Could you have Pyrroluria disorder_

Pyrrole disorder could be affecting your mental health  Many of my clients that have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression or mental health problems. The road to recovery is never easy and can involve many different treatment options. Typically the first line treatment for these conditions is medication and/or therapy. While both these methods have shown …

Methylation and its affect on mental health and autism

Methylation and its affect on mental health and autism In the previous weeks we have investigated various nutritional pathways and their affect on mental health. On example being Pyrroles, an easily testable and treatable disorder. This week we will look at another phenomenon which is occurring in your body as we speak: methylation. Methylation has …

Mental health: My top five herbs for depression

Brown’s Wellbeing Centre’s top five herbs for treating Depression Being married to a someone finishing their studies in psychology and having a father who is also a therapist, I have naturally taken an interest in mental illness, or as I prefer to call it: mental wellbeing. One of the most common problems in mental wellbeing …

NAC powder

NAC powder Though N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) powder is a relevantly unheard of supplement, its popularity is growing in Naturopathic and Integrative cycles. Belonging to a group of medicines called contingent nutrient factors, NAC has a number of uses in my practice, including autism, Bi-polar and depression and chronic bronchitis. This blog will look into this uses …

Natural alternatives for sleep

Natural alternatives for sleep and anxiety Looking to receive a better nights sleep? Look no further. Due to modern life with either work stress, problems within families or economic pressure, many of you may struggle to get good nights sleep. Sleep is crucial for optimal functioning, both physically and mentally. Simply consider how you feel …

The medicine that both heals and divides

By Jeremy Brown, Naturopath (Adv. Dip. Nat., TAE IV, MNHAA) Writing this blog has been something I do when I'm not busy seeing patients, yet it has become more successful than I imagined. This success has spilled over into print media and I have been published a few times now. One of the latest occasions …

The Do It Yourself guide to starting a business

The Do It Yourself guide to starting a business (5 things I have learnt, or 5 things I wish I knew sooner) For many years now, Lyndal and myself have wanted to start a business. In the first few years of our marriage, we dreamed and even planned of owning a small boutique wine business …

Retail Vitamins Vs Consulting a Naturopath

Retail Vitamins Vs Consulting a Naturopath Over my career I have worked in many roles. From a “vitamin specialist” at a major chemist store, to a health food store and now: to consulting as a Naturopath. Many have asked me why it is worth the time, energy and money consulting with a Naturopath. It can …

Thiamine – Vitamin B1

Thiamine – Vitamin B1 While many of my Blogs have focused on particular conditions, foods or patient outcomes, we are returning to delivering to you a focus on particular nutrients used in modern clinical nutrition and their use in the body. This weeks vitamin is Thiamine: otherwise known as Vitamin B1. Thiamine is used in …

Functional Testing

Functional Testing and Individual treatment  Each of us are unique, particularly regarding our biochemical makeupThere are many expects recommending or prescribing the ‘ideal diet’ In addition, one supplement for allThis certainly creates efficacy, however in many cases, patients can be flet to feel, uncatered for, or worse, their condition worsensAn example of this is when certain …