by Tasleem Kassam | Jan 22, 2025 | Hormone Health, Nutrition & Food, Stress
Perhaps one of the most important things I have learned in my twenty-five years of clinical experience is what a huge impact stress has on physical and mental health. While stress hormones are protective by alerting us in times of danger, prolonged periods of high...
by Tasleem Kassam | Jan 12, 2024 | Neurological, Nutrition & Food
Since delving deeper into the field of genomic medicine, I have been revisiting the role of critical nutrients in the human diet. It’s astounding to realize that in North America, in the land of plenty, most of us are nutrient deficient. Today, I’d...
by Tasleem Kassam | Dec 7, 2023 | Healthy Eating, Nutrition & Food
Today’s article is based on the work of Jessie Inchauspé, a French biochemist and bestselling author who is passionate about educating people on how to better manage their blood sugars. She takes the science behind what and how to eat accessible for people to...
by Tasleem Kassam | Oct 25, 2022 | Nutrition & Food, Recipes
Gluten-free, Grain-free, Dairy-Free, with a Sugar-free option and downright delicious! It’s the season for all things pumpkin spice and historically, one of my guilty pleasures are the limited time Pumpkin Spice Muffins from the popular Canadian coffee chain...
by Tasleem Kassam | Jan 7, 2020 | Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Mind & Spirit, Nutrition & Food
For the first time in a century, life expectancy at birth has stopped increasing in parts of the Western world. While the US has seen this decline for the last three consecutive years, ¹ the UK has also noted a similar trend in 2019. ² Longevity is a balance...
by Tasleem Kassam | Aug 27, 2019 | Healthy Eating, Neurological, Nutrition & Food
No one really thinks of sugar as a health food, do they? Most of us are quite aware that it plays a role in weight management, tooth decay and the development of Type 2 diabetes. For the last forty years, we have been sold the myth that a calorie is a calorie and that...