10 Tips to Improve Your Mental Health Taking care of your well-being is not just limited to physical health, but also includes mental health. Therefore, it's crucial to ensure that you're looking after your mental health to maintain overall well-being. Here are ten tips that can help you improve your mental well-being: 1.  Make Social Connections Humans are social creatures, and social connections are vital for our mental health. Spending time with friends and family can significantly improve our mood and outlook. Try to see people face-to-face instead of relying solely on virtual or ..read more

Which foods will help you regulate your blood sugar - check out this article that bases it on research. Some variations will occur, bit this is generally a good guide using a compilation of several subjects wearing continuous blood sugar monitors ..read more

"Learn Bio Hacks That Can Help Reduce Your Pain" with Dr. Adella Gerr‪y A podcast from October 2020 with Dr Phimister to discuss how we can treat pain. Please take a listen below ..read more

Transitioning into the fall can be the hardest time of year for many people in the Northern West Coast. This is the time of year that mood often begins to dip and people suffer from SAD. In order to keep up your summer Vitamin D levels, start supplementing NOW with 3000-4000 IU of Vitamin D3 daily. Vitamin D3 is a fat soluble vitamin and is best absorbed in a natural oil base (like Extra Virgin Olive Oil). Vitamin D is not only good for mood, but very important for your immune system, brain health, bones, thyroid, and kidneys. It works in many places! So keeping up your levels is very importan ..read more

Each one of these drinks helps to promote your health in different ways! The key for any healthy drink is moderation and variety – so don’t stick with the same thing all the time.  1. Coconut Water – is rich in good carbohydrates, electrolytes like potassium, chloride, and sodium as well as hydrating to the system and providing lots of good nutrients at the same time. This is great to consume when it is hot out or you are exercising, as it replenishes your system and prevents you from becoming dehydrated.  2. Dandelion Leaf Tea – a great detox tea that is high in minerals ..read more

Home made tea can be comforting and effective for warding off infections, if made in a way that supports the immune system and also works to directly kill the invaders. Please see below for a safe and effective tea for all ages and health types, to use when you are starting to feel under the weather. Please use organic ingredients to have increase nutrient content, decrease any burden of pesticides on the body, and help you feel better faster!   To 1.5 cups of filtered, freshly boiled Water, Add:             1 large clove of crushed ..read more

15 Ways to Decrease the Pain of Arthritis with Your Diet Arthritis is not a single disease, but a way to refer to a group of conditions that cause joint disease and pain, as there are more than 100 types! It is the leading cause of disability in North America and is more common in woman and as one matures. Symptoms can include: Pain, swelling, stiffness, and decreased range of motion in any joint. Most types of arthritis are related to inflammation, which damages joints; so decreasing inflammation in your body will help decrease the impacts of arthritis. Damage to joints also occurs through ce ..read more

Inflammation can effect each individual in a high number and increasingly complex variety of ways. Inflammation is normal to some extent - but with such a complicated world, we are faced with many things that increase our inflammation to a degree where it is no longer adaptive. To learn more about what inflammation is, what it does to our bodies, and what we can do about it... Please watch - Dr. Adella Gerry ("Dr. Della) on her presentation of Inflammation.   For more tips and information by Dr. Della – please keep an eye out on her blog viewable at DrDella.ca or on her fac ..read more

Dr. Della's Fresh Health Tips - October Edition Eating food may sometimes feel like a chore, but food is important in more ways than you may realize. Food not only energizes us, but also can impact our mood, either in a positive or negative way. There are certain foods which you should emphasize in your diet, and some which should generally be avoided. Please see below for an idea of a few of each! Foods to BOOST Your Mood Asparagus – high in tryptophan, which is converted into serotonin, a calming neurotransmitter in your brain to help with sleep, mood, and headaches. Asparagus is also high ..read more

Why Eating in Season and Locally is BEST for YOU! Before we started cultivating the land and producing food for longer growing seasons, humans were nomads for thousands of years - traveling place-to-place and finding resources, including foods, as they went. As a result of our nomadic heritage - our ancestors did not have the ability to get many types of foods year round; so they had to eat seasonally and store what they could - such as squashes, potatoes, apples, meats, and onions. In our modern society, we can get any type of food we want year round; but is this ideal for your di ..read more