We live is a society that fears the sun. We hear medical advice saying that sun exposure leads to skin cancer. This has led to a many people wearing sunscreen when they are outdoors, covering up when they are outside in the sun or [...]
Conventional thinking is that HDL is the “good” cholesterol and LDL is the “bad” cholesterol, but the truth is you need both HDL and LDL because they are part of a dynamic function in the body. Really there is no good or bad cholesterol. [...]
Cholesterol is essential in our body, not something to be feared or stopped. There is a big connection between inflammation and cholesterol. First you need to understand what inflammation is. When you sprain your ankle and your ankle swells up, this is called inflammation. What [...]
SIX Processed oils to Avoid: corn oil canola oil cottonseed oil soybean oil sunflower oil safflower oil THREE Reasons to Avoid these oils: These oils are industrially manufactured using high heat and toxic solvents to extract the oil from the seeds. Industrial processing can [...]
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 [...]
