As a naturopathic doctor, I help my patients choose the best foods for their health. People ask me what they should eat and I make recommendations based on my experience, their symptoms, and current research. Usually the conversation goes something like this Patient: Hey doc, what should I eat? Me:
When I was a naturopathic student, I was faced with a nutritional conundrum. I found myself sitting in classes all day learning that the standard American diet was…well…S.A.D. Filled with preservatives and chemicals, and high in salt, trans fats and grease – the food on this continent is cheap, but
Our household’s Brita water jug recently stopped working properly. Okay, actually I dropped it. Out of sheer laziness, after several weeks, I realized I still hadn’t purchased a replacement. I wondered if the Brita filter was really the most appropriate water filtration system for our household. I’m a naturopathic doctor
Okinawa is a series of islands off the coast of Japan. The people there have the longest life expectancy and the longest health expectancy in the world. They also have the largest percentage of centenarians (people over the age of 100) – many of them still healthy, active, and living