Proclamation – What Is It and How Does It Affect You as a Patient?

What In The World Is Proclamation? Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) have been a regulated health profession in Ontario under the Drugless Practitioners Act (DPA) since 1925 by the Board of Directors of Drugless Therapy - Naturopathy (BDDT-N).  On July 1 2015,...

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Roasted Lemon Asparagus with Pecans Recipe

One of my favourite new recipe books that I picked up on a whim is Joy McCarthy's Joyous Health.  It has SO many great healthy and delicious recipes to choose from. Here's one that my husband and I tried one...

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Birth Control Does What Else?!?

In 15-44 year old women, approximately 30% are using oral birth control.  According to Statistics Canada, there are 6.9 million Canadian women between the ages of 15 to 44 in 2010.  This means that approximately 2.1 million Canadian women...

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Sugar Goes By Other Aliases …

Have you ever been on to the website: Mind Body Green?  I enjoy reading the articles on all sorts of topics health-related for fun, and during one of my visits, I came across an article written by Alexandra Jamieson. ...

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Berries and Cognitive Function

Have you been hearing about the great health benefits of flavonoids?  Did you read my previous blog post regarding the benefits of berries for cancer?  If not, click here!  Flavonoids are the components that are responsible for the colours...

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High Intensity Circuit Training (HICT)

An interesting article was published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in their May/June 2013 issue regarding the benefits of a high intensity circuit training (HICT) work-out that they created.  They combine aerobic activity and resistance training...

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Change the Way You Talk to Little Girls

I came across this wonderful article by Lisa Bloom, who is an award-winning journalist, legal analyst, trial attorney, the daughter of renowned women's rights attorney, Gloria Allred, and authored the book Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart...

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Can a Phone App Help You Lose Weight?

In both my downtown Toronto and Leaside clinics, I often see many stressed out patients who would like to lose a bit of weight.  For these patients, I will always start off by recommending that they download an app...

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Almond Milk Recipe

I've had multiple conversations with a particular favourite Insight patient of mine about making our own almond milk.  She's been doing this for quite a while and has found it super simple and tasty!  So, I thought that I'd...

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How Do We “Detox”?

Throughout January, I am always asked about detoxing by patients who are trying to lose weight as their new year's goal and how they should go about doing it in a healthy and safe way. How Do We Detox? Let's start...

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