Content about Health, Naturally

01.10.12
Natural Baby Care

Taina addresses common questions regarding new born babies, and provides helpful advice and natural solutions.

11.22.11
Natural Pregnancy and Baby Care Part I

Dr. Turcasso discusses common complaints during pregnancy and postpartum along with natural treatments to help you easily manage them.

10.18.11
Packing a Healthy Lunch

What are the most important items to include in your kid's lunch, and why?

09.27.11
Winter Health Tips

The seasons are changing, the days are shortening, and we're gearing up to another epic powder season in Fernie, BC. What can you do to ensure you are healthy and ready to enjoy winter and all of its wonders?

08.16.11
Trends in Health

Dr. Turcasso takes a look at three trendy topics - coconut water, acai and beverage containers.

07.25.11
Sleep, Stress and the Adrenal Gland

The importance of sleep - regeneration, detoxification and rejuvenation!

06.24.11
Hot Fun in the Summertime

Dr. Turcasso gives us some great tips to enjoy our favourite activities during the hot summer months!

04.23.11
Health Through Community

How does being involved in community promote good health?

02.28.11
Healthy Travelling

Varying from the seasonal cold/flu, to gastrointestinal distress, to severe jet lag, travellers suffer from a variety of maladies. Through both my practice and personal experience, I’ve discovered several ways of improving your chances of travelling in good health, and enjoying your holiday all the more. Here are six useful tips for staying healthy during your travel adventures:

01.29.11
Women's Moods

Dr. Turcasso is back with this piece on a woman's various shifts in hormone levels throughout our life span and offers some strategies to help balance or alleviate some of the emotional ups and downs.

09.01.10
Back To School Health Tips

There are ways to fortify yourselves and your little ones to keep your immune system strong and decrease susceptibility to illness, in addition to keeping their minds sharper and maximizing potential at school.

07.30.10
10 Things You Need to Know About Vitamin D

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Vitamin D is a vitamin that has been getting a lot of press over the past year, particularly since some research was published supporting its ability to prevent H1N1. It is an important vitamin to know about, as we live in a northern latitude without much sunlight in the winter and in a culture that has been trained to either avoid the sun completely or to religiously use sunblock.

02.27.10
Understanding Diabetes

The term diabetes is one that is used to describe a wide range of conditions revolving around the body’s ability to appropriately manage blood glucose levels. Some involve a decrease in the body’s ability to produce insulin, which decreases blood glucose levels, while others involve a body’s inability to respond appropriately to insulin when it is released. They may be autoimmune, a result of a genetic predisposition, or secondary to diet and lifestyle but though they are all quite different, the many potential complications of diabetes are all related to one thing: poorly controlled blood glucose levels. Diabetes continues to become an ever-evolving problem, as it is predicted that 1 in 4 people born today in the U.S.A. will develop diabetes in their lifetime. It may be shocking but more importantly, it should be an indication of the role we must play in protecting future generations from this disease.

01.30.10
5 Must Have Supplements For Every Sports Enthusiast

Whether you’re a high performance athlete like Emily Brydon and her fellow athletes competing in the Olympics this month, or someone that simply enjoys being active, there are a variety of supplements that can help to maximize performance while minimizing the risk and repercussions associated with injury. None of these supplements will substitute for clean water, good sleep, a well-balanced diet and stretching before and after a workout, but they can give your training and performance a boost.

12.30.09
January Immune System Boost

It’s winter, it’s dark, it’s cold, and we’ve all just come out of a season of excess only to be faced with numerous viral enemies: flu viruses, cold viruses, stomach viruses…and the list goes on. With few exceptions, most winter illnesses are the result of viruses, not bacteria and thus are immune to antibiotics.

10.26.09
Stress and Adrenal Glands

“Adrenal fatigue” is a condition that, although addressed by many naturopathic doctors, is not frequently treated by conventional practitioners. “True” adrenal disease is not often diagnosed until the adrenal glands are either in failure or there are noticeable tissue changes. Adrenal failure is also known as Addison’s disease, and typically is the result of autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex causing a halting in the production of the hormones generated by the adrenal gland.