Nicole Tricarico Naturopath

Nicole Tricarico Naturopath Nicole has over 30 years of experience specialising in women & children's health, and fertility.

With over 25 years experience, Nicole is providing naturopathic support and solutions for health and well being. Nicole specialises in women's health, fertility, pregnancy support and children's health. She is also a Metabolic Balance Coach and brought this to Shepparton in 2019. Nicole worked for over 20 years at Natremed in Shepparton, before starting her own business when Natremed closed it's d

oors in 2017. She also offers birth and parenting preparation, birth story medicine, A Celebration Day for Girls. You can visit her Your Birth Support page here: https://www.facebook.com/yourbirthsupportshepparton/

**Maybe you don't need more willpower.**Maybe you need more structure.One of the things people often tell me when they s...
02/09/2026

**Maybe you don't need more willpower.**

Maybe you need more structure.

One of the things people often tell me when they start Metabolic Balance is that they actually enjoy knowing what they're going to eat.

There's less:

“What should I have?”

“Is this healthy?”

“Have I eaten too much?”

“Should I skip lunch because I ate too much yesterday?”

“I'll be good again on Monday…”

Food can become exhausting when you're making hundreds of little decisions around it every week.

Metabolic Balance gives you an individualised framework based on your blood results and health information.

Which foods.

How much.

How to combine them.

And a structure around your meals.

For some people, that's exactly what's been missing.

Not another diet.

Not another lecture about eating less.

And definitely not being told they simply need more self-control.

Sometimes people already eat quite well and still aren't getting the results they want.

Sometimes they know their eating needs work but don't know **what to change**.

And sometimes they've spent so long jumping between different nutrition advice that they've lost all sense of what actually works for them.

Structure can be surprisingly freeing.

Because instead of constantly wondering what you *should* be doing…

you have somewhere to start.

More info: https://nicoletricarico.com/metabolic-balance/

02/09/2026

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**FOOD OF THE WEEK: WALNUTS 🌰**They may be small, but walnuts pack quite a nutritional punch.They're a source of **alpha...
01/09/2026

**FOOD OF THE WEEK: WALNUTS 🌰**

They may be small, but walnuts pack quite a nutritional punch.

They're a source of **alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)**, a plant-based omega-3 fatty acid, as well as fibre, protein, minerals and a range of polyphenols.

Regularly including walnuts as part of a varied diet can help support:

❤️ Cardiovascular health
🧠 Brain health
🌿 A healthy gut microbiome
🔥 Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory defences
🥗 Greater nutrient density and satiety

They're also an interesting food when we're talking about **fertility**, because oxidative stress can affect reproductive health in both men and women.

And they're ridiculously easy to add to your day.

Try them:

• On Greek yoghurt
• Chopped over salads
• Added to porridge
• With fruit as a snack
• In homemade pesto
• Toasted over roasted vegetables
• Added to a little grazing plate with fruit and cheese

You don't need exotic superfoods to eat well.

Sometimes the “superfoods” have been sitting in the pantry all along.

**“Unexplained infertility.”**It can be such a frustrating thing to hear.Because unexplained doesn't necessarily mean th...
31/08/2026

**“Unexplained infertility.”**

It can be such a frustrating thing to hear.

Because unexplained doesn't necessarily mean there is no reason.

Sometimes it means **we haven't found the reason yet.**

When I look more broadly at blood results in people struggling to conceive, there can be clues that haven't necessarily been considered as part of the fertility picture.

Things like:

• Nutrient depletion
• Thyroid dysfunction or thyroid autoimmunity
• Inflammation
• Gut dysbiosis
• Hormonal imbalance
• Oxidative stress
• Liver dysfunction and hormone clearance
• Insulin resistance
• Signs that ovulation may not be optimal

And, of course, we need to look at **both partners**, not just the woman.

None of these automatically explains infertility on its own.

But sometimes several pieces begin to form a picture.

This is one reason I've been finding my Optimal Blood Health Review particularly useful with fertility clients.

Rather than asking only:

**“Are your fertility tests normal?”**

I want to know:

**“What is the rest of your body telling us?”**

Because reproduction doesn't happen separately from the rest of your health.

Sometimes we simply need to widen the lens.

31/08/2026

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Enjoy the beginnings of Spring this week 🌸🐝🌷☀️

Your Body Doesn't Have Separate Departments 🔎You come in because you're exhausted.But you also mention that your digesti...
30/08/2026

Your Body Doesn't Have Separate Departments 🔎

You come in because you're exhausted.

But you also mention that your digestion hasn't been great.

Your periods have changed.

You're waking at 3am.

You've developed headaches.

And lately you just don't cope with stress the way you used to.

It would be easy to look at each of those things as a separate problem.

But that's rarely how I look at health.

Because your body doesn't have a digestive department that never speaks to the hormone department.

Or a thyroid department operating independently from your nutrients.

Or a stress department that has nothing to do with your sleep, digestion or menstrual cycle.

**It's all connected.**

This is one of my favourite parts of naturopathic practice.

The detective work. 🔎

Looking at your symptoms.

Your history.

Your diet.

Your medications and supplements.

Your stress and sleep.

Your blood results.

And sometimes things you've almost forgotten to mention because you assumed they weren't important.

Then we start looking for patterns.

Perhaps the fatigue, tingling and brain fog lead us towards B12.

