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BRNT NEWS Issue 2 June 2012
Magazine Newsletter of Bracken Ridge Natural Therapies
How’s your
immune system?
MIND BODY SPIRIT
FESTIVAL
29th June—1st July
Sunshine By Bronwyn Kennedy
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CONTENTS
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How is your Immune
System?
Principle # 3—Sunshine
Meet the Team
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Calendar
What’s happening at KSA
Mind Body Spirit Festival
Winter Warmer Soup Recipe
Contact us?
Bracken Ridge Natural Therapies
9/57 Gawain Rd
Bracken Ridge, QLD, 4017
Missed our last Newsletter? Read it HERE
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Do you like the new magazine?
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Meet the Team!
Meet your Practitioners at Bracken Ridge Natural Therapies
Bryan Smith—Behavioural Optometrist
Bryan Smith, provides both traditional Optometrist consultations and
Developmental and Behavioural Optometry consultations. Bryan has a special
interest in Children’s Vision, Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation and Sports Vision.
Bryan assesses the “whole” visual system to achieve better vision and sensory
integration.
The Two Visual Systems - Central and Peripheral Vision
Neuroscientific literature has identified that the visual system has two visual
pathways referred to as central and peripheral (also referred to as Focal/
Parvocellular and Ambient/Magnocellular Pathway). The central vision is
concerned with form and colour. The peripheral vision is concerned with
movement and depth perception and is generally considered to be crucially
involved in motion processing.
Assessing the “whole” visual system
Normally, an optometrist measures eye aiming and focusing, which are controlled by the central and
autonomic nervous systems respectively, while working in front of a Phoropter filled with lenses.
Peripheral vision function is not taken into consideration.
Brian works with integrating the whole visual system enabling him to help people with eye turns,
motion sickness/vertigo, Autistic spectrum disorders, tunnel vision/depth perception, anxiety & spatial
organization issues, attention deficit disorders & Learning difficulties.
Bryan is available Tuesdays 9am to 5:30pm
A Comparison between Central and Peripheral Vision
Central vision Peripheral vision
"What is it" (object recognition) function "Where Am I / Where is it" function
Involves only central vision Involves entire visual field
Largely conscious Largely sub-conscious
Works in isolation Integrates with other sensory systems
Enables object identification and perception of
shape and colour
Enables visually guided movement such as pointing
along with posture, balance and movement
Danny Liddell
Kinesiologist
Evelin Liddell
Kinesiologist
Michael McCloskey
Kinesiologist
Bronwyn Kennedy
Kinesiologist
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How’s your
Immune System?
With the cold weather now upon us, how are
you making sure that your body can fight off
all of those nasty bacteria and viruses just
waiting to take you over and leaving you in a
blithering, snotty heap on the couch
watching Judge Judy and re-runs of
MacGyver?
There are some very simple things you can do
to make sure your body is strong enough to
win the battle, who needs Judge Judy when
you can be living your own life vibrantly!
What is the Immune System?
The immune / lymphatic system consists of
tissues and cells that protect the body against
attack from foreign invaders. It is comprised
of:
White blood cells
The tonsils
The thymus gland
The liver and spleen
The lymphatic system
The bone marrow
The mucous membranes in the gut
and respiratory tract.
Exercise:
Yes, I know but it’s cold outside and it’s hard
to get motivated, BUT keeping moving as it is
critical to your immune function. Your lymphatic
system is one of your main lines of defence and
contains a fluid called lymph fluid and lymph nodes
which are the main processing area of the lymphatic
system (think about how your glands swell in your
neck under your chin when you aren’t feeling so
well!). The lymph fluid in your body contains white
bloods cells and transports bacteria from the cells
and organs of your body to lymph nodes where the
bacteria is destroyed. So the question is, how does
the lymph move through the body? MOVEMENT!
Lymph is moved through the body by the
contraction of muscle! So when it gets cold outside
KEEP MOVING so that you can keep those harmful
bacteria out of body!
Garlic:
Studies show that garlic
contains allicin, a
compound with a natural
antibiotic-like effect. It is
antibacterial, antifungal,
antiparasitic, and antiviral, but it must be consumed
raw to have this effect.
Garlic is a true SUPERFOOD, it has also been shown
to reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, cancer,
heavy-metal intoxication, infectious diseases,
hypertension, free-radical damage, and immune
deficiency states (Abdullah et al, 1988).
Vitamin C:
Vitamin C is said to
increase the production
of white blood cells and
antibodies and helps your
body to absorb Iron.
