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XMA in Western Australia

rick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:12:00 +0000

Alexander Heights – All Well Being, Shop 39, Alexander Heights Shopping Centre, Cnr Mirrabooka Ave & Griffon Way, 08 9343 7900

Alexander Heights – SuperChem, Shop 43, Alexander Heights Shopping Centre, Cnr Mirrabooka Ave & Griffon Way, 08 9343 8484

Armadale – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 28, Armadale Central Shopping Centre, 193 Jull Street, 08 9393 1200

Balga – Guardian Pharmacy, 93 Princess Road, 08 9344 7867

Ballajura – Health 1st Ballajura Friendlies Chemist, Shop 19, Ballajura City Shopping Centre, Illawara Cresent, 08 9249 5370

Beechboro – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 3 & 4 Beechboro Central Shopping Centre, Cnr Beechboro Rd & Benara Rd 08 9377 1822

Belmont – Stay Healthy, Shop 82B, Belmont Forum Shopping Centre, 227 Belmont Avenue, 08 92773839

Broome – Broome Pharmacy, Shop 12, Broome Blvd, 106 Frederick Street, 08 9192 1866

Bunbury – Simply Healthy, Shop 43, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Blair Street, 08 9721 5357

Clarkson – Elementals Health & Eco Store, Shop 4, Ocean Keys Shopping Centre, 36 Ocean Keys Boulevard, 08 9407 8677

Coolbellup – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 20, Coolbellup Shopping Centre, Coolbellup Avenue, 08 9337 2904

Dianella, Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 50-53, Centro Dianella, Cnr Alexander Dr & Grand Promenade, 08 9276 8484

Duncraig – Carine Amcal Pharmacy, 473 Beach Road, 08 9447 4068

Duncraig – Healthy Life Carine, Shop 20, Carine Glades Shopping Centre, 473 Beach Road, 08 9447 9933

Eaton – Healthy Notions, Shop 8, Eaton Fair Shopping Centre, Recreation Drive, 08 9724 1300

Ellenbrook – All About Health, Shop T8, The Shops Ellenbrook, Cnr Pinaster Pde & The Promenade, 08 92976974

Ellenbrook – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop T11, The Shops at Ellenbrook, Main Street, 08 9296 8133

Floreat – Healthy Life , Shop 71A, Floreat Forum Shopping Centre, Howtree Place, 08 9387 5257

Geraldton – Amcal Pharmacy, Shop 16, Stirling Centre, 54 Sanford Street, 08 9921 1965

Geraldton – Guardian Pharmacy Sunset Beach Shop 5, Sunset Shopping Plaza, Chapman Valley Road, 08 9938 3274

Geraldton, Jim Berry Guardian Pharmacy, 130 Marina Terrace, 08 9921 2156

Girrawheen – Health 1st Girrawheen Goldfield Pharmacy, Shop 18, Marangaroo Shopping Centre, 70 Marangaroo Drive 08 9342 3073

Greenwood – Eternal Health, Shop 4, Greenwood Village Shopping Centre, Calectasia Street, 08 9203 9322

Hamilton Hill – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 1,2 &3, Hamilton Hill Shopping Centre, 51 Rockingham Road, 08 9335 1495

Hillarys - Pharmacy 777, Shop 42, Whitfords Westfield Shopping Centre, Cnr Marmion & Whitfords Ave, 08 9401 6669

Innaloo – Good Life, Shop 1119, Westfield Shopping Centre, Ellen Stirling Boulevard, 08 9244 4324

Kalamunda – Perth Future Health, 25 Canning Road, 08 9293 2228

Karrinyup – Healthy Life, Shop G39, Karrinyup Shopping Centre, Karrinyup Road, 08 9446 4860

Kingsway – Stay Healthy, Shop 11, Kings Way City Shopping Centre, Cnr Wanneroo Rd & Hepburne Ave, 08 9309 1771

Kinross – All Well Being, Shop 6 & 7, Kinross Central Shopping Centre, Selkirk Drive & Connolly Drive, 08 9304 8034

Malaga – Health 1st Malaga Pharmacy, 3/746 Marshall Road, 08 9248 1593

Meadow Springs – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 3, Meadow Springs Blvd Shopping Centre, 25 Meadow Springs Drive, 08 9581 8944

Midland – Friendlies Chemist, Shop 6 & 7 Midland Central Shopping Centre, 295 Great Eastern Highway, 08 9274 1001

