Sault Naturopath

In my last post I examined the best laboratory tests to determine your heart disease risk. This week let’s look at how to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease.

We’ve already learned that lowering your risk has little to do with lowering your cholesterol with statin medication. And we know that high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar are implicated in heart disease. But, what causes the high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar in the first place?  Read more...

In my last post I discussed the importance of using waist circumference as a marker for heart disease risk. In this post I want to look at laboratory tests that are important to assess your overall cardiovascular disease risk.

High cholesterol is not the only risk factor that we need to consider. In fact, it is not even the most important factor. Insulin and blood sugar imbalances, along with inflammation are even more accurate predictors of heart disease.

Here are the tests I recommend asking your doctor about when it comes to accurately assessing your cardiovascular disease risk:  Read more...

Sodium is not killing us. Processed foods are.

A naturopathic doctor coming to the defence of salt? Well, not entirely. Let me explain by first exploring the concept of biomarkers …  Read more...