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A medical doctor's view of naturopathic medicine!

Dr. Katz, the president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and director of the Yale Prevention and Research Center explains naturopathic medicine and why he thinks naturopathic doctors are an integral part of the health care system.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/the-nature-of-medicine-an_b_5965160.html

The times, they are a changing and many of my patients find that their own medical doctors are starting to observe the results I have been able to achieve with my patients.  Some are even taking notes as my patients tell them what they've been doing.

It helps everyone when we can all work together to the benefit of the patient.

Yours in Health,
Ian Koo, ND

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Detoxes and Fasting? Is it bunk?

You've probably heard from many nutritionists/dieticians/MDs or other experts that fasting and detoxes is unproven and can probably harm you.  But in many cultures or religions, it's done regularly w/ no real harm.

But now, scientists at the University of Southern California are actually advocating fasting.  They've demonstrated that fasting for 3 days resets your immune system and reboots the body.  In fact, they are saying that it may be beneficial for cancer patients or those who have undergone chemotherapy.

‘There is no evidence at all that fasting would be dangerous while there is strong evidence that it is beneficial.’

Quite a drastic change in opinion by scientists.  A lot of naturopathic doctors (NDs) have been taught that there can be some therapeutic advantages to fasting.  It's good to see the science catching up to things I was taught long time ago.

Over the years, I've seen science validate many things that NDs do (ie. acupuncture) and advice to select patients to 'avoid gluten.'  For some reason, naturopathic doctors and other medical solutions passed down through the generations don't get the credit it deserves.  Sometimes things work and we have to wait for science to validate what we already know.  And believe me, I'm as scientific of a naturopath as you will find.

Take a look at this National Post article regarding Fasting! 

Yours in Health,
Ian Koo, ND

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The Science of Happiness

This is a great infographic showing everything you need to know about happiness.  Enjoy!

http://my.happify.com/hd/science-of-happiness-infographic/


Yours in Health,
Ian Koo, ND

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7+ servings of Fruits & Veggies per day Saves Lives

As some of you may know, I usually tell my patients to get at least 8-10+ servings of mostly veggies and a bit of fruit every day even though the guidelines have always been five to six servings.

Here's a study out of England today from 65,226 men and women showing the benefits of what I've been saying all along. 

Read this BBC article, it's a quick read.  I highly recommend it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26818377

But to summarize:
"Fresh vegetables had the strongest protective effect, followed by salad and then fruit. Fruit juice conferred no benefit, while canned fruit appeared to increase the risk of death."

Yours in Health,
Ian Koo, ND

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"The care you want, the health you need."