Green tea contains EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate). This active ingredient has wonderful health benefits and make Green Tea a MUST have on your list of healthy foods and beverages. EGCG has been clinically shown to reduce your risk for heart disease. It has a positive benefit on your blood cholesterol level after meals. This means that […]
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Holiday Health Can Be Simple!
It’s the long weekend coming up. Time to spend a few minutes planning for the weekend – not just what you are going to do and how much fun its going to be; but also: Food and snacks – we are travelling 9 hours to the in laws; so I made ‘chocolate balls’ out of […]
Treating Digestion, Liver, and Toxicity
In my practice, the foundation of any successful naturopathic intervention is to support healthy functioning of the digestive tract and facilitate the body’s elimination of toxins. This also applies to Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy in that poor nutrition, digestive disturbance, toxin accumulation, and sub-optimal liver function greatly impact the efficacy of the treatment. In order […]
You Can Change Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Did you know that if you live to age 80, one in two people will have Alzheimer’s disease? With advances in modern medicine, the reality is that you are likely to live that long, in fact, longer. If there is someone in the room next to you: look at them – 1 of you will […]
Low Fat Makes You Fat.
Have you been trained to eat ‘low fat’ or fat free EVERYTHING so you can stay trim? Oh, such a brain washed society we live in! Even the Heart and Stroke foundation stamps its approval on all kinds of foods that are ‘good for you’. Cardiac patients are told to eat NO fat. Cheerio’s is […]
Spring Cleaning for Your Body
Do you Spring Clean? We have been doing a lot of purging at our house. And brightening up things. Made me think of my body – so I started a bit of Spring Cleaning for my body too. So many people tell me they are doing a cleanse. The first comment I have is, “if […]