What’s Wrong With Processed Foods?
We often hear that processed foods are a problem for the modern western diet. Here are some of the fundamental issues with choosing processed food, and what you can do about them.
Health Articles
Adopting A Full Vegan Diet: What’s Stopping You?
Even if you are partially vegetarian at this point in your life, it can appear to be an enormous step to go to a full vegan diet and leave the meat-loving world behind. Fully vegan means giving up eggs, fish, chicken, and meats of any kind. The transition to full veganism, however, can be made without stress.
The Food We Eat
Our Health is above all, what we breathe and what we eat. Today it is very difficult to know what is healthy or not.
At Dr. Susan Jamieson Integrative Medical Practice we believe that education is an important part of your journey to better health and strive to inform you about topics we believe are important.
Monosodium Glutamate And Weight Gain
Monosodium glutamate or MSG is added to snack foods to enhance flavors. It has also been linked to obesity, and possibly to nerve damage in the brain.
Your Intestinal Barrier: Continued
Your intestinal barrier protects you from toxins and bacteria in your gut, while allowing nutrients to pass through unimpeded. Damage to it can be a significant factor in many health issues - here's what you need to know.
EMDR, a Simple Solution to Help Solve Many Problems.
EMDR is an extremely well-documented practice, which has been the subject of a large number of scientific studies demonstrating its effectiveness, thus becoming the standard treatment for "post-traumatic stress" and many forms of anxiety.
The Mucosal Barrier: Your Immune System’s First Line Of Defense
The mucosal barrier allows nutrients to pass from our stomach and intestines into the body while blocking toxins and infection. The health of the barrier is vital to our overall health, since a breakdown in the barrier can open us to bacteria, viruses, parasites, and toxins.
What Is Gut Dysbiosis And How Can You Beat It?
Your digestive tract is full of bacteria that help break down the foods you eat. When bacteria in your intestines work against you rather than for your benefit, this is gut dysbiosis.
Heart Attacks: A leading Cause of Death in Women
Dr Susan Jamieson speaks to South China Morning Post on why heart attacks are a leading cause of death in women, and why many women are unaware of the higher risks they face.
Fibromyalgia And Functional Medicine
Fibromyalgia affects muscles and tissues, causing fatigue, poor sleep, and chronic muscle pain. While conventional western medicine treats the symptoms, the goal of functional medicine is to understand the root causes and treat them directly.
Are you taking Crestor, Lipitor and Supplements?
Statins to lower cholesterol are some of the most frequently taken drugs in our society. If you are taking statins and supplements you may not be absorbing certain vitamins and minerals and further affect blood cholesterol levels.
Chronic Fatigue And Mitochondrial Disease
Chronic fatigue syndrome, known technically as myalgic encephalomyelitis, appears to be caused by any of several factors: infection, hormonal changes, issues with the immune system, or a combination of these. Intriguing new research points to an additional possibility: damage to mitochondria in living cells.