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Join us for an illuminating conversation with naturopath Greta Durston as she shares her expertise on vaginal microbiome health. Drawing from both personal experience and clinical practice, Greta offers critical insights into the complex world of sexual health, from testing and diagnosis to evidence-based treatment strategies.

From exploring the historical understanding of vaginal microbiota to discussing cutting-edge approaches to managing infections, this episode provides healthcare practitioners with essential knowledge for supporting patients with vaginal health concerns. Greta's comprehensive approach emphasises the importance of accurate testing, targeted treatments, and understanding the intricate relationships between different microbiomes.

Key Episode Highlights:

1. The evolution of vaginal microbiome understanding, from 19th-century discoveries to modern classifications, including how hormones and genetics influence vaginal health.
2. Critical insights into testing methodologies for both male and female patients, with special focus on challenging organisms like mycoplasma.
3. The complex interaction between seminal and vaginal microbiomes, including infection transfer risks and the importance of protective measures.
4. Evidence-based treatment approaches using natural agents like berberine, NAC, pomegranate, and targeted probiotics for vaginal health.
5. Understanding the role of biofilm disruption and inflammation management in treating vaginal infections effectively.
6. The broader impact of vaginal health on mental wellbeing and self-perception, emphasising the need for greater awareness and understanding.

This episode is essential listening for practitioners seeking to enhance their knowledge of vaginal microbiome health and develop more effective treatment strategies for their patients.

About Greta
Greta Durston is a degree-qualified naturopath with a keen interest in reproductive health and the vaginal microbiome. Greta’s expertise extends beyond a classic Naturopathy degree as she has taken extensive specialised training in hormonal & vaginal microbiome assessment and treatment and has been mentored by some of the biggest names in the industry.

As a naturopath, Greta focuses on the underlying cause of your health concerns and utilises her case taking skills as well as functional pathology and evidence based treatments to achieve results for her clients. Greta has a collaborative, educational and patient-focused approach when communicating with her clients and aims to create a safe, inclusive space for all.

Contact Greta
Greta Naturopathy

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Join us for an eye-opening conversation with naturopath Jules Galloway as she demystifies adult ADHD, particularly focusing on its increasing recognition among women and those assigned female at birth. 

With over two decades of clinical experience, Jules shares invaluable insights into understanding ADHD as a unique brain type rather than a disorder, offering evidence-based strategies for supporting neurodivergent individuals.

From exploring the neuroscience behind attention and impulse control to discussing practical management strategies, this episode provides healthcare practitioners with essential knowledge for supporting ADHD clients. Jules' holistic approach emphasizes the intricate connections between gut health, hormones, and neurotransmitter function in ADHD management.

Key Episode Highlights:

1. Understanding the recent rise in adult ADHD diagnoses, particularly among women, and how past underdiagnosis is being corrected through increased awareness and reduced stigma.
2. Deep dive into ADHD neurobiology, including the crucial roles of norepinephrine and dopamine in attention regulation and impulse control.
3. The concept of "neuro kin" and its importance in addressing rejection sensitivity and social challenges common in ADHD.
4. Practical insights into the relationship between gut health, nutrition, and ADHD symptom management.
5. Evidence-based approaches to managing ADHD through nutrition and naturopathy, including the strategic use of herbs and supplements.
6. Collaborative treatment strategies, combining conventional medication with holistic support for optimal outcomes.

This episode is essential listening for healthcare practitioners seeking to enhance their understanding of adult ADHD and develop more effective, compassionate approaches to supporting neurodivergent clients

About Jules
Jules is a passionate naturopath, podcaster, speaker and writer, based in sunny Queensland. Jules is one of the coolest, calmest Naturopaths you will ever meet. But she wasn’t always calm. After suffering burnout herself, Jules now specialises in helping fatigued women finds their shine again. Jules’ practice uses a unique blend of cutting edge science, real food, and natural medicines (with a little bit of mindset thrown in!) to help her patients regain their zest for life. 

Connect with Jules

website:www.julesgalloway.com

email:hello@julesgalloway.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JulesGallowayHealth

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Unlock the latest insights into medicine labelling with Fiona Wing, naturopath and regulatory manager at Designs for Health. 

Learn what updates to Therapeutic Goods Order number 92 (TGO 92) mean for accurate product labelling, especially for allergens like sulfites and phenylalanine. Fiona clarifies the differences between food and medicine labelling, the necessity of declaring certain substances, and the confusion around protein powders versus artificial sweeteners.

