Welcome to
Lisa Said So

This is your go-to resource for everything health.

Lisa goes to a lot of effort to make sure your read on health is as interesting and as enjoyable as possible. Over the years she has firmly established a reputation for being straight-up, informative, and entertaining โ€” people appreciate her take on things, her way with words, and her humour.

Naturopath Lisa Fitzgibbon feeling healthy sitting on a park bench reading in the South of France

Snippets of the interesting, unexpected and entertaining side of wellness

Iโ€™ve created this new section for two reasons:

  1. To get โ€™stuff’ out to you much quicker, and
  2. So, I donโ€™t overwhelm myself thinking I have to write my epic articles when Iโ€™m super busy working with my clients at OOMPH.

Iโ€™d say itโ€™s win-win situation for all concerned! ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†

131—I'm frothing at the mouth over...

Barista Oat Milk

Food Review/Advice

Thereโ€™s a reason why there is a different version of plant milk to make coffee than there is to simply wet food at home. And thatโ€™s because normal plant milk would only serve to dilute your espresso and then curdle it. ๐Ÿ˜

To make plant milk Barista grade you need to essentially double the fat content and add dipotassium phosphate.

129—Enliven your spirits...

Apero Culture

General health advice Medicinal Herbs My favourite things

In this article Iโ€™ll be discussing Apero Culture โ€” what it is, when it is, and where-itโ€™s-at. I want us Kiwis to start bingeing on this European tradition, in the hopes of developing a better relationship with booze.

I feel like this would lead us to having better relationships with our people (significant others, friends, family, flatmates, neighbours), and ultimately to having a better relationship with ourselves.

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Lisa Fitzgibbon is a degree qualified (2006), experienced and registered Naturopath & Medical Herbalist. She runs her own private practice โ€“ OOMPH in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

Lisa has been involved in the Natural Health industry for 20+ years. She draws on her professional training and experience, as well as her own personal experience to bring you realistic, holistic health advice.

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