Infertility can affect both the male and female, but very often the focus is on the female, which is understandable as they will grow and...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines burnout as an `occupational phenomenon’ a state of physical and emotional exhaustion...

If you have coeliac disease (are gluten intolerant or have other food intolerances) eating out can be especially challenging. Despite our...

I have been doing a lot of research recently about silent low-grade inflammation and its role in unexplained infertility and recurring...

Most of us, from time to time, get skin rashes or wounds that usually heal and resolve quickly. Sometimes though, skin rashes or wounds...

A factor that is often overlooked when assessing hormones for a female client with infertility is low testosterone. This is because...

Secondary infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant or carry a pregnancy to a live birth following a previous successful...

Estrogen dominance is a hormone imbalance that affects as many as 70% of women over the age of 35 and beyond. It occurs when there is...

Bloating is a very common problem that affects us all from time to time, however excess or chronic bloating is a sign that your digestive...

Magnesium is a very important macro `major’ mineral that is required daily by our bodies in quite substantial amounts. Yet it is one of...

I didn’t even know what a chemical pregnancy was until I had suffered my first one in 2010, which was when my first son was around 18...

Anyone who has been on an infertility journey will have been told at some stage by well-meaning friends and relatives to `just relax and...

In New Zealand recently folic acid has hit the headlines as the government is considering adding it to flour for bread making to help...

Boron was a supplement that I started taking about 3 months before I got pregnant naturally at age 43 after 10 years of secondary...

Christmas can be a wonderful time of year for relaxing and catching up with friends and family. Even with the best intentions, it can be...

Delayed or absent ovulation can happen to most women from time to time it sure did with me, however, if it happens quite regularly then...

A large percentage of the NZ population is deficient in the trace mineral Iodine. Could you be one of them? Iodine is a trace mineral...

Adrenal fatigue, or HPA Axis dysfunction which is otherwise known, is when our adrenal glands function below normal levels, usually as a...

Low thyroid function or hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid) is very common in females and can be an undetected contributor to...

The mitochondria are the powerhouses central to the cells of our body. They produce cellular energy from the food that we eat by breaking...