Mixing supplements and your prescribed pharmaceuticals is a recipe for disaster without consulting your primary care doctor first.
...estimated that 23,000 people end up in the emergency room each year suffering from heart palpitations, chest pain, choking or other problems after ingesting dietary supplements.” This seems like a large number of people, and it is certainly nothing to ignore or take lightly, however it only accounts for about 5% of the number of ER visits involving pharmaceuticals by comparison...
Get ahead of the game by preparing your own foods. It is a lot easier than you think with the right tools, and the right food sources.
...When it comes to the dried fruit you should look for sulfite free fruits while making sure no sugar has been added (it’s fruit, come on, does it really need more sugar?). With some planning you could buy fresh fruits, and dehydrate them yourself while storing them to be used later...
Allergy season is already upon us. Are you prepared?
...The body can only detoxify so much before it becomes overwhelmed, and unable to process things. As the body moves further, and further from homeostasis, we then are able to see all of the ways the body is suffering. The goal of a Naturopathic Doctor is to help restore homeostasis to the system. We pick apart our patient’s lives, diet, habits, and chemistry to find the best way to lower their allergic potential. I wish I could tell my patients to avoid going outside when their allergies are horrible, but that is not possible...
To eat nuts, or not to eat nuts. That is the question.
When it comes to food sensitivities and allergies I, as a naturopathic doctor, am concerned about the timing of introduction, quantity, quality, and bodies responses to food...
I often run food sensitivity/food allergy panels on my patients, but it then become a bit challenge to remove the foods as they are often hidden in things we would not expect.
A recent study out warns against over reliance on blood test for food allergies. I know I run several food allergy tests per week on both children and adults...
