In November 2014, the McKinsey Global Institute made headlines across the political, medical, educational, nutritional and popular news spheres with a discussion paper highlighting the severity of the global obesity epidemic, and its economic impact. Image from McKinsey Global Institute Some Obesity Stats: As of 2013, 30%
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The moustaches are coming! The weather’s turning colder, the days are getting shorter. But on the bright side, we get to see men sporting sometimes funny, sometimes debonair, sometimes gentlemanly moustaches in support of a fundraising effort called “Movember”. When any health-funding “fad” comes along (like this
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In the midst of the current gluten-free craze meets return-to-evolutionary eating Paleo diet fad, Markham Village Naturopathic Clinic decided to dedicate this month’s Health and Wellness Book Club to Dr. David Perlmutter’s Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers.
Read more →With the weather turning cooler and the days increasing growing shorter, I find myself looking for activities to replace the time that was previously spent biking or gardening in the sun. And since my days of door-to-door trick-or-treating are now behind me, I tend to jump directly
Read more →What is the Enterovirus? The enterovirus is virus that can cause the common cold. There are many strains of enterovirus, just like there are many strains of the flu virus. Enteroviruses usually spread in summer and fall, putting us right in the middle of the enterovirus season.
Read more →As many of you know, I have a deep respect for Echinacea. If you look at the logo of our clinic, our entrance door, or my own backyard garden, you will see this simple vibrant flower which symbolizes to me so much of the profound wisdom of
Read more →I will be talking to tween girls about their first period this Thursday, September 18th at the Cornell Library. This is a topic I’m really passionate about… why? We talk a lot about bullying, about how things that other people say and do can make you feel
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Read more →In the previous two blog posts, Stress: The Great Drain on Our Health Accounts and Stress: Understanding Health Accounting, we discussed how the mind-body connection relates to the effects of stress on our health. As you may recall, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is essentially a relay system
Read more →I recently wrote about the impacts of stress on your health in the blog post Stress: The Great Drain On Our Health Account, where I discussed the physiology behind stress, the differences between our body’s two primary operating systems, and the risks of chronically elevated stress hormones.
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