About Us

At Natural Health Medicine we guide and support you from how you feel now to where you want to be with your health. We do this through a strategic treatment plan designed especially for you, using clinical nutrition and naturopathic approaches.

About Maria Harpas

Maria Harpas is Natural Health Medicine’s qualified clinical nutritionist and naturopath and will be working with you on the best treatment plan for your needs. Everyone’s health goals can be different. Maria will help to clarify and order your particular goals, and work with you to create the results you want. More about Maria’s experience and qualifications.

The ‘ultimate diet’ vs. ‘you’

Diet and nutrition has the potential to change everything: your body, your mind and how you feel. Yet there is profound disagreement about the 'ultimate diet'. The conversation around nutrition is largely dominated by the publishing industry, not the scientific community of natural health care professionals.

It is not possible to have a single diet for all of humanity. The human body is unique to each individual. That’s why we ‘tailor’ a treatment plan that is suited to your particular needs.

The one common denominator…

…that has been discovered in traditional cultures (whose dietary regimens are varied and many) is the absence of processed and non-organic foods. So while we may recommend certain supplements, we also offer manageable ways of increasing whole foods into your diet.

Many ways to help

Everyone’s different, not just in physical makeup but also in personality. What health approach is manageable for one person might be highly stressful for another.

That is why we have a large variety of effective, proven health strategies to choose from. There will be one that suits you. We are in this together, finding ways that are going to work for you and have a positive impact on every facet of your life. It is also vital that we create real solutions that last.

How do we help through clinical nutrition?

We provide general nutritional information, including:

• eating practices that will help you best
• food preparation
• different dietary approaches etc.

How do we help through naturopathy?

We support you with making recommended dietary and lifestyle changes by:

• building upon what you already know
• enhancing your physical self-awareness
• prescribing – where appropriate – herbs and supplements

Working as a team

We are happy to work as a team with the other health practitioners, such as: GPs, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, etc. to create the best results for your health that we can.

Giving referrals

If we think another health practitioner would be better suited to helping you with your situation, then we will explain why this is the case, who the best practitioner(s) will be and why.

Find out more about our approach: how we work
Or contact us to find out how Maria Harpas can help you.

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