Sault Naturopath

Are you an emotional eater? Emotional eating occurs when we eat – usually large quantities of foods or “junk” or “comfort” foods – in response to particular feelings instead of in response to physical hunger. Feelings or states that are common triggers for emotional eating include depression, boredom, loneliness, anger, anxiety, frustration, stress and poor self-esteem.

Perhaps you associate food with rewarding yourself for an accomplishment or doing something well. Sometimes reaching for certain foods becomes an automatic response when we don’t feel good about ourselves.  Read more...

Dr. Alan Gaby, MD has an interesting take on the progression of illness, including poor eating habits. He says that the path to poor health goes, “Big Mac, Zantac, Prozac.” What I believe he’s getting at is that we start by eating poorly, then our digestion system is affected to the point where we are prescribed a drug like Zantac (often prescribed for acid reflux) that further does damage to our digestion and inhibits nutrient absorption, which leads to other issues like depression for which we are prescribed a drug like Prozac. Disease originates from poor habits consistently carried out over time.  Read more...

Have you ever wondered if there are specific foods that reduce blood sugar? A recent study showed that including almonds as part of breakfast may help to better control blood sugar levels throughout the day compared to eating a breakfast that does not include almonds. Volunteers in the study ate about 33 almonds at breakfast. All forms of almonds (almond oil, almond butter, etc) had benefit, although those who ate whole almonds seemed to benefit most significantly.  Read more...