Episode Highlights:

• Updates to TGO 92 and their impact on product labeling
• Differences between food and medicine labelling
• Declaring allergens like sulfites and phenylalanine in medicines
• Nuances of labelling gluten, and lactose, and debunking yeast misconceptions
• Latest changes in mandatory warning labels and ingredient safety
• Safety issues with common ingredients like Vitamin B6, withania, and turmeric
• The role of pharmacovigilance in ensuring consumer safety
• Recent organizational changes within the TGA and their impact on complementary medicines

Stay informed and empowered about critical regulatory changes affecting the supplement industry

About Fiona:
Fiona Wing has been a qualified Naturopath and Nutritionist for 20 years and worked in the retail, clinic, and behind-the-scenes for complementary medicine sponsors. She has been working in Regulatory Affairs for the last 4 years.

She has a passion for learning all there is to know about nutritional and herbal biochemistry and pharmacology, which suits her in her current role as Regulatory and NPD Manager at DFH. This role requires a strong focus on TGA guidelines and legislation, keeping up with current evidence and research, and keeping an eye on emerging, well-researched ingredients and product innovation.

Fiona is a mum to two active kids aged 14 and 16. In her spare time, you can find her in her garden or walking in awe through the Blue Mountains

Connect with Fiona:
Email: fwing@designsforhealth.com.au

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Today we're chatting with Mim Beim about Dysfunctional Breathing. Join us as Mim walks us through how to assess our patients for dysfunctional breathing, why nose breathing isn't ideal and what conditions can be helped by just breathing correctly.

About Mim
Mim Beim has practised naturopathy for nearly 35 years. In recent years, Mim began to explore the influence of breath on our health. She travelled in 2011 to Los Angeles to study with the world's leading Buteyko Breathing practitioner, Patrick McKeown.

Mim is now one of Australia's foremost breathing educators, helping people overcome conditions including asthma, sleep apnoea, snoring, anxiety, reflux and irritable bowel syndrome. In 2008 Mim was awarded a fellowship of the BPI (Buteyko Practitioners International).

Mim teaches breathing courses in the Southern Highlands, Sydney and online.  One on one breathing consultations are also available in person or online.

Connect with Mim: https://mimbeim.com

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Today, we are welcoming Simon DuBois, clinical director and psychologist at The Health Lodge to the podcast.   Join us as we talk about the polyvagal theory and what psychologists can do to help people who have got disruptions with their vagal system.

Tune in to this truly fascinating episode as we delve deep into nervous system regulation, discussing physiology, dorsal and ventral aspects, the polyvagal ladder and of course treatment options.

About Simon DuBois
Simon DuBois is the Clinical Director and psychologist at The Health Lodge Medical Centre in Byron Bay. Simon works with traditional psychological treatment therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy and Mindfulness.

He is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation Therapy (EMDR) for the treatment of trauma-based distress and also works with depression and pain through the use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). Simon is an advocate for working collaboratively with doctors, naturopaths and other allied and complementary therapies to improve wellness results for patients.

Connect with Simon: www.thehealthlodge.com.au

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Today on the podcast, we are chatting with the discoverer of annatto tocotrienols, Dr Barrie Tan.

In today's episode, Dr Tan takes us on a deep dive into the science of annatto tocotrienols, from his discovery of annatto tocotrienols many years ago to the latest research on this innovative ingredient.

Learn the many clinical applications of annatto based tocotrienols in the cardiology, metabolic health and oncology space. 

About Dr Barrie Tan
Dr Barrie Tan, PhD earned his doctorate in chemistry (University of Otago, New Zealand; 1979), and became a professor of chemistry and food science/nutrition at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; 1982-1992. 

Dr Barrie Tan is hailed as a trailblazer and the world’s foremost expert on vitamin E, credited with discovering tocotrienol in three major natural sources: Palm, Rice and Annatto.
His research expertise includes lipid-soluble nutrients (carotenoids, E vitamers, CoQ10, and omega-3s) that impact chronic conditions. He was the first to introduce tocotrienol’s benefits to the nutrition industry and developed the first-ever tocopherol-free tocotrienol product derived from annatto. 

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Today we’re chatting with Chiropractor Dr Daniel Yazbek about Dysautonomia.

Dysautonomia refers to the abnormal regulation of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system. Many conditions fit under the Dysautonomia umbrella, including post orthostatic, orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and orthostatic hypertension. Today we discuss the assessment and management of these conditions.

