Category Archives: Vitamins

Tough love means you feel better

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Dr Aoife

What happened to the under­stand­ing that medi­cine should not always be con­veni­ent or tasty to actu­ally be work­ing? Buckleys’ com­mer­cial and the infam­ous slo­gan Tastes awful, but it works, was an import­ant part of my young adult life.

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Vitamin K2 — The Bone-​Saving Vitamin

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Vitamin K2 is a vit­amin that every­one is talk­ing about — but do you know what it is? For those of you that are unfa­mil­iar, I will give a Coles’ notes ver­sion about this vit­amin. What is vit­amin K2? Vitamin K2 is in the vit­amin K fam­ily (fat-​soluble) … Continue read­ing →

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Feeling down? Vitamin D levels and seasonal affective disorder

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Before dis­cuss­ing an indi­vidual vit­amin, I want to be very clear: Our body needs a mul­ti­tude of vit­am­ins at the right (optimal) levels on a con­tinu­ous basis. One vit­amin is rarely the answer for our best health, but many are vital to con­tin­ued health. As … Continue read­ing →

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A commentary on depression support with natural methods

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dr Aoife

I fre­quently get this ques­tion, and the best way to address the same ques­tion is so that every­one can learn from the exper­i­ence! I will give an example of a scen­ario I hear fre­quently in prac­tice in regards to anti-​depressant sup­ports. Sample ques­tion: … Continue read­ing →

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The danger of picking the wrong supplements

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Dr Aoife

There are many reas­ons why people come to my office, and the proper sup­ple­ment guid­ance is a major reason. The inter­net can be both help­ful and down­right scary when mak­ing sure you are tak­ing the right vit­am­ins for you, the right … Continue read­ing →

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The Multivitamin: Is It Necessary?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dr Aoife

As a prac­ti­tioner, I struggle with the mul­tiv­it­amin. Why, you ask? In the­ory, the mul­tiv­it­amin is a good concept. Just as life has pros and cons, ebb and flow, it is dif­fi­cult to eat con­sist­ent quant­it­ies and qual­it­ies of foods that provide con­tinu­ous and … Continue read­ing →

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What Can I Do For My Restless Legs?

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dr Aoife

Those of you who have rest­less legs know what I’m talk­ing about. The exper­i­ence of rest­less legs syn­drome began for me in the middle of high school, most often when I went to the movies or when at the theatre. I would … Continue read­ing →

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Why B12 is great, but is not doing what you think it should

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dr Aoife

I will start off by say­ing that B12 is a fant­astic vit­amin. B12 is also known as hydroxy­co­bal­amin, cyano­co­bal­amin, and methyl­co­bal­amin. It is absorbed primar­ily through our gastrointest­inal tract when we eat the fol­low­ing foods: lean red meats poultry (chicken, tur­key) fish dairy products … Continue read­ing →

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