Dr Ash, family GP - Ashraf Saleh

09/01/2026

There is finally a simple, no nonsense approach to dietary guidelines: Eat real food.

It’s a message I’ve been advocating for since I studied nutrition back in 1999, but has been lost in the plethora of research done by large food companies and the pharmaceutical industry. We are healthier when we eat more naturally occurring foods, in the least processed state.

Cook meals at home rather than eating out; you don’t have to be a Masterchef to make a nutritious meal, but it will be cheaper than buying readymade foods.

A rule of thumb when it comes to shopping at the supermarket: fill most of your trolley with items from the outer rim of the store, and fewer from the inner aisles.

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17/12/2025

The summer flu this season has come and hit the Sunshine Coast community hard, with some people going out of action for a few days from high fevers and general malaise, but don’t be alarmed. it spreads easily, and quickly, but the infective wave will be over soon. it can make you feel quite miserable, but that doesn’t last long.

the best defence against such viral respiratory infections is optimising your health with naturally occurring fruits and vegetables as well as being physically fit. then when the infection hits, you have the strength to withstand it.

Unfortunately, trying to prevent infections can render your immune memory unable to recognise the next infection your body comes across, and this makes the immune response much stronger and therefore your symptoms much more prominent. there is a healthy balance we should strike between infectious disease prevention and exposure, so our immune system is always given consistent feedback to be ready for the next similar virus to the previous one we were just exposed to.

Take care this summer and Merry Christmas.
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26/11/2025

Due to the severe weather event on the Sunshine Coast on Monday, we have been without power and had therefore needed to close the surgery yesterday. Today, we are operational with the help of generators, and so bookings can be made online for both in person and telephone consultations.

27/10/2025

Ever since Covid and the vaccine mandate, there has been increasing distrust between the medical profession and the wider community. For good reason. Since the swift rollout of the experimental vaccines, the whole world was deceived and manipulated into accepting the mRNA treatments against their better judgment.

Fast forward 4 years ahead, and childhood vaccination rates are at an all time low, with a rising number of cases of vaccine-preventable illnesses such as measles. Parents are increasingly accepting the risk of the disease rather than that of the vaccines, which are being scrutinised more and more because of what happened in 2020 and 2021.

If there is any consolation from the misadventure of this troubled time, it is this: healthcare needs can still be provided ethically and accurately by doctors who do not compel their patients to participate in any treatments against their will, nor use the argument “for the good of society”. Those doctors do exist, and it is worth your health to be cared for by them.

15/10/2025

We vaccinate our children in the hope that they don’t suffer from the ill effects of those communicable diseases. Many of these diseases are debilitating and do pose a public health risk. But we aren’t sure if those vaccinations are not causing us other chronic health disorders due to a lack of randomised controlled trials. The government and medical authorities still encourage us to take the available vaccines despite this. Ask the question of how safe a medical treatment is before receiving it.

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12/10/2025

Australians’ health mirrors the health of our children. To reflect back on how we grew up as children, we enjoyed good health from a lot more outdoor activities and less sedentary habits such as the use of electronic devices. If we desire good health for ourselves, we ought to emulate the healthy lifestyle we once enjoyed to our children also. It requires more discipline but it pays off in the long run. Make Australia healthy again.

11/09/2025

Artificial intelligence: a blessing or a curse?

The advent of AI has brought about a lot of intrigue to society. Computers programmed to be able to do much of the thinking we would normally do ourselves makes us interested in what they can do for us. In healthcare, they are acting as if they were a healthcare professional, giving an opinion on someone’s condition.

Doctors know that they can reach an accurate diagnosis of a patient’s medical condition in about 70% of cases if they ask the right questions. But this does not work in reverse, where the patient is relied upon to give the doctor the information they think is relevant. Add on top of that the importance of a proper examination, knowing what to look for and how to interpret the signs of medical conditions to come to the right diagnosis. This is why artificial intelligence cannot replace a medical professional.

If you know you need medical care, go to a medical professional you can trust rather than a computer.

03/07/2025

Due to a lull in demand for medical care in the northern Sunshine Coast region, I will begin consulting out of Aerodrome Road Medical Centre for 3 days a week initially (Tuesday to Thursday) starting from 15th July. The other two days will still have me consulting out of Coolum Beach Medical Centre for now.

To make appointments with me at Aerodrome Road Medical Centre, please call the surgery on (07) 5443 6777 or book online at

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06/05/2025

Modern medicine provides us with health outcomes not previously considered possible, and in the field of overweight and obesity, this has become most impressive with the recent additions of weekly injectable agents such as Wegovy and Mounjaro.

These medicines have provided patients with weight losses that compare to bariatric surgery, which was the gold standard long-term treatment for obesity. Now, these agents broaden the options for effective weight loss without the need for drastic measures such as sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass surgery.

They work by settling those hunger pangs and restricting meal sizes right at the brain level, and this has flow-on effects that makes up to 15-20% weight loss possible within 6 months. For more individualised advice, book in for a discussion on these treatment options for weight management.

21/04/2025

This is the first government-led admission that the COVID-19 virus was created in the WuHan virology laboratory and introduced to the world as a gain-of-function virus. Whilst this may be history, and doesn’t change the past, it does make autonomy of healthcare decisions all the more important to uphold in the future, and brings previously authoritative organisations such as the WHO, ATAGI and TGA into scrutiny.

THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak

24/03/2025

It’s not how the government will respond to the next “pandemic”, but how will WE respond to it?

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Trust in public health officials and scientific “experts” is at an all-time low. No surprise, given the disaster of the COVID lockdowns. So, how should the…

12/03/2025

Scientific articles are not being published on account of a systematic rejection of a challenge to the narrative of the day, meaning politics is obstructing scientific research. Whilst that sounds outrageous, the covid vaccine program continues unchallenged on account of being protected from any scientific scrutiny such as by Dr David Speicher. He demonstrated that not only was DNA contamination in covid vaccine vials grossly excessive, it was combined with high levels of a gene sequence that inhibits our cells to protect itself from genetic errors in replication. This means the spike protein would be amplified even more effectively at the risk of cells becoming cancerous. Even more concerning is the lipid nanoparticle used to encase these high levels of spike protein DNA and SV40, because it means the genetic material gets into the host cells 100 times more effectively than naked DNA. This indicting research remains unpublished.

DNA contamination clearly identified by Dr David SpeicherAn Injection of Truth. Healing Humanity.https://aninjectionoftruth.ca/The David Declarationhttps://t...