Deborah Smart Nutritional Medicine

18/10/2026

Interesting…. Don’t go off a prescription medication without medical supervision…. But if you are currently considering starting one of these drugs, which certainly may be appropriate in certain situations, consider all of your alternatives first. Given the length of time and difficulty people can have with the weaning on and off process, any good Dr will tell you not to jump into these quickly or flippantly but to use these as a last resort after all other options have been exhausted.
Functional nutritional medicine tends to pursue corrections that address the underlying cause.

14/10/2026

This is why zinc is so important for the ADHD brain (among other things!;)

14/10/2026

Huge study published in the Lancet showed Statin use increased the risk of new onset diabetes by 10-50% depending on the dose taken.
In my clinical experience lowering and balancing cholesterol to a healthy level is easily done via dietary and lifestyle changes and supplements and this too is medically undisputed.
(Never cease prescription medication without medical guidance. The evidence also shows for a small portion of people, statins can be lifesaving - every case is individual).

Statins cause a moderate dose-dependent increase in new diagnoses of diabetes that is consistent with a small upwards shift in glycaemia, with the majority of new diagnoses of diabetes occurring in people with baseline glycaemic markers that are close to the diagnostic threshold for diabetes. Import...

12/10/2026

Parkinson's disease.
This is fascinating. Although reported in a conservative medical journal (and trials are always more limited for natural medicines), the evidence for this Mucuna Pruriens legume being as effective as Levodopa with possibly fewer side effects, is compelling.
It is also exciting to hear of new monoclonal medications being developed for this disease (prasinezumab)... A better future for these patients is coming!

Dr. Gilbert reviews the latest research, and discusses the mucuna pruriens, and whether it should be considered for treatment of Parkinon’s disease.

17/09/2026

16/09/2026

10/08/2026

Finally a sensible medical review of the use of cows milk in children. When I was a child parents were told they MUST give lots of it. Now we know better…

Paediatricians across Australia are concerned about a jump in iron deficiency in young children due to too much cow's milk, and the need to better educate parents about the issue.

23/02/2026

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09/10/2025