News is always meant to be the information equivalent of “junk food” – giving instant satisfaction with very little real nutrition. This is why headlines (in Vancouver too!) are meant to capture and pique your interest and then give something to talk about over at the water cooler. This makes most Vancouver naturopaths irritated.
Unfortunately, this [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Headline: fish oils no benefit; Actual study: fish oil reduces cardiac death!
Posted in Cardiovascular on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disinfectants for use in the house…
Posted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Most people already know that we should be using separate cutting boards for raw meat and vegetables. Hopefully after having a good turkey dinner, clean up wil have been thorough to get rid of reisdual bacteria from raw turkey that has been in contact with counters and surfaces.
While these aren’t the type of chronic infections [...]
Sleep matters… for more than neurodegenerative disease
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
15 years ago I was involved in competitive martial arts, and competed nationally as part of a provincial BC team. The training often involved heavy sparring at mid-to-full contact. Nowadays I tend to dream about naturopathic medicine, but back then my dreams were definitely about martial arts.
In fact, in many of the dreams I found [...]
Dealing with chronic fatigue
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps the number one complaint that accompanies a patient into any doctors office is chronic fatigue. It is definitely not the only complaint, but it usually is most prominent amongst a list of symptoms. And it is very important, as it is difficult to have a good quality of life if there is no zest [...]
Do you really need Ritalin for cognitive enhancement?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ritalin, or methylphenidate, has been in the news in the last few days. It seems that many believe that methylphenidate can help their cognitive performance, giving them an edge in work or study. Apparently even college students are starting to use the drug as a means of staying up later and focusing while having a [...]
What to do about the sugar that is killing you
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sugar, refined carbohydrates, have far more a detrimental effect on the body than most people realize. I could estimate that excess sugar and refined carbohydrate intake contribute to at least half of the chronic diseases that I see. It doesn’t mean that cutting out the sugar and refined carbs immediately will help patients that are [...]
Why finding and treating the cause is vital…
Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is often the misconception that naturopathic medicine is about conventional diagnosis and then treatment with “natural” drug alternatives. This actually isn’t the case at all.
Take a great patient of mine who came in today with an acute flare of dizziness, anxiety, tremors, and headache. This patient had been successfully treated for her initial symptoms [...]
How to keep the holiday weight off…
Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Christmas and New Year holidays are full of great times as people slow their lives down and focus on the things that are really important. Usually stress comes down, and we tend to have a holiday meal or two. This time of year often also marks a new start to what can become a [...]
