I was inspired to write this post today while eating my lunch: Wild Alaskan salmon lox on a sprouted bagel with pesto and avocado slices with a salad made with fresh picked greens from the garden on the side.  I aim to eat fish a couple times a week as a way to get good,

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As the weather turns warm, people often start drinking more cold drinks including diet soda, which many feel is a healthy choice compared to high-fructose corn syrup laden, sugary sodas.  Unfortunately, diet soda is not a healthy choice at all.   Here is a link interpreting a recent study in the journal Diabetes Care cautioning diet soda drinkers

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Yesterday I had a 2 month follow-up visit with a patient in her 60′s complaining of hip and knee pain, constipation, and mild menopausal symptoms.  The last time I saw her, she weighed 179 pounds, with a muscle mass of 54.8 pounds, body fat at 37.6% and 45.9% water.  She had seen a naturopath in

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I am spending a lot of time tilling my garden soil and planting seeds and starts. It is great exercise and my body is also being strengthened by the high nutritional value of the fresh-picked osaka, kale and chard I am harvesting to eat right now. As a naturopathic doctor, I recommend tending a garden

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Picking up where my last post left off, the gentleman with Entaomeba histolytica parasites in his intestines chose to treat it with pharmaceutical medicines rather than herbal anti-parasitics. I gave him a choice and presented the pros and cons of each treatment protocol. The drug route is potentially toxic, takes about a month to complete

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