Last summer we sent out a series of emails about the importance of hydration habits. From the number of responses we received, hydration is a topic of...

Beans are having a moment. It seems silly to say that, when legumes have been a staple in human diets for more than 10 000 years. But at least accordi...

I started the 1 Minute to Better Health blog in 2014, and one of the first posts I wrote remains a favorite, both of mine, and of readers. So every fe...

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A few weeks ago, I sent an article titled The Spiral of Grief. I received many emails in response.

Over the next few days, many ...

As we head into the depths of cold/flu/covid/rsv season, we need to address one of the most common pressures (and least popular to discuss:) on your i...

One of my favorite prescriptions to write is "sleep more”, especially this time of year, when people often come into the clinic saying "I’m so tired”,...

Maybe you gargle with salt water when your throat hurts, which is great.  But, did you know that this is also an effective cold and flu prevention too...

Once again we are deep into Autumn, the season associated with grief and loss. Over the years of working with patients and living as a human, I have c...

‘Immune Boosting’ is a term we see thrown around a lot - and it often has a lot more to do with marketing than with health. So what can we really do t...

One day a couple of weeks ago, I said to myself “I'm feeling Fall”. Though the changes happen gradually, it seems to happen overnight: the angle of th...

Daily life as an adult is a lot about “chores”: day to day tasks at work, at home, for our families, errands, appointments etc. That’s normal, and rou...

One of my favorite photos is of a small tin container found in an ancient Roman site in London - dating from over 2,000 years ago, the tin contains th...