Canada’s New Food Guide: a Naturopathic Review

Canada’s New Food Guide: a Naturopathic Review

Canada’s New Food Guide has taken twelve years to evolve from its previous format in 2007, after much consultation and review of the latest research examining the effects of diet on disease. This latest food guide is simple and easy to understand, focusing less on portion sizes of exact categories and more on how to eat and what to avoid. Read on to understand my naturopathic view of Canada’s New Food Guide 2019.

Adrenal Fatigue: When You’re Too Tired to Enjoy Life!

Adrenal Fatigue: When You’re Too Tired to Enjoy Life!

Adrenal Fatigue is a function of the chronic stress that is highly prevalent in our lifestyle today. The mere drive to work can stimulate your adrenaline in the light of the traffic congestion. Stress induces your body’s fight or flight response, due to the secretion of adrenaline, a hormone from the adrenal gland. Your ability to cope with stress is an essential survival mechanism. However, your response to stress can be altered with too much or not enough hormone secretion. This can occur when constant demands are placed on your body in the varied forms of stressors, causing adrenal fatigue. Do you have Adrenal Fatigue? Learn how to determine if you have Adrenal Fatigue, what it can lead to, how to cope and how to treat it naturally.

Keto Diet Myths

Keto Diet Myths

The Keto Diet Myths address many concerns that people still harbour, with the belief that a low carb, high fat diet is dangerous, and thus the ketogenic diet is not healthy. The Ketogenic Diet for weight loss is critical what with obesity as the number one health challenge facing us today, causing many metabolic diseases. This ultra low carb, high fat, adequate protein eating plan triggers ketosis for optimal fat burning & weight loss.

The Keto Diet for Weight Loss

The Keto Diet for Weight Loss

The Keto Diet for Weight Loss: the ultra low carb, high fat, adequate protein eating plan triggers ketosis for optimal fat burning & weight loss. There are multiple mechanisms still in debate on how ketogenic diets promote weight loss, yet there is no doubt that weight loss occurs.

The Keto Diet Avoid List

The Keto Diet Avoid List

The Keto Diet Avoid List: the ultra low carb, high fat, adequate protein eating plan triggers ketosis for optimal fat burning & weight loss. To reach ketosis it is critical to avoid eating too many carbs or too much protein as either can become fuel for the body & brain. The key is to minimize carbs and increase fat to promote fat burning but prevent starvation which would cause muscle wasting.