Overnight oats finished and ready to eat in a bowl with a spoon

Outstanding Overnight Oats

Eat well, save time

Have you tried overnight oats yet? If you like oatmeal but DISLIKE wasting time, overnight oats is for you!

Toddler helping to make overnight oats

Overnight oats, aka oats you don’t have to cook, have been trendy for several years now, but I’ve only recently been making them regularly.…

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Can you Heal Hashimoto’s?

This article is the third in a series of three articles all about Hashimoto’s disease and will cover how Naturopathic treatment can help alleviate symptoms, improve thyroid function, and over time reduce autoimmunity to heal Hashimoto’s. Check out the other two articles here:

My personal Hashimoto’s history

I am careful to only share my personal experience with patients when I know it can be helpful (or entertaining!).…

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Thyroid gland

What is Hashimoto’s? (And how to find out if you have it)

Why does Thyroid Disease Matter?

Do you have thyroid disease, or specifically Hashimoto’s?

If so, you probably already know that:

  • Thyroid disease can cause many varied symptoms and is a major barrier to overall health and ability to function
  • Patients often assume there are no further options beyond taking thyroid hormone replacement medication, even if they still feel poorly
  • Testing and treating thyroid disease can be confusing and overwhelming to patients
  • Failing to address the root cause of thyroid disease can lead to continued loss of thyroid gland function and other chronic dysfunction/disease

As a Naturopathic Doctor (and someone who prides herself on sorting through and organizing information well!),…

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Celebration!

Dr. Kate Whimster, ND on YouTube

Have you heard of YouTube?

Of course you have and you probably watch something on YouTube at least once per week if not multiple times per day!

Did you know I have a channel on YouTube?

Celebration!

Probably not because until today it only had a couple of videos posted and even I barely knew it existed…

Today I spent a good few hours learning how to upload some videos we shot at Mahaya Forest Hill earlier this summer and I’m pleased to say I was successful and they are now ready for you to view!…

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Slow cooker chicken stock

Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

A slow cooker is a wonderful tool to prepare delicious, nutritious foods in big batches! Preparing your own stock in a slower cooker is easy, saves money buying packaged stock, and adds nutrients to your foods instead of using water.

I like to carve up a whole roasted chicken and portion out the meat into snack bags to store in the freezer.…

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5 Reasons to see me for your Pap Test

As a Naturopathic Doctor who does Paps and with a major focus on Gynecological Concerns, I was so excited to read this article about Naturopathic Doctors offering pap tests!

Then an interesting follow-up article appeared! Don’t let the click-baity headline fool you, this second article went into more detail as to why you might opt to do this test with a Naturopathic Doctor when it is fully covered by public health care.…

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Veggie turkey meatballs

Veggie-ful Turkey Meatballs

Our Three Blood Type Household

What happens when a blood type O mom and a blood type AB dad have a baby? They automatically go from two to three blood types in the house!

To learn more about how your blood type influences your health, check out my article What is the Blood Type Diet, part 1 and to understand how we ended up with a third blood type in our family here’s a quick review of blood type genetics.…

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