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September 22, 2014 In Ask The Expert: Health & Fitness Advice, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Hormone Q+A

Ask The Expert is a health & fitness advice column. If you have a question for one of our Fitness Goop experts, please email [email protected]. What are bioidentical hormones? Bioidentical hormones are hormones with an identical chemical structure to the hormones your body produces naturally.  Derived from plant sterols from soy or diosgenin (wild yam), these hormones mimic exactly the actions of the body's own hormones.  A prescription from your ND (with prescribing rights) or MD is required, and bioidentical hormones are dispensed from a compounding pharmacy, usually as either a topical cream or oral pill. Bioidentical hormones...

September 20, 2014 In Green & Healthy Living, Health & Wellness, News By Vancouver Health Coach

Want to Lose Weight? Try Deep Restorative Sleep

If you are someone who is interested in losing body fat, gaining muscle, slowing biological aging, maintaining the health of your brain and feeling fantastic, getting a good night’s sleep is no longer optional!  If we could only conquer the mysteries of sleep, we potentially could unlock the secret to longevity itself (and lose a few extra pounds in the process). Unfortunately, loss of deep-sleep is cumulative and is often referred to as our sleep-debt and as we know sleep-dept is not an easy debt to repay. Research presented in the prestigious journal The Lancet, shows that sleep-debt can exert a...

September 20, 2014 In Ask The Expert: Health & Fitness Advice, Family Fitness, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Ask The Expert: Exploring Naturopathic Medicine for Fertility Treatments

Ask The Expert is a health & fitness advice column. If you have a question for one of our Fitness Goop experts, please email [email protected]. This question was asked on the topic of naturopathic medicine and fertility. My husband and I want to explore naturopathic medicine (we don't want to try IVF) as a way to help with our infertility issues. Can naturopathy help?" Naturopathic medicine offers fertility treatments as alternatives to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and fertility medications.  Before starting treatment, it is important that both you and your husband be assessed for causes that may be contributing to why you...

September 20, 2014 In Fitness, Green & Healthy Living, News By Vancouver Health Coach

Excessive Sweating: Exploring A Sticky Topic

When you workout on the treadmill, take a hot yoga class or barely survive a boot camp, you will notice several things happen to your body. Your heart will beat quicker, breathing will be heavier and you will most likely begin to sweat. The human body will sweat in a response to keep itself cool and safe when our internal temperature increases above 98 degrees. Sweating during exercise is a sign of an efficient cooler and this mechanism is extremely vital for avoiding heat illness such as heat exhaustion, muscle cramping and the most dangerous of all, heat stroke. While fit...

September 19, 2014 In Eliminating Toxins, Emotional Health, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Feel Emotionally Lighter by Cleaning Out the Clutter

Clutter produces harmful energy that sabotages us from achieving our personal best—it is the nemesis to success. It is deceptive because it manifests itself in various guises. Physical clutter is the stuff we fill our houses with to the point some people actually go into deprivation mode and develop an illness known as hoarding. In our society, we have learned to purchase stuff not for the stuff itself, but for the emotions that stuff evokes in us. What we buy no longer serves a basic utilitarian purpose, but has come to denote status and a luxury lifestyle. The more we own,...

September 16, 2014 In Green & Healthy Living, Holistic Health, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Is Candida Affecting Your Health?

Candida albicans is a yeast that is normally found colonizing the digestive tract and other mucous membranes of the body.  After antibiotic use or periods of immune suppression, this yeast can proliferate, causing a yeast infection in the digestive tract, on the tongue (“thrush”), in the nasal sinuses, vagina, urinary tract and in the folds of the skin.  In addition to causing symptoms ranging from nagging to severe, chronic Candida infection can derange your immune system leading to allergies, frequent infections, and autoimmune conditions. Symptoms of Candida Infection: Bloating, gas, difficulty digesting many foods, heartburn, chronic indigestion, irregular bowel movements Sugar cravings, alcohol...

September 14, 2014 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Supplements, Uncategorized By Vancouver Health Coach

Metabolic Syndrome: Are You at Risk?

Metabolic Syndrome or Syndrome X is a condition that was first reported in 1978 by Dr. Gerald B. Phillips. This syndrome is considered to be a powerful independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity associated with cardiovascular disease. A very frightening statistic puts 1 in every 4 persons in North America at risk for developing Metabolic Syndrome. The syndrome involves a cluster of symptoms that are often associated with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. The cluster may include high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, increased waist to hip ratio and/or obesity, as well as a reduced sensitivity of our cells to insulin with...

September 14, 2014 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Crystal Di Domizio

Is Gluten Sabotaging Your Health?

According to new research from the Mayo Clinic, Celiac Disease affects approximately 1 in 100 people. When individuals with Celiac Disease consume gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley, the absorptive surface of the small intestine is damaged. This greatly decreases the body’s ability to absorb nutrients causing vitamin and mineral deficiencies that deprive the brain, nervous system, bones and other organs of essential nourishment. Continued exposure to gluten creates an increased risk for developing secondary diseases and disorders including certain types of cancer. The development of Celiac Disease involves a combination of genetic, environmental and...

September 11, 2014 In Green & Healthy Living, Holistic Health, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

The Future of IBS Treatment: What’s in Store for Your Bowels?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of a number of chronic conditions affecting millions of people about which very little is actually known. With no known cause, no specific mechanism, and no single set of symptoms, effective treatments for IBS have been slow in materializing. A cure for IBS is not currently available. But what are researchers doing to make progress? A variety of pharmaceuticals have been released in the past decades to address IBS symptoms, but side effects have often matched the condition’s own discomforts. These drugs have tried to target inflammation, brain-gut interaction, and gut motility, but millions of individuals...

September 9, 2014 In Emotional Health, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Setting Boundries in Our Daily Lives

Setting boundaries is a term that has been floating through the pop-psychology circuit for some time now. As much as it appears like a sophisticated technique to adopt and practice within our relationships, quite simply it is the art of saying no, or setting limits on what you are willing to handle. Unfortunately, there are plenty of folks in the world who are either people-pleasers or afraid of disappointing and hurting others. Being a people-pleaser or worrying about how you affect others means you put yourself last. There’s nothing wrong with being a giving, selfless person, yet how can you bring...