Sue Kira
Articles by Sue Kira
What does pH mean to the body?
pH is the ‘potential of hydrogen’, but in lay terms we are referring to the acid/alkaline balance of the body. pH is calibrated on a scale of 1 (very acidic) to 1
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The endocrine system is involved in all of the integrative aspects of life, including growth, sex differentiation, metabolism and adaptation to an ever changing environment. This system is connected
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Over the years many people have come to me wondering if they have an allergy or intolerance to food(s) that may be causing their symptoms. Symptoms that are often many and varied, such as headaches,
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Have you ever had viral infections? Fungal infections? Bacterial infections? Parasites?
These organisms can remain in your body, buried in your organs and tissues, doing damage to your health. Year
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All matter is made of atoms, molecules and compounds joined together in various patterns and united by energy in a common union. This is the relative cosmic energy of the universe and can be express
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In an age of increasing medical specialisation, complex medical procedures and expensive medications, many health-care consumers are interested in getting back to basics. They are looking for safe a
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Coeliac disease, (also called non-tropical spru, gluten sensitive enteropathy, or celiac spru) is a condition that involves an inability to digest gluten. Gluten is a tough elastic protein found in
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Many people these days are in to doing a liver and gall bladder flush using a heroic combination of olive oil and lemon juice, drunk in large quantities and followed by a chaser of Epsom salts. Ther
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The body uses a great deal of energy, processing and eliminating the vast number of toxins that our body produces each day. The body’s elimination system does not occur by chance, but by a chain o
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In my naturopathic clinic one of the most widely prescribed supplements is the essential fatty acids — fish oils, vitamin E and evening primrose oil. Because essential fatty acids deficiencies are
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Many of you are aware of my great interest in the importance of detoxification of the body to regain or maintain good health, and with this in mind I have in the past and now employed the use of col
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As a clinician who specialises in detoxification I have employed over the last 11 years the use of various methods to detoxify the body. The addition to the clinic of live blood analysis as a tool t
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The power of green plants in healing has been recognised throughout history. Many indigenous peoples — and all mammals except modern man — live primarily on grasses and green plants in times of
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There are a lot of people with problems with their ileocecal valve. The ileocecal valve (ICV) is the joining point between the large and small intestines. The valve has two primary functions. The fi
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Twenty years ago when I first started out in the world of naturopathy and was doing my clinic hours with a GP/naturopath in Sydney, the main observation that I noted was in his use of magnesium. He
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There is a definite correlation between the functioning of the mind and the body, and the mind has the dominant role. Conscious life has its beginnings within our own feelings, and emotions within o
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I started using live blood analysis in my naturopathic clinic over two years ago and hardly ever saw parasites in people’s blood, and yes I was looking, but in the last two months I have been seei
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Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of how the mind effects the nervous system and immune system to eventually effect the body by creating a physical manifestation of dis-ease or unwellness. There ar
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Most practitioners like myself find ourselves talking about the effects of stress to clients more often than not. Stress can be physical, mental and/or emotional, and is seen as a major contributor
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A healthy person is home to hundreds of different kinds of beneficial and friendly bacteria that inhabit mainly the digestive tract. It is estimated that there are more bacteria in the gut than ther
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During the process of giving a client colonic irrigation, we often see (through the waste outlet tube) undigested and often fermented food wastes (as well as the usual “old” compacted waste that
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With summer upon us once again we often have thoughts of going to the beach and generally getting out in the fresh air and sunshine. But then there’s the nagging in the back of the mind of how bad
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Recently there have been some interesting programs about parasites on television. This has raised a lot of interest in my clinic during Live Blood Analysis sessions, as quite often we see parasites
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Despite major changes in food production and technology, the eating habits of Western society over the last few decades have resulted in record levels of chronic degenerative disease as well as a my
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We have all had such a long hot summer and many people have been feeling overly tired from the effects of the heat. I have had practically every person who has come in for a live blood analysis comp
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One of the main causes of fatigue, toxemia, constipation, and premature aging is simply that most people don’t drink enough water. A common statement found in literature everywhere.
Water is invo
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