I recently had a request from a reader to do a post about what’s in my pantry and/or fridge. I thought the best way to provide this information was in the form of a video. Check out my kitchen version of MTV cribs. If you don’t get this reference maybe I’m actually older than I […]
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Of course! Food is not just a source of calories. Think of the food you eat as messages that go directly to your genes. You have the choice to send positive messages or negative messages and this depends on the foods you choose to eat. In the case of inflammation, you can choose to send
Can you reduce inflammation by changing what you eat? Read More »
Inflammation is one of the most common underlying disease processes that we know of. Therefore if you prevent inflammation you are preventing chronic disease. Because inflammation is heavily influenced by diet, every year I invite patients to join my five week group Inflammation Detox so look for your invitation coming soon in September! And how
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Today’s post is a simple video on one of the things that I eat for breakfast. For some reason breakfast seems to be a big hurdle for people to change. Without good examples of how you can do things differently, that don’t sacrifice time or convenience, you can easily slip into old, unhealthy habits. Let’s
What does a naturopathic doctor eat for breakfast? Read More »
Well, the short answer is it depends. Statin therapy is standard first-line treatment for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients with elevated low- density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, those with diabetes mellitus who are 40 to 75 years of age, and those determined to be at sufficient risk after a clinician–patient risk discussion. Currently
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Just because technology makes our lives easier it doesn’t mean that it makes our lives less stressful. In fact, it can be quite the opposite. Can you relate? We are digitally connected to work and each other like we have never been before. Technology has created the expectation that we should be responded to immediately
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If you are a long time reader of my blog, or a long term patient, or both, you already know that I have taken the month of August off the last three summers. This ended up being one of the best decisions I have ever made. Not only was it a priority for my mental
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Today’s post is a little different because I am coming to you in video. So often I hear patients tell me they wish they knew how to look in the fridge and be able to come up with a healthy meal, no recipe required. I think there is an unrealistic expectation that this should just
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Do you every wonder why you do really well with healthy food choices for a specific period of time, only to slide back into old patterns? Consider this – Survival trumps good intentions. Every. single. time. It all has to do with human behaviour and our limbic, or reptile brain. And any stress in our
Is it self-sabotage or survival? Read More »
Do you know what the three biggest complaints I hear from patients? Fatigue Weight gain AND Hormone imbalance Did you also know that you can prevent all of these by making sure that you are eating this one food group at breakfast? In fact, all of these symptoms are preventing by having proper blood sugar
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