Health Advice

General advice regarding all health-related topics.

YMCA Choose to Move

YMCA of Okanagan. Health and Fitness. Your health is our bottom line. Are you over the age of 65, physically inactive and living with a chronic condition? Do you want to learn how to build physical activity into your lifestyle to support your health and over all well-being? Are you interested in meeting new people and being part of a safe and supportive community? If you're not already a member of the YMCA and your Doctor says it's OK, here's a great opportunity to get your life back on track! This a free, 6 month program guided by professionals and personalized to your abilities, interests and goals. Call 250-491-9622 Ext. 234 to learn more and register. https://www.ymcaokanagan.ca/Programs/Health-Fitness/Health-Management/Choose-to-Move https://vimeo.com/260147155

By |2018-05-30T15:42:40-07:00May 25th, 2018|Ailments, Lifestyle, Okanagan, BC|Comments Off on YMCA Choose to Move
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Functional Medicine: Looking for Root Causes

What is "Functional Medicine"? It's the most comprehensive type of health care! Why? Because the doctors who practice Functional Medicine treat each person as an individual. Forget about "one size fits all"! Whatever your condition, these Doctors will take the steps necessary to figure out the root cause of your problem. And once they find the cause(s), treatment will include dietary adjustments best suited for your genetic makeup. Since nutrition plays a big part in everyone's health, what can YOU do to help figure out your Ailment? Functional Medicine is a wonderful hybrid! Functional Medicine is Naturopathic medicine combined with the latest scientific research. But this is not a new concept; it was created by Jeffery Bland, M.D., in 1990. It is based on the theory that [...]

By |2019-02-15T12:15:44-08:00February 6th, 2018|Ailments, Diseases, Health Care Services, Lifestyle, Nutrients|0 Comments
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The Truth About Cancer – Part 3

"Cancer-Killing Viruses, Cancer Stem Cells, GMO's, Juicing & Eating the Rainbow" To re-iterate the message from the previous 2 episodes, Chemotherapy & standard therapies have no effect on cancer stem cells, rather, the cancer just metastasizes and regrows stronger and more resistant against standard treatments. many natural products available from Mother Nature contain anti-cancer compounds that target cancer stem cells Turmeric Resveratrol Green Tea Catechins Berberin controls insulin Flavonols turn off inflammation & initiate apoptosis (the process where cancer cells commit suicide) they ONLY kill cancer cells while making our healthy cells stonger stop inflammation and you stop cancer Wheat Grass (4-8oz/day) Raw Vegetable/Fruit juicing: people have actually expelled tumours from their bodies after a 5 day juice fast: the juice starts working in your [...]

By |2017-06-23T21:10:12-07:00June 23rd, 2017|Diseases, Food, Miscellaneous, Politics|0 Comments
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Multiple Sclerosis

Medical marijuana can ease symptoms like spasticity, related pain & frequent urination. If you'd like to do more that just ease your pain, read here to find out how switching to a whole food, plant-based diet helped this Doctor, who suffered from MS, recover from this ailment which required the use of a cane, to running a marathon 7 years later: http://nutritionstudies.org/doctor-with-ms-makes-film-on-collapse-of-us-healthcare/

By |2017-06-23T01:14:40-07:00June 23rd, 2017|Diseases, Miscellaneous|0 Comments
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Canada’s Food Guide

Phase 2 of Health Canada's project to update the Canada Food Guide has begun.  Did you even know there was a Phase 1 last fall?  I remember filling that one out and only know about this one because of a health-related newsletter I get in my inbox.  Only 20,000 Canadians participated in the last survey.  How many people live in Canada?  No doubt the lack of participation is the same thing that plagues any issue that requires voting (like government elections) and that's apathy; an unfortunate side-effect of democracy.  But I suspect another reason for lack of input from Canadians here is simply lack of communication.  I don't think most people were even aware that this is taking place.  Important projects like this that can [...]

