Dr. Lucy Belli, ND

Dr. Lucy Belli, ND updated their business hours.

Happy Spring 🌱🌷🌸
Anyone else getting some spring cleaning done this weekend?
I like to remind people this time of year to stop using toxic, typical household cleaners AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
BUT this doesn’t mean that you have to spend $$$$ on “clean” products.
Equal parts water and vinegar is a super easy, effective antimicrobial and cleaner you can use and modify to clean most surfaces. Add some of your favourite citrus and essential oils to freshen up the smell. Simple, easy, inexpensive. When most people ask for advice on how to eliminate toxins from their cleaning routine they’ve usually already spent tons buying products that are just as effective as this ^.
Save your hard earned money for buying some fresh spring flowers instead 🌷🌷🌷

You can still have great things while we’re inside.
2020 may have changed your path in ways you didn’t expect, but let’s use this last month to look to 2021 and what we want it to look like. Now is a great time (especially if you have benefits left over!) to get started on transforming your health ✨✨

Herbal dispensary is now open at my Glencoe office! I am also able to deliver these to Kilworth patients!

Our Naturopath, Dr. Belli is excited to begin serving the community with individualized herbal formulas that are compounded and distributed on site at our clinic! If you have ever been interested in how herbal medicine can help you book a consultation with her to find out more!"

Minden & Halliburton friends,
I have just two more openings available at Of Sound Body for New Patient Visits on Saturday October 10th! Message me for details, questions you have or if you would like to grab a spot! 🍁 🍂 🍁

Great post by Juniper Naturopathic Clinic highlighting the importance of a good prenatal supplement and health support!

MINDEN & HALIBURTON FRIENDS

I am so excited to announce that I have found a beautiful space in the new Of Sound Body clinic to start seeing patients! If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment feel free to send me a message. I am so excited to be working in a community that has given me so much 💕

For more information check out my website: www.drlucybellind.com
(and my London location has not changed!)

As things continue to slowly open up, there is a lot of talk about returning to our “normal” lives. I think it’s important we evaluate what our normal looks like and consider what parts of normal may or may not be worth returning to. Were you burning the candle at both ends pre-COVID leaving you exhausted? Were you making time for yourself? Checking in to see how your body is actually feeling? Were you nourishing yourself properly? Start checking in and taking notice to see what areas in your life could use a new, better normal 💕

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Add as many fresh herbs to your meals as you can, they pack high amounts of vitamins and polyphenols that have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capabilities 🌿

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It’s important to remember no part of life is exempt from racism, including and especially medicine. Black and other ethnic minorities suffer disproportionately in almost every part of health.

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/06/25/christine-ekechi-how-do-we-start-a-conversation-about-racism-in-medicine/

Christine Ekechi: How do we start a conversation about racism in medicine? - The BMJ Tackling racism in medicine can only come about with honest conversations. Christine Ekechi suggests we can start that journey in three ways It is impossible for any healthcare professional to [...]More...

Early this morning we received a notification from our regulatory body allowing us to gradually and safely resume our services! The same quality of care will be given with special precautions to keep us safe. It will look a little different and our policies will include:

- Screening for COVID will be done on each patient prior to entering the clinic
- The amount of people in the waiting room will be limited to allow 6ft apart between patients
- Hand sanitization is available to patients when entering, and also leaving the clinic
- Extra cleaning protocols will be in place in the clinic
- Non-essential items will be removed to limit surface area and contact areas
- Patients are advised to wear masks, if you don’t have one, one will be provided to you
- Virtual appointments are still available if you feel your care can be given over the phone, or if you don’t feel comfortable coming in

Call the clinic at 519-472-0110 to book! Or feel free send a message if you have any questions.

I’m now offering virtual consults for both new and existing patients! This allows you to stay home and still receive naturopathic care. Virtual consults are offered at a discounted rate and can still be covered under naturopathic benefits. I’m happy to support you in any way possible during this difficult time. Let’s stop the spread together! Feel free to direct message me or reach out on my website:
www.drlucybellind.com

Interrupting your COVID-19 feed with this green reminder that spring is on its way, and also as a reminder of nature’s remarkable ability to rebound 🌿

Receipts have high concentrations of BPA - a hormone disruptor that’s been linked to numerous health concerns, and handling them increases your exposure, especially if your hands are wet!

https://nutritionfacts.org/2020/02/18/what-not-to-do-when-you-handle-receipts/

What Not to Do When You Handle Receipts | NutritionFacts.org The plastics chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, was banned for use in baby bottles in Canada in 2008, in France in 2010, in the European Union in 2011, and in the United States in 2012. Then, in 2015, France forbade the use of BPA in any food or beverage packaging, something the U.S. Food....

