Any symptoms that the body exhibits are signs that your body is out of balance. We need to listen to our bodies and find out what it is trying to tell us. As Naturopathic Doctors, our goal is to uncover underlying causes of imbalances that [...]
Patients will often ask me how do they know if an exercise program is right for them. Here are the three questions you need to ask yourself to know if an exercise program is right for you: Are you experiencing pain when you are exercising? [...]
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 on the plane or in a new environment, adapting to different [...]
The holidays are an excellent time for reflection on the year and your life in general. It’s been a particularly challenging year for me. My mom passed away in August. As we approach the holidays and you’ve lost someone close to you, it gets even [...]
Three Reasons for low iron: Intake Internal bleeding/heavy periods Absorption
Three Problems with peanuts and possibly the increase in anaphylactic peanut allergies. 1. Most peanuts have been genetically modifications, which means it has been changed and altered, which makes them difficult for our bodies to recognize and properly metabolize and utilize. 2. Peanuts are prone [...]
There are many people with digestive tract issues. Our digestion is essential to good health. Decrease the Inflammation – “putting out the fire”. We need to decrease the major inflammatory foods and toxic load. We need to put out the fire before we can do [...]
Is cow’s dairy important for bone health? The western world is the highest consumer of cows dairy and has the highest rates of osteoporosis. Body needs to maintain its pH in a very tight range. When we are consuming more acidic foods, such as wheat, [...]
There are six stresses on the body that can lead to dysfunction of certain organs or systems of the body. If dysfunction continues over a period of time, this can lead to disease processes in the body. The truth is that most disease processes are [...]
When it comes to colds and flus, our first instinct is to blame the people around us for getting us sick. We blame the kids at school, our co-worker who came to work sick, the person sneezing beside you on the train, but the truth [...]
