Your hormones can help you feel your best - but sometimes they can cause all kinds of havoc. Most of the time when we think of hormones, we’re just thinking about sex hormones including estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. Your body’s hormonal system, the endocrine system, covers blood sugar regulation, metabolism, sex hormones and so much more.

The Mediterranean diet has been shown to benefit patients dealing with high cholesterol, type II diabetes, high blood pressure, fertility and more.

Our Registered Dietitian, Katie, shares one of her favourite salad recipes that incorporates some of the principles of the Mediterranean Diet.

Naturopathic Doctors can order blood work in Alberta. The tests we run may be similar to what your family doctor may run, for example an iron test. We also run blood tests that cannot be done through your family doctor without special exemptions, such as Vitamin D Testing through private labs.

Some common blood tests we run include:

• Iron

• Thyroid

Many people will tell you to stock your freezer with grab-and-go items or one-handed snacks like muffins, energy balls/bites and so on, but what if your baby makes an unexpected early arrival?

Don’t stress about making everything homemade or ‘perfect’. You’ve got a tiny human to keep alive!

Whether you have a vaginal birth or belly birth, you’ll want these essentials for your recovery!

An underlying cause of IBS can be small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). In fact, many IBS cases can be tied to SIBO! SIBO is a very common condition in which an overgrowth of bacteria occurs in the small intestine (the majority of our bacteria should be stored in our large intestine).

Thirty minutes of bright-light exposure has been shown to improve signs and symptoms of depression. If you tend to feel your mood slip in the winter months, we recommend starting a treatment plan asap.

Often called the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D is made in our skin when exposed to sunlight.