A few weeks ago, I ran out of the organic honey that usually goes in my tea, so I switched to sugar until I could get to the store. Within two hours of making the switch, I started to feel a pain in my shoulder. I ignored it and carried on working. Within 8 hours, […]

Cardiovascular events (heart attack and stroke) are highly preventable, and yet they constitute the most common cause of death. So it follows that the ultimate goal of cardiovascular therapy, whether natural or pharmaceutical, is to prevent death or injury from a cardiovascular event. In the conventional medical model, the most commonly prescribed cardiovascular medications are […]

Nutrition has come a long way, over many years, to the point where it is finally starting to get the attention it deserves in terms of its ability to determine if a person can achieve good health and avoid chronic disease and premature death. Around 400 BC, the Greek scientist Hippocrates gave food a lofty […]

We are all aware of the stresses of our daily lives and how they can cause both psychological and physical damage within our bodies, occasionally leading to illness. While most treatments, by necessity, focus on ridding the body and mind of the symptoms of illness once it has already occurred, Bach Flower Remedies are used […]

After a long winter, Canadians eagerly wait for spring to make its entrance. Excited for the change of season, we begin to feel a shift within ourselves and the opportunity for renewal. We clean away the old, take on a detox program, and begin to feel a sense of freedom from the confines of the […]

There are many chronic health issues that can result from our tendency to overindulge – whether in too much of the same thing or in things that just aren’t good for us. It doesn’t help that our economic system is all about figuring out innovative ways to encourage and exploit this human tendency in order […]

In these modern times, a number of diseases seem to be on the increase, and many of the infectious diseases which we had considered to be more or less wiped out are starting to come back again. These include bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, anthrax, tuberculosis, and others. A number of them are demonstrating resistance to […]

(Updated November 20, 2021) Introduction by Julie Daniluk RHN: Fourteen years ago, my nephew Kaydn was diagnosed with renal failure at the age of eight. This required many visits to hospital for surgery, check-ups, tests, and kidney dialysis. My sister Lynn has literally lived in a hospital for weeks at a time helping Kaydn navigate […]

Oh, they do make me cry! But onions are loaded with so much goodness, the tears I shed upon peeling them are tears of joy. Like my grandma, I am always singing the praises of onions, the best vegetable for taking the chill out of winter dining, warding off cold weather illness, treating everyday ailments, […]

"What should I eat?" That is the question I am asked most often by skin patients in my Traditional Chinese Medicine practice. They ask it in a tone of despair and frustration, because they have already been avoiding various foods on the advice of health writers, bloggers, nutritionists and naturopaths, and yet their skin condition […]

How these simple molecules can help you fight inflammation, stress and cancer Plant sterols have been in the news lately, after studies showed that they lower blood cholesterol levels in humans. Nearly half of Canadians over the age of 40 have above-normal cholesterol levels. Sterols can block the absorption of dietary cholesterol by up to […]

The effects of radiation are cumulative and may manifest as cancer anytime within 40 years after: exposure to fission products from nuclear reactors; fallout from weapons testing and the Chernobyl accident; X-rays and mammograms; and ionizing radiation from frequent flying. Some of these effects include: damage to cell membranes caused by the formation of free […]

There are few fruits more enticing than the jewel-like arils (seed casings) of pomegranate. Adding to the allure of pomegranate are its incredibly versatile culinary applications and its amazingly powerful medicinal properties. The fruit we know as pomegranate comes from the deciduous shrub Punica Granatrum. The Pomegranate is native to Iran, the Himalayas and northern […]