Just because technology makes our lives easier it doesn’t mean that it makes our lives less stressful. In fact, it can be quite the opposite. We are digitally connected to work and each other like we have never been before. Technology has created the expectation that we should be responded to immediately and tasks should […]

As many of you already know, I decided to take a month off this summer. If you missed this article you can still read it here: Why I’m taking a month off Part of this break from my workaholic tendencies was a trip to NewFoundland. It was a province I have never been to and

  Are you trying to get off sugar? Still craving that sweet snack in the afternoon? Here’s what I use as a healthy alternative when I’m looking for a sweet treat. They are great to pack in kid’s lunch boxes as well. The serving size for this recipe is two poppers so try not to

Have you been missing your Doctor as Teacher Tuesday episodes? Well no need to worry…school is just around the corner so I’m baaaaack! One concern that comes up for parents at this time of year is what to pack in their kid’s lunch. You want it to be healthy but convenience tends to be the

One of the things that really trips people up about healthy eating is that they think for it to be healthy, it’s going to be complicated. And once that thought creeps in, they don’t even try. Has this ever happened to you? I know it’s happened to me (refer to the homemade salad dressing episode!).

Just a friendly reminder about our summer office hours for the month of August. We will be closed Monday August 7th – Friday August 11th. Our summer office hours for the month of August will be as follows: Monday 10am – 7 pm Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm Wednesday 9 am – 6 pm

This was one of the more popular posts from last year (I’m not really sure why…ha! ha!) so I’m posting it again this summer. Enjoy! So often I will have people ask me, or more often ask people who know me, “ does Dr. Durkin (Michelle) ever eat meat…have dessert…or have a few adult beverages…?”

A question I get often is “should I be eating organic?”. My answer is “yes, as much as you can.” In order to be healthy, we need to detoxify properly and reduce the number of toxins we are exposed to on a regular basis. Chronic low-level toxin exposure has been linked to an increased risk

I have been eating what I call a real food diet for about four years now and it wasn’t until about half way in that I decided I should be making my own salad dressings. Commercially prepared salad dressings contain a substantial amount of sugar and polyunsaturated oils – usually disguised under names such as high fructose corn

Everyone knows that trans-fats are bad for our health, but what about so-called vegetable oils? Soy and canola oil, as well as less familiar products like corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower, and cottonseed oil, all fall under the term of “vegetable oils.” Kinda weird because they don’t come from vegetables at all. This is just a