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Probiotics & Prebiotics. What are they? Do I need them?

October 12, 2015
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Nutrition

Confused about the difference between Probiotics & Prebiotics? Let us break it down for you, read on to find out what they are, the benefits of Probiotics and Prebiotics. Who might need them and which foods to eat to get them into your diet. What are Probiotics? Live bacteria which are beneficial for our health, especially the digestive system.  In Greek “pro” means promoting and “biotic” means life, so they “promote life”. Benefits of Probiotics: Help to relieve symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome – IBS (abdominal pain and bloating, constipation and diarrhoea) and maintain a healthy digestive system. Help to prevent obesity, and therefore, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Hypertension. Help pregnant women to prevent allergies (including eczema and hay fever) in their children, if consumed when pregnant. Help to maintain a healthy...

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Healthy Spiced Apple Muffins – Wheat, Dairy & Sugar Free

September 21, 2015
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Nutrition

Spiced Apple Muffins Featuring Cinnamon and Ginger These spiced apple muffins remind me of apple and cinnamon porridge, and they are healthy enough to be eaten for breakfast. They are free of wheat, dairy and refined sugar. Ingredients: 1 cup coconut flour ½ cup rolled oats (I used wheat free) ½ cup desiccated coconut ½ cup roughly chopped walnuts 6 pitted, chopped, fresh dates (depending on your sweetness preference) 2 teaspoons Cinnamon powder 2 teaspoons Ginger powder 1 teaspoon vanilla (I used powder but liquid extract or paste can be used too) Pinch of Celtic or Himalayan salt 2 cups almond (or coconut) milk (this sounds like a lot but coconut flour absorbs heaps of liquid) – I used Carew Kitchen fresh almond milk in a glass bottle because it does not have additives, unlike the stuff...

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Resistant Starch – The new Fibre?

August 24, 2015
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Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine, Nutrition

Resistant Starch… the new Fibre? Most of us have heard of soluble and insoluble fibre. but what about resistant starch?  It’s the third type of fibre.  The definition is “the sum of starch and products of starch degradation not absorbed in the small intestine of healthy individuals”. Benefits: Essential for diabetics because it improves insulin sensitivity and lowers blood glucose levels.  Additionally, it has a ‘second-meal effect’ so it lowers the insulin spike at the next meal too. Helpful for weight loss because it reduces appetite.  Resistant starch is a food for our gut bacteria.  When beneficial bacteria eat fibre they produce butyrate which is a short-term fatty acid that promotes fat burning. Beneficial for the large intestine because it lowers inflammation, which is present in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative...

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Study Nutrition – Wellpark College, AKL, New Zealand.

August 10, 2015
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Courses, Nutrition

Study Nutrition  - Why study at Wellpark College, Auckland, New Zealand? You may be wondering what the difference is between studying Nutrition at Wellpark College compared to studying Nutrition or Dietetics through a university.  Wellpark teaches ‘holistic’ Nutrition, whereas universities teach ‘conventional/mainstream’ Nutrition. When I hear the words ‘conventional’ and ‘mainstream’ I imagine the Heart Foundation’s food pyramid, which they have now changed to the “Heart Healthy Visual Food Guide”.  Their new version has some slight improvements, like separating grains from vegetables and fruit by moving them up to the next level labelling them “eat some” instead of “eat most”.  However, from studying at Wellpark I know that it is still flawed.  From what I have learnt at Wellpark, I know that eating this way does not...

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Food choices to help with Anxiety and Panic Attacks

July 28, 2015
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Nutrition

Micronutrients and Mental Health  Wellpark Nutrition Student shares the food choices that he finds helps with Anxiety and Panic Attacks. While shopping I picked up the Listener (July 4-10, 2015) as the front cover caught my eye. It read, “Diet v Drugs: The Pill Chill”. It went on to state, how “brain-essential nutrients” like zinc, vitamins B & D and omega-3 are found to be easing mood disorders, ADHD & stress. Great, I thought, I must have it and took the magazine home. In this article, “Diet v Drugs: The Pill Chill”, Julia Rucklidge, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Canterbury points out studies suggesting little has changed in the treatment of mental health. Those suffering from mental health illnesses are on a mish-mash of...

