Childhood ear infections are a painful, uncomfortable affair that can effect the whole family. Unfortunately some children and their parents end up in the Emergency Room at their wits end. The issue is that the great majority of inner ear infections are viral caused, this means antibiotics will have NO EFFECT and the hours spent [...]
We spend a lot of time at home and a third of our day in the bedroom. Optimizing the air we are breathing is one way of reducing stress on the whole body and help keep the sinuses happy, fending off viral infections. First: Replace furnace and air conditioning filters regularly. If allergies/asthma is also [...]
Of the tens of thousands of chemicals found commonly in the environment 168 of them are Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals or EDC's. What the heck does that mean? They disrupt or interrupt the normal functioning of your hormonal regulators. Not just impacting your sexual health and menstrual cycle but calorie burning, wound healing and more. Of [...]
Is high cholesterol just an important symptom of Vitamin D deficiency? Are we looking at the wrong end of the equation? As an ND I have been trained to see and respect the inherent body wisdom that 40,000 generations have created as we interacted with our environment. How could humans both utterly rely on cholesterol [...]
After "What is a naturopathic doctor?" the next most common question I get from new acquaintances is "What is the ideal diet?", no one likes the answer. It starts with a basis of Michael Pollan's Food Rules: Eat real food. Not too much. Mostly plants. It's only in the details things get less simple but [...]
