Looking for gift ideas? Nourishing Meals is now available for purchase at Yaletown Naturopathic Clinic! With so many patients learning about their new food allergies they can become overwhelmed with the sudden changes in their diet. This book is not only a recipe book it is an educational guide for patients needing to eliminate certain foods from…
Just Make Sure You Eat A Vegetable: A Holiday Survival Guide
Many of my patients have recently been telling me they know their progress will go out the window, now that the holidays are coming. For some of them, they’re excited to give themselves permission to indulge. For the others, they strongly judge themselves for being “weak” and they worry about the consequences. And their worries…
How to Make your Holidays Stress-Free!
Just kidding! There’s no way to completely eliminate stress from a busy life, especially around the holiday season. But there are ways to reduce stress and lots of tricks for helping you manage the unavoidable. 1. Start a daily meditation. If your first thought is “I don’t have time for that”, then that’s enough reason…
We Need to Talk about Death
“To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure”- Albus Dumbledore You don’t have to be staring down the barrel of a terminal diagnosis to understand that death is a scary subject. In sitting down to write this article I also came to realize that attitudes towards death can vary as much…
Easy Peasy Cranberry Pear Apple Crisp
Have company dropping in last minute for the holidays? Looking for a quick and easy recipe? In an hour you can whip up this easy and delicious crisp using local and seasonal ingredients! There’s a good chance you already have all of these ingredients on hand and if not they can be found at any local market…
More Naturopathic Access to Patients Would Ease Pressure on Heath Care System
Written by: Victor Chan Health care in British Columbia costs more than $18 billion per year. That’s more than $49 million every day. These massive costs, our aging population, and longer life spans, mean we need to be focused on healthy living more than ever and naturopathic medicine is a key part of that. Naturopathic…
Happy International Vitamin D Day
As we’ve just passed the annual ritual of turning our clocks back an hour, we get to enjoy waking up to brighter mornings. But in exchange, many of us are now heading home from work in darkness. In Vancouver, we enjoy just 7 hours of daylight on the shortest day of the year – but…
Boost the Odds After Cancer by Reducing Stress and Focusing on Healing
Reducing stress and making lifestyle changes can yield remarkable results. Written By: Dr. Adam McLeod, ND, BSc (Hons) The diagnosis of cancer is a scary experience. Patients are often immediately thrust into aggressive conventional therapies without fully understanding how the therapy works or why it is necessary. We live in a culture where we put…
Sweet Potato Brownies (Sugar Free!) Recipe
Looking for a delicious brownie recipe to satisfy those chocolate cravings without the guilt of consuming too much sugar? This recipe is sugar free, paleo friendly with a great soft texture. Happy baking! Ingredients ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa or raw cacao 1.5 tsp. baking soda 1 tablespoon coconut flour 0.5 tsp. sea salt 1 tsp. real…
The Scoop on Sugar: Is it Always Bad?
Why we Need Sugar Many people have become conditioned to fear sugar like it’s the plague. In reality, our body needs sugar. At the cellular level, glucose is utilized by our body to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which provides a direct source of energy for various cellular functions. Though a rather small molecule itself, ATP…