Crying is one of the ways a baby communicates and the average infant cries between two to three hours a day. Colic presents as a constantly irritable baby who is well-fed and otherwise healthy. The clinical definition of colic follows the Rule of Three: violent crying three hours per day, three days per week for at least three weeks. It can begin about 3 weeks following birth up to 3-4 mon ...
Symptoms Checklist
Consider vaccination if you are a/an:
Fat is an important and often misunderstood part of our diet. It is garnered much attention as of late with the idea that there are good fats and bad fats and that good fats generally come from fish sources. Vegetarians and vegans are often challenged with the question, am I getting enough fats? Recent investigations into healthy eating practices have shed some significant light on the iss ...
What follows is an excerpt from the oath I took and continue to
take daily in practice as a naturopathic doctor.
"I dedicate myself to the service of humanity as a practitioner of
the art and science of Naturopathic Medicine.
By precept, education and example,
I will assist and encourage others to strengthen their health,
reduce risks for disease,
and preserve the health of our planet for o ...
evolve Nurturing Vitality has recently added some great new content about prenatal chiropractic, post-natal chiropractic and chiropractic for children to the website. You can navigate there from the side bar of our welcome page or follow this link:
prenatal, post-natal and pediatric chiropractic
As our clinic is more than fifty percent family care, it is important to us to provide parents i ...
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The countdown is on for the Easter Seals 24 Hour Relay for the kids: just 1 week away! For those of you interested, or those of you who haven't pledged yet, there is still time to donate to this excellent cause. Kick start your summer by helping us send deserving kids to camp! Easter Seals Camps give BC children with disabilities the chance to discover their individual ...
A healthy intestinal lining only allows properly digested food particles to pass through while simultaneously serving as a barrier to microorganisms and undigested foods from being absorbed into the bloodstream. At times the integrity of the intestinal wall is compromised for a number of reasons: food allergies, chronic stress, dysbiosis, enzyme deficiencies, pharmaceutical drug use, and inj ...
At some point in our lives each of us will face a health challenge. More often than we realize the delicate balance between an intricate network of chemical messengers is responsible for these challenges. These messengers - hormones - direct a range of activities in the body regulating our immunity, reproductive cycle, growth, metabolism, and mood.
The endocrine system produces and regulates ...
Burn out is far too common in our world. With it exhaustion, irritability, anxiety, insomnia, midday crashing, and stubborn abdominal weight gain are a constellation of symptoms very related and very treatable.
The tie that binds is the adrenal glands - two glands that regulate blood pressure, the mineral content of blood and the ever destructive Stress.
Conventionally the adrenals do not g ...
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