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Your breath is the first gift of life. You take it with you everywhere you go. Use the breath and techniques of emotional intelligence and you can shift yourself into a physiological state of calm and clarity.

Emotions should neither be ignored nor placed in charge. They are meant to wash in, cleanse your soul and wash back out again. Each beat to beat variation in the heart is tied to a signature emotion. Some renew you and some deplete.

Have Heart

The heart communicates with nerve impu…

The cabbage also known as cruciferous or brassica family helps support phase 1 and phase 2 detoxification of the liver. This means eating more of this family of vegetables provides support for your natural detoxification process. Your liver is in charge of over 300 jobs. Not a bad thought to give your liver a hand.

Interesting to note: broccoli contains abundant B vitamins, vitamin A, has more vita…

Peri-menopausal and post-menopause is often accompanied with emotional turbulence, hot flushes and weight gain. Better understand the impacts of the swings in hormones and get the help you need to live a more balanced life.

Naturopathic Medicine exists to strengthen and encourage optimal health. It is a practice that addresses the fundamentals of disease. It honours and cooperates with the healing power of nature. 

If you seek a caring professional who is a registered naturo…

B12 deficiency has been estimated to affect about 40% of people over 60 years of age, and about 40% of the general population are on the lower end of normal.

Vitamin B12 deficiency can look like the signs and symptoms of diseases that are commonly associated with aging such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, cognitive disorders, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and other neurological problems; depression and anxiety; cardiovascular disease; cancer; and low libido. If someone you love has these symptoms…

Feel sluggish, tired, constipated, have difficult concentration, or are a wee bit depressed?

Naturopathic Medicine exists to strengthen and encourage optimal health. It is a practice that addresses the fundamentals of disease. It honours and cooperates with the healing power of nature. 

If you seek a caring professional who is a registered naturopathic doctor in Guelph with a functional medicine approach, you’ve come to the right place.

Subclinical hypothyroidism is when you have sluggish di…

Are imbalances in your brain chemicals and hormones affecting your sleep, work and pleasure in life? 

Check each of the following that apply to you:

• I wake feeling unrested
• Sleep is difficult for me
• I am always tired, fatigued or lack lustre for life
• Concentration and focus are a challenge
• My motivation is low
• I am always forgetting things
• I am often irritable and grumpy
• My sex drive is low
• Weight control is difficult and my love handles or muffin top are embarrassing
• Hormones drive me crazy…

The microbiome shows distinct differences in pre and post menopausal women, a 2019 study reports. 

The change in microbiome could help us better understand the reasons for health decline in many post-menopausal women. The presence of estrogen protects against cardiovascular, metabolic disease and bone health. Now mounting evidence shows how the gut microbiota affects estrogen metabolism levels. It is unclear if the post-menopausal decline in estrogen is directly related to the change in divers…

Trillions of cells that live on our skin and line our gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts must be diversified and in balance to keep us fit. Woodlands and jungles thrive when several plant species populate the environment, so goes it for our microflora.

Naturopathic Medicine exists to strengthen and encourage optimal health. It is a practice that addresses the fundamentals of disease. It honours and cooperates with the healing power of nature. 

If you seek a carin…

Earwax, (medically known as cerumen auris) is a protective normal secretion from a skin gland in the external ear canal. Some people make more earwax than others. Certain habits or careers may put an individual more at risk for earwax impaction.

Do you wear earphones, earplugs hearing aids or use Q-tips?

Do you have dizziness,  ear pain, itchy ears, or hearing loss?

If so, you may have earwax impaction.

Naturopathic Medicine exists to strengthen and encourage optimal health. It is a practice that addresses the fundamentals of disease. It honours and cooperates with the healing power of nature. 

If you seek a caring professional who is a registered naturopathic doctor in Guelph with a functional medicine approach, you’ve come to the right place.

Green therapy

Time outdoors is significantly important to our well being. Fresh air, sunshine, the aroma of the plants around you and the energy th…