TONIC Natural Health Centre is committed to your wellbeing. We are here to support you and your family through every stage of life. From pre-conception and pregnancy, through to childhood adolescence and adult life, we offer the best natural holistic approach to the health of your family.

Hormones and your mood do you suffer from PMS

Hormones and your mood: do you suffer from PMS?

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and in more severe forms premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) refers to a collection of symptoms experienced anywhere between 1-2 weeks before a menstrual period and usually disappear soon after your period has begun. Each woman will experience her own unique collection of symptoms and therefore treatment will vary from person to person.…

Tonic Natural Health How to get rid of bloating

How to Get Rid of Bloating

Bloating can be embarrassing and irritating at the same time. When you feel like you are eating well, and exercising doing all the right things, bloating can be incredibly frustrating. I will show you how to get rid of bloating for good with dietary changes and natural remedies. The good thing about this issue is that it is often easily treated.

Tonic Natural Health Starting a wheat free lifestyle

Wheat-free life – how to get started

A wheat-free diet can have an extensive range of health benefits for many of us. However, with wheat found in such a vast array of food products, it can be initially confusing to know how to get started with a wheat-free life. Here are some tips to help you find alternatives to wheat, as well as some of the many benefits of cutting out wheat altogether …

What do we know about coronavirus

What do we know about the Coronavirus?

It would not be unreasonable to assume that by the time this piece is written our understanding of COVID-19 would have changed. There’s nothing like the threat of a potential global pandemic to bring the media to frenzy and invite a wide array of commentary from “experts”. Fear is driven from the unknown …

tonic natural health the 10 minute workout you can do at home

The 10-minute workout you can do at home

Moving your body is so incredibly important for your health, and yet for so many of us, it’s low on the priority list. It might be a little too hot, a little too late or a little bit too much effort to drive to a gym, and struggle your way through an hour long class. But sneaking some extra exercise into your day …

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You say vacation, I say staycation

When deciding your holiday schedule for the year, take into account which option is best for your health, not just your work commitments. There is even evidence now that opting for a staycation – holiday at home has health benefits. Have you been saving all your holidays to go on an amazing end-of-year trip? Well, research is showing that squirrelling away holiday

Tonic natural health restore your gut health

Restore your gut health

I am sure by now that you are aware that your gut health is uber important for your overall health and well-being. Not only does it provide absorption of nutrients, improve your immune system but also helps to balance brains neurotransmitters. In terms of immune support, the gut bacteria directly provides protection for the lining…

Women’s Multivitamins

Many of my patients prevent to the clinic suffering from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This may be due to poor dietary intake as well as farming and agricultural methods, including the use of fertilisers, which affect the vitamin and mineral balance of the soil and in turn the food we consume. I do recommend that…

Happiness in the darker months

Finding peace and happiness in a busy lifestyle can be hard for some and the cooler months can make this particularly hard with less outdoor exercise and sun exposure resulting in less serotonin boosts and vitamin D absorption. To help you work towards a healthy, happy winter I have put together 9 essential lifestyle and…

How to Detox for Health

Detoxification remains one of the core concepts of naturopathic medicine. At a clinical level, effective detoxification is far more than a focus on the liver detoxification pathways. The skin, lymphatics, bowel, kidneys and respiration are all other essential systems to support during a truly holistic detoxification program, yet often overlooked and forgotten. In my clinic,…

When the party’s over…

It makes me ridiculously happy to see so many of my clients having achieved their health goals this year. Coming into the festive season, with extra party foods and drinks, can though undo some of the good work that has been done on improving gut health. Higher alcohol, gluten and sugar intake can all lead…

Tonic natural health 7 ways to boost your fertility naturally

7 ways to boost your fertility naturally

1.Work towards a healthy BMI Both Mum and Dad need to ensure that they are in their healthy weight range. Carrying excess weight impacts upon our hormones and therefore, for mum, this can reduce ovulation and for dad, extra weight will affect both testosterone levels and affect sperm production. Being underweight can be just as…

Beating Springtime Allergies

With the pollens of Spring many people find themselves rushing off to the pharmacy for antihistamines. Unfortunately, these drugs rarely deal with all of the symptoms of seasonal hay fever not to mention the unwanted side effects such as headaches, sleeplessness/sleepiness and rapid heartbeat. So if you are wanting to tackle your hay fever symptoms…

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Is your home making you sick?

