Dr. Sapna Flower, Naturopathic Doctor, Toronto, ON

"Class of 2011 graduates Dr. Sue Love, ND, and Dr. Sapna Patel Flower, ND, on how their friendship became the foundation of a successful practice Right at the beginning of their naturopathic journey, Dr. Sue Love, ND, and Dr. Sapna Patel Flower, ND, became quick friends. Being in such a small class (they both started in the January intake) meant that they got to know each other right off the bat. The two also discovered how much they had in common - they both lived downtown, had careers prior to attending CCNM (Sue worked in a business management role while Sapna was a software developer), and were back at school after a long time away from it - and formed a connection It wasn't until second year, when Sapna broached the subject in their practice management class, that they seriously began considering opening up a practice together. “I had always wanted to have my own clinic and so I had been thinking about it,” recalls Sapna. “And then Sue was sitting right beside me and I just asked her, 'Would you ever think about opening a clinic?'” At that point, Sue hadn't thought about opening up her own practice - but she was completely on board. “As the years went on, we needed to do projects for practice management and we would just do them together, thinking, 'OK, maybe this'll happen one day. We might as well just plan for it and work on it as if it's going to happen,'” adds Sue. “In our last year of school, we talked about it again and said, 'Is this really happening? Are we really going do this?' And then we decided - we're going for it.” Building a practice together Sue and Sapna opened Restore Integrative Health in the Leslieville area of Toronto about seven years ago. This particular neighbourhood wound up being a natural fit - they often met there to study and it's in a convenient location, in the middle of where the two live. The area itself mirrors their philosophy on health and wellness. Populated by young families and professionals who are seeking more health-care options, Restore offers naturo

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One of the most common conditions women experience during their first trimester of their pregnancy is nausea and vomiting and although it is quite normal, it can cause women a lot of stress and fatigue as well as a loss of a lot of nutrients and fluids.

The cause isn’t fully understood. However, it’s mainly due to the increase – the exponential increase of hormones experienced during this time, mainly HCG, estrogen, and progesterone. These hormones have effects on all other cells in the body as well which can cause some of these gastrointestinal symptoms women feel.

Although nausea can be very frustrating and tiring for women, there are a lot of treatment options to help. Simple things like changing your diet and your lifestyle can make a huge impact, like having regular exercise or ensuring that there’s always food in your stomach. Having an empty stomach can actually make the nauseating symptoms much more severe. So keeping a snack in your purse or in your car will help alleviate some of these symptoms.

Dehydration is common in women with increased nausea and vomiting so it’s really important to find ways to replenish fluid in the body. If you’re not able to keep water down or have trouble taking in water, intravenous vitamin therapy is a great alternative.

With this treatment, your naturopathic doctor can also infuse vitamins directly into your blood stream. Vitamins such as B6 and B12 will help decrease the nauseous feeling as well as increase energy throughout your pregnancy. Again, it depends on the patient. And we often will design very specific treatment plans in terms of supplements and dietary change to help with these symptoms.  Lab tests, of course, play a big role in diagnosing digestive issues. So, we would look at systemic levels of inflammation. We can also measure hydrogen and methane on the breath to determine if there are any microorganisms contributing to these symptoms.  If you’re experiencing digestive issues of any kind and you’d like to learn more about what’s causing these symptoms, see your local naturopathic doctor.