HEALTH HUB Women’s Health
Your joints love collagen
Your joints love collagen By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Collagen is a key structural protein in cartilage. It provides support, strength, and flexibility to your joints. If the collagen in your cartilage breaks down, [...]
If you’re tired, you should get your thyroid checked
If you’re tired, you should get your thyroid checked By naturopath Margaret Jasinska The thyroid gland controls the rate at which the energy factories (mitochondria) inside the cells in your body make energy. [...]
Help for premenstrual breast pain
Help for premenstrual breast pain By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Premenstrual breast pain is also called cyclic mastalgia. It’s common and caused by hormonal changes before a period, leading to pain or tenderness, and [...]
Poor gut health results in fatigue
Poor gut health results in fatigue By naturopath Margaret Jasinska People with chronic fatigue syndrome have different gut bugs compared to healthy people. We all have approximately one and a half kilograms of [...]
Inflammation may raise your cancer risk
Inflammation may raise your cancer risk Everyone wants to do what they can to avoid cancer. Did you know that having too much inflammation in your body is a strong risk factor? Inflammation [...]
Inflammation is harming your arteries
Inflammation is harming your arteries By naturopath Margaret Jasinska What causes fatty plaques to develop in arteries? Many people attribute it to cholesterol. Did you know it’s actually inflammation that injures the lining [...]
Got an under active thyroid? Blame your gut bugs
Got an under active thyroid? Blame your gut bugs By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Results of a new study have shown that people with an underactive thyroid caused by the autoimmune disease Hashimoto’s thyroiditis [...]
Inflammation may raise your cancer risk
Inflammation may raise your cancer risk Everyone wants to do what they can to avoid cancer. Did you know that having too much inflammation in your body is a strong risk factor? Inflammation [...]
Are you low in vitamin D?
Are you low in vitamin D? By naturopath Margaret Jasinska If so, here are 12 possible explanations. Vitamin D is a critical nutrient that benefits your health in numerous ways. Your body can [...]
Is your high fibre diet making you zinc deficient?
Is your high fibre diet making you zinc deficient? By naturopath Margaret Jasinska The foods you’re eating in an attempt to improve your health may be making you zinc deficient and weakening your [...]