Midland – Good Life Midland, Shop T4, Midland Gate Gate Shopping Centre, 274 Great Eastern Highway, 08 9274 3167

Midland – Life Health Management Centre, 294 Great Eastern Highway, 08 9274 3800

Midland – Midland Gate Pharmacy, Midland Gate Shopping Centre, 274 Great Eastern Highway, 08 9274 2344

Mirrabooka – SuperChem, Shop 9, Mirrabooka Village Shopping Centre, Honeywell Boulevard, 08 9249 1124

Morley – Optimum Health Foods, Shop 80, Morley Centro Galleria, Cnr Old Collier & Walter Road, 08 9375 1155

Morley – Stay Healthy, Shop 41, Morley Centro Galleria, Cnr Old Collier & Walter Road, 08 9276 4309

Mundaring – Mundaring Health Foods, Shop 4, Mundaring Shopping Centre, 7075 Great Eastern Highway, 08 9295 1519

Myaree – Guardian Pharmacy, 67 Northlake Road, 08 9330 3467

Nedland – Babyland, 83 Stirling Highway, 08 9386 3662

North Perth – Michaels Health Care Chemist, Shop 2 & 3, North Perth Plaza Shopping Centre, 391 Fitzgerald Street, 08 9328 3359

Osborne Park – Babyland, 30 Frobisher Street, 08 9201 0520

Perth – Health 1st Perth Smiles Pharmacy, 147B Bribane Street, 08 9328 8202

South Hedland – South Hedland Pharmacy, Shop 5, Throssell Road, 08 9140 1089

Subiaco – Good Life, Shop 9, Subiaco Square Shopping Centre, 29 Station Street, 08 9381 3999

Subiaco – Hemptydoo, Subiaco Pavilion Market, Roberts Road, 0408 926 594

Thornlie – Good Life, Shop 38, Forrest Lakes Forum, 115 Murdoch Drive, 08 9452 7222

Waikiki – Guardian Pharmacy, Shop 3, Stargate Shopping Centre, 73 Charterhouse Road, 08 9591 3199

Wembley – Michaels Health Care Chemist, Shop 1, IGA Centre, 322 Cambridge Street, 08 9387 2160

Westminster – SuperChem Stirling, Shop 40, Stirling Central Shopping Centre, 478 Wanneroo Road, 08 9349 0732

West Perth – Discount Vitamins Harbour Town, Shop 31A, Harbour Town Perth, 840 Wellington Street, 08 9226 0666

Willeton – Go Vita Southlands, Shop 31A, Southlands Boulevard, Cnr Pinetree Gully Rd & Burrendah Blvd, 08 9332 3920

XMA in South Australia

rick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:10:35 +0000

XMA in Victoria

rick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:09:17 +0000

Bairnsdale – Go Vita, 21 Service St, (03) 5152 3229

Berwick – Go Vita, 1 Blackburne Square, (03) 9707 1148

Geelong – Vitamin Warehouse, 75 Malop Street, (03) 5222 1063

XMA in NSW

rick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:06:24 +0000

Cherrybrook – McBeaths Pharmacy, Shop 8, Cherrybrook Village, Shepherds Drive, Cherrybrook, (02) 9875 1999

Rouse Hill – Soul Pattinson Chemist, Shop 8, Rouse Hill Shopping Centre Cnr Windsor Rd & Mile End Rd, (02) 9629 4079

Swimming With Eczema.. All Bad?

rick — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:34:57 +0000

Ahh.. Summer.

Well maybe not quite yet (I get excited by the end of winter!) but warmer weather is finally here anyway. And while

eczema sufferers may get excited that the cold dry weather has left, warmer weather presents a whole new series of problems.

Not least of these, swimming. Now, I am not saying stay indoors and away from water as swimming in general is not the issue here. Swimming and more importantly sunshine should play a part in any eczema treatment plan, the main problem with swimming is the chlorine and the sunscreen. The terrible two for summer time eczema flare ups.

I will cover sunscreen in another blog post as that is a whole separate kettle of fish.

Chlorine is used in pools and spas for its disinfecting properties and is one of the stronger irritants out there. It is known to irritate healthy skin let alone eczema skin. This I am sure you are aware of if you are sufferer of eczema or you take your kids to swimming lessons. The indoor heated pools are almost always worse as well due to the combination of chlorine with the heat and humidity.

