The summer heat and sunshine has arrived! When your external environment changes, so does your internal body’s environment. Optimize your health this season with these five tips.   DON’T : Spend your days in the gym. DO : Get active outdoors! Bring your mats and meet a friend in the park for a yoga session. Walk instead of taking the subway. Bike to work instead of drive. Not only do these decisions save you money, but they also get you fit in the fresh air. There are also some awesome group outdoor fitness class options in the summer months.         DON’T : Fall for the wrong summer sweets. DO : Start…

It’s that time of year where the holidays are over and we try to get back to our healthy routines! The season can be hard on our bodies with the overindulgence in large servings of sugar, dairy, alcohol and carbs. The holiday toxins build up fast, especially if your not used to it. It’s difficult to get motivated for your New Years resolutions when you just feel so… blah! Check in with your body to see if some of these recently apply to you: Headaches Fatigue Dry Skin Irritability Depression Weight Gain Bloating Constipation Loose Stools Gassiness Sugar Cravings Insatiability Sore Throat Dizziness Nausea Joint Pain Muscle Pain Acne If…

This is one of my favourite and easiest dishes! If you know me, you know I love my pasta. People are deathly afraid of that word because they automatically think of refined carbs. Turns out, my recipe is nourishing to the body and an essential part of my modernized Mediterranean diet. I’ll tell you why… –Garlic= anti-inflammation, heart health, blood-detoxifier. –Veggies = fiber, protein, minerals that aid in glowing skin, loaded with essential vitamins. –Grains= fiber to lower cholesterol and help reduce constipation (which is detrimental to feeling good and looking good). –Olive oil= weight-loss, heart health, liquid gold for your skin! –Herbs= antioxidant, digestive aids, anti-cancer, heart health, anti-inflammation.…

It’s that time of year again when the weather is changing and I’m starting to hear lots of sniffles in the clinic! There are lots of patients who seem to be doing everything right. They are eating their greens, washing their hands like crazy and even taking a bunch of supplements but just don’t understand why they keep getting sick! Well the answer most of the time ends of being… sugar.   DID YOU KNOW?  1 tsp of sugar could suppress your immune system for 2 hours!   Too much sugar slows down and confuses the cells that make up your immune system. These cells normally attack bad bacteria throughout…

Anxious much? It happens to all of us but how you deal with it will determine the toll it takes on your health. A great tool to use for physical and mental calming is Yoga – a series of poses that serves as a natural anxiolytic (to break down anxiety). Anxiety is part of the sympathetic nervous pathway. Chronic states of anxiety can lead to negative health outcomes since your parasympathetic pathways (ex. digestion and immune system) halt to a stop once the sympathetic system is in overdrive. Yoga was designed to redistribute blood flow and oxygen in the body to ease the mind and musculature in a way that favours the parasympathetic system. I…

It happens… we all overindulge once and a while. Instead of popping an Advil and feeling sorry for your nauseous self all day, I have solutions to make the morning after much more tolerable. What better way to kick off 2017 by freshening up with these 8 natural hangover remedies guaranteed to work! Happy new year! Coconut water My #1 go-t0… this is mother nature’s gift for hungover people! I love coconut water because not only does it rehydrate hungover skin but it is also is filled with the electrolytes, potassium and anti-oxidants that were depleted from a night of drinking. Coconut water is a much better fluid alternative to coffee…

Are you feeling… -bloated? -tired? -sluggish? -irritable? -constipated/ irregular? -craving sugar? -difficult to lose those few extra pounds?       You may need okra in your life!   Okra is a vegetable that is packed with the BEST kind of fibre. Okra’s fibre creates a mucilage effect that basically lubricates your colon rather than the common drying/constipating effect that you might feel after eating cereals, grains or powdered fibre(ex. Metamucil). Fibre is SO important and a lot of adults are deficient nowadays! Okra helps regulate our bowels, eliminate effectively and detox our organs and skin. Okra is also extremely nutritious! It is full of potassium, folic acid, Vitamin C, calcium…

The seasons are changing and the sniffling from people around me has begun! The start of fall is the perfect time to introduce Chaga and my Superpower Potion Chaga drink! Chaga is an amazing adaptogen that helps your body adapt to internal or external stressors. I have been drinking chaga tea almost every other day the past two weeks in order to help me feel energized and avoid catching a cold as we welcome in sweater weather. Chaga not only helps with weather change but also keeps me going during stressful periods in my personal life and school. Preventing burn-out is so important especially with exams a few weeks away.…