Self-help for Healthy Digestion
Good digestive health is a key component of overall health. Good digestion provides us with the nutrients and energy for …
Stress and Heart Disease
Stress, both acute and chronic, creates changes in the body. This article looks at how stress affects the heart. The …
Sugar Addiction
Sugar tastes so sweet, but it it’s effects on the body are anything but. If you’re like me and think …
Ear seeds – Auricular Acupuncture
You may have experienced ear seeds during one of your acupuncture appointments. I sometimes apply them at the end of …
Acupuncture for Flu Prevention
Temperatures have dropped and we’ve had our first snowfall of the season. My local pharmacy is now advertising flu shots, …
Safe Snow Shoveling Tips
Living in Calgary it’s a given that we’re going to get some snow. As I write this post we are …
Home Workout: Keeping healthy under quarantine
With gyms closed down and many of us now working (or unemployed) from home, getting our usual dose of exercise …
Food as Medicine
Yesterday I listened to a webinar by Andrew Sterman about using food as medicine to support the immune system. Using …
Acupuncture for Concussions
Concussions have been in my mind lately. I have begun treatment of a few patients this year suffering from post-concussion …
Acupuncture Relieves Chronic Stress
The term chronic stress has been getting a lot of attention lately. Everyone has experienced stress at some point in …