Sensible-Alternative Naturopathic Clinic

Sugar is not your friend. It may feel like your friend when it comforts you on a lonely evening, but it is not the kind of friend that you want to have. In actual fact, sugar is an evil back-stabbing friend that erodes your health and your youth.

Homocysteine is one of the most important blood tests to have. Elevated homocysteine is a vastly more important finding on blodo test than elevated cholesterol.

Homocysteine predicts increased risk for heart attack, stroke, depression, arthritis, infertility, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease. Some authors estimate that elevated homocysteine predicts 90% of cases of cardiovascular disease.

Toxins such as pollution and pesticides cause hormonal imbalance. There is strong evidence that environmental toxins cause Insulin Resistance, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Thyroid Disease, Breast Cancer, Endometriosis, Infertility and many more conditions.

Coffee is more than caffeine

We tend to equate coffee with caffeine, but that is not accurate. Coffee is just one of a few foods that contain the mind-altering, addictive drug caffeine. Other caffeine foods, such as tea and chocolate, affect the body differently than coffee. And minus the caffeine, coffee still has a measurable effect on mood and body.

Were you allergic to milk as a kid, but then grew out of it? (Hint: you probably didn't.)

Does every Naturopath advise you to avoid milk? (There's a reason.)

Do you suffer from acne, obesity, endometriosis, eczema, asthma, or recurring chest infections? (There may be a solution.)

What IS the problem with milk?

If you think that Autoimmune Disease is an obscure condition, then think again. Many common conditions such as thyroid disease, bowel disease and endometriosis are, in fact, autoimmune conditions. If conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia are included in the statistics (and many experts believe that they should be), the frequency of autoimmune conditions in the western world is 1 in 5 people. It's even more frequent among women, who are its main victims.