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Spring Detox: Hidden Toxins Draining your Energy

Detox your body this spring by eliminating hidden toxins from food, products, and habits. Feel lighter, more energized, and healthier with naturopathic tips. Read more

Estrogen, Bone Density, and Perimenopause/Menopause: What You Need to Know

Discover how estrogen affects bone density during perimenopause/menopause and learn practical tips for nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle to keep bones strong during both phases. Read more

Are toxic relationships sapping your energy? It’s time to take action

Toxic relationships can quietly drain your energy, leaving you exhausted without knowing why. In this post, we explore how emotional immaturity and narcissism can contribute to these toxic dynamics, and how recognizing the signs can help you reclaim your energy. Read more

Understanding inauthentic fatigue and how to overcome it

Explore the concept of inauthentic fatigue—how pretending to be someone you’re not can lead to emotional exhaustion. Through personal examples and practical tips, you’ll learn how embracing authenticity can restore your energy and improve your well-being. Read more

Understanding Thyroid Health: 9 Essential Tests You Need to Know

As a naturopathic doctor, I often encounter patients struggling with thyroid issues. Proper diagnosis and management of thyroid health are crucial, and this starts with the right tests. Here are the nine essential tests that can help you and your doctor better understand your thyroid function. Read more

The top 10 most important labs to order

Labs provide important data for your doctor. Getting them tested at least twice a year is an essential piece to keep you healthy. You need to make sure you have the right doctor interpreting them. Read more

The top two things you need to remove from your body that cause fatigue

The number one thing people consume to boost their energy hands down - is coffee. But for optimal sustained energy - we really need to address these two things. Read more

Here’s why you need to know the word iatrogenic

I was finishing my continuing medical education credits this weekend. I was flabbergasted by what I was hearing in this pharmacology webinar. The only conclusion I could draw is that most of the drugs that patients are prescribed are poisons. They may affect some small positive change, but cause 10 x more problems than they prevent. This diabetes drug I was learning about can cause gangrene and death. But the pharmacist who was presenting didn’t think it was necessary to tell his patients that - he said maybe only if the patient seemed paranoid - so he wouldn’t get in trouble later. And here’s why you need to know the word iatrogenic. Read more

Improve your overall health now with this one thing

Considered worse than smoking a pack of cigarettes a day - this is of utmost importance for your overall health. Contributing to diabetes, stroke, cancer, heart disease and a myriad of other health issues, this one thing can improve your health in countless ways. Read more

The tiny little speck that could be making you tired

I often ask my patients if this speck could be making them tired. Yet when it creeps up slowly on me, it always takes me a while to realize there is a real reason for my fatigue. And it could be the reason for yours too. The good thing is that once you know it’s there, you can do something about it. What is it? Read more