by Dr. Chad | Dec 8, 2011 | Naturopathic health, Nutrition
In this extremely busy time of year, we often don’t take a moment to plan our meals causing us to eat less healthy foods. Here are some ideas to still eat healthy during the busy season! Pre-Packaged Foods While you shouldn’t have a frozen TV dinner every...
by Dr. Chad | Dec 6, 2011 | Detoxification, Eating Naturally, Immune health, Natural health products, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
Including something new in a food isn’t always a good idea, especially when it comes to your health. Here are 12 additives to subtract from your diet: 1. Sodium Nitrate (also called Sodium Nitrite) – This is a preservative, coloring, and flavoring commonly added...
by Dr. Chad | Nov 29, 2011 | Childhood Obesity, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health
Childhood Obesity and Mental Health The societal message about being fat is clear: it is bad to be fat. But why is it bad? As we discussed in the previous post, there are serious medical consequences of childhood obesity. However, this fact often clouds the clear bias...
by Dr. Chad | Nov 22, 2011 | Eating Naturally, Food sensitivity, Gut Dysbiosis, Gut health, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
You are only as healthy as your body’s ability to digest and absorb the food you eat. Except for typical cold symptoms, digestive issues are the most common reason people seek medical advice. Every year, Americans spend 87 billion dollars on direct medical...
by Dr. Chad | Nov 15, 2011 | ADHD, Amino Acid Therapy, Anger depression, Childhood Obesity, Eating Naturally, Fatigue, Immune health, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition, Stress Management
The first two posts in this series detailed how the brain can become addicted to sugar and what happens if you try to stop eating sugar, even for a short period of time. Most people feel awful when they try to quit, so they end up consuming more and more sugar, which...