Home Visits
It has been wonderful seeing patients in person again and I look forward to continuing this through the next few months.
If I haven’t reached out in person to you yet please take a moment and connect with me. I’d love to hear from you, even just a Hello, how are you?
At the moment I’m able to provide acupuncture, physical exams and some other services. If needed, I have a portable massage table that I can bring to your home. Don’t hesitate to discuss your needs and we’ll figure it out together.
Prior to a home visit I will send you a COVID screening questionnaire for completion as per Health Unit guidelines and I follow the Naturopathic College’s guidelines for PPE and cleaning. Our safety is of utmost importance
Please reach out if you have any questions. I’m here to continue providing the health services you have come to expect from me.
Autoimmune Diseases
Are diseases where your body’s immune system starts to attack healthy cells. This creates inflammation leading to a low grade fever and fatigue.
Autoimmune disease differ based on the location of healthy cells being attacked. For example:
Rheumatoid Arthritis=Joints
Psoriasis=Skin
Ulcerative Colitis=Colon
Multiple Sclerosis= Nerves
My process for supporting autoimmune conditions: Identify any triggers and support gut healing
Optimize nutrients correlated with autoimmune conditions
Add in herbs to balance the immune response
This process looks different for everyone. Your treatment protocol is tailored to your specific health concerns and goals. Please connect if you have any questions.
Paleolithic Diet
AKA the AIP Diet (Autoimmune Protocol)
A Paleo Diet is a therapeutic diet to decrease inflammation in the body. It is commonly used in treating different Autoimmune conditions like lupus, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Why a Paleo diet? Way, way back in the day, more than 10,000 years ago, to survive, people hunted and gathered their food. Today, more and more people are returning to a way of eating that’s more in tune with the early humans. This includes foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts & seeds, lean meats and fish. In general, foods that would have been obtained through hunting or gathering. Farming introduced dairy, grains and legumes as additional staples in the human diet. A paleo diet avoids all grains and legumes, dairy products, refined sugar, salt and highly processed foods in general.
Here is an example of what you could eat in a day if you were on the diet.
Breakfast- Omelet with toppings of choice (any veggies and/or meat)
Lunch- Salad or Soup with protein (chicken, fish, seafood, beef, egg)
Dinner- Fish/Meat/Eggs with veggies. I personally like make 2 or 3 veggies as sides so it doesn’t feel like I’m eating a ton of the same thing.
Snacks- fruit, nuts, veggies, energy balls (see recipe below)
A paleo diet is a great option for many health conditions and I’d love to talk with you about how it might be a good fit for you.
Energy Balls - Chocolate Chia Date
Ingredients:
1 cups dates, pitted
1/4 cup of chia seeds
1/4 cup of almond butter
1/4 cup of cacao powder
1 tsp vanilla
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until ingredients are well incorporated. Roll in to 1″ balls. Keep in fridge for up to a week or freeze.
Tip - wet hands after rolling each ball to decrease the amount that sticks to your hands.