by Markham Integrative | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, General Wellness
Magnesium Deficiency & Mental Health What is the connection between magnesium deficiency and mental health? Magnesium is an essential mineral for the brain and for our bodies in general, required for several hundred metabolic processes, but by some estimates up to...
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 31, 2018 | Blog, Hormonal Imbalance
Overview of Estrogen Dominance Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women. Precocious puberty is on the rise, where girls are reaching puberty as early as age 7. Most women will report that they experience PMS, have fibroids, ovarian cysts or heavy...
by Dr. John Gannage | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog, What I'm Reading
What I’m Reading This Month: Sugar and Alzheimer’s, Acetaminophen and Language Delay, and Ozone Therapy January 2018 The sheer volume of health, wellness, and medical news and commentary available on the internet can be overwhelming. Every month, get a taste of what...
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 Markham Integrative | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Histamine
The Connection Between Histamine Intolerance and Migraines For a primer on histamine intolerance and links to our other posts on this topic, click here. Migraines are among the most common disorders in the world, and as anyone who has experienced one can attest to,...
by Dr. John Gannage | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog, What I'm Reading
What I’m Reading This Month: Aluminum and Autism, NAC for Cancer Treatment, and Science Manipulation by the Sugar Industry November 2017 The sheer volume of health, wellness, and medical news and commentary available on the internet can be overwhelming. Every month,...
by Markham Integrative | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Prenatal Care
The Importance of Vitamin D in Pregnancy and Fertility Vitamin D, our sunshine vitamin, has traditionally been recognized in supporting bone health. In more recent years, our appreciation for Vitamin D has evolved, and we now know that vitamin D does so much more than...