Q & A With Dr. Silvio Najt, MD – Vitamin A
Question: My eleven-year-old daughter, Holly, is two weeks into the IBD Remission Diet much to her GI Doctor's chagrin, as they want to start Remicade and I am holding off. After submitting the infomation for the Absorb Plus, in addition to information and access to [...]
Recipe – Lisa Marie Lemony Buttermilk Scones
These are a favourite staple of mine that I serve at my bed and breakfast - hot and steamy straight from the oven with a smear of fresh organic butter and a yummy cup of tea. Nothing better! Ingredients: ● 4 cups spelt flour ● [...]
Celebrating the Highly Sensitive Personality
Long before I was seriously ill, I often had a sense that I felt emotions more deeply and painfully than many of my friends and colleagues. Things seemed to roll off their backs, while I became greatly affected in some way by what I'd seen [...]
Making Time
Summer is hard for me. I'm trying to be a mom, with all that involves – whilst serving my clients superbly – without resorting to the TV as an all-purpose child-entertainer. I get stretched. I get irritable. I hate my own irritability. At the same [...]
Saving Money on Food
One of the biggest topics my clients are asking about these days is how to save money when they're food shopping, without sacrificing good nutrition. In this month's article, I have put together some tips and strategies to save money on your grocery bill while [...]
Browse Our Bookshelf Issue No. 12
I had come across Anne Barone's books and website quite by chance some years ago, back when I was working full-time, an hour away from home and quite overwhelmed by the situation – not to mention quite weighed down by the circumference of my hips. [...]
Lisa Marie Lemony Buttermilk Scones
These are a favourite staple of mine that I serve at my bed and breakfast - hot and steamy straight from the oven with a smear of fresh organic butter and a yummy cup of tea. Nothing better! Ingredients: ● 4 cups spelt flour ● [...]
The Healing Power of Compassion
Of all the strategies I teach my clients to help them live well when they have a chronic illness, the one I teach the most is compassion. I teach it and reinforce it by having my clients put reminders on their bathroom mirrors, by having [...]
Quad Synergy Anti-Pathogen Protocol
I recently had a 3-day stool and saliva test done through Jim Ehmke's clinic – you may recall Jim as he is the clinical nutritionist I interviewed for a teleseminar on raw milk diets and a podcast on natural cancer treatments. The results of my [...]
Clearing the Limiting Beliefs to Thriving
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) work beautifully at healing the debilitating memories which could have contributed to a chronic illness, as well as clearing limiting self-beliefs around recovering. However, sometimes, residual fears remain, which can hold us back from moving into good health safely and freely. [...]
Medical vs. Alternative Treatment for IBD
The biggest mistake that I think a person living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's, colitis, diverticulitis) can make is to undergo unnecessary and superficial diagnostic imaging procedures. Barium contrast CT scans, "scopes," and capsule cameras reveal very little about the mechanism of disease and the [...]
Medical Humour
Q: Doctor, I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it... don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; [...]
Healing Journeys
I have a 13 year old daughter, Olivia, who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in April 2008, after 3 weeks with diarrhea, blood and pain. Right off the bat my colleagues (I am a physician) started medicating her heavily. The symptoms didn't relapse at [...]
Allow More Success: Pay Attention to Your 5 Energies
As your business grows and you experience more success it becomes increasingly important to pay attention to your 5 Types of Energy to maintain the growth and also to enjoy the journey. Your energy is your #1 most important resource when it comes to growing [...]
Live the Dream
For years now, I've cherished the dream of purchasing a five-acre-or-so property and maintaining my own self-sufficient homestead. I don't have a vision of what the house would look like, but I know my property would have a mix of open and wooded areas and [...]
Browse Our Bookshelf Issue No. 11
Let me tell you something about myself. When it comes to any type of sport, I am not an athletic person. The only thing we did in my high school gym class that I actually enjoyed was archery because that was the one activity that [...]
Recipe – 5-Layer Mexican DIP
It's summertime and there are plenty of events that require us to bring a homemade dish. Here's one that's pretty easy, very yummy and very healthy (especially when using the freshest ingredients possible). It takes a little preparation but it is well worth it to [...]
How to Treat TLCC Deficiency Syndrome
You won't find TLCC Deficiency Syndrome in a medical dictionary, but in my many years of coaching people with IBD, IBS, and other chronic illnesses I've found that it describes what many of them have. TLC, of course, is an acronym for "tender loving care," [...]
Alternative Cancer Treatments
If a family member or close friend is diagnosed with cancer, where do you go for good, reliable information? Based on your own Healing Journey, you already know that drugs and surgery are rarely the answer. But when you go on the Internet to do [...]
Natural Treatment For Depression
Many people with IBD and IBS are also on prescription antidepressants. However, this is not a good idea, because aside from numerous other damaging side effects, many antidepressants also create an alkaline pH in the digestive system. This causes ongoing damage to your gut since [...]
An Attitude of Gratitude Can Facilitate Healing
When we are struggling to overcome a chronic illness or chronic pain, our lives become very focused on what is wrong, and the steps we need to take in order to recover. Our lives may consist of appointments with doctors, specialists, therapists, and various practitioners. [...]
Cancer Prevention Research
When it comes to allocating research funding for cancer prevention, does Canada get a passing grade? No, says the Canada Advocacy Coalition of Canada (CACC), a non-profit cancer advocacy group. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of cancer risk is attributable to changeable factors such diet and [...]
Healing Journey
By Jason DeMott As I started first grade, we had moved to a new state, and I developed allergies and asthma.I took allergy shots and occasional breathing treatments. Although it was rough for some years, as I aged, my symptoms diminished. My struggle with digestive [...]
Detox the Diet and the Body Follows
Don’t say “detoxification” in front of Dr. Brian Davies, because this naturopathic physician thinks the modern day catchword is highly overused. To reclaim good health, the first and most important step is improving the diet, said Dr. Davies of North Shore Naturopathic Clinic in a [...]
