Every year at New Year’s I review my year and take time to celebrate the “little things”. Many of you have read my Jar of Awesome from previous years but for those of you who haven’t, here’s a little background. The jar of awesome is a simple task that I first heard about listening to …
Antibiotics may be the biggest reason for why our microbiome becomes unhealthy and yet they may also be necessary to treat an infection. So what is a patient to do? Here are 5 tips to keep your microbiome healthy when prescribed an antibiotic: 1. Take a probiotic during the entire course of your antibiotics + up …
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What does a naturopathic doctor make for Christmas cookies? Gingerbread cookies made with almond flour & coconut sugar of course! It’s quite the process but totally worth it. To access this recipe plus other great information that I only share my the App, join – Apple A Day HOW TO JOIN: Go to Apple a …
Today’s post is a video about how to read a food label. I never realized how many people don’t really know what to look for on a food label to determine whether that product is healthy or not. In this video, I give three easy tips that you can use to understand food labels better. …
The way I evaluate blood work is not going to be the same as a medical doctor. So many times I have had a patient tell me their blood work is “normal” and yet when I look at it, that is not actually the case. That is because the lens through which I look at …
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The simple answer is yes. We all have dirty genes. The more helpful question is, are your dirty genes keeping you unhealthy? Many of us believe our genes doom us to the disorders that run in our families. But Dr. Lynch reveals that with the right plan in place, you can eliminate symptoms and optimize …
Did you know that eating cereal for breakfast sets your blood sugar up for a roller coaster for the rest of the day? And that this rollercoaster cannot be re-set until you sleep? One of the most important ways to reduce inflammation, improve your energy, improve your circulation, balance your mood, improve your waistline, control …
Talk about a surreal experience. One minute I’m riding my bike home for lunch. The next minute I’m in the ambulance with a C-collar on going to the hospital. Luckily, I am here to tell the tale. And since I’m a writer at heart I had to put down on paper what I learned from …
Have you ever heard the saying “what’s old becomes new again”? Well it is certainly true when we think about bone broth. Do you remember grandma’s bone broth soup being the cure all for everything when you were little? Turns out though that bone broth soup has more than just a placebo effect. Here are …
One of the tenets of naturopathic medicine is Tolle Totum –Treat the Whole Person. And in order to treat the whole person and formulate a good treatment plan I end up asking a lot of questions. Questions that you usually do not get asked in a regular medical setting. But that is what I believe is one …
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