So, what to do about it. The trick is to keep the chlorine away from the skin as best as possible. Easier said than done?

Well, there has been a great new Australian product released recently that you may not have heard about called Jungle Brolly, it works as a natural barrier to stop nasties from getting at the skin. It is worth trying for you or the little one to see how it works for you, applied to affected areas before swimming. You can also apply your moisturiser before swimming as well. Other than that, make sure you rinse off straight after swimming with water and a good natural soap or wash and then apply moisturiser as soon as you can.

So the tips in short form:

- Moisturise before swimming;

- Try a natural barrier cream or product to repel chlorine;

- Rinse straight after swimming with water and a natural wash;

- Moisturise again.

You can enjoy swimming with eczema, like all eczema management though, it just takes a little planning and effort. So make sure next time you head to the pool, through in your good natural eczema treatment cream and natural body wash.

Let me know your swimming with eczema stories or tips.

Talk soon

Eczema and Your Diet – Does it Matter?

rick — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:15:06 +0000

I often get asked if food makes a difference to eczema and other itchy skin conditions, and by often, I mean 20+ times per week. You know what, my answer is always the same.

YES!!

I believe that what we shove in our mouths nowadays is almost completely responsible for the massive increase in eczema occurrence over the past few years, that and stress, but I will save that for another post. But I guess the 2 of these are strongly related. I think life has become too fast..

Mum and I discuss this very thing all the time. When she was growing up there was nowhere near the cases of eczema and rashes and allergies that we see now and this is what we put it down to.

Nobody eats real food anymore. Well almost nobody.

Everything is fast this, easy that, quick junk. A quick walk down the supermarket (and I blame the major supermarkets for this as much as anything) and you will see what I mean, aisle after aisle of packet crap all supposedly to make our lives easier. Rubbish! I actually saw a lady the other day buying packet mash potato, I mean come on. How hard is it really to mash potato?

Think about back 40 years, before supermarkets were everywhere. Food shopping was done (if it wasn’t grown) at fruit shop and a butcher. That is it. No aisle 9 sauce mixes and flavour bases. Real food, made from scratch. So what the heck happened?

We got busy. Or is it just lazy? Food companies and the big supermarket chains got smarter with their marketing and capitalised on this trend. They ram it home to us in the media ever single day. Busy? Save time and money with our packet this or that. And the home cook laps it up by the trolley full! Real food is no harder to make than packet junk and costs no more, in fact it is a whole lot less to eat this way. I can feed our whole house of 3 burly young men on around $180/week and they are tradesmen who eat more than you can imagine.

You see, this packet and processed food is full of preservatives, flavour enhancers, additives and things that cannot be pronounced without a science degree. Do you really think this stuff is not doing you some harm?

So what does this all have to do with eczema? Plenty. I reckon a lot of eczema can be brought well under control in 90 days by simply changing your diet. Don’t believe me? Well try it. For the next 90 days:

- Cut out packaged processed junk;

- Do 90% of your shopping from outside of a supermarket, ie. Butcher, Greengrocer and Fish Monger;

- Cut out wheat, gluten and dairy from your diet;

- Try cutting down on procesed sugars;

- Prepare meals from scratch.

And that is it. Now I know this sounds simple but as we say here all the time. Managing your eczema is all about doing simple things consistently. Just try it, what do you really have to lose? Oh, and let me know how it goes for you in the comments section below!

Melbourne Pregnancy, Baby & Childrens Expo

rick — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:40:48 +0000

As you may or may not know, the team here at XMA do the Pregnancy, Baby and Children’s Expo all around Australia and this weekend coming, 16 – 18 October it is Melbourne’s turn again.

We are on our way down there this week so it is all systems go getting everything ready for 3 days of chaos (for us anyway) meeting all the new faces and hopefully some old ones too.

To say thank you for all your help we have a free ticket for you to get you in. This is a multi day pass and I think sells for around $15 on the door. You can download the ticket by clicking on the picture below.


Also, we will be doing some specials over the weekend so would love you to drop in and say hi, so keep an eye out for us.
See you there



Eczema On Your Hands – Is There Anything Worse?
rick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:23:24 +0000
This all started over on Twitter with a discussion between a few people and then a message from someone as to what can be done about Eczema on your hands.
I can’t think of a worse place to have eczema, and this is was what the discussion was mostly about, where was worse. A lot of people thought face, as face tends to be the most prominent but I still reckon hands, as they are the worst place to try and heal as they are constantly being open and closed and they are in and out of everything, all day.
Eczema on the hands is embarrassing, itchy and just plain painful as you can see from below..

