Dr. Reuben Dinsmore was recently featured on CTV Live Morning news as an expert to speak about the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia and how we can better treat these senior health issues. If you missed the morning segment click on the link below to watch: http://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=934974 A holistic approach to health care can…
Senior Health – It’s Never Too Late to Feel Better
At each stage of life, we face different health challenges. From the special care and diet for infants to staying healthy on the go for working adults, our health is always a changing landscape. But the stage of life that is becoming more and more important, health-wise? The senior years. People are living longer than…
So You’ve Decided to Quit Smoking! (Again)
Happy New Year! One of the most common New Year’s resolutions that people make is that they will finally quit smoking. Whatever your reasons for doing so (for your health, financial reasons, providing a good example for your kids, no longer wanting to go around smelling like an ashtray), they are your reasons, and they’re…
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…
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…
The Top 5 Medications You Shouldn’t Take Without Trying the Natural Alternative First
Natural supplements, or nutraceuticals, have been given a bad rap lately – which, in some cases, has been absolutely warranted. But natural formulas that actually contain what they claim to contain, and that are formulated to have maximal efficacy can be equal to their pharmaceutical counterparts – but without the laundry list of side effects….
Immune Boosting Soup Recipe
Fall and winter is the best time to enjoy hearty, home-cooked soups. And what could be better than a soup that will help boost your immune system to fight off all those nasty colds and flus going around. This is a recipe I was given by my botanical medicine professor early in naturopathic medical school,…
What is SIBO?
What is SIBO? Gas, bloating, general abdominal discomfort – there are many causes for these all-too-common complaints, and the newest one on our radar is called SIBO. It’s short for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, and recently the numbers of patients coming in with this condition has increased significantly. Let’s break it down. The first question…