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What Happens in the Gut … Goes All the Way to the Lungs

Bacteria get into the lungs from your mouth, from the air you breathe, and from the gut, hence both environmental factors and your gut microbiota will affect respiratory health. Though lungs have fewer bacteria than the gut, they are still a dynamic environment with ability to impact immunity. This is a guest blog from alive Magazine.

Top 10 Nutrients to Get You Through The Holiday Season

Top 10 Nutrients to Get You Through The Holiday Season

Published in Vitality Magazine By Dr Zoltan P. Rona, MD, MSc Every year around the holidays, your social calendar fills up and you’re tempted to eat and drink indiscriminately away from home. Office parties and family get togethers make for the majority of excuses to...

Halt Uterine Fibroids & Heavy Periods

Halt Uterine Fibroids & Heavy Periods

By Lorna Vanderhaege Heavy menstrual bleeding and endless spotting caused by uterine fibroids is the main reason for  hysterectomy – and Canada has the highest rates of hysterectomy in the world. If both the uterus and ovaries are removed women are thrown into...

Fuller Hair and Stronger Nails: Nourishing Thyroid is Key

Fuller Hair and Stronger Nails: Nourishing Thyroid is Key

An Interview with Dr. Elie Klein, ND By Jason Sebeslav Dr. Elie Klein is a naturopathic doctor in Toronto, author of Read This If You Have A Heart – The Book on Lowering High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Naturally, as well as co-owner and formulator of...

Is the “organic” hype really true?

Is the “organic” hype really true?

The conversations I hear about the topic of “organic foods” have been many. They often go something like this:

“I can’t taste the difference between organic and commercial foods, so I just buy the regular kind”

“Organic is so expensive… I just buy conventional foods. I can’t afford to buy organic for my whole family”

The Dos and Don’ts of Making a Better (and Healthier) Salad

The Dos and Don’ts of Making a Better (and Healthier) Salad

Source: alive.com You deserve better than a limp pile of iceberg lettuce. Make your salads delicious, creative, meal-worthy affairs with these tweaks. We’re a little obsessed with salads. Not the boring, run-of-the-mill salads found at some restaurants—we’re talking...

8 Unusual Allergy Treatments

8 Unusual Allergy Treatments

by Dr. Marita Schauch, ND A lot of people reach for over-the-counter allergy medications at this time of year. It’s not hard to understand: when you’re sneezing, stuffed up, low on energy and physically uncomfortable it’s natural to want something that acts fast to...

My Elimination Diet Trip – Part 3: Re-Introduction

My Elimination Diet Trip – Part 3: Re-Introduction

So you’ve progressed through the Detoxification and Elimination phases of the Elimination Diet. Once all of your symptoms are gone, you begin the final phase: Reintroduction (sometimes known as provocation).

Health food forerunner turns 40

Health food forerunner turns 40

by Tiffany Mayer After four decades in business, it would be easy to think that there would be little in the way of surprises anymore. But Jason Sebeslav, owner of the 40-year-old Peanut Mill Natural Foods Market, is always caught off guard when people discover what...

My Elimination Diet Trip: Part 2 – Elimination

My Elimination Diet Trip: Part 2 – Elimination

With the three-day detox phase completed, it’s now time to head into the elimination phase. You will expand on your foods from phase 1, yet still eat foods free from the most common allergens. This means no dairy, gluten, corn, soy, yeast, nuts, caffeine, eggs and more.

8 Signs You Have a Hormone Imbalance

by Dr. Marita Schauch, ND How many women have you spoken to lately who feel fabulous – balanced, rested and ready to conquer the world? I’d guess the answer is somewhere between none and few. In my clinical practice I treat hundreds of women each year and I hear the...