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Acupuncture for Preconception: Evidence-Based Insights & Traditional Chinese Medicine Tips
By Dee Dorrance, R.Ac, CNP Acupuncture for Preconception: Evidence-Based Insights & Traditional Chinese Medicine Tips I'm Dee, a Registered Acupuncturist and Holistic Nutritionist at Urban Wellness in Toronto's Little Italy. In today’s blog post, I’m...
Acupuncture for Preconception: Evidence-Based Insights & Traditional Chinese Medicine Tips
By Dee Dorrance, R.Ac, CNP Acupuncture for Preconception: Evidence-Based Insights & Traditional Chinese Medicine Tips I'm Dee, a Registered Acupuncturist and Holistic Nutritionist at Urban Wellness in Toronto's Little Italy. In today’s blog post, I’m sharing some insights into how acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can support preconception and fertility. Let’s get...
Summer Food Focus: Cucumber
Angela Warburton, R. TCMP Naturally cooling and slightly sweet in flavour cucumbers are a natural diuretic which make them a great summer food. Cucumbers help to cleanse the blood, uplift mood and can counteract toxins in the body. And because of it's cooling and...
5 Amazing Health Benefits of Ground Flaxseed!
Do You Flax? by Dr. Tiffany Eberhard, ND #1 Excellent source of fiber Fiber improves blood sugar and cholesterol levels and helps improve digestion. #2 High in healthy omega-3 fatty acids Omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation in the body and promote skin...
Broccoli Detox Soup & Dandelion Pumpkin Seed Pesto
Kristin Tait, B.Kin, RHN, RNCP Hallelujah it’s spring! ‘Tis the season of renewal and growth. The days are longer and warmer and everywhere you look green sprouts and shoots and leaves are making their way out of the earth. According to Chinese Medicine the spring is...
Liver Love for the Spring
Angela Warburton R.TCMP, R.Ac Our livers take a beating in this modern world – processed foods, medications, stress – all of which tax our livers. Everything from what we eat, breathe or put on our skin will have to be processed by our liver. It’s a huge organ AND one...
Herbal Spring Support
All that we need to know about ourselves in this season (all seasons really) can be observed from nature. Spring is a time to physically and emotionally let go with love all that is not serving your growth! As a plant cannot hold onto the dead leaves or flowers from...
Tell tale signs your nervous system is in overdrive… and what to do about it!
A whopping 95% of all illnesses are either caused by, or worsened by stress. Yikes! Long-term stress also damages the hippocampus in the brain (the memory centre) and can contribute to long-term memory loss and dementia. Adrenals get depleted and burn out ensues if we...
RMT Tips: Breastfeed and Improve posture at the same time!
Let's be realistic, who has time for self-care exercises with a newborn? Here's a tip you can incorporate into your breastfeeding routine to help keep your posture healthy while breastfeeding. Once your baby is all settled and feeding: Pull your head back and up so...
iPhone Stretch
With the amount of time we spend on our iPhones these days, bodywork professionals are beginning to notice population-wide changes in people's spines: a flattening in the upper thoracic spine, and a jutting forward of the cervical vertebrae. Both of these combined can...
Women’s Community Clinic
We live in communities. We work in communities. We find health through our communities. Traditionally this has especially been the case for women. For practical, informational and emotional support we have come together - Whether it's a quilting bee, a red tent, or a...
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