Get Healthy with Tina

I have the unfortunate experience of hearing about people diagnosed with Pneumonia in the last week, one is a whole family, after an overseas holiday gone wrong. Why is it you wonder, that after a lovely relaxing trip we develop a acute lung infection. When we holiday our cortisol levels drop, when we are active in our busy life, cortisol levels can be elevated, cortisol is a known immune suppressant. These can be quie...

There is a growing meditation movement happening around the world. Meditation is mainstream and no longer on the fringe. Hip-hop moguls are writing books about it, movie stars blog about it, the yoga studios are packing in stretched bodies with quiet minds. There is a long list of Western spiritual gurus spreading the word too. Balance is the word and meditation is the way to get it.

As stress builds up in our body, we begin to experience sickness, tension, and fatigue. Our emotions bec...

Pre Menstrual Syndrome, this one is for the girls, most of us will say we don’t suffer from it, but some months even I must confess the hormones take over. Super hungry, increased level of saiety. Sore tender enlarged breasts, really pleased this is not a frequent one for me, my sister and I find a few wines on a Friday night don’t help this one, I also think a regular dose of omega 3 supplementation helps on this one, as is reducing the sugar intake.

Some of us girls...

Thyroid Dysfunction

The most common causes of acquired thyroid disorders are

• Iodine deficiency

• Heavy metals

• Auto immune disease

• Nutritional deficiency

• Surgery, drugs and radiation

• Primary Hypothyrodism, loss of functional tissue in thyroid gland

• Chronic Auto immune thyroditis

• Functional defects in thyroid hormone...

Adrenal fatigue also known as the exhaustion phase when the adrenal glands cease to produce cortisol or stress hormones over a long period of time. This can result in serious fatigue, auto immune conditions, chronic inflammatory conditions and or Addison’s disease, where the adrenal glands calcify and supplemental hormone therapy is taken. I have recently met a client with this condition, his sleep is disrupted and he mu...

The winter bite is definitely here at the moment, visits from Jack Frost in the morning, sub zero temperature’s down the line. I have had my kids off from school this week and there friends have had some time off too, winter has taken hold, as is the winter bugs we expect at this time of the year. Many of these bugs, are upper respiratory tract viruses, when we get a virus we often suffer a runny nose, nasal congestion, cough, and or a mild sore throat. When symptoms first appear, nat...

Wear some colour in your clothing, forget the all black look, add in a pink scarf or beanie with a Pom Pom. Surround yourself with colours that make you feel good. Yeah I have gone all pink and a splash of purple this winter, and I am loving it, at least when I look in the mirror I see my happy self and not weighted down in black, no offence to the black wearers but it is not for us all. Think of colours and the...

Leek and Corn Chowder

2 leeks sliced and diced

3 carrots diced and chopped

3/4 c red lentils

1 stock cube, marsell vegetable (gluten free) or your choice

800mls water approx

1 T oil

Blue cheese, 20gm depending on your taste buds

Salt and pepper

1 420 gm of creamed corn

Sauté leeks in oil, add all other ingredients, and simmer till vegetables and lentils cooked, probably 30-40 minutes. I am using the slow cooker t...

 Are you struggling with the winter exercise, try 3-8 rounds of sun salutations each morning. If you don't know this yoga flow, come to a class or look out for my video to posted on you tube, my 10 year old son is going to set me up a channel. I will let you know by FB It is a great energizing flow , it is warming and will help to tone the muscles all over the body. It is a flow of 12 movements where we start standing, fo...