Part of my meal prep every week is to have some type of protein ready for my lunches. It makes lunch super easy because all I have to do is add some veggies and I’m good to go. In the summer it is often salad, and in the winter I will mostly take soup. Today […]
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With dietary advice like “Eat 5-6 small meals a day”, and “Get lots of whole grains to get enough fibre”, being a sugar burner has become the new normal. Unfortunately this so-called “sound dietary advice” is not working for many people. We are walking around with plenty of available stored energy as fat but we are
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As a parent one of the most challenging things to deal with is a neurological diagnosis in your child. Especially when the standard line of treatment is nothing, or strong drugs that have a high risk of side effects. But what if there was something that could bridge the gap? That is what I hope
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Are you sometimes confused about all the nutritional information out there? Do you follow certain nutritional guidelines but aren’t getting the results you want? Today I am going to cover three nutrition myths that I come across on a regular basis that hold people back from the results they are hoping to achieve. 1. Breakfast
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It’s been a while since I have run my hormone detox program so I am excited to have it back on the schedule this spring and have some new recipes for participants to try! Did you know that cruciferous veggies are necessary to detoxify environmental estrogens called xenoestrogens? That is why I am including them
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Think about your hormones like a symphony orchestra. When they are all working together in harmony it is a beautiful experience. But when one of them is out of tune, it can be a hot mess! Keeping hormones in balance is one of the greatest challenges that women AND men have in modern society. Our
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Abdominal pain can be a tricky symptom to treat. There can be multiple causes, not just in the digestive system, but in other systems as well where it can mimic a digestive problem. Often many tests are done like bloodwork, ultrasounds, X-rays, colonoscopies, and endoscopies. And all of them can be “normal”. So what do
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One of the biggest indicators of hormone imbalance for women is an irregular period. This will often occur during natural large hormonal shifts like puberty, peri-menopause, or post-partum. But now it seems all too common outside of these times with our busier, more stressful lives, and our increased exposure to chemicals. Often I am asked,
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Over the last year my office has organized and completed three 10 day detoxes for our patients and their family and friends. As with many things this past year, each detox was focused on the immune system. We will be running one more immune detox starting in a couple weeks. So don’t forget to sign
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Did you know that up to 90% of doctor’s visits for a chronic complaint are due to stress? That’s an alarming figure. But when you consider the nervous system controls the majority of our bodily functions it makes sense that a healthy body results from a healthy nervous system. There are only 3 things a
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