Dr. Colin and Dr. Patti attended the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) conference this past weekend in lovely Banff, Alberta. It was a very educational weekend filled with expert speakers on Lyme disease and networking with top Lyme experts from Canada and the United States. Lyme disease is such an important topic, we… Continue reading Chronic Lyme Disease
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Using Antioxidants in Cancer Care
For those of us working in oncology – from either conventional or naturopathic perspectives – our goals are the same: improve outcomes and improve quality of life. Antioxidants need to be clearly understood within the context of cancer treatment, because when used correctly they can add great benefit to each of these goals. Antioxidants IMPROVE… Continue reading Using Antioxidants in Cancer Care
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Why do we treat Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth? Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is incredibly common, and leads to numerous digestive symptoms, as well as contributing heavily to the onset of serious diseases, some of which are listed below. Diseases associated with SIBO: – Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Heartburn – Rosacea – Parkinson’s Disease… Continue reading Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Getting Value from your Nutritional Supplements
One would hope that Natural Health Products, especially common ones like multivitamins, provide health benefit to the consumer, and certainly not harm. A recent article by GreenMedInfo called, Is Your Multivitamin Toxic, shows that this isn’t always true. Ingredients known to the Environmental Protection Agency to be toxic at low dosages are found in some… Continue reading Getting Value from your Nutritional Supplements
Eat To Defeat Cancer
Of course our diet is exceptionally important to health. Recently we stumbled upon a very interesting TED lecture explaining some of the science as to HOW our diet is important to our health. To summarize, Dr. William Li, President of the Angiogenesis Foundation, first points out that diet accounts for at least 30 to 35%… Continue reading Eat To Defeat Cancer
Eating Healthy Fish AND Avoiding Mercury
Many people love to eat fish – for both the taste and healthy fats – but struggle with the fact that fish are a source of harmful mercury, a toxic heavy metal. Fortunately, empowered with a little bit of knowledge, we can learn how to avoid much of the mercury while continuing to enjoy fish… Continue reading Eating Healthy Fish AND Avoiding Mercury
Eating Organic
Recently the Environmental Working Group published its 2011 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. On behalf of Vive Integrative Health Group and environmental medicine experts throughout North America, Thank You! This guide, in addition to promoting the dietary value of fruits and vegetables, helps us avoid over-exposures to harmful and downright dangerous pesticides. The “Dirty… Continue reading Eating Organic
The Ravages of Mercury
In the past few years, researchers have been looking at the mercury levels of Canadians. From average urban city dwellers to tar sands workers, our mercury levels can be very high. Here is the problem with that. Mercury is well known to be toxic, and the symptoms it leads to can be quite varied. In… Continue reading The Ravages of Mercury
Sports Performance & Food Sensitivities
Dr. Patti and I are tennis fans! We play as much as we can, there are courts all around Calgary, but we also love watching the Grand Slam tournaments on television (we have even been to a couple of them and hope to go to more!) Star tennis player Novak Djokovic has been on an… Continue reading Sports Performance & Food Sensitivities