Not very nice, and if you suffer from it yourself, then you know exactly what I mean.
So, What Can You Do About Your Hand Eczema?
The first thing you need to do is remove the triggers, as anything you do to treat your hand eczema, in fact any eczema, will not work unless you can remove the underlying triggers.  The triggers for hand eczema seem to follow the general triggers but also tend to be exaggerated as your hands are used more than any other part of the body and tend to end up in all the nasty stuff, so I thought I would put together a few tips to help manage the eczema on your hands.
Chemicals
This is a big one with hands as they are always into everything, dishes, laundry, washing the kids/dog/home. So you need to be really thorough here and really dig down for everything your hands touch. Dishes and laundry you can replace with more natural products such as the miracle wash laundry balls for your laundry and the eco store products for the kitchen and always make sure you use gloves, just look for latex free gloves or wear cotton one’s under your rubber gloves.
Make sure you also eliminate any chemicals from you and your kids washing routines, watch out for SLS’s and artificial fragrances, this also goes for those nice little liquid hand soaps you have around the house – get rid of them. There are plenty of replacements available at your local  health food store (or stay tuned for ours in early 2010).
Cleaning around the home is another big one, that stuff is TOXIC! Get rid of the really powerful chemical cleaners and look for more natural alternatives, there are plenty out there and make sure you use gloves.
I know a lot of these sound common sense, but you would be amazed at how many people just don’t do them. As I must have said 1,000 times over the years, managing your eczema isn’t rocket science or “secret”, it is just doing simple things repeatedly.
Stress
This is a big one. Stress is one of the bigger triggers for eczema there is. It also tends to be a never ending circle as often we find, people are stressing about the way their hands look or the fact that nothing is working for them. I know it is hard, but stop it! If you persist at the right things, you will get them under control. So try to relax.
Diet
I have spoken at length about eczema diet throughout the site, there is plenty around about it like this book here. The simplest thing I can tell you though, is simplify. Remember how your mother used to cook for you, meat and 3 veg? Well, you don’t have to go back to that but you know what I mean. Stop using packet rubbish and start making real food. It isn’t that hard. A good everyday supplement will also help you get everything we lack in our diets nowadays.
Moisturise
This is probably the easiest thing you can do with your eczema. Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise and ten, do it some more. I can’t emphasise this enough. Don’t let your hands dry out. 4 – 6 times per day when they are bad is not excessive. You want to look for a good natural moisturiser, free of petroleum based products like paraffins, preferably one especially formulated for eczema. Things like lavender and chamomile will help calm the itch and then look for things like aloe vera, olive oil, vitamin A and E to help heal the skin from within.
You can read more about XMA, the natural way to treat the eczema on your hands here
Hope that helps.





Wait a minute, something isn’t right here…
rick — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:25:03 +0000
Something look a little different? The curtains have been pulled back on our renovation, what do you think?
The new site is ALIVE!! After a lot of hard work by Jo and Chris (our rockstar design team) we are go.

There are a few new things here and a few things that aren’t quite working 100% but we are getting close and should be fully operational by this weekend.

So, let me know what you think rick(at)xma.com.au – and be honest, we have thick skin around here!

Talk soon





XMA in Queensland
rick — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:42:08 +0000
Beenleigh – Healthy Life, Shop	27, Beenleigh Marketplace, 114-118 George Street, 07	07 3807 8600
Booval	 – Good Price Pharmacy, 214 Brisbane Rd, 07 3282 1882
Brisbane – Healthy Life, Shop 45, Level E, Myer Centre, 91 Queen Street, 07 3229 0766
Caloundra – Healthy Life,	Shop 28A,	Stockland Caloundra,	47 Bowman Road, 07 5491 2653
Cannon Hill – Good Price Pharmacy, Shop 5B, Home & Leisure City, 1881 Creek Road,

