Take the Daily Breast Massage Challenge Imagine a world where every mother, daughter, grandmother, aunt or sister has healthy breasts for life. Imagine a world, where breast milk is pure and free from synthetic and toxic chemicals, where our children are born free from chemical impurities, where our wombs are safe havens for the miraculous…
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Natural Treatment for Stress and Anxiety Today’s lifestyle can be quite hectic. Deadlines, working moms, high debt loads and internal pressure are just a few things new to our culture. Even if you take the time for yoga, meditation, and exercise, your body may be feeling the effects of stress. Stress affects everyone differently; for some…
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FREE naturopathic evening session on balancing your hormones t0 lose weight. Also included is information on lifestyle and nutrition and weight loss supplements. Dr. Melanie MacIver, ND will answer your questions on weight loss during the Q & A. Wednesday May 25th, 7 – 8pm at #603 – 805 West Broadway, Vancouver Register now by…
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Thanks to everyone who came our for my first hormone balancing talk. For those that want to refresh their memory or if you didn’t attend here’s a link to the presentation: Click here to download the hormone balance presentation stay tuned for my next presentation coming soon: Hormone Balancing for Weight Loss
In light of the recent release of radioactive material from the unfortunately damaged nuclear reactors in Japan, I wanted to highlight that though we may not be able to control or avoid exposure to the radioactive materials (see the recent post on iodine recommendations for prevention), there are many ways we can avoid everyday exposure to potentially toxic chemicals, in your home.
Iodine deficiency is common, and having it predisposes us to greater radioactive iodine uptake. If our thyroid is hungry for iodine, it will bind more readily to any type of iodine when exposed to it. If the only iodine around is radioactive iodine, it will absorb more when in a deficient state. Although the levels…
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Oral iodine can protect the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine. The thyroid gland absorbs stable or radioactive iodine, and cannot determine the difference between the two. Taking oral iodine saturates the thyroid gland with healthy iodine, so it cannot absorb any more -either stable or radioactive- for the next 24 hours. Unfortunately, taking iodine cannot…
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Hot flashes and night sweats are only two of the many symptoms of menopause. Many women are able to pass through menopause with ease, but intense menopausal symptoms are becoming more and more common, and are a sign of hormonal imbalance. This can be treated! Often the thyroid and adrenal hormones are involved as well,…
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Keeping Estrogen in Check Healthy hormone balancing really starts at home. We can effect the hormone health of each member of our family by the choices we make at the market…from the home cleaning products we purchase and use to the food we consume. It has been widely published that young girls are entering puberty…
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Eat your way to good health with this 5-7 day detox diet Reduce allergies and inflammation, lose weight and feel better with this cleansing diet. This diet detoxifies the liver, colon and the whole body. The more you eat the more you cleanse! It is a total of 7 days, with 5 days of just fruits…
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