FIVE Reasons Probiotics are Important
Our body’s digestive tracts houses about 100 trillion bacteria, that is more than 10 times the number of cells that we have in our entire body. Probiotics are the good, healthy bacteria that line your digestive tract. The type and quantity of these micro-organisms [...]
FIVE Tips for Treating Acid Reflux
The cause of acid reflux is not typically too much stomach acid but actually not having enough. There is a sphincter between your esophagus and your stomach, which opens and closes, and is supposed to keep the contents of the stomach from moving back [...]
FIVE Ways to Take Control of Seasonal Allergies
For many individuals springtime is associated with sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, nasal congestion, sore throat, which are all symptoms of seasonal allergies. More than nine million Canadian adults, that is more than 1 in 6 Canadians, suffer from seasonal allergies typically associated with [...]
FIVE Step Approach to Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune disease is becoming an all too common problem in our Western world. Autoimmune conditions covers a number of conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, celiac disease, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Autoimmune disease means that the body is having [...]
FIVE Ways to Address Constipation
Definition of constipation: We are not moving our bowels daily. Tendency to constipation: We are not moving large quantities of stools daily and full emptying our colon OR our bowel movements are small, hard nuggets or rabbit pellets. FIVE Ways to Address Constipation Increase [...]
FOUR Tips for Staying Healthy when Traveling
When you are traveling the last thing you want is to get sick. There is no doubt that traveling itself can be a stress on the body whether it is being susceptible to infections or in a new environment, adapting to different time zones [...]