Cassandra Turp Integrative Naturopath

10/04/2024

19/09/2023

Watching the sunrise with my soulmate in the artesian hot baths
🧡🧡☀️

25/05/2023

Eat the rainbow 🌈 for a healthy gut & winter wellness. Load up on fresh fruit & veggies🥕🥑🥗🥦 Be like this guy 👇🏻

13/05/2023

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there 🌺🌸💗🌺🌸💗I’ll be hangin with these two crazies 😜

07/03/2023

Happy International Women’s day!
🌸🌸🌸
I’m at Goodlife Mornington just chatting about all things womens health & hormones and all the stuff that goes along with peri menopause.
🌿 diet/ digestion & metabolic health for women over 35
🌿stress/ energy & sleep
🌿increased pain
🌿weight gain
🌿PMS
And lots more.

17/01/2023

To all my peri/ menopausal women….
Your welcome!

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05/08/2022

I Love a bit of food as medicine & this is a little reminder that we need lots of variety in our diet not only for our gut health but to be able to make happy neurotransmitters.
It’s not a complete list but a good start.
Reach out if you need a little support with your energy, sleep, stress or hormones. 💚🌿🥦🥕

THE SPECTRUM OF DIETARY NEUROTRANSMITTERS

When I eat plant foods, I am reminded that I'm not just eating macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, fat), micronutrients (vitamins, minerals), and phytonutrients (polyphenols, carotenoids, alkaloids, organosulfur compounds), but also neurotransmitters (and hormones).

The research doesn't clearly conclude that eating food sources of intact neurotransmitters changes our systemic neurotransmitters to the extent that they influence brain levels. Yet, I think it's interesting to begin to think about all the many ways that these molecules might be having activity in the body beyond their traditional roles in the brain.

Perhaps they are not just 'neurotransmitters' but plant messengers to our cells that modify function. It's interesting how initial terms (like 'neurotransmitters' or 'hormones') given to biological or botanical compounds may be limiting in scope once we find out their actual functions. After all, plants are expansive, like us.

Conversely, it is possible that eating foods rich in what we refer to as "neurotransmitters" has similar results to how they work in the brain. In other words, it would be fascinating to study whether eating plantains and pineapples leads to greater serotonin levels and resulting shifts in mood or whether eating more mung beans, peas, and spinach can help us with memory.

In the meantime, I'll keep eating my rainbow of plants!

03/03/2022

Seeing this makes it feel real!! Finally I get to marry my best mate this weekend & spend precious time with friends & family. Can’t wait to celebrate 💍🤵‍♂️👰‍♀️🎉🥳

03/02/2022

Who’s in with me? It’s time for a reset after the holidays and this is a great way to do it. All the meal plans & recipes included and a special box of goodies to help you along the way. I’m looking forward to this after waaaaay too much fun over the silly season😜 https://www.peninsulaherbaldispensary.com.au/product/nourish-you-14-day-cleanse/

07/11/2021

Weekend adventures in Bright 🌲☀️so nice to get away & spend time in nature.

09/09/2021

We have babies 🦆 💕

10/08/2021

Picnic in the paddock 🧺 This is how I get a break, pack their backpacks full of snacks & send them off on an adventure with walkie talkies and a kelpie 🌳🐕