World Diabetes Day started in 1991 and has been celebrated on November 14th every year since. It was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in response to the rapid rise of diabetes incidence around the world. This year, World Diabetes Day focuses on Women with Diabetes, and for good… Continue reading →
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Cancer Care Comes to StoneTree
For several years, we’ve been looking for an experienced naturopathic doctor whose sole job at StoneTree would be to work with patients with a cancer diagnosis. We found him! We are very excited to welcome Dr. Ehab Mohammed, ND to the StoneTree Clinic family. Dr. Ehab is a licensed naturopathic doctor, board certified from the College of… Continue reading →
Ten Recipes to Save Your Life
I love this Ted Talk. Jamie Oliver, chef, food and health activist, gives an unsettling talk on the absolute crisis we are in with respect to our health and food. In this impassioned talk, he reports: In the 18 minutes of his talk, 4 Americans will be dead from the food they eat. Two-thirds of Americans… Continue reading →
Join Us for the Be the Change Film RIVERBLUE
“There is a joke in China. They say you can predict the “it” colour for the season by looking at the colour of the river” – From the documentary RiverBlue On October 18th, the Be the Change Film Series kicks off its 10th year with the documentary RiverBlue. The film looks at the environmental impact of the… Continue reading →
Tuning Your Hormonal Orchestra
Hormones are your body’s chemical messenger system. They control many, if not most, of your major body functions, including digestion, mood, sleep, metabolism, respiration, stress, growth, movement and mood. Hormones, in short, are a big deal. They also pack a powerful punch, and so they need to be balanced. To keep things running smoothly and to… Continue reading →
Are You Addicted to Your Phone?
Tens of thousands of years ago, when we homo sapiens were just getting started, we had to be able to effectively meet our goals in order to survive–we had to find water, get enough to eat, seek shelter, and generally get things done. Unlike now, if we just lay about all day not accomplishing anything, we’d die. We had… Continue reading →
Why Healthy Eating is Hard
This video is perhaps the funniest way we’ve seen to capture the confusion around food that the health industry has managed to generate over the years. So funny, but also so true. It feels like nutritional advice is constantly shifting and contradicting previous advice. What to do? For us, nutrition falls squarely into the category… Continue reading →
The 2 Big Reasons We Use IV Vitamins
We have administered over 10,000 IV vitamin/mineral infusions here at StoneTree. That’s a lot! Why so many? The obvious reason is the results–using IV therapy just works. For complaints like migraine headaches, colds and flus, muscle cramping, wound healing, allergies, chronic fatigue, and many, many others, it’s a therapy that can get our patients better faster… Continue reading →
Terry Fox Run: September 17, 2017
Getting our kids moving is SO important for their overall health and success. In fact, movement is important for all of us–especially getting outside for fresh air and nature. This Sunday brings a great community based opportunity to get outside and to move as a family, all in support of one of Canada’s heroes, Terry Fox. The Marathon of… Continue reading →
Decreasing Heart Attack Risk by Tackling Inflammation
Recent research in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at 10,000 patients who had had a heart attack AND a positive hsCRP result. (This is a blood test for inflammation.) All of the patients received high doses of statins, which is the present standard of care, then they were split into two groups. Half… Continue reading →