By |2017-06-22T21:12:14-07:00June 22nd, 2017|Education, Food, Government, Miscellaneous|0 Comments
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The Truth About Cancer – Part 2

"Cancer Facts & Fictions, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Skin Cancer & Essential Oils" Here are my notes from watching this episode: 70% of the immune system is in the digestive tract Cancer cells never die: they multiply & invade our organs.  This is called metastasis which is the spreading of cancer due to compromised immune systems. 18% of cancer is caused by infection cancer is NOT genetic.  You need to deal with "epigenetics" (the software controls the hardware) we can change our gene expression by what we eat mammograms cause breast cancer by exposing the breast to radiation over 1.3 million women were over-diagnosed with breast cancer from mammograms Thermography is a great option for breast-cancer detection without the health risks of mammograms for more info [...]

By |2017-06-13T20:22:26-07:00June 13th, 2017|Diseases, Food, Health Care Services, Miscellaneous, Okanagan, BC, Politics|0 Comments
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The Truth About Cancer – Part 1

I started watching this 9 part series by Ty Bollinger and found it to be incredibly informative about the whole cancer business.  Back in 1998, a friend of mine expressed her opinion that the government really didn't want to find a cure for cancer.  I thought that was insane!  What do you mean they don't want to find a cure for this terrible disease that is devastating so many lives?  It made no sense that all the money going into research every year was not dedicated to finding some miracle cure.  How naive I was...  But my friend's statement had planted a seed in the back of my mind that got me thinking, questioning and learning about cancer, illnesses in general and the body's amazing [...]

By |2017-06-13T18:50:37-07:00June 13th, 2017|Diseases, Food, Miscellaneous, Politics|0 Comments
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Health Care or Disease Management?

Join the Food Revolution! To reiterate what John Robbins & Ocean Robbins already stated on "The Food Revolution Network" website, our society now revolves around disease management, not Health Care.  But we can change that! There's a steady shift that is slowly but surely taking place in our world today. All you have to do is take over the driver's seat of your two-legged vehicle! On your own, you can maintain or reclaim your health which will provide you with quality of life. And collectively, choosing healthy foods over drugs will create the changes that need to take place on a global scale. We can create our own health care!  Don't be discouraged because you have NOTHING to lose except your health! Who do You [...]

By |2019-02-14T11:03:25-08:00June 2nd, 2017|Diseases, Education, Food, Health Care Services, June, Miscellaneous, Politics|0 Comments
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Food Revolution Summit

April 29th - May 7th, 2017 8am - 11am Pacific time - Every Day! I signed up for this summit.  Each day features 3 different speakers at 8, 9 & 10am Pacific Time for an average of 40 min. each.  Each interview will be replayed for the next 21 hrs. if you miss a live broadcast.  There is a "Summit Empowerment Package" available at a great price for those who want to keep this info as a reference in your library of health information.  Otherwise, it is free to listen to all these varied experts - 24 in total! The truth is... mainstream food companies are making billions of dollars selling food that’s hazardous to your health. The time is now to stand up to [...]

By |2017-04-21T18:08:04-07:00April 21st, 2017|, |0 Comments
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Eating You Alive™

Are you or someone you love struggling with your health? Are you tired of constantly visiting the Doctor and/or hospital? Do you want to experience Quality of Life? Despite countless dollars spent on medical research, new drugs and innovative technology to improve our health, more Americans are disabled and dying from chronic disease than ever before. Featuring leading medical experts and researchers, Eating You Alive takes a scientific look at the reasons we’re so sick, who’s responsible for feeding us the wrong information and how we can use whole-food, plant-based nutrition to take control of our health—one bite at a time. This informative documentary will be presented by CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program) on Tuesday, September 19th at 7PM at the Kelowna Lifestyle Center, 1130 Springfield Road.  Mark [...]

By |2017-04-21T20:58:08-07:00April 20th, 2017|0 Comments
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