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You health is more than a reference range on a blood test! Blood tests are interesting things. There are a couple of things you need to know when you are looking at them. Don't just rely on your doc to tell you they are fine. When you want to know why you do not feel as good as you should, your Doctor may be looking to rule out disease. There is a  big continuum between disease and feeling lousy!and if you know what you are looking for the blood results can help to make sense of it. So always take your blood test results to your naturopathic appointment as we can help to decipher the bigger picture. Let's just take a common ...

Some medicines treat symptoms and adhere to a disease model of health - now that's what I call an oxymoron! Naturopathic medicine is holistic because it sees your symptoms as part of a road map. A guide if you like to understanding how some of your underlying needs are not being met. Take for example when a car's oil light comes on. If we just treat the symptom then we would cut the wire connected to the dashboard; sure, the light goes out but we have hardly fixed the underlying issue -   The car needs oil!! We treat the cause of impaired health and vitality, whether you have acute symptoms like an ear ache or chronic health issues like poor ...