Sugar: How Much is Too Much?
Governments and organizations are finally declaring a maximum amount of daily sugar intake. While this is a step forward, there are still a few problems. One, they don’t all agree with each other. And two, health professionals don’t necessarily agree with them either. We all know sugar...
Fats: Keep the Good and Ditch the Bad
Fat is an essential macronutrient that supports your brain function, hormones, immune system and heart health. There are two types of fat: one that supports these functions and another that busts all of these (brain, hormones, immune system, heart health, and moods). That is why the information...
Five Ways to Naturally Stop Bloating
Have you ever felt a bit over bloated or gassy in the belly after a meal? Not surprising, bloating is common. Up to 25-30% of people experience it regularly. It happens when you have trouble digesting. The symptoms may come from build up gas, reactions to...
Need a Mood Lift? Eat This.
There no doubt that what you eat can affect how you feel. Both mental and brain health are complex. So are the foods we eat, and the ways our bodies interact with those foods. While, we don't know the exact mechanisms how food and nutrition help,...
3 Easy-Peasy Meal Ideas for Busy Individuals
Who likes cooking? I can tell you that not many people do. A lot of us find it intimidating. It is intimidating because we feel that it will take too long, we’ll end up messing up the recipe and frankly no one actually taught us how...
Why You Should Use a Customized Meal Plan
What is a Meal Plan? In a nutshell, a meal plan is a planning tool that helps you answer the “what's for dinner?” question only once per week. With a meal plan at hand, you are not wrecking your brain over what to eat for breakfast,...
Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss
What is intermittent fasting? Intermittent fasting is not a diet. It is a pattern of eating with intermittent periods of fasting and feasting. It limits when you eat and not what you eat, which eliminates the need to count calories while still losing weight. Some believe that...
Lose Excess Inches With These Shopping Tips
Healthy weight management starts the moment you step into a grocery store and the choices that you make while shopping for food. Here are a few tips on how to make smart choices that can help with weight management and prevent you from making impulsive...
Stop Pain and Inflammation with THIS Diet
Osteoarthritis is a debilitating degenerative joint disease that affects millions of Canadians. Osteoarthritis primarily affects cartilage, a cushion-like material between bones. When the cartilage is healthy, joints move freely and without pain. In case of osteoarthritis, the cartilage progressively breaks down and causes pain and...
Magnesium: The Relaxation Mineral You May Be Missing
Do you experience stress, fatigue, muscle cramps, irritability, mental confusion or heart disturbances? Chances are you might not be getting enough magnesium in your diet. It is no surprise that over 40% of Canadians are lacking magnesium as a result of highly refined and processed...
Healing Elbow Injuries with Electroacupuncture
Elbow injuries are commonplace in the workplace as a result of overuse leading to microtrauma and chronic inflammation. For example, factory workers, carpenters, and manual laborers are at risk for developing tennis elbow as they tend to overuse their arms and hands. Injury can also...
Back Pain Affecting Your Productivity? See a Naturopathic Doctor for Acupuncture
Back Pain and Conventional Treatment Back pain can affect your life in many ways - from missing days at work to affecting relationships in your life. Approximately four in five adults between the ages of 30 and 50 experience low back pain. Conventional treatments such as...
How to Get More Iron on a Plant-Based Diet
True or False: You will become iron deficient on a plant-based diet. Signs and Symptoms of Low Iron We have all heard that iron is important to our health. Your doctor might have also told you that are “low on iron”. Iron deficiency remains one of the...