Author name: Michelle Durkin

  Crock pots recipes are great to have on hand especially if you are a busy mom who works full-time and rushes home to make a great meal for her family. Here’s one of my favourites, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken. I have made this one a few times for pot-lucks and family gatherings and no one is

Have you ever dropped a piece of food on the floor, shrugged your shoulders, and then picked it up and ate it anyway? I know I have. Not usually in front of other people though. Here are 3 reasons why eating a little dirt is not really that bad for us and surprise, it might

A fever is the body’s perfect response to fighting infection. Why is it that our society is so trigger happy to suppress that perfect response? In a nutshell – fear. Instead of taking the time, energy, and effort to educate parents on the judicious use of fever suppressing medication, it is a lot easier to

  Have you ever tried to get somewhere using the wrong map? That is exactly what most people are doing when they are trying to lower their cholesterol following mainstream nutritional advice. Eat only egg whites, eat margarine not butter and whatever you do don’t eat red meat! Unfortunately this misguided nutritional advice is going

Last week on Doctor as Teacher Tuesday I wrote about the benefits of bone broth. Now it’s time to take action with your new knowledge. Here is a demo on how easy it is to make your own bone broth from my friend and blogger Carolyn with the Eat Real Food Academy. [video_player type=”youtube” width=”560″

Have you ever heard the saying “what’s old becomes new again”? Well it is certainly true when we think about bone broth. Do you remember grandma’s bone broth soup being the cure all for everything when you were little? And think about the million dollar success of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Turns

I love sun! I would much rather be too hot than too cold any day of the week. That is why I always take my vacation in the winter so that I can go somewhere warm. One question that I get often when patients are travelling down south is about the vaccines recommended for travellers. I

Have you had the stomach flu yet this season? I can say that I unfortunately have experienced it first hand. Watch my video to hear about the treatment I used on myself and that you can use too if you get this nasty bug! [video_player type=”youtube” width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS85ZVhoaGQwbkd2VQ==[/video_player]   Now I would

  What does Betty Crocker and my husband have in common? One of my favourite winter recipes – Shrimp Creole. Believe it or not this recipe comes from a Betty Crocker recipe card that my mother-in-law gave to my husband when he started living on his own. Over the years he has perfected the spices