Phytotherapy Desk Reference

01/08/2025

Australia has a Healthspan problem

Australia's gap between "healthspan" and "lifespan" exceeds the world average.

Life expectancy is high, the average life expectancy is 83 years of age.

However, Australians live only about 70 years without disease.
This means 13 years with chronic disease. The world average is 9-10 years.

Australians live 20% more years with chronic disease.

The risk to healthspan is amplified by longevity. The problem is more pronounced in women.

Take control of your healthspan. Track your biomarkers. Improve your healthspan.

FREE trial Healthspan Tracker reports.
Email me, support@healthspantracker.com for the details.


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Introduction to Healthspan Tracker

What is the Healthspan Tracker report?
What are the benefits of the report?
How does it work?

Why offer the Healthspan Tracker Report to your patients?

This comprehensive report goes beyond traditional health assessments, providing a deep dive into the markers and metrics that define healthspan—the years of life spent in good health and vitality.

By leveraging advanced analytics and personalised insights, you'll empower your patients with actionable data tailored to their unique health profiles.

The Healthspan Tracker report will improve patient compliance with your recommendations.

This analysis helps in understanding your body's aging process and offers personalised recommendations to improve your health and longevity.

Knowing your biological age helps detect health issues early, tailor personalised wellness strategies, motivate healthier living, and guide preventive healthcare. It offers a better health indicator than chronological age and evaluates lifestyle interventions, potentially extending your healthspan.

24/07/2025

Experience the insights and benefits of the Healthspan Tracker report.

The next 50 practitioners who register will have access to two free reports.

You can test patients, yourself or family members.

I will email you the details once you have registered your clinic.
Register:
https://platform.healthspantracker.com/

Phytotherapy Desk Reference

16/07/2025

I really want more of you to experience the benefits of the Healthspan Tracker report.

So, I am releasing a free report to the first 50 practitioners who want to get a report either for themselves or a patient.
Steps:

Register on the Healthspan Tracker platform, and I will email you the details

Watch new video for healthcare practitioners

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20/06/2025

Free Webinar by Empowered by Evidence

"Gut Feelings: Modern Insights into Digestive Health, Bitters & Your Patients"

This month's webinar is on gut health with expert speakers of world renown on this subject.

Live attendees will benefit from 30 minutes Q&A.

"Gut Feelings: Modern Insights into Digestive Health, Bitters & Your Patients"

Topics and Speakers:

"Butterflies and Dr. Google: How Search Listening Can Transform Your Clinical Insights"
Nigel Pollard, Biochemist, founder of Flordis/SFI Health and Metavate, now chairs the New York-based nonprofit Empowered By Evidence, advancing global standards and education in evidence-based natural medicine to support informed choices for patients and professionals.

“What Clinicians need to know: Contemporary Management of patients with DGBI, including the role of herbal remedies.”
Professor Gerald Holtmann MD, PhD, MBA, FRACP, FRCP, FAAHMS is Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Queensland.

“The Bitter Truth About Digestion: Why You Need Bitters in Your Life”
Dr. Michael Thomsen, Experienced natural products researcher and educator, PhD from Sydney University Medical School, Master of Science, Graduate School of Integrative Medicine at Swinburne University. Extensive industry experience and author of the popular Phytotherapy Desk Reference

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Nigel Pollard, Chair Empowered By Evidence

The webinar will last 90 minutes and takes place on:

Thursday 24th July 2025

9am Frankfurt | 2pm Jakarta | 5pm Sydney | 7pm Auckland

(Wednesday 23rd July 2025 12 midnight Pacific)

If this is not possible for you to attend, but you would like to see a sample recording (you will miss the Q&A) please register anyway as we will be providing a recording for all registrants.

If you have any questions please email manager@empoweredbyevidence.org

Register for free:

This is an healthcare professional focused event to support best practice and evidence based use of natural health solutions.

