CREATING VISIONS OF HEALTH

Definitely one of the most self esteem limiting experiences for any teen is the eruption of acne at the onset and duration of puberty.  As if hormonal changes aren ‘t hard enough, your darlings have the added ‘bonus’ of not only feeling awkward and unattractive but potentially having a skin condition that appears the same.  The [...]

Last week’s post covered the more recent discoveries (and admissions) that the previously believed links between saturated fats and elevated cholesterol levels are now no longer scientifically supported in modern medicine.  With the recent revealings that statin drugs can contribute to some stages of dementia and that despite their existence over the years, we still have plenty of people that are returning [...]

The subject of elevated cholesterol is a big topic, and for that reason, I will be spending this and next week devoting this forum to clarify the mystery around cholesterol management. For as long as I’ve been in practice and even well before that, Naturopaths have known that the impact of modern food developments, increasing stress load and [...]

At some point in your life, you receive news out of the blue that has the ability to instantly heighten all of your senses to the point of nausea, anxiety, sleep disorders, digestive changes and muscle tension causing pain.  Your body is in effect going through the exact same response of our ancestors’ tens of thousands of [...]

I am pretty sure I have ‘bitten’ off more than I can chew with this post, however I am not one to shy away from the difficult cases in clinic so let’s get onto it! We are finding more so now than ever that the ingestion of sugar in many forms can be potentially harmful [...]