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Good Nutrition & Digestion = Good Health

No matter how clean, organic, and healthy you eat, if your body isn’t able to digest, absorb, and process essential nutrients properly, you are not benefitting from your efforts.
To do this, your stomach needs to fully digest, your intestines need to completely absorb, and your liver needs to properly process the food you eat.
One of the simplest ways to correct and improve any issue you may have with the digestive process is through nutritional testing.
If a weakness is found in a specific organ, nutritional supplementation can be added to your diet to improve the digestive process and in turn, help you benefit from your wise choices.

CPAP Therapy & Nutrition

CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) therapy helps treat sleep apnea by keeping airways open. Proper nutrition supports CPAP therapy by maintaining a healthy weight, as excess weight can worsen sleep apnea. A balanced diet rich in anti-inflammatory foods like omega-3s, fruits, and vegetables may reduce inflammation and improve sleep quality. Avoiding heavy meals, caffeine, and alcohol before bedtime can prevent disruptions to sleep. Staying hydrated helps prevent dryness caused by the CPAP machine, while nutrients like magnesium and vitamin D support muscle function. A healthy diet alongside CPAP therapy can improve overall well-being and enhance sleep quality.

Treat Your Jaw Pain

Clenching and grinding your teeth, whether during the day or at night, is the most common cause of jaw pain. Over time, the heightened muscle activity can lead to trigger points within the chewing muscles that may cause pain, soreness, limited mouth opening, and even headaches. Physiotherapy can provide effective treatment for temporomandibular dysfunction. Your therapist may use a combination of manual therapy, intra-oral massage, dry needling, and home exercises to decrease muscle tone and encourage relaxation. Try to avoid the forward head posture, common when in front of a computer, as it negatively affects the biomechanics of the jaw.

Mindful Eating & Food Freedom

Mindful and intuitive eating is about more than eating slowly. We’re born intuitive eaters, but dieting, distraction, and food rules disconnect us from our body’s cues. Ever seen a child leave half a cookie and walk away? That’s natural intuition. For chronic dieters, food becomes emotional, and “forbidden foods” feel uncontrollable—cookies often topping the list! A food freedom coach helps you reconnect with your natural hunger and fullness signals, giving you the tools to feel safe around food. The goal? Eating to feel better, not worse—both physically and emotionally.

PEMF Therapy: Supporting Heart Health Naturally

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) therapy has gained attention for its potential benefits in promoting overall wellness, including heart health. By delivering gentle electromagnetic pulses, PEMF therapy stimulates cellular function, improving circulation and oxygenation throughout the body. These effects can support cardiovascular health by reducing inflammation, enhancing blood flow, and promoting the repair of damaged tissues. PEMF therapy may also help regulate heart rhythms and lower stress, both of which are essential for maintaining a healthy heart. While it complements traditional care, always consult your healthcare provider before starting PEMF therapy to ensure it aligns with your heart health goals.

Meals That Heal Inflammation:

Embrace Healthy Living and Eliminate Pain, One Meal at a Time. From bestselling author Julie Daniluk, R.H.N., comes a fully revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking guide to overcoming inflammatory pain, featuring over 110 delicious healing recipes. Inflammation is a silent enemy, lurking beneath conditions such as allergies, asthma, arthritis, autoimmunity, cancer, dementia, diabetes, heart disease and skin disorders.

Words To Live By

“The world is a mirror reflecting back at you. If you are judgemental, prepare to be judged back. If you are loving, then love will reflect back at you. It is your choice.” Keith Macpherson

Disability Support For Canadians

The Disability Credit can significantly reduce income tax payments and generate a one-time lump sum refund. It caters to individuals experiencing difficulties whilem walking, dressing, or preparing food. Eligible medical conditions include those that affect vision, mobility, hearing, feeding, dressing, elimination functions, and mental capacities crucial for daily life. For a list of eligible medical conditions, as well as comprehensive information on applying for this substantial program, contact Brett Scott.

How Is Your Cardiovascular Health?

Did you know that you can have cardiovascular disease without experiencing any symptoms? Many people are not diagnosed until the condition worsens to the point where they have angina, stroke, or heart failure: that’s why it is important to start taking steps towards a healthy heart and arteries today. A good screening test for early signs of disease is Digital Pulsewave Analysis (DPA). This Health Canada-approved, non-invasive method will show you how your cardiovascular system is working. This information can then be used to devise a specific program to improve your cardiovascular health before symptoms occur. Remember, what you don’t know CAN hurt you!