Magnesium Deficiency & Mental Health

by Markham Integrative | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, General Wellness

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 80% of us are deficient, making magnesium deficiency one of the most common vitamin & mineral deficiencies...

How Sugar Fuels Oxidative Stress

by Markham Integrative | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, Detoxification, General Wellness, Nutrition

What is oxidative stress? Oxidation, which occurs during a number of natural processes within the body including detoxification and immune response, produces unstable molecules known as “free radicals”. Free radicals are normal, and the healthy body is equipped to...

How to Slay the Yeast Beast

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...

The Rise of Depression & Anxiety In the Smartphone Generation

by Markham Integrative | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, General Wellness

An alarming new body of research has found that teenagers who spend more time on their screens are significantly more likely to report symptoms of depression (1). The risk of depression in eighth graders who are heavy users of social media increases by 27% (2). As...

Building a Healthy Diet by Dr. John Gannage

by Dr. John Gannage | Jul 21, 2017 | Blog, General Wellness, Nutrition

Building your 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...

The Key to Long Lasting, Healthy Weight Loss by Dr. Tatiana, ND

by Markham Integrative | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, General Wellness, Hormonal Imbalance, Nutrition, Thyroid

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, but they are simply not sustainable long term and...

Winter Blues? Here’s What’s Happening (And How To Cope)

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

Winter Blues? Here’s What’s Happening If you find yourself feeling sleepier, more irritable, hungrier (especially for carbs) and more lethargic in the wintertime, you aren’t alone. You may have heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, which...

Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions

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

As the clock struck midnight, did you make a resolution? Or have you sworn the tradition off because you know they stick as well as cream eye shadow on a hot humid day? The start of the New Year is a great motivator for change, fostering a “new you”. But...

Slather Up Your Skin, Its Summer!

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

It appears that we skipped spring all together and jumped right into summer! As a fair-skinned redhead growing up on the beaches of the Okanagan, the sun has not always been my friend. I was the kid that looked even more pasty after being in the sun because of the...