Tag: Health
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A Sanctuary for Life’s Travellers: Hill House Hospice
This past weekend it was my pleasure to help with the Richmond Hill Beaded Art Gallery Spring 2012 Show and Sale at the Thomas Boyton House whose proceeds were being donated to York Region’s Hill House Hospice. As you enter the house, there was literature and pamphlets displayed by the door. I was able to…
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Are Genetically Modified Foods, Modifying Health?
A case for consuming quality over quantity. Have you seen this mind-blowing movie, The Future of Food? This movie comments on gene patenting and the introduction of genetically-modified foods (perhaps more correctly so, its integration), into our food chain. The initial intent of introducing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) was to assist the speed and cost-effectiveness of growing…
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Love Your Body, Change Your Life
I attended the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND) Spring Conference and Annual General Meeting last weekend. Naturopathic Doctors from all over Ontario gathered to discuss the changes surrounding the set up of a new College of Naturopathic Doctors, with expected proclamation in March 2013. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLT) recognizes the care Naturopathic Doctors are…