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3 easy ways to check the health of your nervous system

Did you know that up to 90% of doctor’s visits for a chronic complaint are due to stress? That’s an alarming figure. But when you consider the nervous system controls the majority of our bodily functions it makes sense that a healthy body results from a healthy nervous system. There are only 3 things a […]

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5 reasons the hormone oxytocin is important and how we can increase it

Oxytocin is better known as the love hormone. But it’s also the hormone associated with trust, friendship, and not surprisingly, breastfeeding. It is an underestimated hormone in it’s power to positively affect our overall health, our brain chemistry, and our connection to others. Here are 5 reasons why increasing oxytocin is important, now more than

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How to Prevent and Treat Adrenal Fatigue

One of the most common results we see in testing patients at the Quinte Naturopathic Centre is adrenal fatigue. The adrenals are two triangular glands over the kidneys, and they produce essential hormones such as progesterone, estrogen, cortisol, cortisone, steroids, and chemicals such as adrenalin and norepinephrine. If your adrenals are not functioning normally, you

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