Have you ever thought about how you will die?Because I recently listened to a great podcast on The Tim Ferriss Show with Dr. Peter Attia, the theme of which is performance enhancement and tracking. …
I recently shot a short video summarizing Keystone Habits for Health, which are small changes people can make that pay off big time! Low effort, high reward choices that give you the most “bang for your buck” in terms of results over time.…
Have you ever wanted to do more with less?I’ve recently been reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and one of the most interesting concepts to me as a Naturopathic Doctor is how keystone habits can have a dramatic impact on health behaviour.…
In my monthly library talks and when speaking with patients, I find myself frequently emphasizing the incredible importance of prevention. Naturopathic medicine is all about prevention! So I thought I would share some key points here to help drive home just how valuable prevention is (and why it can be hard to practice it!).…
A project initiated by the Naturopathic Physicians Research Institute conducted a systematic review of outcome studies of whole practice naturopathic medicine. This review demonstrated the value of naturopathic medicine, specifically:
“Our review found 13 qualifying studies which we evaluated for their primary outcome measures, quality of life measures and cost-effectiveness.…
This post started as a blog about my current running program, but has morphed into my own story of aches and pains! I think this is a good place to start, stay tuned for more on running injury- and pain-free!…
If you ask a healthy person, they would probably give you a far different answer than someone who was once healthy and is now dealing with illness.
In Canada, we are accustomed to health care being “free”.…
I just read a great blog by an Dr. Steve Nenninger, ND in New York called Naturopathic Medicine is the Treatment of Choice for the Uninsured.
In Canada we are fortunate enough not to have to deal with the same private insurance landscape (nightmare?)…
Good article in the New York Times today about efforts (and opponents) toward licensing NDs in Colorado (currently an unlicensed state).
Mark Cooper is spot-on when he says “The whole issue is fear-based ignorance.” I find that even in Ontario (a province which licenses NDs) most critics of naturopathic medicine are ignorant as to the training we have and treatment we provide.…
Check out this blog by my colleague Ashley Mayer that asks the question “since when did natural become the alternative?”
I had to share this blog because it addresses a major shift in perception that has happened in society in a short period of time.…
