Teenagers and Depression

I an not a physiologist, a psychiatrist or a counselor.........so why are teenagers getting better in my clinic with the Happiness Within Program?  Maybe the answer is to look outside the box.

We check gut health for everyone who comes into the clinic. We use Urinary Indicans Testing to see how healthy your gut bacteria is ( after all you have 4 kilos of it).  It is well documented the link between depression and gut health. The level of inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract has a bidirectional impact on behavior. Researchers have found that depression can influence the vulnerability of the gut to inflammation; and in turn, this inflammation may influence depression and anxiety.(1).

We  consider and test for food intolarances where applicable.  Particular foods may not be tolerated well in the body setting up inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract  and in the same way as above effect mood.

Have you considered the blood, brain barrier (BBB)?  New research has found it gets leaky. Inflammatory reactions in the body set up this leakiness and substances that would normally not cross the BBB leak into the brain.  What effect does this have?  The teenagers of today have been exposed to more chemicals than ever before so we don't know  all of the consequences.  What we do know is there is a link between toxicity and brain health.  We screen everyone who comes into our clinic for heavy metals.  This lets us see if toxicity is an issue.

What have you got to lose?  None of these tests are terribly invasive, they are simple to do and because we do them in the clinic you get fast results.

Book an appointment now at Cranes Pharmacy 9969 4700 or online
For more information about Rosemary Manners and the programs she runs see http://www.rosemarymanners.com.au


1 Berick, P. et al. Chronic Gastrointestinal Inflammation Induces Anxiety-Like Behaviour and Alters Central Nervous System Biochemistry in Mice. Gastroenterology 2010;139:2102–2112.

Food Detective; When is it time to check for Food Intolarances?

It may be time right now.  Do you have any of the following symptoms?

• Headaches
• Fatigue
• Depression
• Arthritis - joint pain, stiffness & swelling
• Chronic Respiratory symptoms (wheezing )
• Abdominal Pain
• Bowel Problems (colitis, diarrhoea )

or


§Bloating

§Insomnia

§Weight problems/Obesity

§Anxiety

§Skin problems (eczema)

§Persistent cough

§Palpitations
These could be all indications that you are eating the wrong food for your body.

How can these intolerances just suddenly appear?  
Generally, foods are broken down during digestion into their component parts e.g. amino acids, glycerides etc. These pass harmlessly through the gut into the bloodstream. However, occasionally small fragments of partially digested or undigested foods are able to pass through the gut wall into the bloodstream where they are recognized by the immune system as being ‘foreign’. The immune system responds by making antibodies (IgGs). In some patients, inflammation or irritation of the intestinal lining allows partially digested foods to leak into the bloodstream. This condition is called ‘leaky gut syndrome’ and patients with this condition typically have high levels of antibodies to multiple foods. Additionally for some people it may be that their immune system isn't as efficient at removing these antibodies that form immune complexes with the food (antigen), which leads to inflammation that can appear as a food intolerance.


Some of the things that can cause this are;

• Antibiotics
• Medication/Drugs
• Candida overgrowth
• Parasites
• Intestinal bacterial/viral infection
• Glutamine insufficiency
• Alcohol
• Poor diet
• Stress
• Low stomach acid
• Low pancreatic enzyme

What can you do?
It's as easy as three steps

1. Optimise gut function. We run a six week program called Clean Within that heals and cleans out the digestive system
2. Identify and remove allergen. In the clinic we use a test known as Food detective to analyse the foods you are reacting to.
3. Stay fit for life, don't skip meals, eat regular meals, come and get regular check ups and reduce refined foods.

Book in Now for a testing pack  9969 4700

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Cranberry. Does it work for Urinary Tract Health?

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Amy Howell.  She is from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.She has been studying Cranberries since 1993.  That's 21 years so you could imagine she just about knows all there is to know about cranberry.
Her research has been published extensively in many journals.  Three points that I found extremely interesting are;

• Products labeled as cranberry can be a different berry that looks like cranberry but does not have the same urinary tract effect
• Some products contain the skin of the cranberry where the active constituent cannot be accessed.
• Dose is very important.  To get enough of the active ingredient you need a standardised dose of 36mg PACS.

So if you've tried cranberry before and not found it useful it is probably due to one of these reasons.  A new product just released in Australia has Dr. Howell's full approval.  It is called Ellura by Flordis.
This extract of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) has been shown to help prevent potentially harmful bacteria (E.coli) from sticking to urinary tract walls and effectively flush out the bacteria from the urinary tract to help promote urinary tract health. By helping to maintain a clean urinary tract, Ellura may help to reduce the frequency of recurrent cystitis (infection of the bladder) in women.

Buy Ellura Capsules Now  or pick up a box at Cranes or Cremorne Pharmacies.