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Cardiovascular, From the blog, General Health, Uncategorized April 10, 2019 22153Views 0Likes 0Comments

What is the best diet!

After almost 14 years of clinical experience in implementing dietary changes with clients, including the paleo diet, vegan diet, ketogenic diet, GAPS diet, the carnivore diet, the low FODMAP diet and the low histamine diet, among many others, it has become clear that for overall health and longevity the Mediterranean diet is fundamental, being the easiest to stick to, with…

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From the blog, News April 5, 2019 11198Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Roberts Creek Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Clinic

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Everyday I wake up thankful to be living on the Sunshine Coast! It is an incredible place filled with outdoor adventure that has allowed me to develop my passion for permaculture and self-sustainability. Growing up on Saltspring Island, the transition to the Coast seemed completely natural to me and over the last few years I have worked endlessly on developing…

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Immunology - Immune and Cancer, Uncategorized March 8, 2019 15882Views 0Likes 0Comments

What Causes Autoimmune Disease – Part 1

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Understanding autoimmune disease can be mind boggling, even for medical professionals and scientists, so it is no wonder that patients are overwhelmed and often scared by an autoimmune diagnosis. As a result of this complexity, it is also no wonder that medical professionals are unable to provide any specific answers to the cause of an individual autoimmune condition and must…

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From the blog, Immunology - Immune and Cancer November 10, 2018 27796Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sunshine and Immunity

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Childhood TH2 dominant immune conditions such as eczema, asthma and allergies are extremely prevalent in our society. I frequently see children and adults that suffer from serious eczema only being provided topical steroids as a treatment option. And although vitamin D is critical in development and immune regulation, I have had my doubts for years about the effectiveness of oral…

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Endocrinology - Hormone Health, From the blog July 28, 2018 10280Views 1Like 0Comments

Subclinical Hypthyroidism and Mortality

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I have been treating subclinical and functional hypothyroidism in clients for over 10 years, and I often get ask what is the benefit? Most of the time I mention the obvious, of increased energy, better circulation, improved intestinal motility, reduced water retention and increased metabolism. I have never included a reduced risk of death in these discussions … as for…

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From the blog, Immunology - Immune and Cancer June 29, 2018 8370Views 0Likes 0Comments

Allergic Disease in Children

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Allergic disease is one of the most common conditions that I see in children today. Thankfully, in most cases there is a lot I can do to help these children reduce there level of reaction or even reverse their allergies completely just with diet alone. Allergic disease is typically like a bucket ….. when the bucket is full, many symptoms…

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