Maybe the hormonal symptoms make more sense once we look at thyroid function.

Perhaps poor digestion is contributing to nutrient depletion.

Or the person struggling with weight isn't simply “eating too much”, there are other metabolic pieces that need investigating.

One symptom doesn't always have one cause.

And one underlying imbalance can sometimes create symptoms in several seemingly unrelated places.

That's why I don't just want to know **where it hurts.**

I want to know what else has been happening.

Because sometimes the little clue you nearly didn't mention is the one that helps the whole picture make sense.

****One More Day Planned for October****  Do you have a 9-12-year-old daughter?Imagine if your daughter didn’t feel awkw...
29/08/2026

****One More Day Planned for October**** Do you have a 9-12-year-old daughter?

Imagine if your daughter didn’t feel awkward or afraid about growing up..

But instead, felt supported, celebrated, and quietly proud of who she’s becoming.

That’s what A Celebration Day for Girls is all about.

It’s not s*x ed. It's about her body and her experience of growing into a woman.
It’s gentle, fun, practical and confidence-building.

It’s a meaningful and empowering experience shared with other girls and their mums.

A day to connect, laugh, learn, and gently welcome her into this next chapter.

We’ll talk about bodies and periods in a way that’s honest, practical, and free of shame.

We'll share women's stories and listen to a variety of experiences.

We’ll create space for what it really means to grow up, and how to feel good about it.

This is a milestone.

And one she doesn’t have to face with confusion or silence.

Come be part of a day your daughter will carry with her for life,
A memory of being seen, supported, and truly celebrated.

The August course has a couple of spots left. Don't miss out!

If you have a 9-12 year old daughter, this is for you.

More info: https://nicoletricarico.com/workshops/a-celebration-day-for-girls/

**The Virus Is Gone… So Why Do You Still Feel Awful?**Something I see quite often in clinic is people who technically ar...
27/08/2026

**The Virus Is Gone… So Why Do You Still Feel Awful?**

Something I see quite often in clinic is people who technically aren't sick anymore… but they don't feel well either.

The infection has passed.

The cough might be mostly gone.

They're back at work and doing normal life again.

But weeks later they're still dealing with:

😴 Fatigue
🧠 Brain fog
🏋️ Poor stamina or weakness
🤧 Feeling like they're about to get sick again
☕ Needing more caffeine just to function
🛋️ Crashing after doing things that normally wouldn't bother them

Sometimes we expect our bodies to recover much faster than they actually do.

Fighting an infection takes resources.

And if you went into that illness already stressed, depleted, sleeping poorly or running on empty, there may not be a huge reserve waiting to help you rebuild afterwards.

This is where I start asking questions.

Are you getting enough protein and calories to recover?

What are your B12, iron, zinc and vitamin D levels doing?

Has your gut been affected, particularly after antibiotics?

Are you sleeping deeply enough?

Did you go straight from the couch back to your usual pace of life?

And are there signs in your blood results that your immune system is **still recovering**?

Sometimes you don't need to keep throwing more “immune boosters” at yourself.

You need to **replenish what the illness took out of you.**

Recovery is part of being sick too.

Give your body the raw materials, and the time, it needs to finish the job.

💚 If you've recovered from an infection but haven't felt like yourself since, this is something we can investigate in a naturopathic consultation.

**“I asked my daughter if she wanted to come. She said no.”**I hear this a lot about Celebration Day for Girls.And I com...
26/08/2026

**“I asked my daughter if she wanted to come. She said no.”**

I hear this a lot about Celebration Day for Girls.

And I completely understand why.

Most 9–12 year old girls are probably NOT going to enthusiastically sign themselves up for a day about periods, puberty and growing up.

Especially if they don't really know what to expect.

They might cringe or say it's embarrassing, or that they know everything. They might just say no.

But here's the thing.

**Celebration Day for Girls isn't usually driven by the girls. It's driven by their mothers.**

By mothers who know there is something their daughter can't yet know.

That the messages she receives about her body now can stay with her for decades.

That somewhere between childhood and adolescence, girls can begin absorbing shame, embarrassment and self-consciousness about their changing bodies.

And sometimes the girl who says *“Ewww, no way!”* is showing us exactly why conversations like these matter. There's already internalised shame.

Celebration Day for Girls isn't a classroom lesson about where periods come from.

It's an experience.

Girls spend a day with other girls discovering that their changing bodies aren't weird or embarrassing.

They hear women's stories.

They learn about menstruation in a way that is practical, positive and grounded.

They laugh. They talk. They create.

And, importantly, they get to experience their mother being comfortable talking about all of it too.

You don't need your daughter to be excited about the idea before you decide it could be valuable for her.

We make decisions like this as mothers all the time.

We can listen when our children feel hesitant **without assuming hesitation means the experience isn't right for them.**

And one of my favourite things?

The girl reluctantly walking through the door in the morning isn't necessarily the same girl walking back out at the end of the day.

Sometimes we have to hold the door open to an experience our daughters don't yet know they need. ❤️

**Celebration Day for Girls | Mothers & Daughters | Ages 9–12**

If you've been thinking about coming but your daughter's first response was *“NO!”*, perhaps don't give up quite yet.

Find out more here: https://nicoletricarico.com/workshops/a-celebration-day-for-girls/

26/08/2026

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