Functional Medicine | Women's Health
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND There’s been lots of feedback from last week’s blog post about the Ketogenic diet, and for many of you it was followed by questions about intermittent fasting which is certainly another popular dietary trend. Let’s start with a few definitions, because in many cases we’re actually using the wrong terminology: …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’m always so excited to speak with people who are on the same wavelength, and also on a mission to reframe negative cultural connotations about our menstrual cycles. I truly believe that tracking your cycles and understanding your own patterns through the month is an incredibly empowering practice. Earlier this week, …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I have been thinking lots about how to take you further with your health and wellness, and how to shift the paradigm where we stop paying attention to our health as soon as the acute symptoms are gone. We keep chasing crisis after crisis. The truth is that symptoms like pain, bloating, mood swings, hormone imbalance and …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Women’s bodies are meant to fluctuate as our hormones shift through the month, and what this means is that our moods, physical health, productivity, creativity, appetite, libido, immune systems can all vary week by week. One of the best acts of self-care you can do, is to track your menstrual cycle and how you are feeling …
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By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND As most of you know, I am constantly learning, and diving into both research and new understandings of health. This has become an incredible passion of mine over the years, and I am so grateful to truly love what I do every day and to have so many wonderful women to share this with. Lately for my own personal health, and …
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Let's talk about the winter blah’s, because it happens to most of us during the dark winter days. We're less likely to be inspired to exercise, we can't stop eating sugar and carbs, and we start to feel low and run-down. This inevitably leads us to feeling defeated and unmotivated about health, self-care and wellness. The …
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