Dr. Alisa Murli ND

Hey everyone! Exciting things to announce This week, I’m teaming up with @reawaken.co and offering a on all things about vaginal health!... We’ll be discussing: common vaginal issues, letting you know how to know to spot if there’s something funny going on. how to prevent recurrent yeast infections and UTIs optimizing your vaginal hygiene routine Happening this Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 at 7pm EST. Click this link to register today: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/thevaginadialogue If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me message #inspiringinsights #womenshealth #naturopathicMedicine #nd #whitbynaturopath #torontonaturopath #whitby #toronto #medicine #health #femalehealth #vagina #probiotics #vaginalhealth #uti #yeastinfections See more

Hey everyone! Jessica Fraser with Your Inner Vitality hosted me as a guest speaker on weight loss resistance. Check it out!

Happy Friday everyone! Today let’s take a look at insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is released by your pancreas, and helps your body to manage blood glucose levels. It binds to glucose and delivers it to your muscle, fat and liver cells so they can have energy. When insulin levels are too high, the cells reject the glucose, but your body is still sensing that there is too much glucose in your blood so it creates even more insulin! Over time, excess insulin can cause in...sulin resistance, which can cause fat cells to accumulate and untreated can eventually lead to type 2 diabetes. We often get our fasting glucose and HbA1C checked in routine bloodwork, but not fasting insulin. However, insulin is actually the first hormone you will see changes in, so getting this tested can be very informative if nothing else shows up on routine bloodwork. This is also a great hormone to get tested in order to prevent type 2 diabetes from developing. Some signs your insulin could be high: 1. Fatigue 2. Stubborn weight gain (especially around the midsection) 3. Development of leathery, dark skin around your skin folds (especially armpits and neck) 4. Craving carbohydrates 5. Diagnosed (or suspected) PCOS There is so much we can do to prevent diabetes from developing if we catch this, so talk to your naturopathic doctor if you are experiencing any of these symptoms! #naturopath #whitby #naturopathicmedicine #insulin #diabetes #health #wellness See more

Bottom line... for optimal health (of us and our planet), eat more plants and less animals. Repost from @jordiefromtheblock When people think about sustainability in food they typically think about HOW the food source was produced.... They want to know whether it’s organic, non-GMO, pasture-raised, etc. etc. But what consumers don’t pay much attention to is the WHAT. What you eat matters- truly. Everything you eat has a cost, an environmental footprint. And what makes up a food’s footprint? Well for one- the resources it consumes. What is the land, water, and energy needed for its production? Animal-based foods are almost always more resource-intensive and environmentally impactful to produce than plant-based foods. Additionally, production of animal proteins accounts for over two thirds of agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions. Beef production requires 20 times more land and emits 20 times more greenhouse gas emissions than plant-based protein sources. Demand for animal-based food is expected to rise by 80 percent between 2006 and 2050, with beef specifically increasing by 95 percent. Given the environmental implications of a rising demand for beef, reducing its consumption can be an important factor in reducing global warming. So when it comes to resource use and environmental impacts, thetypeof food eaten matters as much, if not more, thanhowthat food is produced. Alsojust eat more plants. Thanks. Inspired and adapted by @healthy_ish & @futureearth Redesigned by: me Based on: Shifting diets for a Sustainable Food Future #plantbased #health #naturopathicmedicine #naturopathwhitby #whitby #vegan #environment #vegetarian See more

Every morning, my dog goes outside, sits on the deck and stares in the direction of the sun. My mom likes to say he’s doing his Sun salutations, or Surya Namaskar. As I believe a lot of people are aware of, Surya Namaskar is a yoga flow.... Yoga is widely practiced around the world, and it almost feels like there aren’t many people who HAVEN’T done yoga before. You’ve probably heard that yoga is good for mobility, good for reducing stress and creating calmness. They’ve got prenatal yoga, yoga for kids, and even yoga with puppies! Outside of the anecdotal evidence though, what do we really know about the effects of yoga? Well, there are real studies that show the benefits of yoga to be effective for things like depression (including prenatal and postpartum), reducing PMS symptoms, and even reducing the need for c-section/interventions during labour. Interestingly, the effects of yoga are more pronounced when the mindfulness/meditative practice is also done, rather than simply physically doing the poses. They also needed to be done on a ‘regular’ basis in order for the effects to be sustained. Remember, yoga does not have to just be a type of exercise or a way of performing cool poses. It can be so much more. In fact, it is not rooted as an ‘exercise’. Yoga originates from Hindu texts. Yoga was created as a spiritual practice with an aspect of meditation and a main goal of reaching enlightenment. If you haven’t tried incorporating meditation into your yoga practices, I encourage you to try it out! #naturopathicdoctor #whitby #naturopath #yoga #meditation #dogsofinstagram See more

#challengeaccepted Thanks for nominating me @brittanyburrowsnd @omsss2 The purpose of this challenge is for women around the world to show their solidarity with the Turkish women who are suffering everyday. Please check out the Istanbul Convention or @auturkishculturalclub for more information!... I nominate @drarlenedubier @drnicoletillie and @deeps21 #womensupportingwomen #blackandwhite #womenempowerment See more

One of the reasons I was drawn to pediatric health is because it is easier to imbed healthy habits into a child’s mind. This leads to that child turning into an adult who inherently makes healthier choices and thereby lives a healthier life (including mentally). In the same token, that is why it is SO IMPORTANT to discuss race with your children. If we want to make the biggest difference in the world, we must teach our children to do better than their elders. Black Lives Ma...tter READ BELOW Posted @withregram @theconsciouskid It's never too early to talk about race. "Adults often think they should avoid talking with young children about race or racism because doing so would cause them to notice race or make them racist. In fact, when adults are silent about race or use "colorblind" rhetoric, they actually reinforce racial prejudice in children. Starting at a very young age, children see patterns who seems to live where; what kinds of homes they see as they ride or walk through different neighborhoods; who is the most desirable character in the movies they watch; who seems to have particular jobs or roles at the doctor's office, at school, at the grocery store; and so on and try to assign "rules" to explain what they see. Adults' silence about these patterns and the structural racism that causes them, combined with the false but ubiquitous "American Dream" narrative that everyone can achieve anything that they want through hard work, results in children concluding that the patterns they see "must have been caused by meaningful inherent differences between groups." In other words, young children infer that the racial inequities they see are natural and justified. So despite good intentions, when we fail to talk openly with our children about racial inequity in our society, we are in fact contributing to the development of their racial biases, which studies show are already in place. (Dr. Erin Winkler, 2017) Images by @pretty_good_design, adapted from work by the Children’s Community School. #Parenting #AntiRacist #health #pediatrics See more

Black Lives Matter. I stand with you #blackouttuesday