Category Archives: Hormones

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

Holiday-Survival

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

Weight-gain

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

Cold-Flu

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!

aches

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. […]

Stop Fat Shaming!

young woman doing crunches

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath Last week, a so-called comedian and YouTube personality posted what most consider a mean spirited attack on overweight people. Nicole Arbour claimed it was meant to inspire people to lose weight, but really it is fat shaming. If you’re a reader of my blogs, you know that uncontrollable weight gain […]

Get rid of FATIGUE

Fatigue

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath In the perfect world, everyone that had challenges with fatigue would test their adrenal function and thyroid function and myself and/or my associate Lynda Buitrago would be working with you to specifically address your challenges and put you on the proper protocol to assist your body in  regaining your optimal […]

How YOU Pay for Work Stress

Are-you-coping

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath In the honor of the upcoming Labor Day we started a conversation about work stress last week. Within this article we discussed work stress and provided some helpful tips to help shift this for you, ultimately leading to more happiness in your life. If you missed last week’s article, you […]

The “Danger” of Back to School

Back-to-School-College

by Glen Depke, Traditional Naturopath You might be thinking, “How can back to school be dangerous?” To provide this answer for you I am going to specifically focus on college students. Many of our followers are college students or are parents of college students, so this actually pertains to so many of you. I want […]