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Articles on digestion, hormones, immune health, and simple recipes to support everyday wellbeing.
Perimenopause and Gut Health: Why Your Digestion Changes in Your 40s
Explore how perimenopause may affect gut health, bloating, and constipation, plus practical ways to support digestion and when to seek assessment.
Constipation Beyond Fibre: Understanding Gut Motility and the Causes of Slow Transit
Still constipated despite eating enough fibre? Explore how gut motility, medications, thyroid function and pelvic floor issues can affect bowel regularity.
Celiac Disease, Wheat Allergy, or Gluten Sensitivity? Understanding the Differences
Learn how celiac disease, wheat allergy, and gluten sensitivity differ, including symptoms, testing, dietary management, and long-term care.
Creatine for Women: What Does the Research Say About Muscle, Strength, and Cognitive Health?
Learn about the benefits of creatine for women, including research on muscle, strength, healthy aging, brain health, cognition, and methylation.
Eosinophils, Allergies, and Inflammation: What Does a High Eosinophil Count Mean?
What does a high eosinophil count mean? Learn how eosinophils relate to allergies, type 2 inflammation, asthma, eczema, gut health and immune activity.
Chronic Bloating: Why You're Bloated Even When You Eat Healthy
Always bloated despite eating healthy? Learn about common causes of chronic bloating, including IBS, SIBO, constipation, and food sensitivities.
Perimenopause, Menopause and Weight Gain: How to Build Muscle, Improve Metabolic Health, and Support Your Body
Learn why weight and body composition change during perimenopause and menopause, and how strength training, Zone 2 cardio, intervals and protein can support muscle and metabolic health.
Iron Deficiency, Ferritin and Iron Supplements: How to Understand Your Iron Status
Learn how to interpret ferritin, CBC and iron studies, recognize iron deficiency symptoms, and choose an iron supplement while improving absorption and tolerance.
How to Reverse Fatty Liver Disease (MASLD): A Complete Guide
Learn how MASLD develops, the role of insulin resistance and inflammation, and evidence-based strategies to support liver health and reverse fatty liver disease.
Weight Loss Resistance: Could Insulin Resistance Be the Missing Piece?
Struggling to lose weight despite healthy habits? Learn how insulin resistance develops years before prediabetes and discover four evidence-based steps to improve insulin sensitivity.
Understanding the Gut Barrier: Beyond Intestinal Permeability
Learn how intestinal permeability and the gut's protective mucus layer influence digestion, immunity, food sensitivities, and inflammation. Discover symptoms, testing options, and evidence-based strategies to support gut barrier health.
PMOS (Previously PCOS): Understanding Symptoms, Testing, and Naturopathic Treatment
Learn about PMOS (formerly PCOS), including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, testing, and evidence-based naturopathic treatment options. Discover how nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle strategies can support hormone balance and metabolic health.
Melatonin Benefits Beyond Sleep: The Surprising Roles of Melatonin in Immune Health, Aging, Brain Function, and More
Discover the science-backed benefits of melatonin beyond sleep. Learn how melatonin supports brain health, immunity, mitochondrial function, healthy aging, metabolism, gut health, and more.
Lyme Disease: The Complete Guide to Symptoms, Testing, Tick Bites, Co-Infections, and Prevention
Learn everything you need to know about Lyme disease, including symptoms, stages, testing, co-infections, tick bite prevention, tick removal, and what to do after a tick bite. A comprehensive guide from a naturopathic doctor.
Graves' Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Testing, and Naturopathic Management
Learn the symptoms, causes, testing, and naturopathic management of Graves' disease. Discover how Graves' differs from hyperthyroidism and evidence-based strategies to support thyroid, immune, bone, and muscle health.
Coffee Sensitivity, Genetics, and Liver Detox: Why Caffeine Affects Everyone Differently
Why caffeine causes anxiety, sleep issues, or PMS in some people. Learn how CYP1A2 genetics, liver detox, and hormones affect coffee tolerance.
The Cytokine Theory of Anxiety and Depression: How Inflammation Impacts Mental Health
Chronic inflammation may drive anxiety and depression. Learn how cytokines affect the brain, key lab markers to assess, and a naturopathic approach to immune-related mood disorders.
Using Functional Lab Testing in Naturopathic Practice
Functional testing helps uncover root causes of chronic symptoms when standard labs appear normal. Learn how naturopathic functional testing supports personalized, data-driven treatment plans.