We’re exposed to toxins in our environment almost everywhere we turn, but we do have the power to ensure our home environment is a safe haven from the chemical onslaught through our choices of cleaning products, cookware, house paint, carpet, deodorant, makeup, food, and water. Examining each and every product we come into contact with…

Don’t Wait for Losing Weight

Healthy eating is SO important but never forget that exercise is an integral part of any type of weight loss program. It has a beneficial impact on appetite, and provides long-term health benefits. For most patients it’s recommended to aim for, or build up to, 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, where you are puffing…

Winter is Coming…

Are you at the mercy of winter each year? Do those dreaded colds and flus leave you and your family with runny noses, coughs, sore throats, headaches, fevers and fatigue through the winter months? These symptoms are often the leading cause of time away from school and work. Now is the perfect time to boost…

Tonic natural health tea for fertility

Tea for Fertility

I love the ritual of making herbal tea…I love using my favourite teapot and cup, the teas too are fragrant and a perfect source of easily absorbable vitamins and minerals. Of course if you know me, you have probably tried one of my herbal medicine tonics and no, they do not taste amazing, unlike my…

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Mythbusting Menstruation: Part 3

Testosterone? In women? What? Okay, so I know when you hear testosterone you picture Rambo, but it’s actually really important for women too. While women have about 15 times less testosterone than men, the tiny amount we do have contributes to a healthy libido, muscle mass and bone strength, energy, mood, clear thinking and decision-making.…

Tonic natural health women´s hormones mythbusting menstruation part 2

Mythbusting Menstruation: Part 2

PMS, the syndrome that has spawned a thousand acronyms! The internet will give you many “definitions” of PMS. Many are not particularly flattering to women, and show a certain culture of disdain and dismissal, but some actually describe common premenstrual symptoms. For example, ‘Pissy Mood Syndrome’ or ‘Psychotic Mood Shift’ show the anger and irritability,…

Tonic natural health herbs for health

Herbs for Health

Herbs – what a wonderful gift nature has provided us with. As the musician Jacqueline du Pre once said “the intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.” And it’s true, not only can their heady scents intoxicate us but can also invoke memories of baked dinners,…

Tonic natural health how to get pregnant

How to Get Pregnant….Fast!

If you’re looking for help getting pregnant, you’ve come to the right place. At Tonic Natural Health, we specialise in fertility, offering advice, consultations, as well as our tailored Fertility Formula program. Read this blog post to find out how to get pregnant quickly, thanks to understanding your menstrual cycle. Getting pregnant with Tonic Natural…

Tonic natural health eating for ultimate fertility

Eating for Ultimate Fertility

Good nutrition is vital for preconception health as well as through your pregnancy and beyond. Nutrition is the building block for both the egg, sperm and also ensuring the mother has a sufficient storage of nutrients so that she isn’t depleted throughout her pregnancy. Starting to eat well when you find out you are pregnant…

Tonic natural health fertility friendly foods

Fertility Friendly Foods

There is a really strong link between diet and fertility. Providing your body the nutrients it needs to make a strong healthy baby is super important. Depending on what your diet is now, and where it needs to be for pre-pregnancy and pregnancy, you may need to spend 3-6 months prior to conception cleaning up…

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Fertility Tests

Before the preganancy When you first start to think about having a baby, the majority of people will just stop using contraception and get started on the baby making process! However it is super important to have some blood tests done at this point because some deficiencies may prevent pregnancy from occurring, some may make…

Alcohol and fertility

Alcohol & Fertility

Why alcohol won’t help you increase your chances of getting pregnant” We all know that it’s not recommended to drink while pregnant because it could harm your baby, but did you know that alcohol can have a devastating impact on your fertility? The findings from studies done around the world are indisputable. Alcohol should be…

Tonic natural health egg sperm health

Egg & Sperm Health

Targeting the health of the egg and sperm through diet and supplementation makes a HUGE difference to fertility outcomes. Firstly let’s look at the egg You want the quality of the egg to be the best it can be (think free-range organic VS cage eggs) so it can survive the sperm “attack” and the journey…

Tonic natural health reducce your stress fertility

Stress & Fertility

The way your body deals with stress is to send out chemical markers that increase inflammation, in the hope that the inflammation will attract other things in our blood that will heal the stress. However, our body perceives all stress the same, whether it is a cut or burn, or psychological stress like a bad…

IBS…or is it?

We have all heard of IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It tends to be diagnosed when no other reason can be found for the symptoms that are occurring. The most common symptoms being bloating, pain, swinging bowel movements, uncomfortable feelings after eating and even fatigue. People experience a range of diverse symptoms which can be attributed to IBS.

Detox & weight loss

A detox should not be a quick weight loss fix, but a method to prepare the ground (your body) for long term harvest. A comprehensive detoxification program should be a means to achieve your goals, yes. But, also and most importantly, to set up long term sustainable lifestyle changes to achieve fundamental improvements in your…

Tonic natural health clean up your environment

Clean Up Your Environment

We are exposed to toxins in our environment almost everywhere we turn but we can make our own environments a safe haven from chemical onslaught through our choices in our cleaning products, cookware, house paint, carpet, deodorant, makeup, food, and water. Products harming our fertility Examining each and every product we come into contact with…