Local Resources (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Medical Laboratories in Ottawa
Health Food Stores in Ottawa (also have supplements, but not professional brands):
- Kardish Foods – several locations
- Rainbow Foods – 1487 Richmond Rd
- Natural Food Pantry – 3 locations: Billings Bridge Shopping Centre; Kanata: 5537 Hazeldean Road; Westboro: 205 Richmond Rd
- Herb & Spice Food Shop; 375 Bank St.
- Pantry Plus – 2433 St Joseph Blvd, Orleans
- Whole Foods: 951 Bank Street, Landsdowne area
- Nutrition House – several locations
Locations to purchase supplements in Ottawa
- Watson’s Pharmacy and Wellness Centre – 192 Main Street, Ottawa; Phone: 613-238-1881; Hours: Monday to Friday: 9 – 6 pm, Saturday: 9 – 5 pm
- Nutrichem Compounding Pharmacy – 2599 Carling Ave, Ottawa and 1185 St. Laurent Boulevard; Phone: (613) 820-4200; Hours: Monday to Friday: 9 – 6 pm, Saturday: 9 – 5 pm
General Resources
Psychology and Higher Consciousness
- https://risingwoman.com/ – Rising Woman offers resources guiding you to the root of your relational issues while encouraging you to find an authentic pathway of deep healing. With an emphasis on shadow work, family systems therapy, esoteric wisdom and a hint of astrology, you’ll find everything you need to support your journey of conscious living.
- www.firstsession.com – online therapists. First Session is determined to create a user friendly, transparent, and private experience for those searching for a therapist or counsellor.
Clean Household Products
GMO and Glyphosate Health Information
Exercise
Nutrition
- MyNetDiary – track your food intake
- Nutrient content of foods (for example, if you are wondering which foods are high in magnesium): WHfoods, NutritionData – also can view glycemic index of foods, find recipes using foods you already have in your fridge
- Mytavin — Check medication interactions with nutrients and symptoms of nutrient deficiencies
- Macro calculator/ Ketogenic diet calculator
Gluten Free links
- Celiac disease and gluten sensitive
- Gluten un-safe list
- Interactive Cancer Map
- Culinary Guide to Gluten-free Cooking
- Dental Effects of Celiac Disease
- Health Benefits of a Gluten Free Diet
- Wheat Belly Blog
- Is that gluten free? – iPhone app
- iEatOut Gluten Free & Allergen Free – iPhone app
Fertility and Pregnancy Resources
- American college of Obs and Gynes – https://www.acog.org
- Society of Obs and Gynes of Canada – https://sogc.org
- Motherrisk – http://www.motherisk.org/women/drugs.jsp
- Car seat lady – http://thecarseatlady.com/pregnant/
- Kegel exercises – http://www.uhn.ca/PatientsFamilies/Health_Information/Health_Topics/Documents/Pelvic_Flo or_Kegel_Exercises_for_women.pdf
- Health Canada food safety in pregnancy – https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-safety-vulnerable-populations/food- safety-pregnant-women.html and http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/pubs/nutrition/omega3-eng.php
- Pregnancy info – https://www.pregnancyinfo.ca/birth/
- ASRM – http://www.asrm.org/?vs=1
- Yen and Jaffe Reproductive Endocrinology
- Basal Body Temperature (BBT) Tracker
- Kindara Fertility – iPhone app
- Safe bottle feeding
- Evidence-based information on pregnancy and childbirth
- Due date estimator
- Sprout – iPhone app
- My Pregnancy – iPhone app
- Total Baby – iPhone app
General Health iPhone iOS Apps
- Calorie Counter & Fitness Tracker by Myfitnesspal
- Diet & Food Tracker by Sparkpeople
- MyPlate by Livestrong
- Map my fitness
- Dirty Dozen
- Monash University FODMAP diet
- Non-GMO Project Shopping Guide
- Food Intolerances
- Find Me Gluten Free
- The Gluten Free Scanner – Barcode Scanner
Interactive/Calculators
- Mercury Calculator (compare tuna and salmon!)
- BMI Calculator
- Basal metabolic rate Calculator
- Simple weight loss Calculator
- Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) Calculators:
Sleep Assistance
Headache Tracking
- iHeadache- iPhone app
Brain Health
- Lumosity Brain Builder – iPhone app
- Fit Brains Trainer – iPhone app
Diabetes
- Glucose Buddy – iPhone app
- GluCoMo – iPhone app
Digestion Tracking
- Bowel Mover Pro – iPhone app
- Food Allergy Detective – iPhone app
- MyIBD – iPhone app
First Aid
High Blood Pressure
- Sodium tracker – iPhone app
Medications and Supplements
- Medication reminder – iPhone app
Menstruation Tracking
- iPeriod – iPhone app
- Period Tracker – iPhone app
- Monthly Cycles – iPhone app
Recipes
- www.cleaneatinggoddess.com
- Healthy Recipes by Sparkpeople – iPhone app
- Sparkrecipes – Selective recipe database
- Safe fish list
- Weelicious – Selective recipe database for kids
- Elimination diet recipes: http://www.nourishingmeals.com/p/elimination-diet.html
Water Filters
- LPC survival – Berkey water filters – www.directive21.com or https://berkeywaterfiltercanada.ca/
Sauna
- Sunlighten www.sunlighten.com
Blue light blocking / Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Lamps
- F.lux www.justgetflux.com
- Verilux Happy Light
- https://www.sperti.com/ Vitamin D lamp
HRT variability
www.heartmath.com – – heart mind coherence program using emWave technology