Prevention & Lifestyle Blog
The 3 Most Simple And Effective Things You Can Do For Your Health In The New Year
Are you already tired of listening and watching others plan, set and launch their health goals for the new year? Have you been stuck in a health pattern that just isn’t helping you get ahead or feel better? Do you want to improve your health, but are overwhelmed with...
Starting Chemotherapy? Don’t Delay In Supporting Your Health Now!
You don’t have to be a medical professional to know that the impacts of chemotherapy on your body can be harsh. Granted there are often significant treatment benefits, the reality is that many patients not only struggle with side effects, but many aspects of health...
The Single Factor That Will Make or Break Your Health
Ok, as a Naturopathic Doctor, I'm all about keeping your approach to health simple. That being said, there are literally dozens of things that ultimately create and influence your current and future health. Regardless of such complexities, it’s my job to maneuver...
I Think I’m Healthy, But How Do I Really Know?
Health seems to be one of those funny things, that when trying to gauge your own, a black or white answer isn’t aways clear. With disease on the other hand, if you’re not well, your body usually better defines that something might be wrong. That being said, people are...
The 5 Simple Steps To Heal Any Illness
Whether you’re fully invested into health or not, both wellness and disease can easily become a complicated endeavour. Health, on the one hand, is a plethora of continuous practices designed to support optimal wellbeing, while disease happens because of short or long...
Concerned About Cancer? Here Are The Top 5 Ways To Actively Lower Your Risk.
We all know it, cancer’s a scary thing. We also know that when it comes to cancer, most do everything they can in order to avoid thinking of it. Unfortunately, whether we’re actively engaged in anti cancer measures or not, cancer can rear its ugly head at any time....
5 Ways To Simplify Your Health
With the endless supply of information out there, the potential of mixed messages and confusion about what’s good for you and what’s not is all too real. Combine the overabundance of information with the ever evolving complexities and commitments in life, most people...
How To Safely Manage A Fever
For some, when your child gets a fever, it can be a horrifying experience. Unfortunately, we’ve all been programmed to think that fevers are dangerous, and that they need to be treated and eliminated with medication. Yet what’s important to understand, is that when a...
My Child Is Sick. How Do I Effectively Treat A Viral Infection?
When it comes to antibiotics, the medical profession is finally making a shift. Remember when you were a child, every time you got sick, had a bad cough, fever, or flu, you’d head to the doctors and be prescribed a round (or more) or antibiotics? Sometimes it would...
My Top 5 Healthiest Foods
As a naturopathic doctor I regularly help people integrate healthier nutritional habits into their lives. Whether it’s preventative or to help treat an acute or chronic disease, nutrition plays a pivotal role in better health. Helping patients navigating diet and...
Sick Or Healthy, Why Does Your Immune System Matter?
We all hear about how important it is to have a healthy immune system. For the most part, the assumption to keep this defence system ticking along is so that we can all do our best to fight and avoid colds and flu’s during the winter months. What many people may not...
The Most Effective Naturopathic Cold And Flu Home Remedies
As I’ve previously mentioned, naturopathic medicine has extremely effective ways to prevent and treat colds, flu’s and viruses (see here). At the first signs of feeling run down, visiting a regulated naturopathic doctor will likely be all you need in order to beat a...