More Ways To Shine

When we consume a rainbow of naturally coloured foods, we get more than just a delicious and attractive meal! The molecules that colour...

What is a leaky gut, anyway? You may have heard the term “leaky gut” mentioned in talking about digestive problems. This term was coined...

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a rich man and dinner like a pauper” It’s been said that breakfast is the most important meal of...

Nearly two billion people worldwide have Fatty Liver, and many have no idea they have it! Fatty liver is becoming a major health problem...

You may have heard it said that taking supplements just makes expensive urine…. that those nutrients haven’t been absorbed. But think...

One of the first vegetables to poke up through the ground in the spring, asparagus is a member of the lily family and is a nutritional...

Leeks are a wonderful prebiotic food, providing fibre that feeds a healthy gut microbiome. And we can never get enough green leafy...

Everyone knows they have a heart and a pulse. We can feel them pushing the blood that carries oxygen and nutrients around our body to...

Enjoy the relief of a good bowel movement: here’s how to make that happen. As naturopathic doctors we often turn to two common natural...

Ah, the joys of eating, whether it be fine dining, a good healthy home-made meal, some “comfort food” or a real indulgence. We share our...

Our bodies have many natural and complex detoxification pathways, but with the increased toxic exposure we face in today’s world, these...

If you heard: “Eating 30 different plant foods weekly supports your microbiome” you might react the way we did when we first heard that...

You are what you eat. And, very importantly, you are also what you feed the trillions of microbes that live in your gut. The lining of...

There are so many wonderful cold and flu prevention remedies that have been passed down amongst herbalists for centuries. This is our...

What does someone with heart disease look like? A stressed-out CEO? A smoker over 50? Whatever image came to your mind, chances are it...

One of the simplest health habits we encourage is drinking lots of good clean water. Water is the most abundant substance in our bodies....

“FIRST WE MAKE OUR HABITS, THEN OUR HABITS MAKE US” English poet John Dryden We are creatures of habit. Habits make life easier and can...

You have probably heard about Canada’s new guidelines about alcohol consumption and health. To reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease...

We naturopathic doctors are trained to think about health according to a “therapeutic order”, a pyramid of approaches that prioritizes a...