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I am continuing this week by talking about heart disease and the fact that it is a lifestyle disease. It's something that you can make different choices in your lifestyle in order to avoid or to come back from and taking action to mitigate your stress is really important. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues.&nbsp...

In this episode, I share with you one thing you can do that will significantly improve your health outcomes, start to reverse symptoms of chronic illness, or prevent you from ever getting those symptoms in the first place. This is something that your doctor never talks about, as it isn’t taught in medical school.  If you care about your health span, you want to live a long, vital, and vi...

I would like to talk about heart disease because unfortunately, it is the number one killer in North America. It doesn't have to be that way. It is a lifestyle disease. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover you...

Rounding out my series on type two diabetes, and today I want to talk about toxins and diabetes. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional m...

I'm continuing to talk about diabetes and the different lifestyle factors that you can adjust in order to be putting your type two diabetes behind you. Today I want to talk about sleep because sleep is really important for insulin sensitivity. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses no...

In this episode, Laura shares her journey from being a top 10 Pro Fitness athlete to then finding out she had Hashimotos when doing blood work for IVF treatments. Laura knew that she didn’t want to be dependent on medication for life, and while she used it initially to bring her thyroid into balance and support her pregnancy, she also dove into her own research to figure out what else she cou...

Today I want to talk about stress and type 2 diabetes because stress is something that is a huge factor in our world today. If you have type two diabetes, and you're trying to adjust all of your lifestyle factors in order to put it behind you, stress is one of the areas of your life that you must focus on. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root...

As I continue talking about type two diabetes. The fact is that it is a lifestyle disease, and therefore if you change your lifestyle, you can get your blood sugar levels balanced again and not have to worry about this disease in your body About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cu...

Today, I am continuing to talk about diabetes and your relationship to glucose. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab testi...

In this episode, Sally and I talk about the power you have within you to heal when you start to get curious about what your body is trying to tell you in terms of symptoms and getting to the root cause, including the emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects that are involved too. Having had 2 near-death experiences, Sally has been gifted the tools to help you solve your problem very quickly. ...

I am launching a series talking about diabetes because I was recently invited to be on a panel and talk about diabetes. It's something that I want to address because of the increase in the number of instances of type two diabetes in the last 100 years. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither dia...

I'm continuing my show and tell again today and talking about personal care products. This is an area where we get a lot of toxins into our body. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then...

Today I want to talk to you about EMF locking devices that you can use because of course, the electromagnetic field that surrounds us in our world today because of all of the Wi-Fi has negative impacts on our body. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your...

In this episode, Sara Im shares her story of being forced into a labour camp when the Communists took over Cambodia in the late 1970s, and how she survived 4 years in a labour camp, working 16 hours days, starving, and getting little sleep. Her story shows her tremendous resilience, and we dove into what kept her going in her darkest hours, and through her escape. This is an uplifting, i...

I thought it would be really fun to do some show and tell! What I'm going to show and tell today, is swapping out toxic products that you might be using in your home and on your body as personal care products. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body...

How long have you been using antacids? Many people are popping antacids day in and day out like candy for years, however, what you don't realize is that you're actually making your digestive issues worse About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back i...

Today I want to talk with you about what messes with your digestive system. Your digestive system is so critical in keeping you alive, and all of our health foundations start in our gut. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by he...

I often talk about health optimization, however in this episode, I take it one step further to let you know what is next for me in my training, as I embark on Dr. Cabral’s High-Performance Health Certification to learn how to slow your biological aging process to 0.84 for every calendar year! Yes, that is possible today, and in the process, your health span gets longer, and we’ll make 100 the...

I want to talk about digestion because I see so many people struggling with digestion and I thought it would be helpful to give you some tips on how you can help improve your digestive system. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance...

Today I want to talk about exercise for people that are feeling burnt out. There are a lot of people feeling burnt out, and they know they should be exercising, and they go and exercise and it makes them feel worse. When it comes to exercise, it needs to be fun. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa n...

This week I'm talking about moving your body. You've probably heard the saying, start with walking 10,000 steps. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa off...

Zeina and I discussed the mind-body connection we all have, which can result in illness when there isn’t alignment. In Zeina’s case even though she thought she had her dream job, she wasn’t sleeping, she saw every doctor she could to get help and none of their solutions helped and she knew she didn’t want to be on heavy-duty sedatives for life. When Zeina instead turned inward, figuring...

We all know we should move our bodies, but are we moving our bodies and do we understand the benefits of moving our bodies? About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins....

One in eight women will develop a thyroid issue in her lifetime, which is an astoundingly high number. About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functi...

Today I want to talk to you about progesterone. What does progesterone do? About the Host: Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner helping people get to the root cause of their health issues. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab testing th...