About Daniel Yazbek
Dr Yazbek is a chiropractic clinician in private practice for the past 5 years. His clinical application in everyday practice concerns the diagnosis, treatment and management of neuromusculoskeletal and spinal-related disorders. He ensures that every treatment decision surrounding a patient’s health encompasses sound clinical reasoning and an ethical, all-around evidence-informed approach.

He completed an undergraduate degree in Exercise & Sport Science in 2012 and a Masters in Chiropractic Science at Macquarie University in 2015. His unique special interests are within functional immunology, clinical and functional neuroscience, motor control & learning, sports and exercise medicine, as well as general, integrative & lifestyle medicine.

He is currently in the final stage of completing his Diplomat of Chiropractic Neurology with The Carrick Institute as well as Practitioner Certification with the Institute for  Functional Medicine, which will complete the circle of knowledge necessary to address his patients’ needs from all angles. 

After successfully establishing and developing The Chiro Hub over the past 4 years, he has now entered a phase of expansion as his practice transitions to become Insight Health and Medical, with the enormous task set to amalgamate medicine with his niched allied health perspective.

Connect with Dr Yazbek: https://www.chirohub.com.au/

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Today we are chatting with Naturopath Brett O'Brien from Core Naturopathics, who, together with his business partner Darren Sassall, has created a groundbreaking naturopathic clinic allowing patients to experience a new and modern naturopathic model to healing.

The Core Naturopathic team has blended traditional naturopathic philosophy with modern tools including pulse electromagnetic field therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, infrared sauna, hyperthermia, and IV nutrition to offer a unique and contemporary naturopathic clinical model.

About Brett O'Brien
I have practised as a qualified naturopath for almost twenty years, and I am still excited by the
possibilities this career can offer. The constant that I am always most fascinated by is the people. I have always embraced a desire to engage with others. It can be as superficial as my time in sales or as deep as supporting someone at the end of life. The human capacity to communicate, connect and support each other can be extremely fulfilling.

As a Naturopath, trying to understand the human experience is so very complex. Still, I believe I am closer to understanding it through the philosophy of Naturopathy than any other health profession. I love that the body intrinsically understands what it feels like to be perfect, and its aim to return is based on hope, confidence, possibility and self-sustainability. I believe the role of the naturopath is then to provide a managed reconnection with this innate capacity. Our role is to identify and remove the roadblocks that inhibit the body from what it already knows. Our tools of the trade then provide a means of traction and momentum and a road map. It has taken nearly twenty years to know this.

As a Naturopath, you are constantly scrutinised about your effectiveness in a medicalised system. To rediscover a philosophy and confidently embrace a paradigm that has almost disappeared and build a business model around it has been a massive risk. But the amazing thing is, is that most people intrinsically know this paradigm and just need a road map to navigate by. Core Naturopathics returns to the ideals of the past but represents a very modern application. I believe naturopathy can be a modern, scientific and results-based wellness paradigm that supports people's capacity to heal and thrive. It also represents my vision to engage with others, experience the human condition and trail blaze through this new age of wellness.

Connect with Brett: www.corenaturopathics.com.au

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Today we are joined by Integrative Veterinarian Dr Matthew Muir,  who has a special interest in exploring the microbiome of animals. 

In this fascinating episode we explore:  

• What's emerging in the world of the animal microbiome
• The animal gut-brain axis 
• How does the gut microbiome affect an animals behaviour
• How to approach nutrition with gut microbiome in mind
• Can our understanding of gut microbiome in animals translate to people
• Exploring adjunct therapies for immune dysregulation and gut-brain-skin axis disorders in animals 

About Dr Matt Muir
Dr Matthew J Muir consults as an Integrative Veterinarian via All Natural Vet Care (www.allnaturalvetcare.com).He is also the co-founder of whole food dog food company, www.lyka.com.au.

Matthew has completed further studies in Western Herbal Medicine, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Food therapy, Acupuncture and sustainable food development. His special interests are eco-health, gut-brain axis dysfunction, cancer care, immuno-nutrition and nutrient-based psychiatry. All Natural Vet Care is one of the world's leading Integrative Veterinary Hospitals, founded by Dr Barbara Fougere, the current Chair of the American College of Veterinary Botanical Medicine. 

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Today we're talking with Beth Bundy, a Naturopath who has worked for many years with one of Australia’s top functional pathology companies and has been mentored here and overseas by some of integrative and anti-ageing medicines foremost speakers.

In today's episode Beth discusses: 

• The 3 big gut markers b-glucuronidase, calprotectin and zonulin 
• Why gut marker testing is important 
• Gut Inflammation
• When and how to treat
• When to refer

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