Happy Valentine’s Day 💕💕💕
Whether you choose to celebrate self love, romantic love, pet love, friend love or ANY type of love, I hope you have an amazing day. There tends to be a huge emphasis on statuses - “single” vs “taken” and largely an emphasis on heteronormativity. If we can take a step back from that and just look at ways to have more love and joy we might be better off! I am a huge fan of valentine’s because I think we could all use some more love in our lives. I chose to celebrate self love this morning by making myself get outside for some exercise (before I indulge in a box of chocolates) ❤️

Intuitive eating is talked about a lot these days and I find there’s a lot of confusion around what it actually means. Yes it’s listening to your body, but it’s also supporting your body with the nutrients it needs and this is where there is often a gap for people. There is no shame in not knowing how to get somewhere you’d like to be in your health - because most of us have never been taught how.

https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/how-to-be-ok-with-weight-gain-while-intuitive-eating-47150639

How to Be OK With Weight Gain When You Start Intuitive Eating You're sick of all the dieting bullsh*t and have embarked on a new, wonderful, healthy journey of intuitive eating. You're working on listening to your hunger

If being hard (and maybe mean) to yourself hasn’t worked in the past it’s probably not going to work ever. Feeling guilty/shameful for ordering takeout, using a workout to “makeup” for eating poorly are examples of meeting your body with meanness instead of kindness. Approaching health and goals from a place of kindness instead of harshness can make all the difference.

Exposure to sunlight during the day and reducing blue light exposure at night is so important to our health and keeping our circadian rhythms in check.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-indoor-light-is-messing-with-your-health-and-how-to-get-lighting-right

The Invisible Ways Indoor Light Is Messing With Your Health The lighting around us has the power to throw entire aspects of our well-being out of whack. Here's how to get our lighting right.

One more reason why fruits and vegetables are our friends 💪🍎🥦

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-fruits-and-veggies-might-decrease-alzheimers-risk

Diets High In Fruits & Veggies Might Lower Risk Of Alzheimer's, Study Finds Another reason to eat your fruits and vegetables.

Just one more reason to get outside and enjoy some 🌞

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/fat-cells-need-sunlight-and-they-dont-function-well-without-it

Your Metabolism Needs A Daily Dose Of Sunshine, According To Study. Here's Why Yet another good reason to get outside.

You are the only expert in you. This is why I spend so much time with my patients learning from them about them. If you don’t have a health care practitioner that’s genuinely interested in learning all about you I highly recommend you find someone for your team that does💕
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Stigma around miscarriage and recurrent pregnancy loss can make a hard time even more difficult. Let’s change that!

Beyonce Opens Up About Multiple Miscarriages: It 'Taught Me That I Had to Mother Myself' First Beyoncé and JAY-Z are parents to twins Rumi and Sir, 2, and daughter Blue Ivy, 8 next month

PAIN🤬😤👹

Pain in general causes a response in the body and on the tissues. When we have pain our muscles contract, blood flow is restricted, toxins build up and nutrients can’t reach that area as well. Cupping is an amazing, traditional way to help relieve this by creating a vacuum, picking up tissue allowing the muscles to relax and blood flow to be restored to optimize healing.

Just a gentle reminder on this first Monday of 2020 ✨✨

You can’t be an expert in everything. Sometimes being successful means delegating parts out to people who can help you reach all of your goals. Having someone do the work for you to put together a plan, hold you accountable for that plan, and adjust that plan to fit your life can often mean the difference between being successful or not. We hire accountants for our finances, mechanics for our cars and it only makes sense you have someone on your team to help you with your health (and NOT just someone that you only go to when your sick). HEALTHcare should be about managing your health not just your sickness.

A great summary of the training that is required to become an ND!

Dr. Lucy Belli, ND updated their website address.