Author name: Michelle Durkin

This was one of the more popular posts from last year (I’m not really sure why…ha! ha!) so I’m posting it again this summer. Enjoy! So often I will have people ask me, or more often ask people who know me, “ does Dr. Durkin (Michelle) ever eat meat…have dessert…or have a few adult beverages…?” […]

A question I get often is “should I be eating organic?”. My answer is “yes, as much as you can.” In order to be healthy, we need to detoxify properly and reduce the number of toxins we are exposed to on a regular basis. Chronic low-level toxin exposure has been linked to an increased risk

I have been eating what I call a real food diet for about four years now and it wasn’t until about half way in that I decided I should be making my own salad dressings. Commercially prepared salad dressings contain a substantial amount of sugar and polyunsaturated oils – usually disguised under names such as high fructose corn

Everyone knows that trans-fats are bad for our health, but what about so-called vegetable oils? Soy and canola oil, as well as less familiar products like corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower, and cottonseed oil, all fall under the term of “vegetable oils.” Kinda weird because they don’t come from vegetables at all. This is just a

Have you ever gotten back from a week’s holidays and thought, “that just wasn’t long enough.”? I know I have. Even though I’m good at relaxing and letting go of work once I’m on vacation, I do always feel like I am still connected to it in a subtle way. I always have my phone

I see so many moms in the clinic who have specific health complaints that they attribute to “since having kids”. Whether it’s fatigue, weight gain, back pain, or insomnia, many patients feel like their body hasn’t been the same since before pregnancy. The other common pattern that I see is the compounding effect that multiple

Smoothies are one of my go-to breakfasts that are quick and easy especially when I’m in a rush to get out the door. Over the years I’ve reduced the amount of fruit that I use and increased the amount of good fat and protein. By doing so it has really improved my blood sugar balance

  A common complaint from the traditional medical system is that natural medicine doesn’t have any evidence to support its use. I find it interesting however that what is now considered “cutting edge” research in the medical world it actually information that naturopathic medicine has been promoting for decades. I guess the research is finally