How To Properly Test For Gluten Sensitivity and Should You Go Gluten Free?
There’s a growing trend that has developed over the past few years with people “going gluten free”. Once a diet prescribed specifically for patients with Celiac Disease, a gluten free diet is now emerging as a new fad diet that people are jumping on. It has even grabbed the attention of mainstream doctors like Dr […]
Natural Solutions for the Symptoms of Menopause
Menopause often comes with many unwelcomed symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, low libido, and mood changes, primarily due to the drop in estrogens. Since bio-identical hormone replacement therapy is not an option for all menopausal women, alternatives need to be used. Luckily, there are several natural options that can help alleviate these annoyances. Try […]
B.C. Doctors Under-Reporting Cases of Lyme Disease
I’ve already discussed the alarming statistics showing that Lyme Disease is drastically underreported through out North America. I came across this article from last year which indicated that we have known about the underreporting of Lyme Disease since at least 2012, even though updated statistics only hit the major news media outlets just a few […]
Solutions for a Diabesity Epidemic – Part II
In part one of this series, I discussed the underlying factors that are contributing to the epidemic of Diabesity, otherwise known as Metabolic Syndrome with obesity. In this post, I’d like to share some thoughts on a few solutions that can prevent and reverse these conditions. Frequent Complaints and Problems Contributing to Obesity Lack of […]
Solutions for A Diabesity Epidemic – Part I
I recently attend a seminar held by Designs for Health on the topic of the functional endocrinological approach to the diabesity epidemic. I had the pleasure of hearing from two incredible speakers, Rebecca Murray and Dr Alan Weiss, who gave fantastic presentations and I gleaned numerous clinical pearls that my future patients are going to […]