Nutritional Health Therapies

14/07/2025

Did you know that clean water is one of the most simple things we can do to support our circulation, manage our blood pressure and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease?

Water plays a crucial role in preventing and managing cardiovascular disease symptoms. Maintaining proper hydration supports heart health in many ways, including:

🚰 Supports Blood Circulation
Water helps maintain the volume and viscosity (thickness) of your blood.
Proper hydration ensures that the heart can pump blood more easily, reducing strain on the heart muscle.

👉 Dehydration can cause blood to become thicker, increasing the risk of high blood pressure, blood clots, and stroke.

🚰 Regulates Blood Pressure
When you're dehydrated, your body produces more vasopressin, a hormone that narrows blood vessels — which can increase blood pressure.

👉 Drinking water can help keep your blood pressure stable.

🚰 Helps to prevents Heart Palpitations
Electrolyte imbalance from dehydration can cause symptoms like:
- Irregular heart
- Lightheadedness or dizziness
- Fatigue

👉 Water helps balance sodium, potassium, and magnesium, which are essential for stable heart rhythms.

🚰 Supports Kidney Function
Healthy kidneys help manage blood pressure by balancing fluid and salt levels.

👉 Poor hydration stresses the kidneys, indirectly burdening the heart.

🚰 How Much Water Is Enough?
General guideline: 8–10 cups (2–2.5 liters) per day for most adults.

👉Remember to drink water during winter!

If you’d like to know more about how to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease DM me to organise a free 15 minute chat to explore how I can help you further.

05/01/2025

Achieve your best health in 2025! Here are some key strategies to help you on your journey:

👉 Set Clear, Realistic Goals
👉 Prioritise Nutrition
👉 Ground Yourself Daily
👉 Exercise Regularly
👉 Do Breath Work Daily
👉 Focus on Mental Health
👉 Stay Hydrated
👉 Get Enough Sleep
👉 Track Your Progress
👉 Build Consistency

My clinic is open now, so those seeking nutritional support and motivation for your food and lifestyle goals drop me a DM to organise a consultation 🌺

29/06/2024

Today’s harvest: I picked a small portion of the turmeric and ginger that I have growing and my very first sweet strawberry 🍓of the season.

It’s so rewarding growing my own vegetables ❤️

21/04/2024

Do you have:
• Fatty liver
• Unexplained fatigue
• Sluggishness, weakness, and exhaustion
• Brain fog and trouble concentrating
• Can not lose weight
• Mood swings, anxiety, or depression symptoms
• Bloating and/or indigestion
• Aches and pains
• Getting sick more often
• Skin breakouts, redness, and sensitivity

Come along to the Cleanse and Detox Workshop to learn how you can support your body and reduce symptoms. This workshop will also help you understand where toxins come from and how to minimize these burdens on your health.

When: 11am - 12:30pm, Sunday, 5th May 2024

Where: Now Healthy Shop, Forest Lake Shopping Centre

Tickets: $35

Tickets available in store, online or call to purchase over the phone (0481080076)
Limited spaces available.

15/04/2024

Do you have:
• Fatty liver
• Unexplained fatigue
• Sluggishness, weakness, and exhaustion
• Brain fog and trouble concentrating
• Can not lose weight
• Mood swings, anxiety, or depression symptoms
• Bloating and/or indigestion
• Aches and pains
• Getting sick more often
• Skin breakouts, redness, and sensitivity

Come along to the Cleanse and Detox Workshop to learn how you can support your body and reduce symptoms. This workshop will also help you understand where toxins come from and how to minimize these burdens on your health.

When: 11am-12.30pm, Sunday, 5th May 2024

Where: Now Healthy Shop, Forest Lake Shopping Centre

Tickets: $35

Tickets available in store, online or call to purchase over the phone (0481080076)
Limited spaces available.

13/03/2024

Kick Sugar Workshop - If you want better health for yourself or would like to lose weight, this workshop is for you.
Melissa Cook (our instore Clinical Nutritionist) is bringing her No1 topic to Now Healthy.
Sunday 7th April, 11am to 1230pm.
Location: Now Healthy Shop, Forest Lake Shopping Centre.
Tickets: $50.00 - Tickets availabe instore, online or call to purchase over the phone (0481080076)
Limited spaces available.

