Blogs from IMI Practitioners
The Ketogenic diet: 3 important factors to consider
IMI’s naturopathic physician Dr Joelle Bradford (ND) has helped many clients to achieve good results with the Ketogenic diet. In...
The most amazing antioxidant and detoxifier: sulphoraphane in broccoli seed extract
Sleep tight with magnesium glycinate
An alarming 60-70% of Hong Kong residents are magnesium-deficient, according to a recent Government study. Magnesium deficiency has been associated...
Overcome insomnia with Traditional Chinese medicine
Glutathione – the master detoxifier and mother of all antioxidants
Glutathione is a disease buster and as such is probably the single most important molecule in your body. It is...
What can you do to sleep better?
Why am I not pregnant yet?
Infertility or subfertility is defined as an inability to conceive or carry a baby to term after one year of...
Are smartphones ruining your posture?
How many hours do you think you spend hunched over your smartphone? The answer is probably too many. Waiting for a...
Stress: is it controlling you?
People in Hong Kong are “stressed out!” This is something we hear often. Any why is that? Increasingly, people are...
How to boost your fertility and IVF success
Glutathione: the master antioxidant and detoxifier
Glutathione is a very important molecule that helps your immune system to fight infections, and is also a key to...
How metabolic testing takes the guesswork out of candida treatment
A new approach to IBS treatment: addressing small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
Gut instinct – eczema, arthritis, chronic fatigue or depression. Are your health issues caused by your gut?
Male infertility: 10 factors that affect sperm count and morphology
Homeopathy for athletes and sports enthusiasts
You may be surprised to hear that a number of top athletes use homeopathy to help them maintain their highest...
Surviving Hong Kong air pollution
A glance out of the window and you often have an idea of how clean the air is, or not,...
Introducing triple P – Positive Parenting Programme
When it comes to raising kids and teenagers, everyone has an opinion. So, as a parent, when confronted with one...
Chinese herbal medicine: twice as effective for infertility as conventional therapy
A natural therapy for morning sickness
As a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, people often ask me whether TCM is safe during pregnancy. When TCM is...
Depression and anxiety: you don’t need to suffer in silence or alone
Have you or your loved one experienced difficulties with depression and anxiety? Are you aware of some of the signs:...
Turning breech babies and preparing mothers for labour
I wrote about how Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can help relieve morning sickness. This time I would like to talk about...
Could the foods you crave be making you ill?
Prevent antibiotics – take a natural approach to boost your child’s immunity
Homeopathic medicine for women’s hormonal health: from painful periods, mood swings, to menopausal issues
As women our most complicated functions are controlled by specific glands, which send chemical messengers to activate and control growth,...
Curing allergies and food intolerances
The Yin and Yang of hormonal balance: a Traditional Chinese medicine perspective
Hormones are chemical messengers that influence the way our cells and organs function. There are many different types of hormones...
A natural and integrative approach to the different phases of pregnancy
Managing anxiety and panic attacks with homeopathy
We all experience anxiety or nervousness from time to time. When we deliver a presentation or speech, before taking an...
Emotional wellbeing for pregnancy
Having a baby can be one of the most rewarding and enriching experience life has to offer. It can deepen...
Managing diabetes with homeopathy
World Health Organization (WHO), estimates that 347 million people in the world population today have been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes...
Support your kid’s health with homeopathy
As the summer holidays are drawing to a close and families are returning to Hong Kong, parents and children are...
A Happy New Year: understanding depression and the natural solutions
Food intolerances in adults
From a naturopath’s point of view, the gut is considered the cause of many health issues, not just those related...
Methylation: why does it matter to your health?
Have you ever wondered why some people react more poorly to environmental factors such as pollution and stress compared to...
Protect yourself from the harmful effects of air pollution
Some IMI clients have reported that their problems from pollution were so severe, they were considering leaving Hong Kong. Studies...