Dr. Brenda Gill, ND - "The Way To Wellness"

Let me introduce myself. My name is Dr. Brenda Gill. I am a naturopathic physician or as others would say, a Natural Medicine Doctor. After 3 years of pre-med. and 4 years of naturopathic medical school, I graduated from NCNM (a naturopathic medical college in Portland). Naturopathic doctors are licensed by the ANPBC and are members of the B.C. and Canadian Naturopathic Associations in British Columbia.

One of my goals is to provide professional, effective, current information, so, when you make a decision on the direction you need to take, it is knowledge based. Secondly, the articles should provide you with options that you may not have heard about or know about, thus, expanding your choices of action. Thirdly, they will also give you knowledge that you can use when seeing other practitioners, so you won’t be overlapping treatments. Fourthly, they should help to maximize interactions of therapies and minimize unwanted interactions. Lastly, they will help you be able to make decisions on your own or when you see a practitioner, be more knowledge based.

Using nutrition, herbs, supplements, exercise therapy, homeopathy and physical medicine, I can treat the underlying malfunctions and imbalances of the body and outward signs of disease, so any one of these modalities will probably be discussed depending on applicability. This will always result in a heightened level of wellness, because by correcting the imbalances, we help the body re-pattern itself to bring about lasting improvement. Also a significant part of re-balancing is de-toxifying the system, so, over time, many articles will refer to different ways of optimizing the ability of the body to achieve this.

As a naturopathic doctor, I see patients for various concerns such as menopause, PMS, fertility, allergies- food and environmental, digestive and skin problems, high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, thyroid imbalances, insomnia, flus, headaches, asthma and cancer to name just a few. I find when seeing people, that I spend much of my time solving what symptoms are connected, why they are connected, what came before another and how they are affecting each other. The body and mind are inseparable, so, discovering all the patterns usually helps to unravel the puzzle. Ideally, we work towards re-balancing and re-patterning the systems that are out of balance. Therefore, I will discuss information that is relevant to what I see with my patients and welcome requests if there are certain topics that would interest you.

I am pleased to have the opportunity to share new and exciting choices to the ever-changing health field, so please don’t hesitate to e-mail or call for areas that interest you! Our e-mail address is drbgill@netidea.com

Yours in health, Dr.Brenda Gill