Category: Diet & Everyday Habits
Dairy and Digestion — Why Some People Notice It and Others Don’t
Dairy is not a problem food, and this is not an article telling you to give it up. It is an article about a specific… Read more →
After the Fever — Supporting a Child’s Recovery Once the Illness Has Passed
This article is about the weeks after a childhood illness, not about managing a fever while it is happening. Acute fever in a child is… Read more →
Cutting Carbs and Feeling Worse — What Gets Lost When Rice Comes Off the Plate
Some people cut carbohydrates and feel sharper within a fortnight. Others cut them and become progressively colder, flatter and more prone to waking at three… Read more →
Cold Drinks and Iced Food — What Chinese Medicine Watches, and Why Perth Makes It Harder
If a Chinese medicine practitioner has asked whether you drink iced water, it is not superstition and it is not about the water being harmful.… Read more →
Coffee and the Fatigue Loop — Why More Caffeine Stops Working
If you have gradually gone from one coffee to three or four and still feel flat, the caffeine is not failing you — it is… Read more →
How Many Eggs? Why the Answer Depends on Your Digestion, Not Just Your Cholesterol
The Heart Foundation sets no maximum on eggs for the general Australian population — its assessment is that eggs are neutral for heart health, neither… Read more →
Blood Sugar — What the Number Shows, What It Doesn’t, and the Pattern Underneath
A glucose reading tells you the concentration of sugar in your blood at one moment. It does not tell you why your body is handling… Read more →
Uterine Fibroids — Why They Often Return After Surgery, and What a Classical Reading Adds
Fibroids frequently come back after they are surgically removed. This is not a failure of the surgery — myomectomy removes the growths that are there,… Read more →
Long-Term Sleep Medication Users — Classical Chinese Medicine Support and Considering Deprescription
If you have been taking sleeping tablets for longer than a few weeks, you are in a very common position — and one that Australian… Read more →
Why Supplements Work for Some People and Not Others — A Classical Chinese Medicine Reading of Absorption
If you have been taking supplements for months with no noticeable change, the issue may not be the supplement. In Classical Chinese Medicine, what you… Read more →