Your Liver – Your Detox Factory: Part 1/Phase 1

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Detoxification

Your Liver – Your Detox Factory: Phase 1 Your liver is the most important and most stalwart organ of detoxification in your body. Even when the majority of its mass has been removed, or is compromised with toxic build up, it will continuously process everything...

Food Allergy Diagnosis – What is the Gold Standard? (And why is it rarely used?) by Emily Kennedy, MSc, RHN

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Nutrition

The Best Way to Identify Food Allergies   At Markham Integrative Medicine, patients – adult and pediatric – can opt for food allergy testing as effective strategy for reducing systemic inflammation, reducing toxic build-up in the gut and healing neurological and...

Understanding the connection between heavy metals and heart disease

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Heart Health, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Integrative Medicine

Understanding the connection between heavy metals and heart disease Our bodies are exposed to environmental heavy metals like lead and mercury from our drinking water, food, dental amalgams, old leaded paints, and sometimes from atmospheric contamination from coal...

What You May Not Know About Blood Pressure – E. Kennedy, RHN; Dr. J. Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Heart Health, Integrative Medicine

What You May Not Know About Blood Pressure This month, matters of the heart come to mind… Heart disease is STILL a top killer in this country despite better drugs and drug plans, advancements in cardiac surgery and a wider range of rehab and recovery options....

Nutrition to Save Your (Dry) Skin – Emily Kennedy, RHN

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, General Wellness, Nutrition

Nutrition to Save Your (Dry) Skin Our skin is our first line of defense against outside elements and pathogens. Regardless of climate changes, the epidermis or outermost layer of our 20 or so square feet of skin continues to renew itself about every 27 days. This...

Help with New Year’s Resolutions – by Christine Jambrosic, PDHom, Homeopath

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, General Wellness

It’s that time of year where you start to hear of New Year’s resolutions and all of the good intentions that everyone has for the coming year.   All through January these good intentions and efforts abound with smiles on faces. Health clubs are busy,...

Dr. Gannage’s Christmas Wish List

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog

Last minute shoppers beware.  What I’m requesting under the tree is not attainable in the next 24 hours. This is a list for December 25th 2013…what I’d like to see implemented by Christmas of next year.  Forward thinking is a creative process. ...

Homeopathy and Surviving the Holidays by Christine Jambrosic, PDHom

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog

‘Tis the season for cheer and joy, celebrating with friends and family, right?  This is what all the holiday songs tell you, but the reality of this time of year can often be much different.  First there can be the overindulgences, travelling sickness/jet lag,...

Why I Love An Underdog? by John Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine

Why I Love An Underdog? I’ve always pulled for the underdog.  I love a story where the unexpected happens; where David slays Goliath; the near-defeated rises up and seizes a victory; the little guy that “couldn’t” or...