Get Healthy with Tina

I wasn't sure i was going to blog again , life has been busy for me over the past year, what with going back to part time nursing pracitice, juggling the motherload and teaching some yoga...   Saying that i am doing stuff i enjoy but i thought it was time i shared a litte bit about me, becasue behind the seans i am very active in maintaining a healthy lifestyle for myself and try for a husband and teenage family to educate them.  And it ain't all easy either, saying that the we...

Yes another batch of deliciousness just whipped up, I am so proud of myself off junk food, has been 7+weeks now. Does make you realise why and when you go for it. What about you?

For the recipe

1c of chopped almonds

2c pitted dates

4T cacao powder

2T nut butter

2T coconut oil

Blitz the almonds in the good process, add in soaked and drained dates, and all other ingredients, roll into balls, place in freezer for an hour. If only you could have seen my h...

You want to get more sleep, make sure you’re getting enough complex carbohydrates

Often when we are overwhelmed by the demands of work, family and day to day life we often find we don’t get enough sleep or good quality sleep. When we are stressed our body produces cortisol to keep us going, too much stress will elevate our cortisol levels and inhibit our sleep. To reduce your cortisol levels , do not snack during the day, reduce coffee and sweet food intake. Eat a sweet...

You want to beat Fatigue, make sure you get enough Iron

You feel tired at 4pm in the afternoon or need a nana nap at 10am in the morning, it maybe that you are low in Iron. Iron ferries oxygen throughout your body and muscles, if you are not getting enough you may experience low energy, poor endurance and even run out of breath and or suffer low immunity. Up to 10% of premenopausal woman may not be getting enough iron.

To meet your needs, regular intake of red meat, chicken or...

Children and Allergies

Allergies appear to be very popular at this time of year, I have had several clients in the clinic, so I thought I would share some tips with you.

Allergies involve a reaction in the immune system, and can present in a variety of forms.

Classified Allergic Symptoms of Infants

• Excessive vomiting, discomfort after feeding

• Prolonged or severe colic

• Undigested food in faeces

R...

Spring has sprung and for those of you whom suffer from sinus and or hayfever infections, it can mean months of taking nasal sprays and anti histamines to remain symptom free. For those of us in Auckland, the season can start in September and go all the way thru to the end of summer.

This chronic re occurring allergy is a dysregulation of the immune system, the TH2 pathway is over stimulated and an imbalance between TH1 and TH2 immunity cells. If you are wondering how this has happe...

Perimenopause, di d you know it can last from 2-8 years? Without surgical or medical intervention we do not randomly wake up to find we are post menopausal. Over a matter of months our ovaries will respond less to FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) secreted from the pituitary gland as our supply of eggs runs out, we may have cycles where no egg is released. It may mean that we have infrequent menstruation, hot flushes, irritability, depression.. Did you know hot flushes are caused in th...

Are you an asthma sufferer? Is winter illness making your asthma worse? Remove all dairy food from your diet immediately, unprocessed dairy can be very mucus forming in the lungs or upper airways.  I do belive cows milk is for baby calves, what other species of animal drinks anothers  milk into adulthood?  In NZ we have grwon up with the Dairy,  we know it is a source of calcium, but did you realise it is not very absorbable, as it is such a large molecule.  We can...

Are you an asthma sufferer? Is winter illness making your asthma worse? Remove all dairy food from your diet immediately, unprocessed dairy can be very mucus forming in the lungs or upper airways. Take a daily magnesium supplement, you may wish to check your magnesium status, Pm with your email and I will forward you a copy of the questioner, magnesium is a known muscle relaxant.

A good source of fatty acids, omega 3 which is anti inflammatory should be taken daily long term, I r...

It is all about taking care of yourself, whist we may all dream of two weeks in Fiji, sadly most of us will not get there, there is the kids schooling, demands at work and the spare $10k to make the trip happen.  I was fortunate to go overseas earlier this year, which was great but travelling around Amercia with the family, isn't exactly relaxing,  always nice to come home to some home cooked food and your own bed.  I have listed below my tips with a brief explanation, the good...