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Your guide to choosing the right prenatal supplements for you
Prenatal nutrition is essential to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. Due to the increased nutritional demands during pregnancy, mums-to-be are recommended to take a prenatal supplement/s in addition to their healthy pregnancy diet. However with the wide array of prenatal supplements on the market how do you know which one is right for you? I have provided a guide below on the key nutrients to consider when choosing a prenatal supplement/s.
How to manage child constipation
Is your child struggling with constipation? If yes, it often can be very distressing for both your child and yourself. However what we do know is that constipation is very common affecting up to 30% of children and often arising around the time of transitioning to solids, toilet training and school entry (1,2). In children it is estimated that 95% of cases of constipation are functional, that is there is no medical cause for the constipation (3). However it should be noted that constipation presenting before 6 months of age, and particularly before 3 months of age does have a higher chance of being related to an underlying medical cause.
5 nutrients that bolster the immune system (and the foods where you can find them!)
Written by naturopath, Laura Gale It’s official: it’s winter in Melbourne and we’re all bracing for the cold, dark mornings and evenings and rushing out to stock up on cold & flu tablets to ensure we don’t succumb to the office lurgy. In amongst all of this, some of us might ask ourselves, “is there...
12 Days of Christmas Giveaways
Christmas is a time for giving…so we are giving the gifts to you! To thank our wonderful patients and community for their support over the last year we have 12 different special offers over 12 days in December. See below for the full list of specials. Enjoy
Knee pain in growing adolescents
Written by physiotherapist, Alex Walsh Many children and adolescents may experience pain in their knees as they develop. During normal growth, the body is rapidly changing at different rates and this can make the growing body more susceptible to some injuries. What causes knee pain? Growth changes through the pelvis and legs can alter the
How to help kids have a healthy relationship with food and their body
Written by Melinda Braithwaite, Dietitian and Nutritionist at Connective Healthcare. In today’s society we are bombarded with so many messages on what to eat, how to lose weight and unrealistic images of what we should look like. Unfortunately children are not immune to these messages and in a worrying trend itShowing 1 - 6 of 20 Articles | Page 1 of 4
