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 →
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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 →
New Statin Drug Guidelines
Last week the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines with respect to the use of statin drugs (cholesterol lowering drugs) for the management of heart and stroke risk. The new drug, according to this New York Times article, divides people needing treatment into two broad risk categories. If you… Continue reading →
What’s Happening to My Skin?
Short days. Low light. Dry air. Pale skin. Less time outside. Welcome to the time of year when we start to lose our healthy summer glow, and our skin seems to lose some of its magic, too. Winter is hard on the skin. But it’s not just the weather–as you age, circulation to your skin… Continue reading →
28-Day Challenge Update
We’re mid-way into the second week of our 28-Day Challenge. Here are a few ups and downs over the past ten days or so. On the sugar front: Kendra and Tara were both at parties, both drinking, and both putting sugar into our mouths. Oops! Man, does a glass or two of vino cloud the… Continue reading →
What We’re Having For Lunch
The latest from the StoneTree lunchroom. Given our 28-Day Challenge, you know these options are at least sugar-free! Enjoy…:) – Tara Shelby (Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) Tofu curry over top fresh arugula (You can find the recipe, and many others, on Shelby’s website) Kendra (Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) Vegetarian Curry: Patak’s Tikka Marsala with mixed beans, broccoli,… Continue reading →
Day 5 Challenge Update
Here we are into day five of our 28 Day Challenge! In our efforts to exercise, drink enough water and eliminate refined sugar every day, we’ve already had some successes…and mistakes. 🙂 Strategies for getting it right: For those of you joining us, here are a few things we’ve done to stay on track. Dr…. Continue reading →
28 Days of Health Challenge
The StoneTree Docs were sitting around discussing what three habits, if done every day, would have the most profound impact on health? Here’s what we came up with: daily exercise, drink enough water and avoid refined sugar. After we agreed on the three things, which took all of three minutes, we asked each other if… Continue reading →
Conscious Eating for Thanksgiving
Last weekend I had to deliver an intense course to a large group of my peers. I had prepared for the event for several months, and I wanted it to be just right. Part of that preparation was caring for myself properly during the week before. For those seven days I ate no sugar and… Continue reading →
Learn Why IV Therapy is Going Mainstream
IV therapy, or the administration of vitamins and minerals intravenously, is becoming a popular treatment of the stars and touted as an anti-aging remedy and a cure for low energy. It’s great to see the one of our favourite treatment tools getting more mainstream attention–from B-vitamins for energy, to IV vitamin C for cancer, to… Continue reading →