February Fitness Challenge

Hopefully you have had to a chance to consider joining my February Fitness Challenge.  This initiative challenges you to complete at least 15 minutes of exercise everyday for the whole month of February.   I decided to do this challenge for my own personal benefit, but also to help my patients and the all clients of [...]

Functional Medicine goes mainstream on Dr Oz

Functional Medicine is the medicine of “Why?”    Firmly rooted in Naturopathy, Functional Medicine is a growing movement that originated in the United States.   It combines the best of Naturopathic philosophy with conventional medical diagnostics. Recently, Dr. Mark Hyman, MD, who is the chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine was again a featured [...]

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 [...]

Naturopathic Medicine more popular than ever…

A recent survey conducted by the Canadian College of Naturopath Medicine has found that an estimated 18% of all adult Ontarians— an estimated two million people—have seen a naturopathic doctor! Not surprisingly, the survey indicates that naturopathic medicine helps contribute to reduced use of prescription drugs, along with fewer visits to doctors and hospitals. You [...]

Confessions of a Naturopath – Vol 1 No 3

Everyone who knows me, knows that I am really into fresh vegetables.  I have a vegetable garden at home AND at the cottage and I’ve been  known to have an obsession with canning, freezing and preserving.  I really can’t think of a vegetable that I don’t like (although cauliflower isn’t my favourite), but I do [...]

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 [...]

Confessions of a Naturopath

The other morning I headed out to run my regular 5km route at our cottage.  A few minutes into my route, I realized I was having a lot of trouble with my breathing.  My airways felt really tight and my sinuses felt full.  I don’t have asthma, but I wondered briefly if this is what [...]

Infrared Sauna Therapy

Infrared sauna therapy is a profoundly effective method of detoxification.  Our sauna is a “medical grade” sauna.  It was produced without the use of glues or any volatile organic compounds. Your sauna therapy includes a no-charge consultation with a Naturopathic Doctor, reverse-osmosis water, and use of shower and bathroom facilities. Sauna therapy is good for [...]

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”.  We’ve heard it [...]

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 – [...]

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