What’s on YOUR “Do Not Eat” list?

Many people have natural food and dietary preferences, but few people, outside of those with medical reasons, often don’t maintain a list of foods they simply “Do Not Eat” But if you’re looking for ways to improve your health and diet, maybe it’s time to start formalizing one.    At home, you can discuss it [...]

What ever happened to H1N1?

Wow -what a flu season!  The build-up and media hype around H1N1 resulted in busy phone lines at our office.  The general public was spooked by the potential of this virus becoming a super-bug – but overall, the patients of Cornerstone kept a cool head and managed their health beautifully.  Following the pattern in other [...]

Cornerstone welcomes Nancy Britton and food sensitivity testing

Cornerstone Health Centre is pleased to announce that Nancy Britton has joined our health care team.  Nancy and Dr. Meier have worked together at other locations for 8 years. Nancy has been providing electrodermal screening services to a variety of naturopathic clinics for nearly 15 years.   Nancy trained in electrodermal screening with a Toronto [...]

H1N1 Hysteria

After a long campaign to garner public interest for the H1N1 vaccination, public health and the media have succeeded in creating a panicked and fearful public. Our recent poll below has confirmed that many people are completely confused about H1N1, and that some of the hysteria is directly media influenced: H1N1 is a mild influenza [...]

Your Daily Detox, Vol1 Number2

In our western culture, we eat primarily sweet and salty foods.  For millenia, Chinese medicine has recommended balancing all of the tastes – sweet, salty, pungent, sour and bitter.   Eating bitter or sour foods causes a completely different digestive enzyme response than does eating sweet or salty foods.   In particular, bitter foods  cause a digestive [...]

Infrared Sauna therapy shown to improve pain and stiffness due to Arthritis

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology has determined that therapeutic use of a far-infrared sauna leads to reduced pain and stiffness that is associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis.  In addition, the study found that the therapy was well tolerated by the patients, and did not lead to any exacerbation of disease symptoms. [...]

What you need to know about Vitamin D

Vitamin D is in the headlines frequently these days. Research over the last few decades has uncovered the critical role this vitamin plays in the prevention and treatment of many illnesses. From autism to depression, osteoporosis to cancer, vitamin D has created more interest in the scientific world than any vitamin in recent history. “The [...]

Vitamin D and your children

We recently posted a poll asking you how many IUs of Vitamin D a child under 12 should be taking daily. Several of your guessed the correct answer (as can be seen below), which is 400 IU per day.   Children between the ages of 2 and 12 can safely take 400 IU per day. Vitamin [...]

Headaches and dehydration

The next time that you get a mild headache, drink 8 ounces of water, without an analgesic, close your eyes, relax and take a break for about 20 minutes. You’ll start to understand the importance of drinking water when your headache goes away and you didn’t take a pain killer.

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