One of my favourite healthy snacks is nuts or seeds with a couple squares of dark chocolate. I like to buy the 70% dark chocolate small squares at Costco or Lindt red pepper chili dark chocolate. Why is this snack good for your heart? Nuts and seeds have good fats, like omega 3, and protein […]
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Welcome back from holidays everyone! I hope you had a wonderful, quiet holiday and you are ready to make a positive shift in your health. Shout out to anyone who signed up for the Belly Fat Detox that starts next week…you are awesome!!! If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that your baseline health
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I sometimes have a new patient that comes in with a bag full of supplements that they are taking or have tried in the past. Often it will make me cringe. I feel bad for them because they have fallen prey to the myth that there is a pill to cure every ill and this couldn’t
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This month’s recipe is just in time for Christmas! Do you have food sensitivities? Or maybe someone in your family does. Holidays tend to be a challenging time for these individuals because there is usually more food around that will make them feel sick. One tip (and recipe) that I can share to help make
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Ever feel distracted, foggy, or overwhelmed? Sometimes the simplest solutions are just that – simple. They are so simple in fact that they can be right in front of our face and we can’t even see it. Our cluttered desk, our cluttered house, our cluttered car, could be a metaphor for our cluttered life. When
For the past 8 years I have used a CSA. I even consider them to be part of my health care team. I also promote CSA’s to my patients. So if you don’t know what they are, it’s time to be in the know! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. When you sign up, you
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Christmas is almost here and the new year is coming. I like to take a step back during this busy time and really reflect on the year that has just gone by. I want to be grateful for what I have instead of getting sucked into the mass marketing machine of Christmas. For me, the
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There is a lot of miscommunication out there when it comes to gluten. What should be a red flag for anyone wondering about how gluten might be affecting their health is the advice that 1. gluten is not a problem unless you have celiac disease OR 2. everyone should be eating a gluten-free diet in
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Did you know that oral health is an important determinant to overall health? In fact there are several strains of bacteria in the mouth and having a balance in the oral microbiome is just as important as balance in the gut microbiome. So how can you improve your oral microbiome? Here are a few easy
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One of the things that I remember learning very early on at naturopathic college is that in order to be healthy people, we also need a healthy planet. The health of our bodies and the health of our environment go hand in hand. This year I have been thinking about this concept even more. So
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