Preventing Colds and Flus
Our perception of microbes is often skewed. Television commercials and magazine ads instil fear through their portrayal of viruses and bacteria as little monsters with sharp claws and pointed...
Controversy: Flax Seeds and their role in Cancer Prevention
When we ask our patients if they use flax seeds in their diet, most will say “YES, I have been using ground up flax seeds for years!” Most often...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Vitamin D in Pregnancy and Infancy
Over the last weekend in June, the Naturopathic Doctors at Vive Integrative Health Group attended the biennial Health Fusion conference – an interesting and informative conference hosted by the...
Vitamin D and Your Health
There is no doubt that Vitamin D is important for optimal health. In addition to its well-known roles in improving the body’s immune function and preventing and treating osteoporosis,...
5 Foods in a Naturopathic Doctor’s Grocery Cart
We all do it....as we stand in line waiting to check out at the grocery store, we glance to see what others are buying. Knowing what we know about...