Dr. Vicky Rizothanassis, Naturopathic Doctor, Montreal, QC

"Vicky has always been interested in the mind-body connection and its impact on health. She studied psychology in university before embarking on her post-graduate studies where she went on to receive her degree as a Naturopathic Doctor from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in 2008. CCNM is one of six schools accredited by the Counsel on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME) in North America. Vicky's naturopathic practice combines eastern healing arts and philosophy with scientific evidence-based medicine for an individualized and effective approach to health and healing. Some of the modalities she uses are nutrition, Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture (in Ontario), botanical medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy and lifestyle counselling. In addition to a general practice, Vicky takes a special interest in digestive health, heart health, hormone balancing and fertility, chronic pain management, and weight loss using body composition analysis with BIA assessment. In 2009, Vicky received clinical training in mind body medicine at the Benson Henry Institute at Harvard University. Vicky has also received advanced training in environmental medicine, toxicology and detoxification, with Dr. Walter Crinnion ND, Dr. William Rea MD and Dr. Lynn Patrick ND. With this training, she has learned how toxicant exposures are correlated to many chronic disease states, how to identify them and how to use effective methods for reducing toxic load and body burden to improve one's state of health. Vicky believes that the body has an innate ability to heal itself. She is passionate about empowering and educating people to achieve optimal health and live a high vitality life. Since the completion of her formal training, Vicky Rizothanassis ND enjoys keeping up to date with relevant advances in treatment approaches through continuing education seminars. She is a proud member of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND), the Quebec Association of Naturopathic Medicine (QANM), and is regist

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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.