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How to get a good nights sleep?

In today’s competitive world, sleep is more of a luxury than a necessity. Sleep is important for the well being, both emotionally and physically for an individual. Insufficient sleep or no sleep has long lasting health and psychological disorders. If you have been experiencing insomnia, it may be due to a number of factors, including stress, anxiety or depression. In order to address your sleep problem, it is best to consult an experienced psychologist who can help you change your behaviour, manage feelings and emotions that may interfere with your sleep.

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How to handle BV (bacterial vaginosis)

Your medical doctor has done her best job to mitigate your symptoms when she prescribes an antibiotic or other drug. What we do naturopathically is support your normal immune system and hormone system so that the bacteria that are found in BV don’t want to hang out in your body. No drug can do this, but homeopathy, nutrition, botanical medicine, and other tools can. We also need to balance your female hormones, as BV tends to occur because there is some imbalance. This can manifest as irregular cycles, PMS, cramps, or other symptoms. To truly kick the BV, please see a homeopath, naturopath, or acupuncturist, who can actually help you be healthier.

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Fertile Forty’s

Many women come to me concerned that they will have a decline in fertility with age. What generally happens is that our health declines with age, and therefore the health of our eggs and reproductive tract declines as well. Did you know that “a woman’s odd of conceiving within one year of trying from age 35 to 40 is only about 7%-8% less that that of a woman aged 27-30? Source: Aimee Raupp, Acupuncture Today, Vol 16, no2, Feb 2015

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Thyroid options 2

2. The second type of thyroid dysfunction is called Grave’s disease. This is also an autoimmune disease, meaning that the immune system has turned against the body and is attacking the thyroid. Symptoms are weight loss, fluid in the legs, and bulging eyes. This is followed by symptoms of low thyroid after the gland has been partially destroyed. Like most autoimmune diseases, this condition is also more common in women and will only really occur if menses are off or there is any sort of PMS or irregular cycle. By balancing out the cycles we normalize the immune system and stop its attack on the body, naturally. I have seen major improvements in symptoms of Grave’s disease without having to surgically or radioactively destroy the thyroid. If you do destroy the gland, you will need replacement hormones for the rest of your life. Think carefully and consider Naturopathy.

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Thyroid options

One of the most common concerns I see in the Naturopathic clinic is thyroid issues. There are a couple of different types of thyroid issues:

1. hypothyroidism. This is the most common type of thyroid disease, and 80% of those with hypothyroidism have/had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, in which the body attacks its own thyroid. I only see this in women with irregular menses or hormonal imbalances; therefore, balancing the hormones is key to stopping this attack. Endocrinologists will put a person with Hashimoto’s on thyroid replacement, but they are unable to balance the female hormones and stop the autoiummune destruction of the thyroid (Hashimoto’s). Naturopathically there is a lot we can do to balance hormones and support the thyroid.