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How are you? It seems like such a simple question. One that is asked and answered thousands of times in a life. And yet, such a common question has taken on much more meaning in the last 10 months. How often when asked, “how are you” do you reply without giving it thought?…
More than almost any other single health factor, blood sugar balance has the power to make or break your health! For anyone experiencing anxiety, irritability, sleep issues, lack of vitality, lack of focus, weight loss resistance, muscle fatigue, joint pain, sugar or food cravings, premature signs of aging or inflammation – we need to look…
Do you have long or irregular cycles or no cycles at all? Adult acne? Infertility? Excess hair growth in new places? Too much hair falling out when you brush it? Unexplained weight gain or inability to lose weight? Unstable blood sugar or family history of diabetes? Any one of these symptoms should lead your doctor…
Have you been feeling more tired in the afternoons and burned out at work? Having difficulty concentrating and getting anything done? Are you gaining weight, or having trouble losing it – especially in your tummy? Losing hair on your head, but gaining it on your chin? Not interested in sex at all anymore or just…
Since sheltering in place began back in March, I have noticed that my coaching clients have been sharing that they are feeling more tired, more anxious, and more stressed while attending meetings from home. I got curious and wanted to better understand why, collectively, we are feeling so impacted by attending meetings via online platforms…
If any symptom will bring people straight in to see their doctor, it’s hair loss. Not only can it have a big impact on self-esteem, hair growth or lack thereof, is an important indicator of overall wellness. In naturopathic medicine, we talk about symptoms not as the disease, but as the body’s messages about what…
How do you know when your hormones are out of whack? How do you figure out which ones need support? Aside from the issues many people think of like PMS, mood swings, acne, period problems or libido issues, hormonal imbalance can show up in a lot of different ways. Fatigue, sugar cravings, belly fat, dry…
There are so many things that we still don’t know about the SARS-COV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease that it causes. One aspect that has piqued my curiosity is the gender disparity and looking at why men seem to have a higher severity of symptoms and higher rates of fatality (approximately double) compared to women.…
When you experience stress, your body shifts into a fight-or-flight state (aka the “sympathetic” nervous system response), and your physiological resources get focused on short term survival. Your body starts pumping sugar out to your muscles, quickening your breathing and heart rate, increasing your blood pressure, and dilating your pupils… all so you can fight or flee the dangerous threat.…
