by Markham Integrative | May 23, 2018 | Blog, General Wellness, Heart Health, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
Vitamin K2 and Your Heart Vitamin K2 can be thought of as the master of calcium’s fate, activating the proteins that regulate where calcium goes, directing it to the bones where it can do good, and keeping it from being deposited in the arteries where it causes...
by Markham Integrative | May 23, 2018 | Blog, Histamine, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
When Should You Try a Low FODMAP Diet for Histamine Intolerance? Read on to learn more about the low FODMAP diet for histamine intolerance. For a more detailed overview of histamine intolerance, click here. For an overview of the low FODMAP diet, click here. What is...
by Dr. John Gannage | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Detoxification, General Wellness, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
How to Slay The Yeast Beast by Emily Kennedy, MSc RHN In my experience as a clinical nutritionist, overgrowth of candida albicans has got to be one of the most common, most annoying and most tedious conditions to deal with. Why is it so hard to get rid of this...
by Markham Integrative | Sep 30, 2017 | Blog, Gut Health, Integrative Medicine, SIBO
SIBO: Root Cause of IBS? Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most commonly diagnosed functional gastrointestinal disorder, and as anyone who has received the diagnosis knows, it is frustrating for more reasons than just the symptoms, which include abdominal...
by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Histamine, Integrative Medicine
Histamine intolerance, or an imbalance between levels of histamine and the body’s ability to break it down, may be behind symptoms and conditions ranging from IBS and joint pain to fatigue, migraines, anxiety, chronic hives or itchiness, and more. This article...
by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Gluten, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
It creeps up … the headache, the weight gain, the back discomfort, the sluggishness. The steps to regain vibrant health are not unfamiliar. It always begins with a critical look at diet, and then key supplementation. Clearly, to embark on the process, one has...
by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Autism, Blog, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
The approach to autism that I have used for 12 years now, even before becoming a Defeat Autism Now and MAPS practitioner, emphasizes nutrition. In my opinion, what you see above can be applied to any mental health issue, child or adult. To go further, in my...
by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
Greetings to you all, Next week I’ll be in Vancouver to present at the Dr. Rogers Prize colloquium in advance of the Gala, where a very fortunate individual will walk away with the $250,000 prize. Since 2007, the award is given to a CAM practitioner/researcher...
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...