Is Stress the Root Cause of Your Weight Issues?
Are you stuck in a cycle of feeling chronically stressed? If so, you’re not alone- almost half of Canadians report being “really or seriously stressed” at least once a week and 16% report feeling really stressed every single day. These numbers are probably even higher...
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The Missing Piece to Effective Weight Loss
Do you feel like you’ve tried everything, but still can’t seem to lose weight? Don’t be disheartened! We see this frequently in our practice and oftentimes the sneaky culprit to blame is toxin exposure. Toxins make it hard for us to lose weight because they disrupt...
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Is PCOS Causing Your Weight Gain?
If you or your loved one have been diagnosed with PCOS, you might feel frozen and have legions of questions racing through your mind: Do I have to take prescription medications to treat this? Will it ever go away? Will I ever be able to have a baby? Are there any...
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Do You Gain Most of Your Weight From the Waist Down?
Do you gain most of your weight from the waist down? This could be an indication of a common, yet severely underdiagnosed hormonal imbalance: estrogen dominance. This happens when there is excess estrogen in the body in relation to progesterone. In women,...
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6 Simple Ways to Reduce Inflammation
Many people with chronic conditions such as thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and joint pain frequently ask me what they can do to help manage their symptoms and feel better. These lovely human beings are sick of dealing with issues...
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Clarity or Chaos: Which Path Will You Choose
Repeat after me: I cannot control what is happening around me but I can always choose to control how I respond to it. These are indeed some of the most interesting times many of us have lived through and despite what the media tries to feed us, we don’t...
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Entrepreneur Case Study
Meet Jay, a 38 year old entrepreneur. Jay came to the office complaining about his struggle with motivation, joint pain, fatigue, and digestive issues. He had been putting his health aside as he has been growing his business. Now that his business is...
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Brain Health Case Study
Meet Rick, a 27-year-old male student with a history of chronic anxiety. He felt anxiety every single day and sometimes for no apparent reason. He also reported depressed mood, low energy, poor digestive function, and struggles with motivation. He had...
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Adrenal Case Study
Alexia had a lot going one when she came to see me for her initial consult. She was 24 years old, freshly graduated and about to get married. The problem was she felt it was all too much and she couldn’t handle everything at once – even though they were...
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A Functional Medicine Approach to Adrenal Fatigue
Adrenal fatigue is the common name for a set of symptoms that result from the adrenal glands being worked to exhaustion. For the majority of cases, adrenal fatigue is secondary to some other underlying health issue such as chronic, hidden inflammation. ...
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