08/01/2022

Meditation - the practice of staying present and mindful

🧘‍♂️ The art of mindfulness can be difficult for some but practice makes perfect, adding meditation as a daily routine can help to cultivate peace of mind, manage stress and reduce anxiety.
🧘‍♂️ Meditation significantly benefits your health, it helps to reduce inflammation and supports your immune system.
🧘‍♂️ Meditation and mindfulness have significant positive impacts on mental health.
🧘‍♂️ Learning to be mindful and have the ability to redirect your thoughts through practice is a powerful tool in supporting your mental health.
🧘‍♂️ Meditation can be achieved through learning breath work, focusing on a point, a noise and learning to just Be
🙏 best wishes to you all for 2022

03/10/2021

Grounding is one of the most powerful and simplest things we can do to achieve happiness and improve our own health. Having direct skin contact, walking with bare feet or sitting and connecting with our mother earth has amazing benefits on our psychological health including improving our feelings of well-being.

Scientific studies have shown that grounding assists in:

🏝 improving sleep (normalising the day–night cortisol rhythm);
🏝 reducing pain;
🏝 reducing stress;
🏝 Improving heart rate variability;
🏝 Reducing inflammation;
🏝 Improving immune responses;
🏝 Improving wound healing; and
🏝 Preventing and treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

The earth provides our body with electrical charges (free electrons) which works as antioxidants.

Get yourself out doors and experience fresh air and Mother Earth at its best 🙏👍

09/08/2021

It’s important to find an appropriate sized water bottle that you can use everyday to ensure you meet your body’s water requirements.

Dehydration is a cause for over eating and fatigue so drink up people! If you don’t like water try using herbal teas to modify the taste.

These bottles are terrific plus there are insulated options to keep things warm or cool 👍

Most people don't drink enough water each day because they find the taste of tap or bottled water unappealing.

Also, the benefits of ridding our lives and community of plastic disposable bottles are endless! Drinking from plastic bottles, especially those that have been left in the heat, can be really unhygienic, not to mention the strain they put on the environment.

Now Healthy stocks a line of insulated stainless steel bottles and mugs that are stylish and functional from our partners Cheeks. They come in many different colour combinations so you can choose the one that best fits your personality. Our bottles have a non-slip grip on the outside and a leak proof lid on top to prevent spills when you're out and about. The lids also have an opening so you can add ice cubes or fruit slices without removing them from the bottle or mug which makes these products perfect for taking coffee, tea, hot chocolate, soup or any other beverage along with you wherever you go!

Get in touch today or go online at www.nowhealthy.com.au

07/08/2021

07/08/2021

How do you get your 5-6 serves of vegetables each day?

I am getting a head start by adding sweet potato and zucchini to my fritters this morning! So delicious 😋

Sweet potato is a great source of vitamin A in the form of beta carotene, it also contains Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Potassium and wonderful fibre for your good gut bacteria.

Zucchini is filled with antioxidants including Vitamin C, Beta carotene, Lutien and Zeaxanthin, it also contains B6, Folate and many other amazing nutrients!

If you need assistance in dietary changes or other health concerns don’t hesitate to contact me on 0413125376 for a 15 minute free discovery call to see how I can help you.

01/08/2021

Who doesn’t need a good ol’ Immune-Boosting Tonic! What do you do to help to boost your immune system?

Ingredients:
🍀 3 cup water
🍀 2 tbsps. raw grated ginger
🍀 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
🍀 1 large lemon
🍀 1 tbsp. raw or Manuka honey
Optional:
🍀 1 clove of grated garlic
🍀 1/2 tsp grated turmeric or powder

Method:
1. Grate fresh ginger/turmeric/garlic as desired or use organic powders.
2. Juice lemon/s depending on the size. 1 large lemon or 2 small-medium
3. Add the water, ginger, lemon, garlic/turmeric if using, and cayenne pepper to a pot and bring to a boil. Do not add the honey yet as it will kill all of its active ingredients if it’s heated.
4. Once the mix has boiled, let it simmer for 10-12 minutes.
5. Leave grated ginger etc. in the potion (this is what I do as I don’t mind the extra crunch!) OR once cooled run it through your NutriBullet or processor to blend the crunchy fibres down. Eating the fibres will increase potency of tonic and are beautiful prebiotics for gut bacteria.
6. Add the honey as desired.
7. Sip away!

This is a great way to naturally increase your immune system 💚