Digestion is an area of health that I support frequently in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine Practice. Digestion and gut health has a major influence on a patients overall health and quality of life, so it is no surprise that digestive issues are one of the most common concerns I see in my practice. The […]
One of the most common requests I get from patients in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine practice is testing for hormone levels and adrenal fatigue due to chronic stress and burnout. One of the best methods of testing for my practice has been the Dutch Hormone testing. It has really changed the way I treat […]
I frequently see patients going through Perimenopause in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine practice, and it can be a very difficult and frustrating time for my patients. There are a lot of changes my patients experience, on a physical, mental and emotional level. Many of my patients have busy, high stress lives full of work […]
What can I do about my Acid Reflux? Acid Reflux, also known commonly as Heartburn, or GERD: Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, is a condition I see often in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine practice. This is a condition that can come and go, or stay for periods of time, or stay permanently, but if […]
One of the most common issues I see in my NW Calgary practice with my patients is fatigue, or less than optimal energy levels (meaning patients have enough energy to get through the day and that’s all, they want to crash on the couch at the end of the day at the expense of physical […]
My blog today is going to be on the importance of adequate sleep, and this is something I address in the majority of the patients I see in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine practice. I consider optimal sleep to be an important pillar of health, meaning that it is important to overall health and vitality. […]
I see a lot of patients in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine practice that love sugar…..and I myself am guilty of having a sweet tooth 🙂 So I wanted to write a blog about the impacts that sugar has on your body, and how to minimize these impacts if you want to indulge in some […]
My blog today is going to be about exercise…one of the most important lifestyle modifications that you can make for your mental, emotional and physical well being. There are 3 types of fitness: cardiovascular (running, walking, biking, etc), resistance (lifting weights, squatting, body weight exercises) and flexibility (yoga). All three types are important to include […]
My blog today is going to focus on a way of choosing foods that I talk about with a lot of my patients in my NW Calgary Naturopathic Medicine practice when I talk about diet and healthy eating. These food choices and meal planning are based on the Glycemic Index rating of a food. So […]
My blog today is going to be about the impact that stress, and specifically the stress hormone, cortisol, has on our physical, mental and emotional health. We all go through periods of stress. These periods are meant to be short term, so that our bodies temporarily alter function to get us through the stress, to […]