Prescribing Nature

25/08/2026

14/08/2026

What a great day at the Microba Poo Seminar! 😂🫣

It felt just like the old college days — back in the classroom, learning, sharing knowledge and diving deeper into the fascinating world of the gut microbiome. 🦠✨

Always learning, always expanding my knowledge so I can bring the latest insights back to the clinic. 💚

Cristina Vitellone Natural Medicine Practitioner Microba Herbolaria Apotheca

frankston

10/08/2026

Building the immune system with healthy food, healthy water, sunshine exposure and regular movement has always been the biggest protection against infections and it is the same for the animals. 👏👏👏👏👏

UPDATE
Bird flu virus, H5,is a big topic at the moment. A lot of big farms and pastured poultry farms are extremely scared and so are the wildlife groups.

"Anyone with 50 or more birds in the specified local government areas must house/confine their birds so they cannot have contact with wild birds or wildlife from outside the premises for the next 14 days."

I wanted to share some practical things that we, as farmers, big and small, can do that might seem small but can have a huge effect, instead of this one solution of locking up all poultry.

Background information.
The reality is that the rest of the world has been dealing with this H5 virus for a couple of years, and we've had two years to prepare.

We could talk about what the government should have been doing, such as eradicating feral animals like cats, foxes and rabbits to give our Australian mammals and birds a better chance of breeding, but let's not get into what should have been done.

Let's talk about what can be done now!
The first thing is uncontaminated water.
We used to get all our water from a beautiful five-acre lake located on the property. This lake has migratory birds, swans, ducks, geese and other beautiful birds.
As much as I love these birds, and we have designed this lake to be a sanctuary for them, collecting water from this lake to feed my chickens was a HUGE risk factor.

So, I installed a bore two years ago.
This bore pumps clean water from an old aquifer under the farm.A simple step. Maybe a little bit expensive to install, but something a farm could work towards.

The second biggest thing I've been working on diligently over the last two years is building gut health in my chickens.
The immune system works off a healthy gut. Without a healthy gut, we have no immune system.
So, we implemented fermented foods into our chickens' free-range system.
We now sprout wheat, and broad beans every day, but mainly wheat.
We feed this sprouted wheat to our chickens every morning.
This really helps build a healthy gut in poultry. We also give our chickens daily doses of vitamin C, apple c***r vinegar with garlic, and a mineral mix, which we get from https://www.vitec.com.au/

This simple daily routine has helped keep our chickens' immune systems extremely strong and we are getting epic egg production which feels like confirmation.
The other really important key factor for an immune system is vitamin D.
Which means our chickens need to be outside free-ranging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being outside also gives chickens access to fresh air, which helps keep their lungs clean.
Locking chickens in sheds 24 hours a day can result in terrible air quality.
Green grass also contains lots of amazing minerals that are essential for a healthy chicken immune system.

Over the last two years, we've made changes on our farm, and I'm really grateful that we had the time to prepare for this H5 bird flu.I hope you've learnt something that can help you or a friend.

I'll keep sharing what we're doing here on the farm because I think sharing knowledge and helping each other is one of the best things we can do right now.

05/08/2026

The health and wellness community has been deeply shaken by the disturbing news that Thorne, a long-trusted beacon of supplement purity, has sold out to the corporate titan Procter & Gamble for a staggering $3.8 billion. For years, wellness advocates and families have relied on Thorne’s unyielding commitment to clinical formulation standards and independent identity to protect their health. Walking down the grocery or supplement aisle, consumers deserve to trust the earth-toned stories of clean, small-scale production. Instead, this massive acquisition highlights a heartbreaking reality: independent wellness brands are repeatedly being absorbed by the very conglomerates they were created to avoid. This massive transaction signals a shift where quarterly shareholder profits can easily eclipse a founding mission of uncompromising ingredient purity.

This corporate takeover serves as an urgent, alarming wake-up call to watch product labels closer than ever before. History shows a predictable, unsettling pattern where massive food and personal care giants subtly compromise a smaller brand’s legacy. Behind the scenes, formulas are frequently degraded—swapping out premium, clean compounds for cheaper alternatives, shifting to less meticulous manufacturing facilities, or moving questionable additives higher up the ingredient list. To preserve the foundational principles of clean living, it is becoming vital to bypass these corporate-owned subsidiaries and actively support family-owned, farmer-owned, or independent brands that refuse to sell out. Until then, consumers must remain hyper-vigilant, scrutinizing every single label to defend their families from the hidden changes of big-business metrics.

Check out the comments section for independent brands that have refused to sell out and have pure products you can trust—this is not an advertisement I do not have any affiliation with any of them 🫶

24/07/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/tga-vision-warning-glp1-ozempic-medication/106952900?fbclid=IwZnRzaATQDc5wZG9mBWZkaWQWULKrF2ccl0JPvPchdLiHFB0h-Mqx22V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5Y-vH9S0gGheNhmuRputmJlBEPILZ8zXG9rotw_aWfH_fxu998_AobC2cqwQ_aem_nR3uPKfuOx_LE5SN5qe7lg

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued a safety warning for a rare, but serious risk of vision impairment from taking GLP-1-based drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy.

21/06/2026

Cold and flu medicines were never designed to help your immune system fight a respiratory infection. Their primary role is to temporarily relieve symptoms such as congestion, fever, pain, and cough so you can feel more comfortable.
While symptom relief can be helpful when you need to keep going, it’s important to remember that when your body is fighting an infection, it also needs adequate rest and recovery time.
Herbs work differently. Many traditional medicinal herbs have been used to support the body’s natural immune response, help regulate inflammation, support white blood cell activity, and provide antioxidant protection to cells during illness. By working alongside the body’s natural healing processes, they can help support a smoother recovery.
The goal isn’t simply to suppress symptoms—it’s to support the body’s ability to recover and restore health.

20/06/2026

Looking for a natural way to support recovery from a cold, flu, or upper respiratory tract infection? This herbal blend is for you.

These herbs have traditionally been used to help reduce the severity and duration of upper respiratory infections. They can support the body’s response to fever, body aches, mucus congestion, sore throat, and cough while promoting a smoother recovery.
Over the-counter cold and flu medications temporarily relieve symptoms, helping you feel more comfortable, but they don’t support the immune system. In contrast, these herbs work alongside your immune system, supporting the body’s natural recovery processes rather than simply masking symptoms.

19/06/2026

Astragalus is the perfect winter herb.

17/06/2026

If you want to improve your health, increase your chances of falling pregnant, lose weight, recover from illness, or simply eat better, it’s important to focus on the factors that help regulate your appetite.

Prioritise good-quality sleep — it’s much harder to make healthy food choices when you’re tired. Choose whole, nutrient-dense foods that provide protein, healthy fats, and fibre, as these nutrients help keep you feeling fuller and more satisfied after meals.

Supporting healthy digestion can also help your body break down and absorb nutrients more effectively, contributing to better satiety and reducing the urge to overeat. When your appetite is working with you instead of against you, healthy eating becomes much easier.

16/06/2026

Body fat isn’t just a storage site for calories, it’s an active endocrine tissue that influences estrogen production. Estrogen is a vital s*x hormone but too much has many negative consequences for the body.