Middlewood Holistic Health

01/02/2025

Resisting change is not bad. It is integral to change.

Resistance to change is part of being human. If we never resisted change, we would be without boundaries and vulnerable to all sorts of consequences we hadn’t considered. We would have no sense of self, and it would be almost impossible to maintain any relationship if we constantly reinvented ourselves.

Our relationships at home and work often require us to change, compromise, and reevaluate. Such demands are acceptable to us, and we probably don’t think about them much.

The harder stuff is when changes challenge our sense of self and relationship with others. Perhaps your partner wants you to change a habit, or you are working for a new manager. A refusal to change is a common first reaction and completely understandable. But when we hold our position without evaluating the pros and cons of not changing, we can find our relationships are challenged and our lives become more stressful than they need to be.

To recap. Resistance to change is universal. Resistance is integral to change. Resistance is an opportunity to learn and understand ourselves and to understand others.

03/06/2018

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Many women with early-stage forms of the disease can forego chemo, based on a test that measures the activity of genes involved in breast cancer recurrence.

11/01/2018

All medicine has limitations and there are many solutions out there people claim to be medicine, which isn't medicine at all. It is the scientific method that helps us determine whether something is worthy to be called medicine. Yet many of us can't or won't distinguish pseudoscience from genuine science. Conventional Medicine is not perfect and has many limitations including a history questionable drug studies that have eventually lead to deaths and harmful side effects after approval. However conventional drugs and medicine have saved millions of lives and we would be in dire straits without it. We must judge all medicine using the same method not our own bias or find someone who use's evidence and not prejudice to check whether what claims to be medicine actually is. If it's too good to be true it probably is.

Doctors and other scientists must push back.

20/11/2017

Studies have found many people with Depression have chronic inflammation. Anti-inflammatory medicine could be an effective treatment alternative to generally ineffective anti-depressant medications. A recent study reported that Curcumin (from Tumeric) and/or saffron relieves the symptoms of depression including anxiety , now often experience by people suffering from depression. Curcumin has strong anti-inflammatory properties and increase levels of BDNF - an important protein found in neuron cells that protects the cells from premature death and also improves their function. [ 306 more words ]

http://thegutbrainclinic.com.au/2017/11/20/curcumin-and-saffron-are-effective-for-the-treatment-of-depression-and-in-reducing-anxiety/

Studies have found many people with Depression have chronic inflammation. Anti-inflammatory medicine could be an effective treatment alternative to generally ineffective anti-depressant medication…

06/11/2017

Jang et al (2017) conducted one of the first long term follow-up on Prostate cancer (PCa) treatment 12 to 18 years after treatment. The study reveals lasting debilitating sides effects for prostatectomy and radiation treatments. The short side effects (2 years) for PCa treatment is well documented. However the long term quality of men's lives and the lasting side effects from treatments has not been reviewed until now. [ 487 more words ]

http://thegutbrainclinic.com.au/2017/11/06/men-still-suffering-debilitating-sexual-and-urinary-dysfunction-more-than-12-years-after-prostate-cancer-treatment/

Jang et al (2017) conducted one of the first long term follow-up on Prostate cancer (PCa) treatment 12 to 18 years after treatment. The study reveals lasting debilitating sides effects for prostat…

06/11/2017

Your food fears are doing more harm than good.

01/11/2017

You've been diagnosed with Prostate cancer , but before you decide to have a radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate) do you understand all of the treatment options? After decades of over treatment we now better understand the treatments and non -treatments available for Low to intermediate risk localised prostate cancer (PCa). However sadly new research and approaches can take years to be implemented despite a case for change. [ 649 more words ]

http://thegutbrainclinic.com.au/2017/11/01/information-empowers-mens-health-are-you-aware-of-all-your-treatment-options-for-low-intermediate-prostate-cancer/

You’ve been diagnosed with Prostate cancer , but before you decide to have a radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate) do you understand all of the treatment options? After decades of o…

31/10/2017

Ian Haines Monash University July 31, 2017 From the 1980s, when prostate screening became available, many men over 40 were diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer even though they may not have had any symptoms. The word cancer understandably strikes fear into the hearts of many, and most would assume the best course of action would be to have the cancer removed, whatever the side effects may be. [ 846 more words ]

http://thegutbrainclinic.com.au/2017/10/31/in-support-of-mens-health-information-empowers-latest-research-shows-surgery-for-early-stage-prostate-cancer-doesnt-save-lives/

Ian Haines Monash University July 31, 2017 From the 1980s, when prostate screening became available, many men over 40 were diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer even though they may not have h…

29/10/2017

The general advice for a healthy diet is less meat and dairy and more vegetables, legumes, grains and fish. Managing weight, reducing cholesterol and systemic inflammation are some of the reasons for reducing meat and increasing plant based nutrients. A recent study shows that after following people's diets for 11 years , the people who ate more meat were more likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome. [ 281 more words ]

http://thegutbrainclinic.com.au/2017/10/29/an-11-study-proves-that-reducing-animal-protein-decreases-risk-of-metabolic-syndrome/

The general advice for a healthy diet is less meat and dairy and more vegetables, legumes, grains and fish. Managing weight, reducing cholesterol and systemic inflammation are some of the reasons f…

24/10/2017

A useful reminder of the signs you are on your way to burnout. Stress is a normal response to change, but being stressed for hours everyday is not good and we are not designed for this. Prolonged stress will eventually take a toll on your health and happiness leading to burnout.

Being tired, ambivalent, stressed, cynical and overextended has become a normal part of a working professional life.

21/10/2017

A long, but well very well written comprehensive investigation in the contentious issue of gluten intolerance. One of the best articles I have read.

Millions of people have sworn off wheat, but there’s little science to support them. Michael Specter investigates.

25/09/2017

Broccoli is much more than a great source of nutrients. It contains phytochemicals that help protect your gut from damage by toxic chemicals. A recent study proved that Broccoli activates a protective ligand called AHR. AHR protect cells in the intestinal tract from fibrosis and helps suppress inflammation. It would be very hard to avoid in-digesting any traces of harmful chemicals so it's good to know that eating broccoli , other cruciferous vegetables and fruits help protect our gastrointestinal tract from the toxins in our environment. [ 244 more words ]

http://thegutbrainclinic.com.au/2017/09/25/broccoli-protects-your-gut-from-chemical-toxins/

Broccoli is much more than a great source of nutrients. It contains phytochemicals that help protect your gut from damage by toxic chemicals. A recent study proved that Broccoli activates a prote…