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A career as a Nutritionist!

July 22, 2015
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Nutrition

Kelly Joseph was the winner of Wellpark College Silver Jubilee Smoothie Challenge and part of Kelly's $13500.00 prize package was a full scholarship to study Wellpark's 2 year Diploma in Nutrition. Kelly tells us why she wants a career as a Nutritionist. [envira-gallery id="2518"] We already know that Kelly can make an amazing Smoothie packed with healthy ingredients, but what else does Kelly love about Nutrition and cooking healthy food. When did you develop an interest in Nutrition and healthy eating? I think my interest came about after having children and thinking about the best way to give kids nutritious tasty food.  Kid's are often fussy eaters it is sometimes a struggle to figure out what appeals to them especially when we have such busy lives and are often on...

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Prostate Cancer and a Mediterranean Diet

July 7, 2015
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Nutrition

A pilot study to investigate if New Zealand men with prostate cancer benefit from a Mediterranean-style diet. Wellpark College's senior Nutrition Tutor, Sharon Erdrich has had another paper published in a peer-reviewed journal please. Sharon Erdrich​1, Karen S. Bishop2, Nishi Karunasinghe2, Dug Yeo Han3,Lynnette R. Ferguson1,2,3 On a global scale, prostate cancer is an important health consideration. It is the fourth most common cancer internationally, and in men ranks second only to lung cancer (Ferlay et al., 2012). Prostate cancer incidence is highest in developed nations, compared to less-developed countries, a difference that is only partially explained by the higher use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a screening tool in developed nations (Center et al., 2012). In New Zealand, cancer of the prostate is the third most...

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Why support the Junk Free June Campaign?

May 29, 2015
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Nutrition

[responsive][/responsive] “Junk Free June”. What is it? Well, to begin with I had to Google “Junk Free June” as I had only heard about it through my girlfriend who is going to do it and trying to get me to join her. Basically it’s a not for profit organization run by the Cancer Society that encourages people to eat healthier by cutting out junk food throughout the month of June while raising money for the Cancer Society. Even though I am not attempting it, it did get me thinking, what is junk food to me? I think that to a lot of people junk food is purely fast food or takeaways, foods such as hamburgers, hotdogs, chips etc which also partly rings true for me. Unfortunately I...

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The Wellpark College Silver Jubilee Smoothie challenge

May 8, 2015
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Nutrition

[separator headline="h1" title="The Silver Jubilee Smoothie challenge"] Enter Wellpark College's Silver Jubilee Smoothie Challenge and be in to win an amazing  prize package worth over $13,500 includes: a Full Scholarship to study our Diploma in Nutrition full-tim starting in February 2016 Gift Baskets from House of Camille, Harvest Wholefoods, Soulistic and Kokako. Vouchers for the Nutrition Clinic, Rina Poerwadi Holistic Aromatherapy, Bare Waxing and Skin Centre and HealthZone Therapeutic Massage Business Card Deal from SG Digital 2nd July 2015 1-1.30pm 6 Francis Street Grey Lynn Free entry, download the entry application here [separator headline="h2" title="Sponsored by:"] [one_third] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third] [one_third] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third] [one_third_last] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third_last] [one_third] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third] [one_third] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third] [one_third_last] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third_last] [one_third] [responsive][/responsive] [/one_third] [two_third_last] [responsive][/responsive] [/two_third_last] [two_third] [responsive][/responsive] [/two_third] [one_third_last] [/one_third_last]...

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Nutrition and Prostate Cancer

January 13, 2015
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Nutrition

The Teachers at Wellpark College are at the forefront of Research into Natural Health, whether they are delivering key note speeches at International Conferences or writing papers on their specialist subjects, our teachers never stand still. They are always presenting and researching reasons as to why we need an Integrated Health System. When you study with Wellpark College you become part of this vision for improved health and wellbeing for everyone. Sharon Erdrich is the Program Leader in Nutrition at Wellpark College. Sharon has just had an article published in "Nutrients" (Open Acess Human Nutrition Journal) and a poster presentation of her research was given at the conference of the NZ Society for Oncology in October 2014. The title of Sharon's article is " "An Investigation into the...

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