Food Allergy Testing
Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND Some of you may have viewed a CBC television report discussing food allergy testing, including IgG food intolerance testing that many NDs and other licensed health professionals use to gain insight into the body’s immune system responses. This piece may have generated mo…
Science of Detoxification
Please view our entire April e-newsletter, here. ~ Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND Environmental contaminants are a significant contributing factor to chronic disease and pain. Science repeatedly links toxins to chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility, and cancer. Recent r…
Doing our Part: Making Healthcare Sustainable
Please click here to view our entire March e-newsletter. Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND Healthcare in Ontario is financially unsustainable. We spend 43% of our provincial budget on healthcare and economists estimate that in less than 20 years we’ll require an impossible budget of 80% to accommodate our sick…
Mindful Photography
Saturday April 21/12 from 10-4, at Kingston Integrated Healthcare Instructors: Kaye-Lee Pantony and Robin Westphal Cost: $79 for the full day, includes light lunch. Discover the healing power of stillness. This course is designed to help you become aware of the difference between your inner chatt…
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Jocelyne Leyton, DOMP My husband was going away for a few weeks hiking and I found myself saying to a few close friends ‘this is a great opportunity for me to deepen my Mindfulness Practice’. Well, it is four weeks later. Although I started out with resolve and awareness to be more pr…
Mood, Food, & Learning in Children
Please click here to see our full online version of our February e-newsletter. ~ Dr. Christina Vlahopoulos, ND Many of you may be familiar with the sleepy feeling associated with a large turkey dinner or the sugar rush that comes after a sweet treat. But what about children who have a complete me…
Healthy Weight-loss in 2012
Please click here to see our full online January e-newsletter. ~ Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND Many of us believe that if we could just lose a few pounds, we’d be healthy. In fact, our body must be healthy before we can achieve long-lasting weight loss. Studies suggest that starting a diet is one of the [&…
Feeling Depressed? It’s not just about your brain.
Please click here to see our full online January e-newsletter. ~ Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND Even if you’re fortunate enough to answer “no” to this question, the illness is so prevalent, it’s likely that someone you know struggles with depression. Unfortunately, of the nearly 1 in 20 Canadians treating t…
Osteoporosis and Drug Risks
The following three articles on adverse drug reactions and bone health are intended to support informed choice only. Always speak to a health professional before changing how you use your medications.
Warning for use of Actonel and other Bisphosphonate drugs…
Antidepressants may Increase…
Calcium supplements increase heart disease risk
For the full online version of our December newsletter, please click here. Is this true? Recent well-designed studies suggest that it is. Supplementing with calcium may increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. It may increase your risk of a heart attack by a staggering 30%. Howeve…