22/05/2025

track your biomarkers for a longer, healthier life
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19/05/2025

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Experience the natural healing benefits of Hydrosun water-filtered infrared light therapy—trusted by professionals across Europe and now available in Australia.
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12/05/2025

Free Healthspan Tracker webinar this Wednesday

12 noon or 7 pm.

Healthspan Tracker

What is it?
How does it benefit me and my patients?
How does it work?

Presentation followed by a Q&A.

I think you will find it interesting.
Michael

Wednesday 12 noon: https://healthspantracker.com/webinar

Wednesday 7 pm: https://livewebinar.com/358-819-578/ea38c1e249bf9ee05fdac2028024b678

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08/05/2025

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01/05/2025

Australia has a Healthspan problem

Australia's gap between "healthspan" and "lifespan" exceeds the world average.

Life expectancy is high, the average life expectancy is 83 years of age.

However, Australians live only about 70 years without disease.
This means 13 years with chronic disease. The world average is 9-10 years.

Australians live 20% more years with chronic disease.
The risk to healthspan is amplified by longevity. The problem is more pronounced in women.

The author of the study (Garmany and Terzic 2024), Dr Andre Terzic from Mayo Clinic, says it is not enough for people to add years to their life, they must have "healthy longevity"— also referred to as "healthspan" or healthy life expectancy.

The burden of non-communicable diseases is high in Australia – especially from the big four: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and dementia.

Multi-morbidity from several chronic disease is a big factor.
Women exhibited a mean 2.4-year larger gap than men, associated with a disproportionately larger burden of noncommunicable diseases in women.

The largest healthspan-lifespan gaps were observed in the US (12.4 years), Australia (12.1 years), New Zealand (11.8 years), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (11.3 years), and Norway (11.2 years).

It is vital that individuals take control over their healthspan.

The major risk factor for all chronic disease is ageing.

Biological age testing helps you track the healthspan of your patients.

Keeping one’s biological age below one’s actual age will significantly increase the chances of having a long, healthy lifespan.

Everyone should take a long-term view and ensure all common risk factors are reduced.

One simple way is to track blood biomarkers associated with the critical cellular processes in the body.

Healthspan Tracker
The Healthspan Tracker reports on 50 blood-based biomarkers. It will identify your patient's biological age and the biomarkers that are contributing to a faster rate of ageing.

As the old saying goes, if you can measure it, you can improve it.

The Healthspan Tracker report helps you design personalised lifestyle interventions to improve the identified biomarkers that is ageing your patients.

www.healthspantracker.com

Reference
Garmany, Armin, and Andre Terzic. 2024. 'Global Healthspan-Lifespan Gaps Among 183 World Health Organization Member States', JAMA Network Open, 7: e2450241-e41.

27/04/2025

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, staying at the forefront of innovation is paramount.

The Healthspan Tracker Report is a cutting-edge tool designed to revolutionise the way you support your patients' journey to optimal health and longevity.

Why offer the Healthspan Tracker Report to your patients?

It's simple. This comprehensive report goes beyond traditional health assessments, providing a deep dive into the markers and metrics that define healthspan—the years of life spent in good health and vitality.

By leveraging advanced analytics and personalised insights, you'll empower your patients with actionable data tailored to their unique health profiles.

www.healthspantracker.com

15/04/2025

Offer a naturopathic annual checkup with the Healthspan Tracker report.

It can of course be repeated more often, but I think it would be a great service to offer patients who are essentially healthy and who want to stay healthy by monitoring how they are tracking. Contact me for further information.

Enhance your well-being with HealthSpan Tracker, your go-to tool for tracking vital health metrics and setting personalized wellness goals. Discover actionable insights to improve your lifestyle and health every day. Start your journey to a healthier, balanced life with HealthSpan Tracker.

21/01/2025

Check out this new video showing what can be gained from using the Healthspan Tracker report with patients. www.healthspantracker.com