Feeling worn out, have weight issues, hormone imbalance or sleeping difficulties? Dr Peter Holsman combines the best of conventional & natural medicine. He uses a holistic approach to give you a sensitive, individual assessment and treatment which addressses both the underlying causes and symptoms of your health concerns.
“If you are like my family and I, you will be atracted to the idea of addressing health concerns as effectively and naturally as possible.”
-Dr Pete
I enjoy eating half a dozen free range eggs a week and was delighted to read that the Heart Foundation now recommends that most Australians can consume up to six eggs a week, as part of a healthy balanced diet low in saturated fat.
In search of the fountain of youth… Have you ever noticed how French people always seem to stay super skinny no matter what they eat? My daughter recently got back from a university exchange program and couldn’t understand how all her French friends were so naturally lean. They did everything wrong. Drinking lots of red [...]
A client saw me with worsening abdominal bloating. It started an hour after what is usually regarded as a healthy breakfast of muesli and yoghurt and got progressively worse as the day progressed. Another client knew she was intolerant to cow’s milk, but also wondered if some types of cheese were also contributing to bloating and wind. What does this mean to other people with bloating, wind or tiredness?
Have you ever heard someone say that multivitamins are a waste of money and their only benefit is expensive urine?
My Naturopathic hat used to shake with despair when this sort of claim was voiced. Depending on the person involved, I would decide whether any sort of reasonable answer had a chance of being received. More often than not, I decided not to waste my breath.
But now, thanks to the urine and saliva testing we are now doing in our new clinic laboratory, I am seeing a lot of people with significantly imbalanced biochemistry.
This diet is specific in that the carbohydrates are predominantly single sugars – those found in fruit, honey, properly made yoghurt and certain vegetables. Complex sugars are avoided as they overly nourish the wrong intestinal microorganisms which are involved in the vicious cycle of many intestinal disorders.
Nose and sinus congestion are frequent causes of discomfort, fatigue and time off work. So why is it that some people recover in a day or two, whereas other people suffer chronic disease that lasts for months or years? It now appears that there is an infectious component to chronic sinusitis, as the warmth and [...]
