Ashley Beeton - Naturopathic Doctor

03/05/2025

"Spring Renewal: Boost Your Liver for a Healthier Season!"

03/04/2025

Your Liver: The Ultimate Detox Hero!

Did you know your liver is your body's natural detox powerhouse? This incredible organ works 24/7 to filter toxins, break down harmful substances, and keep your system clean and balanced.

Here’s how your liver supports detoxification:
✔️ Filters toxins from the blood
✔️ Metabolizes alcohol, drugs, and chemicals
✔️ Breaks down fats for digestion
✔️ Produces bile to flush out waste
✔️ Converts toxins into harmless substances

Give your liver some love today.

01/02/2024

I'm back in clinic after a wonderful break.
I look forward to connecting all of my patients both new and returning.

This week looks like reviewing lab work to start the year off right.
Providing some acupuncture treatments for fertility and stress.
As well as getting nutrition and circadian rhythm back on track after the holidays.

Happy new year!

04/27/2023

High density lipoproteins are the smallest of the lipoproteins. These molecules are responsible for carrying cholesterol from the body to the liver for excretion.
As result typically these molecules are protective, to a point - too much is never a good thing either.
Movement is the best way to keep HDL in a healthy range. Recommendations include a total of 150minutes of movement in a week, this can easily be broken down to 10 minute intervals.

04/26/2023

LDL (low density lipoprotein) is the lipoprotein that is makes up most of the cholesterol in the body. It's role is to deliver cholesterol to tissues and at high levels is strongly associated with the buildup of artery-clogging plaque.
LDL should be kept in optimal range for cardiovascular disease prevention.
There is some genetic conditions, which run in families where LDL levels are higher, and these individuals need to ensure other risk factors remain in check (glucose, weight, blood pressure).
Fiber is an amazing way positively impact your LDL, dose is important.

04/25/2023

Triglycerides -are the most common type of fat in the body. They are required to store excess energy from your diet. It is normal for triglycerides to be higher in the blood after a meal, BUT continuous elevation can be the result of metabolic concerns like prediabetes.
Triglycerides should be less than 1.6nmol/L
Certain conditions like kidney disease and hypothyroidism can increase triglycerides as well as some common medications like birth control pills.
If your triglycerides are high, dietary and lifestyle modifications are the best place to lower your levels.

04/24/2023

Cholesterol
It is important to know your numbers especially moving into your late 30’s, because in women hormones start to change.

About 1 in 12 (or 2.6 million) Canadian adults age 20 and over live with diagnosed heart disease (Canadian public health agency).

The risk factors for cardiovascular disease encompass not only lipids (cholesterol), but also thrombotic risk (clots), inflammation (cause for atherosclerosis), metabolic/diabetes as well as chronic kidney disease and blood pressure risk.

This short series will focus on the lipids.

04/18/2023

Spring into good health☔☀ - https://mailchi.mp/0138a017de18/spring-into-good-health

11/03/2022

Is your gut talking to your brain? 🧠💩 -

The gut and the brain are linked in a physical way, via the vagus nerve, as well as the communication that occurs through cells passed from the circulatory system to the brain.

09/26/2022

Do you walk daily?
Walking is one of the number one recommended forms of movement.
When should you do it?
Whenever you can, but bonus points for taking a walk after eating, due to it's glucose lowering effects.

Got metabolic syndrome, PCOS, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes, walking after meals can be an excellent way to make a positive impact on you insulin glucose balance.

Plus who doesn't feel great after getting outside for a walk.

09/23/2022

Happy Fall everyone.

Fall can be an awesome time to re-evaluate and set new goals.

Have a wonderful Friday.

09/20/2022

Polycystic ovarian syndrome has been a topic that is presenting in my office lately. If you have been following along with my latest posts on metabolic health PCOS is also a metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndromes respond really well to dietary therapy and in this case low carb is the way to go.

There is no magic number it all depends - on you activity level, your lean muscle mass, what your glucose and insulin levels are.

Connect with me if you want to know more.