Vitamin C is essential for healthy function of the
body, but we cannot store it, so we need to ensure
that we eat foods that contain Vitamin C in our diet
NOW is the time to make sure you’re
prepared for Winter!
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every day! Some foods that contain Vitamin C are,
Red Capsicum, Strawberries, Oranges, Brussels
Sprouts, Broccoli, Grapefruit, Cantaloupe, Dark
Leafy Greens, Paw Paw, Cabbage and Tomatoes.
You can also supplement your diet with vitamin C
Supplements! We stock GNLD Vitasquares which
are especially for children!
Flavanoids:
Flavanoids work with Vitamin C to protect cells in
body fluids like the blood and lymph. Each
enhances the absorption and action of the other.
Flavanoids improve your immune function, as well
as reducing the risk of heart disease, anti-
inflammatory action and protects from free
radicals. Flavanoids are the main reason we hear
every now and then that told wine and chocolate
could actually be good for us!
Flavanoids are found in blue, purple and magenta
foods like onion, beetroot, lettuce, berries,
cabbage, kale, spinach, asparagus, kidney beans
and many more green vegetables and beans, Dill,
Thyme, Tea (Green & Black) and red wine.
Carotenoids:
Carotenoids are naturally occurring in all coloured
vegetables, and improve our immune function.
They have been linked to oxidation-preventing
mechanisms and are therefore efficient free-radical
scavengers.
Does this all sound a bit too confusing?
If you want to be as healthy and vibrant as
MacGyver make sure that you excerise regularly
and have a diet full of colourful fruit and vegtables!
It’s as simple as that!
If that all gets too
hard sometimes and
you start to feel a bit
run down, increase
your intake of Garlic
and Fruit and
Vegetables!
We’ve even given
you some fantastic
Juice recipes to try!
Winter Immunity
Juices!
Got a juicer that you never use? Well before you
reach for the supplements or the cold and flu
tablets dust of your juicer and get some raw living
nutrients into you!
Evelin’s Immune Builder
1 handful watercress
1 turnip, scrubbed, tops removed, ends trimmed
3 carrots, scrubbed well, tops removed, ends
trimmed
1 – 2 garlic cloves
½ green apple such as Granny Smith
1 lemon, peeled
Bunch up watercress. Cut produce to fit your
juicer’s feed tube. Tuck the watercress in feed
tube and push through with the turnip. Finish with
remaining ingredients. Stir the juice, pour into a
glass, and drink as soon as possible. Serves 1
Source: The Juice Lady’s Turbo Diet by Cherie Calbom
The Hulk
2 cups orange juice
½ cup pecans
2 Tbsp Wheat grass juice
2 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
1 tsp Flaxseed Oil
Make this drink whenever you feel weak, fatigued
or overwhelmed.
Source: Don Tolman
Immune Booster Juice
1 stick celery
1 ripe tomato
1 pear
½ beetroot
1 carrot
2 dandeliion leaves or cabbage leaves
½ cm slice fresh ginger root
1 clove garlic (optional)
½ red onion
1 slice of fresh pineapple
Source: Dr Sandra Cabot
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Our bodies, like plants and other living organisms
on this earth, require sunshine to grow, develop,
repair and regenerate. Without natural sunlight
we are far more susceptible to cancer,
depression, obesity, osteoporosis and many
other diseases so I find the debates about how
the sun is dangerous and is killing us a little
ignorant and mis informed.
By allowing our skin and body to receive the light
from the sun, our skin creates a photo-electric
response so that our body can make Vitamin D.
This vitamin helps the entire bone structure of the
body, the circulatory system, maintains normal
heart rhythm and helps every cell in the body
regulate its function better. The UV rays that
create vitamin D in our body also help to control
bacterial and viral overwhelm.
The problem with most people today is that they
are mal-illuminated. We are indoors in our office
all day and by the time we walk out it is dark.
The media and western medicine tell us to coat
ourselves with sunscreen when we do go outside
(which contain toxic chemicals that put even
more stress on system) and for four weeks of the
year during our annual leave we take a holiday
and burn ourselves to a crisp.
So how can we get adequate sunshine and thus
the vitally important vitamin D?
People who have nutritional deficiencies
caused by consuming soft drinks,
processed foods, white flour and refined
sugars are more susceptible to sunburns so
clean up your diet.
Expose at least 70 -80% of your body to the
sun for 20 - 30 minutes every
day that you can (without using chemical
sun screen) Even better, grab a water
bottle, go for a walk and breath in some
fresh air.
Remember the hours before 11am and
after 2pm are usually less intense
heat and will ensure the best and
healthiest results in a 20 - 30 minute
period.
