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Confessions of a Naturopath, Vol2 no 1

Before Christmas, I was sitting in a professional conference, enjoying the speaker, when I caught sight of an old classmate of mine (who frankly, I didn’t like very much).  More than ten years earlier, we had had words about something that had come to pass.  She made some accusations, as did I, and we have not really spoken since.  To her credit,... [Read more of this review]

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Confessions of a Naturopath, Vol 1 No 2

I overheard a most interesting conversation between two young people today at a local cafe.  They were eating a reasonably healthy lunch and complaining loudly about their high school cafeteria menu having changed.  “They don’t even have a decent bag of chips anymore” commented the young man.  A decent bag of chips?  Is this not an oxymoron? ... [Read more of this review]

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Jazzing up your water

With this summer heat, I am reminded of how many unhealthy cooling beverages there are available on the market.   Before you reach for that cold pop or fruit juice, consider making water your choice.  Patients often say to me that they get tired of drinking water or that their kids simply “won’t” drink water.  Wow.  It is incredibly difficult,... [Read more of this review]

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What are YOUR top health strategies?

As health practitioners, we have protocols and treatments that we use, and that we often suggest in helping you to manage your health. But what about you?  What do you do, actively to take ownership of your own health? Check out the poll below, and let us know!  We’d love to hear from you.  And if one (or both!) of your top two strategies aren’t... [Read more of this review]

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Super Charging Your Breakfast

I have read literally thousands of my diet diaries over the years and have observed one common dietary weakness.   Even in those nutrition-conscious individuals, one meal stands out as inadequate – poor quality, low-nutrition.  That meal is almost universally breakfast. We all know that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. ... [Read more of this review]

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The Delicate Flower of Midlife Sleep

Many of us notice that solid, undisturbed sleep becomes elusive in mid-life.  After 40, most men and women start to experience interrupted sleep, restless sleep and/or frank insomnia.  Why does sleep quality change is this decade for so many of us?  I like to think of sleep in this decade as a delicate flower – one that is easily affected by any... [Read more of this review]

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Urgent Rolaids Recall

McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Canada) Urgently Recalls Various Rolaid Products Sold in Canada Information Update 2010-220 December 10, 2010 For immediate release OTTAWA – Health Canada is informing Canadians that McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Canada) is voluntarily recalling all lots of ROLAIDS® Ultra Strength SoftChews® and ROLAIDS® Ultra Strength... [Read more of this review]

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