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Within reference range vs optimal blood test results. What you need to know to feel better.
There is a frustrating grey area that I work with in my clinic often, which is the gap between the clients 'within normal range' blood...

Catherine Garney
Apr 179 min read
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NAC - what it is and how can be helpful for both male and female fertility issues
Find out how NAC can be beneficial for unexplained infertility, poor egg and sperm quality and fertility over the age of 40.

Catherine Garney
Feb 173 min read
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Molluscum Contagiosum – Jenah’s story
There is a common childhood viral skin condition called molluscum contagiosum, which is a real beast to deal with. Little miss Jenah had...

Catherine Garney
Jan 293 min read
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Optimising male fertility when there is a global decline in sperm health
Infertility can affect both the male and female, but very often the focus is on the female, which is understandable as they will grow and...

Catherine Garney
May 17, 202411 min read
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Infertility burnout; the physical and emotional consequence of a long journey trying to conceive.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines burnout as an `occupational phenomenon’ a state of physical and emotional exhaustion...

Catherine Garney
Mar 8, 20244 min read
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Getting back on track after accidental gluten exposure
If you have coeliac disease (are gluten intolerant or have other food intolerances) eating out can be especially challenging. Despite our...

Catherine Garney
Dec 15, 20234 min read
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Could silent low-grade inflammation be the cause of your unexplained infertility?
I have been doing a lot of research recently about silent low-grade inflammation and its role in unexplained infertility and recurring...

Catherine Garney
Sep 5, 202316 min read
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Nutritional Factors that Impair Skin Healing
Most of us, from time to time, get skin rashes or wounds that usually heal and resolve quickly. Sometimes though, skin rashes or wounds...

Catherine Garney
May 2, 202310 min read
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Low Testosterone, an important but often overlooked issue with fertility and female hormones.
A factor that is often overlooked when assessing hormones for a female client with infertility is low testosterone. This is because...

Catherine Garney
Apr 14, 20239 min read
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Secondary Infertility, Common Causes, and the Connection with Postnatal Depletion
Secondary infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant or carry a pregnancy to a live birth following a previous successful...

Catherine Garney
Jan 24, 202316 min read
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Estrogen Dominance – what it is and what you can do naturally to find hormone harmony
Estrogen dominance is a hormone imbalance that affects as many as 70% of women over the age of 35 and beyond. It occurs when there is...

Catherine Garney
Sep 9, 202213 min read
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Why am I always bloated? A look at the common causes and how you can find relief.
Bloating is a very common problem that affects us all from time to time, however excess or chronic bloating is a sign that your digestive...

Catherine Garney
Aug 16, 202210 min read
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Is your sporty kid or teenager deficient in magnesium?
Magnesium is a very important macro `major’ mineral that is required daily by our bodies in quite substantial amounts. Yet it is one of...

Catherine Garney
Mar 23, 20225 min read
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Recurrent chemical pregnancies – when your body keeps saying no, time and time again
I didn’t even know what a chemical pregnancy was until I had suffered my first one in 2010, which was when my first son was around 18...

Catherine Garney
Feb 17, 202215 min read
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Is stress and adrenal dysfunction affecting your ability to conceive?
Anyone who has been on an infertility journey will have been told at some stage by well-meaning friends and relatives to `just relax and...

Catherine Garney
Nov 3, 202111 min read
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Trying to conceive? Why you should avoid ALL sources of folic acid in favour of methylfolate
In New Zealand recently folic acid has hit the headlines as the government is considering adding it to flour for bread making to help...

Catherine Garney
Aug 26, 20217 min read
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Boron, an underrated mineral that is important for hormone balance and fertility over the age of 40
Boron was a supplement that I started taking about 3 months before I got pregnant naturally at age 43 after 10 years of secondary...

Catherine Garney
May 7, 20215 min read
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Tips to help you and your gut survive the festive season
Christmas can be a wonderful time of year for relaxing and catching up with friends and family. Even with the best intentions, it can be...

Catherine Garney
Dec 20, 20205 min read
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Nutrition and lifestyle support to promote healthy ovulation
Delayed or absent ovulation can happen to most women from time to time it sure did with me, however, if it happens quite regularly then...

Catherine Garney
Dec 8, 20205 min read
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Is Iodine deficiency affecting your thyroid and fertility?
A large percentage of the NZ population is deficient in the trace mineral Iodine. Could you be one of them? Iodine is a trace mineral...

Catherine Garney
Oct 8, 20203 min read
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