Infertility – What can we do about it?
Read moreIt’s tough. When you’re two and want to be three so badly. When that wish for a baby becomes all-consuming and you’ve been through every medical check in the book and you just really would prefer to have a baby naturally. Well, perhaps you should take a break from the tests and see if there is something else you could be doing – the natural way? Karin G. Reiter looks into what we can do from a functional medicine perspective:
8 Tips on What to Do with Food Waste
Read moreWe deal with waste every day and most of us are becoming increasingly aware on how to reduce and reuse. Many of us also know that paper, glass and plastics can be recycled with some efforts, but what about food? No public bins are available in our housing for food waste, and as most people in Singapore live in flats or condominium’s, facilitating our own composting can seem like a challenge. Caroline Brennan, a member of our FB Group TheGaiaHood, asked the community for tips on how best to manage food waste. We thought the exchange of replies were just too good not to share, so we’ve collected the top answers from our parent group and passing them on to you!
Haze – How to Protect Ourselves
Read moreAir Pollution has reached high levels this week due to forest fires in Sumatra. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself & your family from haze from a Naturopathic Medicine Perspective. 1. You can use a phone app to monitor the levels of air pollution such as “Sg Air Quality” which records data put out by the Sg government. 2. Children, elderly and those with respiratory diseases are advised to avoid outdoor air if possible. 3. Wear a facemask when outdoors. Those labelled as N95 face masks are helpful to protect from particulate matter & toxins. You can find these at Guardian pharmacies. 4. Close windows at home & use the A/C. 5. If you have an essential oil diffuser – you can diffuse oils that are helpful for respiration, sore throat & dry eyes, such as lemon, lavender, lemongrass, clove, cinnamon, chamomile, peppermint, eucalyptus radiata, basil and especially holy basil. 6. If you have a HEPA air purifier- please do keep these running until the Haze warnings have stopped. 7. Apply oil to the inner nostrils: ghee, sesame seed oil or coconut oil to protect the air passages from dryness associated with being in the air con for long periods. 8. Use Manuka honey to coat your throat if it’s getting dry OR a natural throat spray/ cough syrup advised a naturopathic doctor/ health practitioner. 9.Drink teas that are soothing for the respiratory passages: Holy Basil, Marshmallow Root, Licorice, Lavender and Chamomile, Peppermint and Clove. Consult with a Naturopathic Doctor/ health practitioner on dosing and safety. **Avoid liquorice if you have high BP. 10. Use a throat gargle at night before bed: Simmer 2 cups of water with 1/2 tsp of Himalayan salt, 1/2 tsp of turmeric and 2 whole cloves. Simmer down to 1 cup of water. Use the gargle for the whole family. 11. Drink lots of filtered water, broth and herbal teas throughout the day. 12. Increase your intake antioxidant-rich/ colourful foods: bowls of berries, carrot soup or juice, red pepper and pumpkin soups, green juices. 13. Consider using antioxidant supplementation such as elderberry syrup, vitamin C, and much more under the guidance of a Naturopathic Doctor/ health practitioner. **remember quality matters when it comes to supplements. ***Do seek out emergency care if you or a family member is struggling with breathing***
Kids DIY: How to Make a Bee House
Read moreMany kids are fascinated with insects, where they live, what they do and how they behave, but one thing is exploring, another is creating an actual home for them! It can seem like a difficult task, but with the right tools, materials and a little patience, you can actually create your own bee house, even at 3 years old! Claire Seabrook takes us through the steps of making a home for the bees. — At Wildlings we love exploring All Things Bugs! When we go on our bugs discovery journeys, we always pose the following questions during this inquiry to help guide our exploration into this topic: What are insects? Where do they live? What do they do? How do they behave? Why are they important? What can we do to help them to thrive? We value working as a team and challenging ourselves to get outside of our comfort zones. We value the child-led approach to learning, but also learning together, parents with their children, recognising that all of us have a life-long learner inside. With this in mind we explored the idea of an activity to do at Forest School which would require teamwork, new skills, patience and an element of risk and result in the satisfaction of creating something using our own hands which is useful for insects, functional, and not bad to look at too! So the result is this tutorial on how to work together with your child to make a house for solitary bees. We did successfully manage this during one of our adult accompanied sessions for 3 to 6 year olds and we would love to share our experience with you. Read on!
