Ode to the Ubiquitous majority

Ode to the Ubiquitous majority

A poem by Dr Grant Fourie... My patients are depressed and fat! Today, the whole day, most of them just sat! Their pressures are high and their tolerance low, their energy is lacking and they only sleep so-so...
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Vitamin D and fertility

Vitamin D and fertility

Did you know that in northern countries, which have dark, cold winters, couples are less likely to conceive during the winter, whereas conception rates peak...
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Calm and mindfulness

Calm and mindfulness

Seriously stressed out at work right now? You’re not alone. In fact, one survey found that as many as 80 percent of Americans are too!...
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Stressed and exhausted?

Stressed and exhausted?

Of all the health issues my patients come to me with, fatigue is by far the most common. I witness the epidemic of extreme exhaustion...
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Functional assessment

Functional assessment

A question we get on a regular basis is, “What would my functional medicine programme look like?” It’s a great question. To answer it, we need to first understand the bigger picture of functional medicine...
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Energising pregnenolone

Energising pregnenolone

Some of the earliest investigations of pregnenolone’s many benefits showed it to be an energising, anti-stress biochemical...
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Bynier-uitputting

Bynier-uitputting

"Siekte" van die 21ste eeu? Moeg, gedaan, klaar op? Wie vandag is nié? Bynier-uitputting versamel ’n klomp uiteenlopende simptome onder een sambreel. Dalk herken jy jouself...
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