2011

Can you eat earwax?

Waxing lyrical on earwax, candles and other aural obsessions Is it just me or are all humans just a bit obsessed with earwax?   What is earwax? Cerumen (the medical name for earwax) is made from secretions of the sebaceous and ceruminous glands in the ear. It’s acts as a...
29
JUN
2011

Staycation: enjoying a holiday at home

Thanks to the recent ash cloud I had an unexpected “holiday” in Melbourne. There’s something delicious about unexpectedly having 5 days at home with nothing scheduled. As a naturopath, I’m a strong believer in the healing powers of rest and recuperation. Nothing beats having...
20
JUN
2011

Recipe: smoked tofu burgers

This first appeared in the June 2011 City Natural Therapies e-newsletter. If you’d like to receive a healthy recipe every month plus a bunch of wellbeing tips click the free newsletter sign up box. A bit like the originator of this recipe, tofu gets an unnecessarily bad rap...
23
MAY
2011

Recipe: Flip Shelton’s zucchini fritters

This recipe was first published in this month’s e-newsletter. If you’d like great ideas for healthy living and eating sign up to the secure newsletter mailing list. It’s almost the end of the zucchini season, so grab some while you can and make these yummy...
18
MAY
2011
help becoming vegetarian

Becoming vegetarian: More than cutting out meat

A balanced vegetarian or plant-based diet can be varied, delicious and healthy. A little planning will make the transition to becoming vegetarian a lot easier. If you are thinking of becoming vegetarian (or vegan, with no eggs, dairy and in some cases, honey) here are a few...
16
MAY
2011

Behind the headline: can Vitamin D prevent depression?

The problems with medical research The headline article on Medscape this week was High-Dose Vitamin D Does Not Prevent Depression. As a practitioner who has observed the opposite in clinical practice I was keen to read the nuts and bolts of the research to see if the study...
10
MAY
2011

Book review: “Veg In” by Flip Shelton

This review first appeared in the May Newsletter, if you didn’t receive it add your address to the free sign up. Flip Shelton, no stranger to RRR listeners and viewers of morning television, is a walking advertisement for healthy eating. As an athlete, mother and vegetarian, she...
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