Category Archives: Menopause

Weight gain and sleep?

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath So what’s the number one health issue for individuals in the United States? If you have guessed weight gain, you are right on. So what do so many people do about this? Here is the typical list of weight loss strategies that most follow with consistency. Dietary changes Eating smaller […]

Living with chronic aches & PAIN?

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath I have seen thousands of clients over the years that have been living with chronic aches and pains on a regular basis and you may be living with this yourself right now. Now some of these people are diagnosed with deeper challenges such as Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue or inflammatory disorders, […]

[More] What YOUR is body telling you?

Woman-Suffering

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Last week’s article “What is YOUR body telling you?” created quite a stir among many of our readers. As mentioned last week you are likely already “sick and tired” of the conventional medical concept of symptom treatment. After all, waiting for a diagnosed dis-ease state and taking prescription drugs is […]

What is YOUR body telling you?

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Everybody is looking for a way to understand their health on a deeper level. I also understand that you are likely already “sick and tired” of the conventional medical concept of symptom treatment. After all, waiting for a diagnosed dis-ease state and taking prescription drugs is not what most of […]

The PAIN of Endometriosis

Endometriosis

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Endometriosis is a very personal subject for me because when I met my wife, she had already been diagnosed with endometriosis and had endured two surgeries for this horrific autoimmune condition and was told she would have surgery every 2 years for the rest of her life. Thankfully, even before […]

Holiday Survival Tips

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath What you may not be thinking about right now is how often you find yourself fatigued, stress out and dealing with weight gain during the holidays. With all the levels of stress the holidays can bring, is this a surprise to most of us? This is the year you do […]

Thyroid, Inflammation and Weight Gain

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Weight gain is the biggest challenge facing our culture today and there is an infinite amount of information out there on this subject. So why do we understand the problem, have virtually unlimited information to review, yet this still remains such an issue? This is most often because we are […]

Uggg…Another Cold & Flu Season

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Yes, you heard it right, another cold and flu season is upon us. Did you get sick last year? Did your cold and flu take you down for some time? Was it painfully agonizing to simply make it through those days? Perhaps is was tough to sleep because you were […]

Wired, Tired and Stressed Out?

Wired Tired and Stressed Out

By Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath So what do I mean by wired, tired and stress out? Well, the wired is being wired and stimulated by sugar and its affect on blood glucose levels. Tired is the response of the wired, as we look at how elevated blood sugar impacts sleep. Lastly the stressed out is […]

Oh, your aching joints!

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by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath I hear about aching joints all the time and from varying degrees. This could be as mild as slight ache upon waking in the morning or standing up from your desk after sitting for a few hours, all the way to the extreme of chronic excruciating pain on a daily basis. […]