by Andrea Southern | Mar 23, 2017 | All Health, Nutritional Health
Arsenic is a chemical element present in the soil, water and air. There are 2 different types of arsenic – organic and inorganic (nothing to do with farming practises). When arsenic atoms bond with carbon atoms, the arsenic is referred to as “organic”. When the...
by Andrea Southern | Mar 7, 2017 | All Health, Mental Health
As with depression and other mental health issues, anxiety has a rather chequered past. The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato described anxiety (coined as hysteria) as being caused by the female uterus, which would travel around the body “…blocking passages, obstructing...
by Andrea Southern | Jan 30, 2017 | All Health, Mental Health
Would you like to be free of negative emotions and thoughts such as anger, frustration, resentfulness, regret, bitterness, anxiety, worry, stress? Are you a compulsive thinker, your mind going over and over problems? Would you like to learn how to clear your mind, how...
by Andrea Southern | Oct 17, 2016 | All Health, Nutritional Health
On average a human can survive 3 weeks without food but only 3 days without water, although circumstance obviously plays a big part in how long we can survive. The average human adult’s body is made up of around 60% water and an infant around 75%. Your brain is made...
by Andrea Southern | Aug 29, 2016 | All Health, Mental Health, Thyroid Health
In this final part to the series on stress and its impact on your body, I will be looking at the impact of stress on your adrenal glands and hormones. Adrenal health: The adrenal glands are 2 small glands located on the top of your kidneys. They are made up of 2 parts...
by Andrea Southern | Aug 9, 2016 | All Health, Mental Health, Weight issues
The first 3 parts of this series on stress covered the impact on the digestive and immune system, skin conditions, migraines, headaches, insomnia and cardiovascular health. It should now be obvious just how far reaching stress is with regards to negative impacts on...
