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Don't you worry.. i've been there! I would get the most heinous abdominal pain on night shifts. Looking back I can’t tell if it was gas pains or just my body attempting to digest the food I was eating before I changed my diet to adapt to my bodies natural circadian rhythm. I was also a sucker for low calorie / sugar free fizzy drink to perk me up and low- calorie snacks that really did not have much nutritional quality to them at all. The lack of quality whole foods and diver

My post partum experience with Ivy was and is intense. Intensely vulnerable, intensely transformative, intensely tiring but intensely rewarding. In this post, I'll explore why "bouncing back" to your pre-pregnancy weight should be the least of your concerns—and how focusing on it instead of prioritising recovery could increase your risk of postpartum depletion Navigating breastfeeding and adjusting to life with a newborn, while recovering physically and mentally from Ivy’s bi

George Mitchell (Bhsc Naturopathy) Low Effort Whole Food Snacks That my family actually eats: Fool Proof Banana Bread Ingredients 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed ¼ cup melted coconut oil 1 egg ½ cup unsweetened almond milk ½ cup rolled oats (blend into oat flour first — see method) ½ cup almond flour 1 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour ½ cup coconut sugar, brown sugar, or maple syrup (to taste) 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp salt Optional: dairy-free

George Mitchell (BHSc Naturopathy) A Decade in Health The Back Story So where does the story begin? For me, it was in my Year 11 biology classroom. I remember flicking through an anatomy and physiology textbook for the first time and feeling completely at home. Biology just clicked in a way that the more abstract concepts in mathematics never did. I spent hours studying, fascinated by everything from microscopic images of cellular structures to the big-picture concepts of dis

George Mitchell (Bhsc Naturopathy) Just like the gut has its own ecosystem, so does the vagina. And when that ecosystem is disrupted, women get stuck in a cycle that feels impossible to break: BV, antibiotics, thrush, antifungals, temporary relief… then symptoms return. Over and over. This is not bad luck. It’s microbiome mismanagement. A healthy vaginal microbiome is not random bacteria. It is a highly specialised, hormone-responsive, immune-active environment. In an optimal