By now, most of you are aware of the horrors of the drug epidemic that is causing thousands to die each year as a direct result of prescription opiates that include OxyContin, oxycodone, fentanyl, and others.) In my view, a much lesser known but more cruel and unusual punishment is the slow but certain death […]

I enjoy every season, but as a student of nature and a herbalist I have to admit I love spring the most – observing the gradual return of birds that flew south for the winter, and watching all of my plant friends awaken from their winter slumber. My anticipation begins with the return of red-winged […]

Hippocrates, the Greek physician who is considered the ‘father of modern medicine’ (460 – 380 BC), famously stated that: “All disease begins in the gut.”[1] This is as true today as it was back then. Modern science continues to find new evidence that many diseases do indeed originate in the gut – which is comprised […]

As the raw food movement gains enthusiasts worldwide, you will often hear them say that raw food is best for health because it is highest in nutrients. Technically...

“Humans without microbes are sick. Microbes without humans have no home.”

(Rodney Dietert, PhD, The Human Super-Organism, 2016)

For the past century, scientists have assured us that they knew what made us tick

New Research Points to Its Critical Role in Health and Disease “One of these days – not tomorrow, but I hope not in the distant future – we will sample the microbiome of every child the first time his parents bring him to the doctor.”  Katherine Lemon MD, Harvard Medical School  Would you believe it! […]

Excellent Spring Tonic for Circulation Now that spring is here, I find it exhilarating to go for a walk each day and see all of my plant friends popping out of the ground or opening their leaves. Things happen so fast at this time of year that, if we don’t get out for a day […]

June is an amazing month in Ontario. It tends to be the time of year when everything is incredibly lush and at its greenest. Life radiates intensely, no matter where we look. As an herbalist, this is when harvesting herbs goes into high gear. The year begins early to mid April with the appearance of […]