Optimising health and managing obesity through nutrition with Dr Clare Middle

Since graduating from Murdoch University as a Veterinarian, Dr Clare Middle has always pursued her interest in natural therapies. She gained her Certificate of Veterinary Acupuncture from the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1991. In 1986 she completed a Brauer professional practitioner diploma in homeopathy.

Clare was the founding president of the Australian Association of Holistic Veterinarians and completed the first veterinary specific professional course in classical homeopathy. Dr Middle has also completed Dr Bruce Ferguson’s Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Herbology course.

In 2004 she decided to sell her practice in East Freemantle to set up her own natural therapy consulting room where she still works today in Balingup, Western Australia. She uses classical homeopathy, herbs, kinesiology flower essences and acupuncture.

She has published 3 books on natural diets for pets which are available from her website.

Topics discussed include:

• Why Dr Clare Middle decided to become a vet and what sparked her interest in integrative medicine.
• Clare talks about the different therapies she uses and for which cases.
• The benefits of kinesiology.
• Dr Middle talks about the causes of today’s pet obesity.
• Clare dives into her approach to a balanced diet for dogs and cats.
• The importance of including bones in diet.
• How much carbohydrate should form part of a pet’s diet?
• Adding pancreatic enzymes to the diet.
• Dr Middle discusses using egg shells as a calcium supplement.
• Transitioning pets from dry to fresh diets

You can find Dr Clare Middle on https://www.claremiddle.com/

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