We all know that weight can be lost- and many of us have experienced this personally. There is a time period in which our bodies respond eagerly to either an increase in caloric expenditure with vigorous exercise or a decrease in caloric intake. But research shows us...
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Seasonal Allergy Prevention. Treating the Adrenals Allergies (seasonal or other) are a result of an over-stimulated immune system. When exposed to an allergen, we tax our immune system, causing inflammation and manifesting as allergy symptoms. To control allergies we...
Why Some Get Sick and Others Dont
Do you ever wonder why some people seem to be sick all winter long, and some seem to sail through cold and flu season as though it were summer? This topic has been on my mind ever since I had my son a year ago, and I recently heard an interesting piece on NPR...
Autism, Vaccinations and Acetaminophen: Have Vaccinations Been Wrongly Accused of Causation?
We have all heard the arguments for and against Vaccinations as playing a major role in the onset of austistic behavior in many children. Recently the author of this original theory has been aggressively discredited, and I honestly do not know what to believe. What I...
Is There a Link Between Acetaminophen Use in Teens and Asthma Incidence?
see the following article http://news.health.com/2010/08/13/tylenol-asthma/
Excellent and Relevant Articles
There are so many interesting articles that I come across every day and I would love to be able to share these with my patients. I am therefore going to repost articles that are sent to me or that I find, keeping in mind that research is fallible and one article does...
“Evidence-Based Medicine”: Do we need research to support our use of supplements?
The practice of Naturopathic Medicine relies on the use of natural materials for health and healing. Many of our vitamins, herbs and supplements have been in use for years, some for hundreds of years. In the mainstream medical world, research is required for a...
Swine Flu: Why Here, Why Now?
The incredible deluge of media and public health attention given to Swine Flu this year has begun to feel very familiar. As more and more Americans fall ill with the flu, I am beginning to wonder: are our immune systems crashing alongside our economy? If so, why now?...