Dhaya Integrative Health

🌸Cancer related fatigue can profoundly impact the quality of life for patients. A double blind randomized clinical trial shows that a saffron beverage may decrease fatigue in breast cancer patients! 🌸

PMID: 35767970

☕️ According to the research in 2020, humans ingest approximately 39,000-52,000 microplastics PER YEAR, or 74,000-121,000 particles if you include inhalation.
PMID: 31184127

YUCK! 🤢

☕️ This can increase the risk of numerous health conditions ranging from cancers, thyroid disease, diabetes, weight gain, infertility, low mood, arthritis, digestive issues, asthma to neurological and auto-immune conditions.

☕️ Given the Microplastics Effects on Health, how do we best avoid them? Are there options for testing and treating exposure?

☕️ Avoid drinking or eating out of disposable coffee cups, plastic bottles or containers or aluminum cans. Make sure to filter your water and indoor air, and use resusable stainless steel mugs and water bottles.

😁 Come see us for updated clinical guidelines which will detail the latest research, testing and care plans!

🌸Saffron Extract considerably seems to be effective for relieving symptoms of neuropathy in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy agents!🌸

🌸 Saffron Extract considerably seems to be effective for relieving symptoms of neuropathy in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy agents! 🌸

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Vegetable fruit juice to help alleviate chemoradiation induced oral mucositis!

Source: Phytochemical-rich vegetable and fruit juice alleviates oral mucositis during concurrently chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9446194/

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Vegetable fruit juice to help alleviate chemoradiation induced oral mucositis!

Source: Phytochemical-rich vegetable and fruit juice alleviates oral mucositis during concurrently chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9446194/

Don’t be a worrywart😜

Follow these tips to blast your wart away! 💥

🧘‍♂️ Yoga breathing 🧘‍♂️

🙏🏽 Many debilitating symptoms arise from cancer and it’s treatment that are often unrelieved by established methods.

🙏🏽 Pranayama, a series of yogic breathing techniques, can improve cancer related symptoms and quality of life.

Full article 👉🏽 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22525009/

🌞 🧘 Self Manifest 🧘 🌞

We all have dreams. We all want several things in life. But, do we all know how to achieve them? To achieve what we want, or to manifest our goals, there are some methods that we should practice in our lives.

Let’s learn them today.

9 Steps to Manifest What You Want in Life
👉🏽Understand yourself
👉🏽Remove limiting thoughts
👉🏽Be clear about what you want
👉🏽Get your ask out there
👉🏽Make consistent efforts
👉🏽Believe in yourself
👉🏽Practice positive affirmations
👉🏽Acknowledge and appreciate small wins
👉🏽Remain patient

“Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.”
― Jack Canfield

Source: https://blog.gratefulness.me/how-to-manifest-2/

💚Life Life Naturally 💚

🦴 Here are some pointers to help speed up your recovery from a bone fracture!

🥬 Eat clean! Focus on leafy greens and reduce refined sugars and processed food! Bone broths are loaded with collagen!

💊 Vitamins to focus on are: calcium, boron, magnesium, manganese, k2, D3, zinc, silicon!

🌿 Botanicals that can help: Nettle, boneset, comfrey, mullein, Solomon seal root.

💦 Hydrotherapy and Acupuncture!!!

Remember to get the guidance of a trained healthcare professional!

At Dhaya, we have a team of Naturopathic Doctor’s, a Nutritionist and an Osteopathic manual practitioner to assist in expediting your recovery process!

💚Live Life Naturally💚

It’s almost detox season! 💚

This Ayurvedic liver formula is a personal favourite that’s a must for any comprehensive detox protocols!

Clinically it may benefit:

Fatty liver
hepatitis
liver cirrhosis
diabetes
high cholesterol
infections and inflammation!

For a full comprehensive spring detox protocol come see any of our Naturopathic Doctors or Ayurvedic practitioner!

💚Live Life Naturally 💚

It’s almost detox season! 💚

This Ayurvedic liver formula is a personal favourite that’s a must for any comprehensive detox protocols!

Clinically it may benefit:

Fatty liver
hepatitis
liver cirrhosis
diabetes
high cholesterol
infections and inflammation!

For a full comprehensive spring detox protocol come see any of our Naturopathic Doctors or Ayurvedic practitioner!

💚Live Life Naturally 💚

Here we grow again! We are excited to welcome manual osteopathic practitioner Melissa Devers. Melissa’s practice uses a holistic and preventative approach when providing patient treatment.
Melissa followed her passion for providing rehabilitation and the desire to help facilitate healing for people in chronic pain. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Science with a Major in Psychology at Carleton University. After gaining 3 years within the clinical rehab field, she decided to dive into the research of Osteopathy. She found a deep understanding and love for the gentle and effective approach to osteopathic treatment.

Osteopathic treatments with Melissa can help to:
Improve immune function
Increase joint mobility
Improve posture
Decrease pain
Relieve headaches
Just to name a few!

Every Osteopathic treatment is customized to each patient's needs. Using a combination of a full history and assessment, and specified techniques such as, joint mobilization, muscle energy techniques, myofascial release, soft tissue therapy, and exercise routines, Melissa helps her patients to relieve pain and improve function within the body.

Melissa is a friendly and passionate therapist who is excited to bring her set of skills to the team at Dhaya Integrative Health. She is looking forward to helping you achieve your treatment goals and to live a happy, healthy, and pain free life!

💚 Live Life Naturally 💚

Shan Mei Young-Tai
Nurse Practitioner/ Ayurvedic Health Consultant

Shan Mei can provide full health consultation, assessment and diagnoses including ordering of lab and diagnostic tests. Her services also include expertise in Medical Cannabis and Ayurvedic Health Consultation. For more information about her services and how she can help you on your health care journey, contact us at [email protected]

💚 Live Life Naturally 💚

Exposure to stress hormones impairs cancer suppressing immune cells, leading to enhanced cancer growth.

What are you doing to reduce chronic stress?

At Dhaya, we understand the importance of helping you manage the stress of a diagnosis.

This is why we are now offering our mindfulness based stress reduction program to help you and your loved ones navigate your cancer care journey.

https://www.roswellpark.org/.../202111-roswell-park

🌿 100mg of sage extract tablets can reduce menopausal symptoms! 🌿

Reduced estrogen levels in menopausal women can lead to a wide range of symptoms including increased risks for heart disease, osteoporosis and cognitive decline.

Furthermore, complications of hormone therapies during menopause have lead researchers to explore more natural interventions.

Naturopathic therapies of herbal medicine and acupuncture can help manage your symptoms of menopause and decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and cognitive diseases!

💚Live Life Naturally 💚

Full study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC7114003/

We are excited to welcome a new member to our Dhaya Team!

Christine Cassar is a mindfulness and yoga coach. Her breath work and movement programs can guide those looking to better manage lifestyle stress, anxiety and depression. If you would like to learn more about how Christine could help you, please contact us at [email protected]