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Eating Organic and the New Dirty Dozen List

Leave a Comment / Food and Diet / By Dr. Coleen Murphy ND, LAc.

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Environmental Working Group (EWG) just released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of the fruits and vegetables most contaminated with pesticide and herbicide residues. Studies reveal that conventional strawberries can have over 20 different chemicals found on them and spinach has more pesticide residue pound for pound than any other …

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Interest in Probiotics Continues to Grow

Leave a Comment / Supplements / By Dr. Coleen Murphy ND, LAc.

Interest in probiotics is taking off in this analysis of Google search terms since 2004. As you can see, American parents interest in things like echinacea, fish oil, cod liver oil and vitamin C has remained a significant search term but with little change over time. The blue in the chart is probiotics, check out …

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Far IR Sauna Studio

Leave a Comment / Detoxification / By Dr. Coleen Murphy ND, LAc.

Thanks Perspire Sauna Studio for the tour today and the hat. It’s great that people can now enjoy the health benefits of far infrared sauna at your studios. Far IR sauna combines the health benefits of sweating with penetrating heat to raise the bodies core temperature. Heat therapy has been around a long time. Dry …

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Case Study-Naturopathic Treatment of Pediatric Eczema

Leave a Comment / Case Study / By Dr. Coleen Murphy ND, LAc.

Naturopathic Treatment Plan by Dr. Coleen Murphy ND, LAc. Background Skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis are fairly common in children and are often treated with pharmaceutical interventions such as cortico-steroids, anti-inflammatories and immune suppressants. Families looking for holistic solutions to eczema will find that naturopathic doctors have the diagnosis and treatment capabilities to …

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Where do your Omega 3 Supplements Come From?

Leave a Comment / Supplements / By Dr. Coleen Murphy ND, LAc.

While doing some research on omega-3 fatty acids for my recent blog post about how fish oil can prevent childhood asthma, I came across some comical spin from the Monsanto corporation how their genetically modified SDA soybean oil can help to “spare the fish”. Monsanto is currently seeking approval from the FDA to sell SDA …

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