Welcome to The Naturopaths

The Naturopath's  Latest News November 2009:

Due to numerous requests from many patients, we have decided on a major make-over for our naturopath website. We expect to go live early 2010. To be sure that you will be the first to get the benefit of the amazing opening special deals and begin receiving our e-newsletters as soon as the first one is released, please ensure that we have your current email address. If you are new to our website then please email us your email address so that we can include you on our growing list.

Our new and vastly improved website will have the following features and more:

• ·         Information will be considerable - yet you will find the website very easy to navigate
• ·         Fortnightly e-newsletter (with recipes, healthy hints & tips, specials, etc)
• ·        Video/Skype consultation capabilities - requested for by numerous remote patients.
• ·         All Eric's articles online covering most conditions - over 15 years of research and writing.
• ·         Eric's first E-book entitled "Yeast No More" will be available through this website.  
• ·         A patient “login” requiring username and password enabling you to purchase online through our  secure server (National Bank) any “practitioner-only” products we have in the clinic. You will be able to read and understand what each and every product does, why it is used and how it benefits you.
• ·         Patients who belong to our loyalty programme called the “E-Club” will have the added bonus of free extra information, including Eric’s own personal recipes and clinic hand-outs. Public pages (accessible to all) will be offering various foods, household products, personal care items, aromatherapy oils and recommendations on various books and much more.    
•       Do you have a question for Eric Bakker ND with regard to a health condition? Then why not write in to the Good Magazine, NZ's first sustainable publication packed with excellent information, you may even win a prize!

If you have any enquiries, or would like an "in house" or phone consultation with Eric Bakker ND then please enquire here: info@naturopath.co.nz   We generally respond to all email enquiries promptly, within 24 hours.      

The Naturopaths are committed in delivering to you the highest quality natural medicine care, using a holistic and preventative and educational approach to empower individuals to achieve and maintain their optimal health, wellness and vitality. We aspire to exceed your current health status, and achieve this through natural medicine clinics, our popular and unique health programs as well as ongoing education which we deliver by way of our free and well attended health seminars and e-newsletters. You can view our clinic brochure here, which will give you an idea of our services, our programmes and our pricing. By offering preventative health care solutions, we can help solve many health problems before they become more serious, resulting in significant reductions in the numbers of people requiring hospital care. By giving people individual advice on healthy eating, diet and nutrition, detoxification, physical activity, wellness and lifestyle, it would save considerable spending on treating preventable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer, which is in itself, up to 90% preventable by diet and lifestyle modification alone. Why compromise with your health, you only have one life to lead.     

           


Some sobering statistics regarding New Zealand's state of health:

 - 20% of New Zealanders suffer from an anxiety disorder.
 - 20% of New Zealanders have depression. 
 - More than 69% of New Zealanders take pharmaceutical drugs regularly.
 - Between 9 to 12 New Zealanders have a stroke every day. 
 - 50%of people over 85 in NZ will have Alzheimer's disease. 
 - 10%of NZ women will have breast cancer in their lifetime. 
 - Someone dies of cancer in NZ every single hour. 
 - 4000 men had prostate cancer in NZ in 2006, and many died from it.
 - Over 17,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed in NZ each year 
 - Stress affects sleep in up to 75% of NZ women

 Why visit The Naturopaths?

Professional. We are the natural medicine specialists, your professionals in natural health care. The Naturopaths are committed to always delivering to you the highest quality professional natural health care and education. Our practitioners are all experienced and professionally registered. We believe in the concept of “integrative medicine”, and work alongside and refer to other healthcare professionals when required. We only work with the best practitioners in their respective fields, who share our vision, passion and philosophy. We take the time to listen. Our practitioners schedule more time with you than a typical medical doctor’s 5 minute visit for a good reason: To truly understand your condition and to really assist with healing, it takes time and we go the extra mile for our patients in order to get the results. Our patients tell us that they enjoy their visits because they feel unhurried, can relax and explain how they feel.

The Cause. Conventional medicine tends to deal with physical complaints only, generally in isolation, and often has difficulty in establishing or treating the actual cause of the disease. Naturopathy takes in account your complete physical condition plus lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, emotional or stress or poor postural concerns. We look for, identify and treat the underlying causes of the disease, and not just the presenting symptoms. If you are still going to a conventional doctor, are they really treating the underlying cause of your illness? Perhaps you have been told that you are “incurable”, or that you need to take a pharmaceutical drug “for the rest of your natural life”, then please do contact us! We perform functional medicine tests such as Hair analysis, Food Allergy tests and also perform iridology to helps us establish the cause of the condition. We also do conventional blood testing, but test for more than a GP generally would - for instance Homocysteine and Lipoprotein A, which are important markers which fall "outside" the scope of general medical practice, but are nevertheless important predictability markers to more fully assess your risk of heart and vascular disease than cholesterol alone. (which according to a medical doctor, generally requires a cholesterol-lowering drug to effect a "cure", whereas commonly, little or no mention of diet of lifestyle modification are made). Treat the cause - not the effect is our motto.

Experience. Consultations are delivered only by qualified, professionally registered and experienced practitioners; we personally train naturopathic practitioners in The Naturopaths to our high standards. Our natural medicine programs have been scientifically designed over many years, and carefully formulated based on thousands of patients in the clinic, to ensure that you get the best possible results. Our experience with foods and diets, as well as nutritional, herbal and homeopathic medicines ensures you get great results as well as value for money. We are also experienced we pharmaceutical medicines, and have learned their side-effects, as well as their interactions with natural medicines.

Quality. All our consultations represent quality and value for money. We stock in our dispensary only what we believe to be the best quality products in the natural medicine business. These products represent great value in terms of cost and results. A full range of premium liquid herbal and homeopathic medicines are available as well. Only by using the highest quality products, can we hope to achieve the quality results you are looking for.

Science. The Naturopaths only believe in scientifically proven, clinically researched and well validated diagnostic methods and treatments. What we do is based firmly on science as well as the healing power of nature, and is validated by mainstream clinical research at the highest level. We can arrange for conventional blood testing, and also work with several highly specialised testing laboratories in America as well as Australia and NZ if you do require specialised testing. We perform an in-depth laboratory analysis and medical history for each patient. The Naturopaths also use a more accurate interpretation of the laboratory values from a functional perspective of your organs, as one may have "normal" values but normal does not always indicate "optimal." This is apparent particularly with conditions such as under-active thyroid, where the conventional results can come back as “normal”, even though the patient may have all the signs and symptoms of an under-active thyroid.

Educate. Our Naturopaths undergo many years of training, and participate in ongoing education. We invest as much time in educating our practitioners and staff as we do our clients, and know from experience that by keeping ahead of the latest cutting-edge scientific developments in natural medicine, and by drawing on the vast knowledge of allied health experts in the health care field both in NZ and abroad, we can offer you the best possible solutions when it comes to your health care. We offer health and lifestyle education to patients who seek the latest natural health-related information, and are willing to apply it in their personal lives in order to achieve the best they can in terms of their health and well being.

Our programs come complete with booklets and informative handouts, you will receive diet sheets, recipes and more. An example of one of our most popular programs is our Adrenal Fatigue Program, we have helped hundreds gain great energy levels by following Dr. James Wilson's program which has helped thousands since it's inception back in the early 1990's. We achieve education through our free monthly newsletters and our free information-packed & informative seminars which we hold regularly. Interested? Then join our email list, and find out when the next seminar will be held. You will learn and have some fun as well, so bring a friend and come along. 

Do you wish to join our e-newsletter database? We endeavour to send out a regular e-newsletter, with hints & tips aimed at improving your health and wellbeing.