Eating well begins with the simple art of chewing. While many of us mow through our food and finish a meal in 5 or 10 minutes, we really should be chewing well to polarize the food with our system and in order to make smooth digestion possible. Carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth. Thorough chewing […]
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It’s common knowledge that our fruits and vegetables are sprayed with pesticides that cause cancer, and our meat and eggs are often full of steroids and antibiotics that don’t do us any favours as well. Because we see so many people at the clinic with problems related to diet and toxins, we highly recommend eating
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[Natural News] High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) accounts for the largest amount of calories in the average American diet. It can be found in processed foods of almost every kind – soda, bread, breakfast bars, processed dairy, crackers, soup, condiments, and others. The U.S. first began using HFCS heavily in the 1970’s as an inexpensive
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Insomnia is unfortunately a very common affliction of many of our patients. Whether you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, there is no doubt that the lack of sleep negatively affects your body in several ways. Lack of concentration, poor memory, impaired cell regeneration, headaches, dizziness, and so forth are all symptoms that can result from insomnia. The
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Naturopathic First Aid for Summer Burns -lessen swelling and blistering, and relieve pain by immediately immersing the burned area in cool not cold water or by applying cloths soaked in cool water -apply aloe vera gel topically; gel from the actual plant is best -homeopathic Cantharis 30 CH to heal the burn quicker and relieve
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Vitamin B12 has long been held as an important factor in contributing to brain, eye, and heart health, as well as the formation of blood. Not having enough B12 can lead to disease, which is one reason it is important to have your levels tested if you suspect a deficiency, which can be indicated by
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QNC practitioners Michelle Durkin, ND, and Janet Riley, RN, completed advanced training on Mother and Baby Bowen over this past weekend. This course was a wonderful opportunity to increase the knowledge base of using the Bowen technique with pregnant women and babies to treat certain health conditions. The course was taught by a midwife and
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One of the most common results we see in testing patients at the Quinte Naturopathic Centre is adrenal fatigue. The adrenals are two triangular glands over the kidneys, and they produce essential hormones such as progesterone, estrogen, cortisol, cortisone, steroids, and chemicals such as adrenalin and norepinephrine. If your adrenals are not functioning normally, you
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How many times have you heard that you can’t believe everything you read? It’s true of media reports and the news, of reviews, blogs, and even memoirs and autobiographies. No matter what it is you read, there is always the possibility that there are untruths in the content, designed to manipulate the reader in some
Studies have shown that about 7 million Canadians suffer from allergies or allergic illness, and the number is steadily growing. Allergic reactions are the immune system overreacting to allergens — for example, food, pollen, grass, weeds, dander, etc. — that trigger symptoms such as sneezing, wheezing, runny eyes, stuffy nose, coughing, and itching. Asthma, hives,
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