By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND It’s typical to feel the impacts of stress after the stress is over, or when you finally let go and begin to relax. Think about getting sick after final exams in university, or the flu that hits over Christmas holidays. After this incredibly challenging year and a half, I am hearing from many women overwhelmed, …
Are Environmental Toxins Impacting Your Health?
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Environmental medicine has become a bigger part of my practice, especially as they can impact hormonal health and fertility, and neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. As we explore underlying causes of illness, it’s important to not overlook toxins. Toxins and chemicals can be found in our food, water, …
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Anxiety, tingling and palpitations? – could be a Vitamin B12 deficiency
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I have been seeing lots of cases of vitamin B12 deficiency in the clinic lately, and wanted to write a short article about signs to watch for and causes of deficiency. Vitamin B12 is an essential water-soluble vitamin that is found in all animal foods - meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy. It is necessary to make red …
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Exercise and Training – Tips for Women in your 40’s and 50’s
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND As many of you know, I am an avid runner and in the past couple of years have been learning more and more about how training needs to change once we reach our mid-40’s or ‘perimenopause’ years, and extending through post-menopause. If you exercise or train regularly, you may have noticed some of these changes too, such …
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The link between your gut and inflammation
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND In naturopathic and also in functional medicine, we have a saying “when in doubt, start with the gut.” The reason is that gut health has a profound effect on the rest of your body, by impacting your absorption of nutrients and initiating inflammation. This inflammation may be an autoimmune process like Hashimoto’s or …
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How Sedentary is Your Life? Simple tips to increase your daily activity
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’m hearing from so many of you who are struggling with finding the time, energy and motivation to exercise, or even get outside for a walk most days. Between working from home, gyms being closed, winter weather and almost nowhere to go during this lockdown, so many people are barely moving during their work week. For …
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Indoor Air Quality and Your Health
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND With so many people working from home over the past 9 months, it’s possible that your indoor air quality may be impacting your health. If you feel that your health has changed, especially with allergies, congestion, fatigue or brain fog, this may be important to investigate. Here is a brief overview of things you …
Top 5 reasons to consider an Organic Acid Test (especially if you have puzzling health issues)
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND The Organic Acid Test is one of my favourite tests, especially for patients with complex conditions when standard lab testing like bloodwork and ultrasound comes back looking very normal. I sometimes call it “the test where I find what I wasn’t looking for,” because often the reason for running the test is not the main …
Top 3 Tips for Seasonal Affective Disorder
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND As we approach the shortest and darkest days of winter and the weather starts to shift, it's common to feel more lethargic, unmotivated, hungry and down. Some people are better able to adapt to the winter season than others, and this year in particular you may find that some of your usual strategies like going to the …
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