The impact of Vitamin D on ovarian reserve.
Vitamin D has been implicated in many types of infertility, and poor ovarian reserve is no different. There are many research challenges with Vitamin D and fertility, stemming from the…
Miscarriage Research Update
In this 90 minute quick training video I walk through how to conceptually think about your patients who have had miscarriage, or who fall inside the high risk group. We…
Processed food. Preliminary evidence on how it impacts caloric intake.
When working with nutrition patients, we are often trying to use behaviour change to support nutritional decision making, and educating patients about the impact of food choice on satiety, nourishment…
Practical steps to reducing burnout.
“Get rid of the stupid stuff in your practice” ~ Clinical Key’s article on physician burnout. Physician burnout is a significant concern in practitioners in health care and can manifest…
Macros. Calculating and eyeballing.
Patients who are experienced in “tracking their macros” may report their nutrition as a C/F/P ratio or crude numbers, and there is value in you as their practitioner being able…
Supporting the Transgendered community with HRT.
Whether or not integrative practitioners have prescribing rights for all of the hormones and hormone blocking drugs that are used to support the Queer and Transgendered community, practitioners can be…
Topical Prescriptions for Eczema and Psoriasis
In this episode I review the research on topical options for psoriasis and eczema. Patients are often looking for options other than hydrocortisone, and we review the evidence for other…
Group B Strep in Pregnancy. Is there evidence for prevention?
Universal screening for Group B Strep infection during the last few weeks of pregnancy is employed in most developed nations, and continues to show benefits above risk-based assessment or regions…
It’s not your treatment plan. How to engage patients for success.
In this podcast episode I interview Alana Diening, who developed her career further as a Massage Therapist after discovering Motivational Interviewing. She now works for the region to support health…
Which diet actually changes prenatal outcomes?
There are very few studies that have tried to examine the influence of specific diet patterns in pregnancy, and the outcome this has on perinatal health and infant outcomes. In…