Fertility and your age

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Fertility and your age
If you’re older and trying to get pregnant, you probably have an encyclopaedic knowledge of how your age might be working against you. You’ve heard it from doctors, watched ad campaigns about ‘not leaving it too late to conceive’, and probably read multiple magazine articles, blog posts and books about the subject. Unfortunately, buying back your fertile years isn’t an option. But don’t throw in the towel – or the ovulation sticks – just yet, because there are a lot of things you can do to test your fertility and increase your chances of conception, even if you’re pushing 40....

Top Foods for Fertility

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Avocado eggs on toast food for fertility
What foods do we recommend for fertility? A healthy diet is the foundation to ensuring optimal nutrition during the preconception period and throughout pregnancy. Your diet when trying to conceive needs to be rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, protein, and good fats. In fact, our hormones are made from proteins and fats so they need to be emphasised in your diet for optimal fertility. However, the quality and source of these two macronutrients is incredibly important. Good fats are found in wild fish, eggs, yoghurt, nuts, seeds, avocados and olive, coconut and raw flaxseed oil. You want to completely avoid...

The Nutrivore Diet: What is it and is it just optimal healthy eating?

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Nutrivore Diet at Darling Health
The nutrivore diet values nutrient-dense, high quality and in-season whole foods while avoiding the processed, inflammatory, and refined foods that drive chronic disease. It's a word that is getting more hype in recent months and describes someone who eats nutritious food and provides micronutrients to their body for optimal health. Sounds pretty good right? We often ask ourselves the question, "What is a healthy diet?" and for many, this question often confines the answer to a specific type of diet. We need to look past many dietary one-size-fits-all claims and look at a more holistic approach to diet, or health...

Kid’s Health Consultations with Naturopath Claire Luckman

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Darling Health Naturopath + Nutritionist Claire Luckman is offering a new consult type specifically for kids (12 years and under) – a 30-minute appointment including general kid’s nutrition advice and a natural approach to any health issues your child may be experiencing. Claire is highly experienced in treating children with herbs, supplements and wholefoods and can assist with numerous health problems affecting children including allergies, food intolerance, eczema, developmental and mood disorders (ADHD, autism, sensory issues and anxiety), lowered immunity, fussy eating and more. Nutrition specific to children and their daily nutrient requirements is a passion of Claire’s, and she...

Nourishing herbs to support women’s nervous systems

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Who run the world? Girls. Women today are busier than ever, juggling careers, families, personal lives and all that goes in between. Herbal medicine is a wonderful modality that Naturopaths use to support and promote vitality, strength, balance and a sense of calm for women who have a lot on their plate. Three herbs which support women’s hormones, their nervous systems, their mental and emotional capacity and their immune health are: SHATAVARI The name of this herb means “wife with a hundred husbands” – you can gather from the name that it is a strengthening and nourishing herb for females!...