Standards of Care Topics

LUTS and Vitamin D. Can we influence UTIs and incontinence?

The association between vitamin D deficiency and urinary tract infections and incontinence has been researched extensively. The association with UTIs and vitamin D is reviewed in the meta-analysis by Deng…

Dietary strategies for NAFLD

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic complication of insulin resistance and elevated triglycerides. We can predict which patients are at risk of NAFLD based off elevated waist circumference,…

Miscarriage Assessment Checklist

When working with patients and trying to assess their miscarriage risk, it helps to have a questioning framework or checklist to make sure that you don't miss anything. Even one…

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…

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…

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…

Can we improve the absorption of inositol?

The evidence for the use of inositol for PCOS and insulin resistance is strikingly clear, however there are subsets of patients who do not respond to inositol, and the effect…

Rhodiola for Fatigue: Review of the evidence

Treating fatigue and burnout symptoms is a challenging process as an evidence-based practitioner and I am often educating patients about the concept of “HPA-Axis” dysfunction versus “Adrenal Fatigue”. A few…