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Restart Your Gut After All the Holiday Eating
The holidays are fun. But all that eating can take a toll on our bodies, especially the delicacies crammed with saturated fats like cheese, cream and butter. When your gut feels taxed, the rest of your health suffers too. After all, it’s your gut that absorbs all the good nutrients from food into your body.
Natural Ways to Treat a Viral Infection This Winter
Tis the season for upper respiratory tract infections and its not even December. This winter, not only are we faced with the threat of the common flu virus, there's also Covid 19 in addition to RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) added to the mix . I have already...
Phytonutrients for Effective Liver Detox
While most people think about a spring or fall detox, I believe that detoxification efforts should happen year round. Summer is a particularly important time of the year for the liver to get extra attention. The warmer weather usually means get-togethers filled with...
7 Benefits of Resveratrol
Resveratrol as a supplement really caught my attention five years ago when I started focusing on genomics and health outcomes. Up until that point, resveratrol was almost always associated with red wine in my mind. However, I have come to use this compound much more...
Organic Produce: A Waste of Money or Health necessity?
The organic industry is booming and it doesn't look like things are slowing down any time soon. The industry in Canada alone is a multi-billion dollar industry with a project 8% annual rate growth. However, I often get patients asking me if purchasing organic food is...
Vitamins: Are You taking the right ones?
I have a confession to make. For years, I honestly thought that multivitamins were only necessary for people who didn't have a nutrient-dense diet. These were people who were mainly eating processed and fast food. I truly believed that if you are eating a good diet,...
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Restart Your Gut After All the Holiday Eating
The holidays are fun. But all that eating can take a toll on our bodies, especially the delicacies crammed with saturated fats like cheese, cream and butter. When your gut feels taxed, the rest of your health suffers too. After all, it’s your gut that absorbs all the good nutrients from food into your body.
Natural Ways to Treat a Viral Infection This Winter
Tis the season for upper respiratory tract infections and its not even December. This winter, not only are we faced with the threat of the common flu virus, there's also Covid 19 in addition to RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) added to the mix . I have already...
Phytonutrients for Effective Liver Detox
While most people think about a spring or fall detox, I believe that detoxification efforts should happen year round. Summer is a particularly important time of the year for the liver to get extra attention. The warmer weather usually means get-togethers filled with...
7 Benefits of Resveratrol
Resveratrol as a supplement really caught my attention five years ago when I started focusing on genomics and health outcomes. Up until that point, resveratrol was almost always associated with red wine in my mind. However, I have come to use this compound much more...
Organic Produce: A Waste of Money or Health necessity?
The organic industry is booming and it doesn't look like things are slowing down any time soon. The industry in Canada alone is a multi-billion dollar industry with a project 8% annual rate growth. However, I often get patients asking me if purchasing organic food is...
Vitamins: Are You taking the right ones?
I have a confession to make. For years, I honestly thought that multivitamins were only necessary for people who didn't have a nutrient-dense diet. These were people who were mainly eating processed and fast food. I truly believed that if you are eating a good diet,...