FIVE Ways to Build your Immune System
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 [...]
FIVE Calcium Rich Foods
When I recommend that patients avoid cow’s dairy in their diet, one of the most common questions I get asked is “how will I get my calcium?” The most bioavailable, how much our body absorbs of that nutrient, forms of calcium are from food sources [...]
SIX Problems with White Refined Sugar
You’ll find sugar in the obvious places like candies, baked goods, cakes, chocolate, pies, dessert and pop but then it’s hidden in many places including sauces, dressings, ketchup, fruit juices, protein powders and processed foods. The average American (I’m sure the Canadian statistics are not [...]
FOUR Foundations of Health
This is what we need to be all doing on a consistent basis to build the foundation of our health. 1. Healthy eating – The foods that we eat are the building blocks of our body. We need to be taking in really good building [...]
FOUR Problems with Cow’s Dairy
I grew up thinking that milk was a healthy food. I believed that cow’s dairy was a healthy food, it did a body good and built strong bones. Cow’s dairy includes milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream. FOUR problems I discovered about cow’s dairy. 1. Cow’s [...]
Signs of a Healthy Immune System
Is it okay to get colds or flus? I think many of us have this misconception that if we are truly healthy, then we wouldn’t get colds and flus. Sometimes patients tell me that they never get colds and flus and want me to see [...]