Category: Health

I thought it was time to start writing on this topic. As a naturopathic physician there are a myriad of conditions that I treat, but I seemed to have attracted a group of patients where seizure-related activity is their chief complaint. Within that categorization there is Doose syndrome, which primarily impacts the pediatric population and…

Personal care products have become a multi-billion dollar industry here in the United States. Every day, new products are introduced that smell great and promise miraculous results, but what are the real costs of putting these products on your body? Through treatment, I work with my patients to to give them the tools to address…

In the last post, I talked about how our food can be healing or harmful, and ways to detoxify our diets from the additives, preservatives, and chemicals that can affect our vitality and longevity. Today I’m going to address some very common household products that pose threats to our health. The average household contains about…

I’m pleased to introduce a multi-part series on cleaning out your home and detoxifying your life for improved health, immunity, and mental clarity. The first part of this series will focus on one of the most important aspects of our everyday lives: food. What we eat, where it comes from, and how our food is…

Oil Pulling and Detoxing Treatment: Why do it? Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic remedy that is practiced to cleanse and detoxify the body via the mouth and blood stream. It is said to alleviate symptoms from a wide variety of ailments, including: allergies, arterial diseases, arthritis, asthma, bad breath, bronchitis, cancers (various), chronic infections, constipation,…

What naturopaths have known for years is now making its way into mainstream medicine. What you eat does actually matter in relation to your health, but more specifically the significant impact on the health of your gastrointestinal and cognitive (brain) systems. As the prevalence of cognitive disorders ranging from depression to anxiety to dementia to…

Often when I see a child in my clinic, they are dealing with health concerns that are directly related to lifestyle (nutrition and stress). As we all know, having a child change their diet can amount to the energy that is needed to move a mountain. The same is true when I assess the impact…

Dr.Buttler’s Healthy Baby Guidelines   Starting before conception– Intention of brining new life: it has been practiced for many centuries in indigenous cultures that before a man and women were to conceive, they would be taken away by their elders to have them focus their intentions on what type of person they would like to…

Too often in our lives are we concerning ourselves with the business of others, rather than taking care of what is most important: which is ourselves. This tendency distracts us from our own needs, and we begin sacrificing our health to address events that we often have no control over.  Does this sound familiar? I…

Way to often people are preoccupied with that elusive number of where they should be on the scale. If they hit that number, everything is great, if the number goes up, everything is lost.  Here is a good tip, STOP WEIGHING YOURSELF! It is much better to track weight loss through how your clothes fit…