LYNDA WHARTON
Would you like a drug with those eye lashes?
Lynda Warton explores the upside of living with the excesses of modern beauty.
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Stress is an inside job
Increase your stress hardiness by responding to a challenge with excitement and energy.
Many of the women I see in the clinic come in with physical ailments, but in the vast majority of cases there is a large serving of underlying stress. Life is often messy, unpredictable, hectic,...
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Mammographic screening
Instead of focusing on breast cancer screening, more research should be done into prevention.
We’ve just made it through another pink obsessed breast cancer awareness month. As usual, the predominant message has been one of early detection rather than prevention. It’s the same message every...
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Thyroid health and fertility
An undiagnosed thyroid problem may be standing between you and the baby you have always wanted.
Every week in my clinic I work with women desperate to conceive a child. Often they have had all kinds of gynaecological investigations and been told that everything is in perfect working order...and...
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Bad protein
It's important to test your CRP levels as well as your LDL levels when checking for heart disease.
This week I found myself explaining blood tests to a patient. In particular, I was interested in her C-Reactive Protein (CRP) results. This is a simple blood test that is often overlooked in a...
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Olive oil is good, but olive leaf extract is even better
Olive leaf extract is a powerful cocktail of antioxidants, more potent than green tea and vitamin C.
Most people know that the oil of the olive berry is a powerhouse of antioxidant compounds shown to protect the cardiovascular system, lower the risk of a range of  cancers, and generally increase...
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Swine flu: The facts
Should we all be freaking out about swine flu? Not yet at least.
In the past couple of weeks I’ve had several patients asking me about swine flu. There seems to be a growing anxiety amongst people I speak with, and it’s hardly surprising with daily updates on...
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An aspirin a day may not keep the doctor away
The side effects of aspirin can sometimes outweigh the drug's benefits.
Aspirin can be a godsend when you're racing to meet a deadline and your head is pounding. Or when you're doubled over with menstrual cramps and you have an important presentation to make. This...
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Nutrition plays a role in prostate health - Part 2
Filling up on vegetables and hitting the gym may help lower a man's prostate cancer risk.
In my last blog I started to look at how daily dietary choices can influence a man's risk of developing prostate cancer. Here's more on the subject, so if you have a man in your life (husband,...
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Fats play a role in prostate health - Part 1
The type of fats you choose on a daily basis can have a real impact on your risk of prostate cancer.
Although it receives nowhere near the same amount of media attention as its female equivalent (breast cancer), prostate cancer is a big deal in both Australia and New Zealand. In the latter country, ...
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Make mine a mineral water
Water becomes more appetising when you realise the effect a glass of wine per day has on your body.
Do you find juggling family life, a home and work stressful? If you do, chances are a glass or two of wine at the end of the day is your lifesaver. Recently, there have been several new studies that ...
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The great Gardasil debate
Cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil could do more damage than good for young women.
In the past few weeks I have had many patients and friends talk to me about the HPV (cervical cancer) Gardasil vaccine which is currently being rolled out in New Zealand schools. Concerned...
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Walk your way to good health
The health and wellbeing benefits of gentle exercise, in particular walking, are enormous.
I have always been a huge fan of walking. I live near a very beautiful beach and make time for a power walk along the shore several times a week. I have friends who slog it out in hot, sweaty, ...
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New fertility test
A new fertility blood test reveals the biological health and vitality of a woman's remaining eggs.
As an acupuncturist and naturopath, working with women trying to conceive is a big part of my daily clinic life. In the past couple of weeks many of them have asked me about the new AMH...
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Dietary fats...friend and foe Part 2
Include these fats in your diet to ward off health problems such as eczema, asthma and migraine.
In my previous blog we looked at fats that are best kept to a minimum in our diet. Now it's time to look at the “friendly fats” that safeguard our health and help protect us from chronic diseases...
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Dietary fats...friend and foe Part 1
Ruling all fats out of your diet is a bad idea as many are essential for good health.
When I was growing up I remember we always had one solitary bottle of “cooking oil” lurking in the pantry. It was an amber-coloured bottle containing nondescript polyunsaturated vegetable oil....
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Super nutrient packs powerful punch
Boost your health with resveratrol, a super antioxidant found in red wine, berries and peanuts.
French people eat a diet high in calories and saturated fat, and yet their rate of cardiovascular disease is surprisingly low.  This is known as the French Paradox. Scientists put it down to the...
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Iodine deficiency and breast cancer
Insufficient amounts of iodine in western diets may be a significant factor in the increasing incide
Like many people I have reduced the amount of salt in my diet to lower my risk of increased blood pressure. But as a result I’ve also reduced my iodine intake. A lack of iodine in our diet...
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Tips on preventing breast cancer
Tips on preventing breast cancer, from getting a daily dose of sun to eating low GI foods.
It's that time of year again, when the colour pink becomes de rigueur, as a symbol of our fight against one of our biggest killers...breast cancer. One in nine New Zealand women are likely to ...
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Highs and lows
How serious is the elevation of cholesterol levels, and what can you do about it?
Innumerable studies confirm that having too much of the wrong type of cholesterol can be a silent harbinger of drastic things to come, such as cardiovascular disease and possibly fatal heart attack. ...
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