Hurray! It’s the long weekend! It’s going to be a hot one as we celebrate our nation’s birthday this weekend. Here are a few all-natural resources for your long weekend needs: Fruit infused water: This delicious water is a tasty and beautiful way to get fluids into you on a hot, summer day. There are a few options… Continue reading →
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June 22nd is #Eat Together Day
“It’s at the table where we can turn a house into a home, a stranger into a friend, and a village into a community. But more than anything, eating together simply connects us. And our world can use a little more connection right now. This year, let’s eat together on June 22nd” Thanks President Choice…. Continue reading →
Candid Conversations with Teens
I recently came across this video from CityLine–it’s worth a watch if you have a teen in your life. How much do you think you know about your teenager? Host Tracy Moore sits down with 12 teens for a candid conversation about what’s really happening in their lives. Whether you are a parent, coach, auntie,… Continue reading →
Keto Diet Info Night
With all the media coverage around the ketogenic diet, we get a lot of questions about this somewhat confusing and potentially overwhelming diet. Studies seem to show some promising health results, but that doesn’t make it any easier for people to understand it. Fortunately, we have Dr. Maggie for that! Dr. Maggie will be answering… Continue reading →
Welcome Dr. Bronwyn!
Once upon a time… Some of you who have been patients since our early days in Collingwood will remember our office over in the Erie Street Medical Centre. Some of you may even remember a keen and shiny young university student helping us out one summer. That young student’s name was Bronwyn Hill. At the… Continue reading →
Natural Progesterone? Yes, Please!
Peri-menopause has been quite the ride. I’ve written about it before. Eating right, exercising, and supplementing with lots of great hormone-balancing supplements and herbs has helped with my menopausal symptoms, but one of the most potent solutions has been natural progesterone supplements. Progesterone has many functions in a woman’s body, but the most well-known and… Continue reading →
It’s Naturopathic Medicine Week!
May 14-20th is Naturopathic Medicine Week and we want to shout out to all the thousands of awesome patients we have had the privilege of serving in our 17 years of practice in the Georgian Triangle. This week is a time when we not only try to promote the strengths of our profession, but we… Continue reading →
Welcome to StoneTree’s Summer Food Guru!
StoneTree Clinic has a new team member. Welcome Bridget McMaster! Bridget just finished a 4-year program in Food and Nutrition at Brescia College at the University of Western Ontario. She is joining us this summer to be our resident Food Guru at The Pantry. Making diet changes is one of the most important things we ask… Continue reading →
Food as Medicine: Brazil Nuts
We just got some organic brazil nuts in at The Pantry. These guys are little nutritional wonders! Just 2-3 nuts can deliver a therapeutic dose of selenium at 200mcg. What does selenium do? Lots of great stuff. Check out this list, courtesy of Dr. Axe: Acts as an antioxidant and defends against oxidative stress May help defend… Continue reading →
A Week of Naturopathic Eating
What do you eat? This is a common question asked by patients at StoneTree Clinic. Most patients who arrive here are given some sort of diet change. From going gluten- or dairy-free, to a ketogenic diet, or to simply eating more legumes and vegetables, some sort of diet change is often one part of the… Continue reading →