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 Markham Integrative | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, Detoxification, General Wellness, Nutrition
How Sugar Fuels Oxidative Stress Learn more about the connection between sugar and oxidative stress. What is oxidative stress? Oxidation, which occurs during a number of natural processes within the body including detoxification and immune response, produces unstable...
by Markham Integrative | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog, Gut Health, Nutrition, SIBO
Treating SIBO: What is the Low FODMAP Diet? For a primer on SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth), start here. Modifying the diet is one of the most critical components of effective SIBO treatment, and there is a simple reason for it: bacteria are living...
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 Dr. John Gannage | Jul 21, 2017 | Blog, General Wellness, Nutrition
Building your healthy diet is not unlike constructing a house, and if the existing structure is mold infested, leaning over and feasted upon by termites, then your best approach is to tear it down and start from the foundation. A Standard American Diet (SAD) is in the...
by Markham Integrative | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, General Wellness, Hormonal Imbalance, Nutrition, Thyroid
How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off (Naturally) Are you tired of trying different diets, losing weight and then gaining it all back, and then some more? Weight loss can be a struggle for many people. There are many ‘fad diets’ out there that guarantee quick results,...
by Markham Integrative | Mar 9, 2017 | Autism, Blog, Gut Health, Nutrition
The Importance of Magnesium in Autism & ADHD Magnesium is an essential mineral that we all rely on for the health of our cells, our immune function, energy- producing enzymes, the health of our bones and muscles, and the regulation of other essential vitamins and...
by Dr. John Gannage | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog, Detoxification, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Nutrition
The Best Foods for Helping to Detoxify Metals Toxic heavy metals are all around us, from the air we breathe to the food we eat to the chemicals that surround us, and when they build up in our bodies, they can lead to a series of health problems. There are many...
by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Nutrition
The 10 Commandments of Healthy Eating Heartburn, bloating, gas, and irregularity – all very uncomfortable feelings that indicate your digestive system is not working properly. The gut is a complex system of organs, enzymes and compounds that function to digest food...