Don’t always wear sunglasses. The eyes
are the gateway to telling your body
when it is day and night. They also tell the
body to produce more melatonin which
helps protect the skin from burning. You
are more likely to get burnt wearing
sunglasses than not.
As with all the principles of health that have
been mentioned in the past months.
Everything in moderation! Get some sun daily,
put a hat on and cover up if you are going to
be out in the sun during the hotter parts of the
day. Drink lots of water. Eat fresh fruit and
veggies and be grateful for the day.
Cheers
Bronwyn
Principle #3: Sunshine THE SUN: Friend or Foe?
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GNLD VITA-SQUARES Children’s Chewable tablets
Improve Concentration, Learning and
Memory
Build Resistance to Coughs & Colds
Perfect for kids that are ‘picky’ eaters and
won’t eat their vegetables.
Vita-squares contain a balanced formula
of vitamins, chelated minerals to improve
absorption, and lipids and sterols.
Support children’s physical and mental
growth and development and emotional
wellbeing.
Winter Special—GNLD Vita-squares
Contact us at Bracken Ridge Natural Therapies (07) 3261 5436
Was $36
NOW Only $28
For July ONLY
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT OPEN NIGHT
July 4th 2012 6-8:30pm
At Kinesiology Schools Australia
9/57 Gawain Rd
Bracken Ridge, QLD, 4017
See MAP
COME and take a look at our facilities
Meet our Lecturers
Learn about how you can start your career as a Kinesiologist!
See a demonstration of Kinesiology in ACTION!
Enrol on the Night
Ask any questions you would like to!
Looking for an alternative to conventional
Sanitary Products?
Anion Sanitary pads are non-toxic, more
hygienic and offer more absorption than any
other pad!
Includes an Anion strip that emits negative
ions which help to inhibit growth of bacteria
and viruses, promoting comfort and safety,
and keeps you drier for longer.
On sale at BRNT come in and get your
Free Sample Pack today!
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HALF PRICE ENTRY TO THE MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL
Half price entry to the Mind Body Spirit Festival for you and your friends and family! Simply print this page, fill out
the voucher, cut it out and take it with you to the Festival to claim your half price ticket!
We will be there offering FREE 10 min Kinesiology balances!
What a great opportunity to experience Kinesiology and share it with your friends and family!
SEE YOU THERE!
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CALENDAR
What’s Happening at Bracken Ridge Natural Therapies?
July 27th—29th
NEURAL ORGANISATION
THERAPY — Module 1
(3 Module Advanced Course) N.O.T is one of the most
advanced Kinesiology therapies available. Under the
guidance of Trevor Savage and Danny Liddell,
practitioners will gain valuable techniques and
knowledge that will help take your practice to a
professional level and provide the skills for success.
Click here for more info….
July 21st —Byron Bay
HOMEOPATHY FOR THE FAMILY
This is a course for every parents. Make parenting easy.
Bumps, bruises, sprains, bites, colds, flu, tonsillitis, burns,
tummy upsets and many other minor problems that
often occur. A must for everyone, especially if you
have kids.
Click here for more info….
Sept 2012
CERTIFICATE IV IN KINESIOLOGY
Our Certificate IV graduates qualify at practitioner
level and can go straight into the workforce as
Kinesiology consultants
Click here for more info….
June 28th—July 1st
MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL
Come see us at the Mind, Body, Spirit festival at the RNA
showgrounds this year, see earlier in the Mag for more
details!
6pm—8:30 pm July 4th
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT OPEN
NIGHT
Come and check out the college and meet the
lectures if you are interested in starting your study as a
Kinesiologist!
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INGREDIENTS (serves 2)
1 tbs Coconut Oil
1 onion, chopped
1 long red chilli, seeds removed,
finely chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 cup red lentils, rinsed, drained
1L (4 cups) chicken or vegetable stock
Biodynamic natural yoghurt, to serve
Warm up with this Fast Winter Soup
METHOD
1. Heat the coconut oil in a large saucepan
over medium heat, add the onion, chilli,
celery and carrot and cook for 2-3
minutes.
2. Add cumin and coriander and cook,
stirring, for a further minute.
3. Add the red lentils and chicken or
vegetable stock, bring to boil and simmer
for 8-10 minutes or until lentils are
tender.
4. Season with salt and pepper. Serve in
Full of hearty vegetables, this speedy winter soup will warm you up from
the inside out.
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Bracken Ridge Natural Therapies
9/57 Gawain Road
Bracken Ridge, QLD 4017
www.kinesiologyschools.com.au
(07) 3261 5436