“Coffee is an amazingly potent collection of biologically active compounds,” says Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health. Naturopathic medicine uses plants with biologically active compounds as medicines. And medicines have particular uses for...
Hormone Testing Primer A lot of women as well as men ask their doctor to check their hormone levels as a cause for low energy and lack of zest for life as they get older. Many of these women and men are getting on bio-identical hormones, and the hormone levels must be...
This Week is National Naturopathic Medicine Week U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating this week, Oct. 7 - Oct. 13, 2013 Naturopathic Medicine Week. The resolution recognizes the value of naturopathic medicine in providing safe, effective, and...
Bowenwork Celebrates Breast Health What is essential for breast health? Circulating fluids to and from the breast. Much of the removal of fluids from the breasts happens through the lymphatic channels. These are a system of ducts that go from the tissues, collect in...
Eat Right 4 Your Type You may have heard of this work by Dr. Peter D'Adamo. The book with that title came out in 1996. The work has been developing since then as well. The idea that blood type helps determine your susceptibility to illness and what kinds of illness...
One Man's Food . . . is someone else's poison Dr. James D’Adamo, after graduating from Naturopathic Medical school, studied at some of the great spas in Europe. He noticed that although many patients did well on the strict vegetarian and low-fat diets there, some did...
What do I mean by that? Gluten-free foods are not problem-free. The majority of foods which are targeted to gluten-free eating that you can find in Health Food Stores and grocery stores are not particularly healthy foods. These products that look and aim to taste like...
Lose Wheat, Lose Weight When you lose wheat, you may lose: Joint stiffness and pain Acid reflux Rashes Mental fog Fatigue Poor quality sleep Food obsessions Some asthmatic symptoms Leg swelling A few points of fasting blood sugar A few pounds Frankengrain Wheat has...
Weighed Down with Toxins? While everyone with a heavy toxic burden is fat – and not everyone who’s fat has a heavy toxin burden – all of my overweight patients who rid themselves of toxins automatically lose weight. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work the other way...
Celebrating the Fullness of Life August 16, 2013 A Heart-felt Thank You for voting me Best Alternative Medicine the second year in a row! Many patients visited. As well, community members wanting to become patients came to meet me. Prizes for all Everyone enjoyed...