07 3395 8895	
Chermside – Go Vita, Westfield Chermside, 	Cnr Gympie & Hamilton Roads, 07 3359 0910
Chermside – Healthy Life, Shop	198, Westfield Chermside, Gympie Road, 07 3359 8087
Chinchilla -	Go Vita, 85C Heeney Street, 	07 4662 7066
Deagon – Good Price Pharmacy, Shop 13, Deagon Market Square, 79 Braun Street, 07 3269 2080
Hawthorne – Go Vita, 36 Riding Road, 07 3399 1002
Indooroopilly	- Healthy Life, Shop 1013, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 318 Moggil Road, 07 3378 8698
Kawana	 – Healthy Life,	 Shop 348,	Kawana Shoppingworld,	Nicklin Way, 07 5444 4886
Kippa Ring – Healthy Life, Shop	L2, Peninsula Fair, 272 Anzac Avenue, 07 3283 1389
Kippa Ring – Terry White Chemists, Shop J2, Peninsula Fair, Anzac Avenue, 07 3284 1644
Loganholme – Go Vita, Shop 64B, Hyperdome Shopping Centre, 07 3801 2561
Loganholme – Healthy Life, Shop 19, 	Hyperdome Shopping Centre, 	Cnr Pacific Highway & Bryants Road, 07 3806 4233
Mackay	 – Healthy Life, Shop 11,	Caneland Central,	Mangrove Road, 07 4951 2221
Margate – Go Vita, Shop	8B, Margate Village, 270 Oxley Avenue, 07 3283 8677
Maroochydore	 – Healthy Life,	111	Sunshine Plaza,	166-168 Horton Parade, 07 5443 2258
Mitchelton – 	Healthy Life, Shop 106, Brookside Shopping Centre, Osborne Road, 07 3355 7754
Mooloolaba – Go Vita, 122 Brisbane Road, 07 5444 4664
Morayfield – Healthy Life, Shop	99, Morayfield Shopping Centre, Morayfield Road, 07 5498 3384
North Lakes – Healthy Life, Shop 1095, Westfield North Lakes, Cnr Anzac Avenue & Northlakes Drive, 07 3491 9286
Paddington – Go Vita, 219 Given Terrace, 07 3368 1855
Redbank – Healthy Life, Shop 131, Redbank Plaza, Collingwood Drive, 07 3818 0148
Redcliffe – Terry White Chemists, Shop 1, Bluewater Square, 	Cnr Anzac Avenue & Sutton Street, 07 3283 8353
Robina -	Go Vita, 	2020	Robina Town Centre,	Robina Town Centre Drive, 07 5562 2533
Robina -	Healthy Life,	 Shop 4175,	Robina Town Centre,	Robina Town Centre Drive, 07 5593 2299
Rockhampton North – Healthy Life, Rockhampton North, Shop	18,	Stockland Rockhampton, Yaamba Road, 07 4922 4500
Rothwell – Good Price Pharmacy, Shop 2, 439 – 443 Anzac Avenue, 07 3203 2088 
Slacks Creek – Good Price Pharmacy, Shop 15-17, Logan Mega Centre, 3525-3537 Pacific Highway, 07 3208 0292 
Smithfield	 – Go Vita,	Shop 155,	Smithfield Centre,			07 4038 1662
Stafford – Healthy Life, Shop 66, Stafford City Shopping Centre, 400 Stafford Road, 07 3356 9338
Stanthorpe – Go Vita, 21 Maryland Street, 	07 4681 1575
Strathpine – Healthy Life, Shop 46, Westfield Strathpine, Gympie Rd, 07 3205 3986	
Taringa – Flannerys Natural Grocers, Shop 4, 191 Moggill Rd, 07 37209474
Toombul – Healthy Life, Shop 3, Centro Toombul, 1015 Sandgate Road, 07 3266 3077
Toowoomba -	Go Vita, 182 Hume Street, 07 4638 5677
Toowoomba – Healthy Life, Shop 3, The Ridge Shopping Centre, 445-455 Hume Street, 07 4613 6900
Toowoomba -	Healthy Life	, Shop 84, 	Level 2, Grand Central Shopping Centre	Cnr Margaret & Dent Streets, 07 4638 4488
Underwood -	Good Price Pharmacy, The Zone, Cnr Kingston and Compton Roads, 07 3808 6566 
Upper Mt Gravatt – Good Price Pharmacy, Shop 9, Homemaker City, 1290 Logan Road, : 07 3349 1406 	
Upper Mt Gravatt – Healthy Life, Shop 2074, Garden City Shopping Centre, Kessels Road, 07 3349 8619