by The Medical Sanctuary | Aug 7, 2016 | Children, Health, Naturopath, Naturopathy
Words By John Burchell – Naturopath @ The Medical SanctuaryIs intelligence, or the ability to grasp concepts easily during our journey of being educated a matter of ‘luck or the draw’, or is it something that we can influence through various means? Following are...
by The Medical Sanctuary | Oct 18, 2015 | Health, Naturopath, Naturopathy, Womans Health
I’m at high risk for breast cancer based on my genetic history,” writes a longtime reader. “What advice do you have to prevent it, or if someone has it, are conventional treatments the only option?”In the 1960s, one in twenty women were diagnosed with breast cancer;...
by The Medical Sanctuary | Oct 18, 2015 | Diet, Health, Naturopathy, Osteopathy
Modern medicine is clearly vested in what I like to call the Las Vegas mentality. We’ve all heard that “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” and it seems that, as it relates to medicine today, we still tend to look at illness as being uniquely related to the body...
by The Medical Sanctuary | Aug 9, 2015 | Diet, Health, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Womans Health
As I explained in last week’s blog, the thyroid system plays a critical role in your metabolism. Along with insulin and cortisol, your thyroid hormone is one of the big three hormones that control your metabolism and weight.The key is the right testing to confirm that...
by The Medical Sanctuary | Aug 9, 2015 | Health, Massage, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Personal Growth, Womans Health
If you have one of the many chronic health problems that people suffer from today—such as IBS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune disease—you will likely be given a drug to manage your symptoms and not much else. The key to successfully treating these...
by The Medical Sanctuary | Jul 12, 2015 | Health, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Personal Growth
“LDL or low density lipoprotein has been given a bad rap. Every since someone decided to call it “bad cholesterol” it has been demonised as being responsible for just about everything bad in the world. Medical doctors and cardiologists in specific have joined...