The American Heart Association today set new guidelines for sugar consumption. The new guidelines suggest 6 tsp per day for women and 9 tsp for men maximum. The average American (and Canadians are no different) consumes 156 lbs of sugar a year, mostly in the form of soda and sweetened cereal, although sugar can be [...]

I am excited to hear of the provincial government’s recent decision to include prescription rights in our new scope of practice legislation. Far too often, we are forced to send our patients away when they need a prescription for antibiotics, for example, thereby duplicating services in an already overburdened health care system, and causing unnecessary [...]

A recent study performed by Health Canada has found trace amounts of BPA in brands of nursing bottles marketed as BPA-Free. The amounts have been minute and they seem to disappear over time for many of the bottles tested. The new bottles are made from polypropelene, which is supposed to be BPA-free, but trace amounts [...]

Recently, a leader in traditional Chinese medicine, Giovanni Maciocia, has reviewed the H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic from a TCM perspective. According to Maciocia, Swine Flu can be seen as an External Invasion of Wind-Heat, and he has developed acupuncture protocols and herbal prescriptions to treat the initial symptoms as well as more serious cases. In [...]

One key to being in optimal health is knowing your stats: those numbers that could indicate possible health problems down the road. Here is a list of indicators you need to know about yourself:
1.Your BMI (Body Mass Index). While not applicable to everyone (such as athletes, those under 18 and over 65 and pregnant and [...]

Dr Handford has joined the Alta Vista Naturopathic Clinic in Kitsilano! She will be working Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 am to 5 pm. New and past patients are encouraged to call for an appointment at 604-736-3800. She can also be reached at 604-762-8402 (cell).
The address of the clinic is:
210-2678 W. Broadway, Vancouver, BC. It is [...]