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February 24, 2024

Improving Vagal Tone

How the Wandering Nerve can bring stability to your health The Vagus Nerve Literally translated as “The wandering nerve” the vagal nerve starts in the brain (cranial nerve #10) and then travels down the neck, across the chest and into ...

December 20, 2023

Castor Oil Pack

Castor oil is derived from the bean of the castor plant. When taken internally it acts as a powerful, purgative laxative, and as such has a negative image among people familiar with this effect. (So please don’t take it internally!) ...

January 21, 2022

Allergy season is coming …are you ready?

I thoroughly enjoyed a few weeks of snow in my typically rain-sodden Vancouver, but before the snow has fully melted I’m already seeing buds on trees start to swell. And that means that my patients with allergies are about to ...

November 12, 2021

Why do you eat?

There are many reasons why people eat: hunger, boredom, stress, self-sabotage, pleasure, time cues, social cues, and reward, to name a few. The motivation to eat may change throughout the day, or from day to day. This is the deep ...

February 26, 2021

Immunotherapy for Environmental Allergies

Vancouver may have had its last snowfall of the season this past week but even a layer of snow sufficient for a day or two of sledding couldn’t quite cover all the new shoots of green popping up around us. ...

February 15, 2020

Metabolic Syndrome & Cardiovascular Health

The so-called ‘Western Diseases’ that have become commonplace diagnoses in our societies are particularly frustrating for me because they are so easily prevented. Diseases such as Type II Diabetes (also referred to as ‘adult onset diabetes’ even though it often ...

January 18, 2020

Building Blocks for Strong Bones

Bones are the framework of the body. Just like with the three little pigs the building materials you choose will dictate the strength of your physical foundation. Diets rich in fruit and vegetables (particularly green leafy vegetables) have been positively ...

December 11, 2019

Hormonal Influence on Bone Health

Sex hormones and stress hormones all have effects on bone health. No surprise really…is there anything that hormones don’t influence? Post-menopausal status is associated with bone loss because of the change in hormone levels. High stress jobs and lifestyles may ...

October 10, 2019

Optimal Fertility and a Healthy Pregnancy

Fertility is the natural state of the species. We are designed, hard-wired, to reproduce well for the sake of human kind. But there are several factors that decrease fertility in both females and males. The majority of them are environmental, ...

June 18, 2018

Digestion and your Bones

You are not necessarily what you eat, but you are what you absorb! In order to liberate the minerals in our food for absorption there must be adequate stomach acid. Stomach acid is also necessary for protein digestion (and remember ...