Food Allergies: IgE Reaction Sudden reaction, potentially life-threatening reaction to certain food. Mediated by immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies. Requires life-long avoidance (ie. Peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish). IgG Delayed Reaction There are delayed reactions mediated by a different antibody called immunoglobulin G (IgG), which take hours [...]
Filtered water will remove the chlorine and chlorine will kill off the healthy bacteria in the gut. Filtered water will remove chlorinated by-products (organic trihalomethane – chloroform, bromodichloromethane, chlorodibromomethane, bromoform) which are carcinogenic. Filtered water will remove a high percentage of toxins which will [...]
WHY DID YOU BECOME A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR? My name is Dr. Jatish Kaler and I am a naturopathic doctor in Calgary, Alberta. I often get asked, why I became a naturopathic doctor… quite simply “I became a naturopathic doctor to help people heal naturally” [...]
I believe that the body has an amazing ability to be able to heal itself. So many people don’t realize this. So many people think they have no control over their health. That they are at the whime of their genetics. That they have “bad [...]
Digestive enzymes we produce naturally, but sometimes we don’t produce enough. Digestive enzymes help to break down the foods that we eat. It breaks down molecules into smaller building blocks so that we can effectively absorb these substrates through the lining of the digestive tract. [...]
Age related changes in the arteries are implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease. These changes promote arterial stiffening which contributes to hypertension. At the same time, age-related changes also make it easier for fatty deposits to build up on the inside of arteries. In [...]
Commercial yogurt use probiotic strains that are easy to manufacture and store in a grocery store but are not natural or clinically effective for humans It’s from cow’s dairy which is inflammatory on the lining of the digestive tract, which does not help with [...]
About the Human Microbiome There are 10 times as many microbes in the digestive tract than there are human cells in the body About 100 trillion microbes Weigh approximately 3lbs Microbiome is the ecosystem of microbes, colonies of bacteria and fungi that live in our [...]
MSG (monosodium glutamate or sodium glutamate) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. It is used in the food industry as a flavor enhancer. It has very little taste itself, but it affects our taste and has the ability to make our foods taste better. MSG [...]
This therapy involves administering vitamins, minerals and homeopathics directly into the circulatory system for a rapid therapeutic effect. The intravenous route can achieve high serum concentrations that increases the absorptive capacity by about 10-20 fold which cannot be attained with the oral route. These nutrients [...]
