Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Dr. Adam Gratton ND is a colleague of mine who has a great blog loaded with tons of recipes, particularly gluten-free recipes.  He posted the following gluten-free shortbread recipe that I just had to share with you, especially given...

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What Can or Can’t You Eat When You’re Pregnant?

Congratulations! You're pregnant!  Congratulations!  Now what ... ?!?  There are 10 million different tips and words of advice that everyone around you and everything that you read is telling you to do!  What now?!? Red Meat Medscape has published an article (here)...

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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Medscape posted an interesting article here regarding the diagnosis and re-naming of a condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) that affects 5 million women in the USA. At my downtown Toronto clinic, many patients come to see me for fertility...

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Mint

One of my favourite herbs is peppermint.  It's very easy to grow and I often have a whole bunch of it growing in the garden during the summer.  However, I also love enjoying a steaming cup of ginger mint...

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Vitamin D and Menstrual Cramps

International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8.  In honour of that, I wanted to discuss an article that I recently read regarding vitamin D and dysmenorrhea  (aka menstrual cramps), which affects almost 50% of menstruating women. One of the...

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What’s So Great About Kale?

A great little book that I accidentally came across while starting my Christmas shopping at Winners is 100 Best Health Foods.  The following is an excerpt from the book about kale, the popular *new* superfood. Deep green kale contains the...

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Are Red Heads Really at an Increased Risk for Developing Melanoma?

People who have red hair, freckles and fair skin that does not tan easily have always known that they are at an increased risk for sunburns and the aging of skin through tanning.  However, there is now evidence to...

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The Benefits of Living a Healthy Lifestyle on Longevity

It wasn’t a big surprise when I read this article about the benefits of healthy lifestyle on longevity into old age, but I wanted to share this article with you anyways!  The good news is that it reinforces what...

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What’s a Menstrual Cup?

I know that there is a lot of talk these day regarding the environment − and very rightly so!  The environment is a very important topic and we should each do everything that we can to preserve what we...

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National Colon Cancer Month

The month of March is designated the National Colorectal Cancer month, so I wanted to give you a little bit of information on colorectal cancer, and what you can do to prevent or treat it. Risk Factors that Increase Your...

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