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Vitamin K2 — The Bone-​Saving Vitamin

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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My new appreciation for the word detox

I have always hated the word detox. My dis­tain for the word in part came from how people abuse the word detox. I have no objec­tion with the bio­chem­ical phases of detox­i­fic­a­tion in the liver, and what they are meant to do. … Continue read­ing

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I’m a Vegan, with a side of meat

I have had a known wheat allergy for many years. In the past, I have also respon­ded very well to an anti-​inflammatory diet (no wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, pork, cit­rus and night­shade veget­ables and any­thing pro­cessed with lim­ited sugar unless maple syrup, … Continue read­ing

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The Calcium Conundrum: Get it in your bones… the right way

In the last sev­eral months, I have had many ques­tions on cal­cium and what is too much cal­cium. Unfortunately the research sup­port­ing proper cal­cium sup­ple­ment­a­tion has been around for a long time now, but when pop­u­lar media shares a news report on “take … Continue read­ing

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Commentary: Why can’t I eat all of the foods I like?

I always laugh when I am at a party, and someone says “You’re a natur­o­pathic doc­tor? You guys just want to take every­one off all of the foods they like”. Firstly, I am not a sad­ist. I would love for every­one to be able to eat what … Continue read­ing

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