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Your thyroid is most likely impacting your health and you are told otherwise Millions of Americans are suffering with feelings of fatigue, weight gain, cognitive impairment and depression. Seemingly unrelated and sometimes even attributed to other causes, the thyroid can actually be at play. Thyroid disorders can have a widespread effect on your health.…
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Acne from a Naturopathic perspective While many of us were told that our acne was just a byproduct of adolescence – as if we needed anything to make us feel more awkward at this stage – how come nearly half of men and women in their third decade of life are still affected by…
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Why every athlete needs mushrooms in their diet While we all know the importance of ‘eating the rainbow’ in order to get a wide variety of antioxidants and phytochemicals in our diet, we must not forget about our less flashy friends: mushrooms. There are a wide array of medicinal mushrooms touting various therapeutic effects, but…
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Low Progesterone? 5 Easy Steps to Increase your Levels As previously discussed in my last post, progesterone is vital for preparing and maintaining pregnancy, especially during the early stages. Progesterone also aids in proper thyroid functioning, and has anti-inflammatory effects in the body, especially in the brain.1,2 Low progesterone have been linked…
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A Brief Look into Relative Estrogen Dominance Syndrome Although many of us think of menopause (and perimenopause) as a phase in women’s lives where hormones begin to decline, it’s actually common for some women to experience abnormally high estrogen levels. When women have a deficiency of progesterone during this phase, estrogen is in a…
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When diagnosing and treating Hashimoto’s, I always assess the functionality of three key things: your hormonal orchestra, your adrenal glands, and your gut. In my Autoimmune Diet post, I talked a little bit about gut health, and how targeting specific food sensitivities such as gluten, dairy or soy can invariably treat Hashimoto’s from the…
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Hormones are chemical messengers that travel throughout the body byway of the bloodstream. When things are good, the organs and glands work together to regulate hormone production. When production is even slightly off balance, the entire body can feel it. There are the expected hormonal milestones in life—puberty, childbirth, perimenopause, menopause—where hormones surge and…
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Coffee is a Bitter I tell my patients that good quality black coffee is a great (bitter) addition to their diets as long as they don’t have anxiety, insomnia, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). But moderation is also very important here, and adverse reactions should never be ignored. Depending on the source, you can find…
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