Natural Ways To Kids Health
Read moreBack to school! And with this, we’re also back to catching colds, tummy bugs and battling with energy levels! Our Naturopathic Doctor, Sairupa Krishmanurti gives you 4 healthy natural alternatives to improving your kids’ health. Kid’s Are Supposed to Get Colds! I always tell the parents I work with that our kid’s main job is education! That is, immune system education! From 6 months onwards infants and kids are building and educating their immune system. Oftentimes this involves a few (or more) illnesses. But how much is too much? Illnesses can be incredibly stressful for parents- though, getting colds approximately 4 times/ year is completely normal for kids and possibly even more frequently for kids under 5 years old. We all want to do our best to give our kids a super healthy immune system and to minimize the frequency and duration of illnesses as much as possible. The following are a few tips and tricks to consider to help your child have optimal health!
5 Health Benefits of Green Tea
Read moreWho wouldn't love indulging in a cup of tea? We brew ourselves a cup to help us unwind after a busy day, and love to share a pot of tea with our family during meals. And sometimes, we grab an iced version of this beverage on a hot day to help cool off.
Is 5G Radiation Dangerous?
Read moreMicrowaves, Induction cookers, 3G and 4G networks. The increase in sources of radiation have increased with a ferocious pace in the past 10 years, and while evidence for its causes and effects are slowly being unveiled, it’s becoming a question on many people’s lips: Is all this radiation good for us? Alaka Skinner and Max Chua give us the latest updates and views, also on the latest addition: 5G Networks: — While adopting the latest wireless technology is important to Singapore and its goals of being a ‘Smart Nation’, it is equally important to consider the significant adverse health effects that such technologies can potentially bring. The recent announcement about plans to deploy 5G networks in Singapore – starting from 2020 with full island-wide coverage expected by 2023 – makes it even more critical that we focus on the health hazards that could be associated with this technology. Indeed, the 5G network will be on top of existing, already dense 3G and 4G networks, which means that the public will be faced with a huge increase in the already high radiation exposure levels in Singapore.
6 Ways to get More Vitamin D
Read more“You need to be in the sun to get Vitamin D”, “You shouldn’t be in the sun, you’ll get cancer'”. Government guidelines are also telling us to cover up and wear sunscreen to prevent skin cancer, yet skin cancer rates are at an all-time high! Is it any wonder we are all so confused today? Let’s take a look at this important vitamin, how we can get it – and what to do about that sun!
How to Grow a Mango
Read moreMango’s are lush, scrumptious and a great eat for breakfast and snack or in salads and desserts. Just imagine if you could pick them off the tree in your own backyard… Well, actually you can and it’s not even that much of a toughie to grow! Here are Shiokfarm‘s Claire Chabrieres 4 easy step on how to grow your own mango! Mango #1 Once you are done eating your mango, make sure you keep the pit. Clean it well to remove all its hair. Inside the mango pit, there is a seed. Carefully cut along the length of the pit to get to the seed – be careful not to cut too deeply and damage the seed. Seed #2 Once the seed has been collected, wrap it in a damp paper (tissue, cotton ball) and place it in a sealed jar. Make sure the jar stays moist and let the seed germinate for 2 to 3 weeks. Once shoots start to appear, your seed is ready to be planted. Planting #3 You can, therefore, deposit the seed in the soil while being careful to leave the stem out of the soil. It is indeed this part that will grow and become the shrub! For a seed to germinate it needs water, nutrients and light. To provide these, use highly nutritive soil. For instance, 2/3 of black organic soil and 1/3 of compost (do not use clay soil for instance). Our tip is to place some rocks (if possible volcanic rocks) at the base of the pot so water can pass through the soil and not pool in the bottom of the pot. Place your pot near a window and make sure the soil is always moisturized by watering the pot whenever needed. Rooting #4 After a few months, your seed would have grown into a little bush. You might want to transfer it to a bigger pot so that it has room to grow. You will need to wait a little bit before it gives you its first fruits, probably 5 to 8 years… But it is definitely worth the wait: nothing beats fresh mangoes from the garden for breakfast!
Infertility – What can we do about it?
19th September, 2019
8 Tips on What to Do with Food Waste
16th September, 2019
Haze – How to Protect Ourselves
11th September, 2019
Kids DIY: How to Make a Bee House
10th September, 2019
Natural Ways To Kids Health
5th September, 2019
5 Health Benefits of Green Tea
26th August, 2019
Is 5G Radiation Dangerous?
21st August, 2019
6 Ways to get More Vitamin D
15th August, 2019
How to Grow a Mango
8th August, 2019
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