There is a famous drawing from the 1600’s that claims to show the pathway of pain, starting from the flame stimulating the skin and travelling directly to the brain to be perceived. That seems easy to understand.
The problem is that the drawing is oversimplified. New research shows more pieces of this complicated puzzle […]
As a medical professional, I’m shocked and frustrated by the non-food products that will kill us. High fructose corn syrup is one of them. There is no polite or better way to phrase this: high fructose corn syrup is poison. The effects of high fructose corn syrup are long-term and destructive.
Corn syrup causes almost every […]
Eat blueberries. It’s that simple.
I’m a big advocate of an overall healthy diet. Eating more whole grains, vegetables and fruits in general pays off more than narrowing your diet to specific ‘superfoods’. Here’s why I’m a fan of these little blue gems of goodness as part of your healthy diet.
Your day is packed […]
Dear airline seat designers,
We frequent flyers are a sore bunch. Plane seats cause so much pain I’d even give up my 70% dark chocolate in exchange for better seats.
For some silly reason, most seats have a bump at the top that pushes your head forward. If you’re 5’10, that bump probably fits nicely into the curve […]
Do you suffer from back pain? You’re not alone.
Many patients come to me for help with their back. In fact, back pain is the largest cause of disability across the world. The good news is you can often cure your back pain. There’s even better news as well: you don’t need prescription drugs to do it.
Here’s one of my favourite analogies. The chemical makeup of your body is like the soil that we grow plants in. For your body to grow and heal, your chemical makeup needs to be full of balanced nutrients — just as soil has to be full of balanced nutrients for beautiful and healthy plants.
Sometimes we don’t even know what’s actually causing the pain to keep going. Sometimes, it’s just ongoing inflammation in the body, and sometimes, it’s nutritional deficiencies, lack of exercise, lack of sleep and so all these things have to get taken into account once you’ve got chronic pain. The good news is, is […]
Most of our health is determined by what we eat, drink, think, feel, and do. This gives us a lot of control over our well-being. I like to see health and healing as a journey. Please join me on a journey to better health.
Let’s talk a little bit about pain basics. Acute pain is pain […]
Sitting is making us sick. We know that too much sitting leads to huge increases in our risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Some health professionals have started calling sitting all day a “serious health hazard”.
Our bodies were made to move- to perform thousands of different movements through the day. In our developed economies […]
