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...
Prevent Cold and Flu, Naturally
Cold and Flu Symptoms The cold and flu season is here and it’s time talk about preventative strategies to help you thrive during this daunting period. The flu is an acute infection of the upper respiratory tract and it is one of the most frequent infections...
Is Sugar Making You Fat?
We are becoming fatter and sicker than ever before. In fact, we have an obesity epidemic. You can’t blame it all on genetics though. Over the past 160 years, our diets have shifted towards eating more processed foods, processed vegetable fats, and eating more sugar...
7 Natural Ways to Prepare Your Immune System for Cold and Flu Season
The arrival of fall brings new and exciting beginnings, whether it is going back to school, taking on new projects or resuming taking care of our health. During this gorgeous time of the year, nature goes through change too. The leaves are falling and golden...
Mediterranean Fish and Seafood Soup
Summer is nearly over, but there is still time to enjoy some light and refreshing food! This recipe combines fresh vegetables, heart-healthy olive oil, fish and seafood. Fish such as tilapia, haddock, salmon, and sole are rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Shellfish including shrimp, squid,...
Enhance Weight Loss with Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar has become quite popular recently. Just Google “Apple Cider Vinegar” and you will find over 90 million results. Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is made by fermenting apples with yeast to convert their sugar into alcohol. The alcohol then converts into vinegar (acetic acid)...
How to Tell if You’re Actually Hungry
Did you feel hungry just reading the title? Sometimes just thinking about food or hunger can make you feel hungry. There are many reasons why you feel hungry. The most obvious one is that you are actually physically hungry. Perhaps your stomach is empty, your blood...
How Women Can Maintain Lean Body Composition After Forty
Weight management is a common health concern for the majority of my patients. What I’ve noticed when patients go through my weight management program is that women over forty have the hardest time losing weight. Specifically, they struggle with achieving and maintaining a healthy body...