Tis the season for spring-cleaning, and it is not uncommon for the StoneTree naturopaths to start recommending a good spring detox. Some of our patients tackle a change-of-season cleanse with great enthusiasm, but for many of us the thought of giving up booze, coffee, sugar, or gluten–just to name a few–seems a little more daunting…. Continue reading →
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What’s Wrong With Gluten?
Going gluten-free is very sexy at the moment. We’re getting rid of our “Wheat Belly“, cleaning up our “Grain Brain”, and—as any naturopathic doctor worth their salt already knows—patient after patient reports that ditching wheat is making them feel better. But what is actually wrong with gluten? Most of us grew up eating cereal and… Continue reading →
Spring Cleaning…On the Inside
Naturopathic doctors have a reputation for being interested not in just what goes into your body, but in what comes out of it, too . We’re always asking questions about how much, how often, what does it look like, and more. It may seem strange to you, but there’s good reason for our interest. Your gastrointestinal… Continue reading →
Are Expired Medications Still Effective?
I had a great question from a patient this month who was traveling south and wanted to know if the antibiotic she had which expired in 2011 was still good. Many of us have a medicine cabinet full of the medications that have gone past their expiry date. What to do with them. Are they… Continue reading →
Yearly Breast Exams as Good as Mammograms?
This month the British Medical Journal published the results of the 25-year Canadian National Breast Screening Study. In this study, women between the ages of 45-59 who were at average risk for breast cancer were put into one of two groups. The first group received an annual mammogram for five years, while the women in… Continue reading →
No More HST on Naturopathic Care!
Hooray! Great health care just got more affordable. The 2014 federal budget exempted naturopathic doctors’ services from HST and GST. It’s about time. 🙂 The changes take place immediately–you’ll notice a difference (the good kind!) in your bill for your next consult. “Naturopathic doctors are, indeed, primary healthcare providers. They integrate standard, medical diagnostics with… Continue reading →
Why I Don’t Get Sick in Winter
The other day Dan asked me, “When was the last time you got a cold where you couldn’t breathe at night?” The question got me thinking. When was the last time? I really couldn’t think of when it was. And not only has it been years since I had a winter cold that left me… Continue reading →
28 Days of Gratitude
Last year I set a New Years resolution about happiness. I committed to myself that I was going to focus on daily happiness for 365 days. When I started on January 1st, I really had no idea how I was going to do that. How the year evolved turned out to be quite interesting. On… Continue reading →
The 80/20 Rule for Holidays
Many of our patients have done an amazing job at changing their habits over the year. They’ve given up gluten, given up sugar, passed over the cheese, and have been hitting the gym. They are taking their vitamins and coming for regular maintenance treatments. After years of suffering with IBS, chronic fatigue, joint pain and… Continue reading →
Are You Taking New Patients?
This is a question we get asked often by our patients. It’s a common occurrence for the StoneTree waiting room to be full, and the clinic to be hustling and bustling with patient visits and treatments of all kinds. When people see this, they often think that, like their family medical doctors, our practices are… Continue reading →