Successfully managing a chronic health condition such as diabetes requires an integrated approach. You may work with a local endocrinologist, family physician, kinesiologist, diabetes nurse, personal trainer and cardiologist. People with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes may decide to work with a local naturopathic doctor. Local naturopathic doctors try to treat the root cause of a health condition rather than just treating the symptoms.

They may use a variety of natural treatments such as nutritional medicine, acupuncture, nutrigenomics and homeopathy to help patients manage chronic health conditions including diabetes. When you first see a local naturopathic doctor, they will take your medical history, perform a physical exam and recommend testing or treatment. A local naturopathic doctor can help patients with diabetes maintain healthy blood glucose levels, manage medication including insulin, make lifestyle changes such as eliminating or reducing sugar or salt from the diet and recommend natural treatments for better physical and mental health (including supplements such as probiotics for digestive health).

These natural treatments may also help prevent diabetes-related complications such as diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, kidney disease and macular degeneration. If you want to learn more about how local naturopathic doctors can help patients with diabetes, talk to your local family physician, endocrinologist or other medical provider.

One of the most common conditions women experience during their first trimester of their pregnancy is nausea and vomiting and although it is quite normal, it can cause women a lot of stress and fatigue as well as a loss of a lot of nutrients and fluids.

The cause isn’t fully understood. However, it’s mainly due to the increase – the exponential increase of hormones experienced during this time, mainly HCG, estrogen, and progesterone. These hormones have effects on all other cells in the body as well which can cause some of these gastrointestinal symptoms women feel.

Although nausea can be very frustrating and tiring for women, there are a lot of treatment options to help. Simple things like changing your diet and your lifestyle can make a huge impact, like having regular exercise or ensuring that there’s always food in your stomach. Having an empty stomach can actually make the nauseating symptoms much more severe. So keeping a snack in your purse or in your car will help alleviate some of these symptoms.

Dehydration is common in women with increased nausea and vomiting so it’s really important to find ways to replenish fluid in the body. If you’re not able to keep water down or have trouble taking in water, intravenous vitamin therapy is a great alternative.