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Burlington – Day 1

After practicing in Milton for almost 7 years, I have decided to stop seeing patients at Vital Elements in Milton. I saw my last patient in Milton at the end of July, taking August off to move out of my … Continue reading

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How I discovered my cancer and tracing the root cause

Since my blog post last week, where I publicly shared my story about living with cancer, I have received an outpouring of support from friends and colleagues. I have even received emails from people whom I don’t know, sharing with me that my story inspired them.

I am very happy that by sharing my story I seem to have inspired so many people. That was my intention. :)

In some the messages that I have received, there were some questions about how I found out that I have cancer and how I think I got it. So I figure that a follow-up post is in order. Continue reading

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Living with cancer

Today the passing of Jack Layton inspired me to begin sharing my story publicly. As you probably know Jack Layton wrote a letter to the public a few days before he died. In that letter he expressed a message for … Continue reading

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Thorne Trip

In April, I was invited to visit the Head Office of Thorne Research in Dover, Idaho. We flew to Spokane Washington, where we were met by Thorne employees whom drove us about 90 minutes Northeast of Spokane to our hotel … Continue reading

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Moving to Burlington

As you may know. I moved my home from Milton to Burlington almost 2 years ago. As of September 2011, I will be joining Doctors Naturae at their new Downtown Burlington location inside of the Medica One building. This location … Continue reading

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Quenching Seasonal Allergies with Quercetin

  This allergy season has been one of the worst on record in Southern Ontario. Personally, I never had seasonal allergies until a few years ago.Now, each year, towards the end of May and the beginning of June I get … Continue reading

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Radiation

I can not begin to express my sadness over the death and destruction that has occured in Japan since Friday.  Now to make things worse, the people of Japan and the world are potentially facing the largest nuclear emergency ever. The … Continue reading

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Sun Exposure and Sunscreen

We need to expose our skin to the sun in order to activate Vitamin D, however too much sun exposure can lead to skin cancer. Maintaining the balance between too little sun and too much sun can be a challenge. … Continue reading

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What to do about the flu part two -> Listen To Your Body

Last week my son had the flu and I did not get it. I picked him up from his mom’s house last Wednesday afternoon and took him home to take care of him.  For 4 solid days we hardly left … Continue reading

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What to do about the Flu

My 5 year old son came down with the flu on Monday night and since Wednesday afternoon I have been at home taking care my favourite little flu monster.  For the record, he is normally very healthy and rarely gets … Continue reading

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