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March 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 29/03/2010 11:52 AM Page 7 Dr. Nance MacLeod, PhD, DNM/NMD 7 ACT NATURALLY Natural medicine specialist Dr. Nance MacLeod is changing the face of health care one patient at a time! Originally published in the Health, Wellness & Safety Magazine Vol 1 Issue 2 by Scott Leslie Everyone dreams of leading healthier, more energetic lives. But Dr. Nance MacLeod PhD, DNM is working hard to make that dream a reality—by going back to nature. As the owner and operator of the Niagara-on-the Lake Natural Health Clinic on 1410 Niagara Stone Road in Virgil, Nance is a Natural Medicine Doctor, offering several health solutions like natural medicine physicals, pain and stress relief, super foods and nutritional supplements for any age group. Natural Therapies and Their Benefits With nearly three decades of experience in the field of natural medicine, Nance offers the latest in non-invasive medical technology at her Niagara-on-the-Lake clinic. One of Nance’s biggest specialties is her Complete Young Forever™ Natural Medicine Physicals which includes an Iridology reading, a tongue analysis, a blood pressure check, a complete health history interview, a nutritional consulting session, and an EIS full body health scan. Through her comprehensive EIS Scan, Nance is able to look at every internal organ and really had a beneficial effect. He was able to specialists in areas such as integrative medicine take measurements of brain chemicals, bone play golf six days in a row pain-free while on physicals, medical hypnotherapy and super density, hormones, vitamins and trace minerals. vacation recently.” foods, and launched her own full-time practice. She can also identify areas of the body that are Nance has also been called the Canadian She’s also graduated from several institutions affected by issues such as toxins, parasites and expert when it comes to super foods like Salvia including the University of Bridgeport, Pan stress—and recommend additional tests that can Hispanica, Shatavari, Raw Cacao, Incan American School of Natural Medicine, the be done by your physician. Berries, Maca and Kapikacchu seeds. By Canadian School of Nutrition, and the “There are only a few clinics in the GTA introducing the right super foods to your diet, University of Integrated Medicine. that offer an EIS Scan,” Nance says. “But no people can treat issues like cholesterol, blood But Nance has never been one to rest on one else is doing natural medicine physicals— pressure, obesity and depression. Super foods her laurels. She works one week each month at and most of them are charging three times more can also help people increase their energy, the Southampton Centre For Wellness—a full than I am for the EIS Scan alone.” C l i e n t s vitality, brain function, immunity and memory. service wellness centre in Southampton, will often seek Nance’s services when they’ve “When I recommend any super food, Ontario that provides the latest in healing tried everything else. Others just want to make cleanse or supplement, I always test my patients medical technology and natural treatments. In sure they’re on the right track with their health. first to make sure they’ll get the complete addition, she’s published over 100 books and “My physicals don’t replace medical benefit of the product,” Nance says. “Most of articles, and spoken around the world on the physicals,” she explains. “But they do help these products can be purchased from my clinic subject of natural medicine. patients educate themselves and make the right and I’m adding new ones all the time.” In terms of the future, Nance is hoping decisions. It also helps them know what to ask to spread the word about natural medicine by when they’re dealing with their doctor.” A Passion for Healing training other like-minded practitioners. In In terms of pain and stress relief, Nance Nance has spent years building up her 1995, she founded the Ancient Journeys School provides a wide variety of medical devices and clinic—and it’s been a long and fulfilling of New Medicine Association based on ancient therapies. These include five different types of journey. Her passion for the natural therapy traditional medicines and new technologies. SCENARs, Low Intensity Lasers, Vibro- field all started back in 1979 when she was Nance’s school—and the field of natural acoustic Sound Therapy, RIFE Medical working as an accounting clerk for a large medicine—has seen a lot of growth in recent Frequencies, Ion Cleanse foot detoxification, a corporation. years. And according to Nance, that’s becoming Chi Machine, Oxygen, Reflexology, Egyptian “It was year end and I was getting very more and more important as time goes on. Head and Neck Massage, and Medical stressed,” she explains. “My friend dragged me “Our medical doctors and professionals Hypnotherapy.According to Nance, her to a Chinese breathing course called Ki Kou—a are simply overworked these days,” she says. treatments are focused on helping her patients type of Chinese yoga. The first couple of classes “But with the help of doctors in the natural increase their range of motion and relieve their were really silly. But I soon realized I was medicine community, we can lighten the load pain quickly. sleeping and dealing with my stress much on our medical professions and work together to better—and that really opened my eyes to the create a patient-focused health care system. “One of our patients sees us every other week benefits of natural medicine.” That’s what makes natural medicine so for maintenance pain relief,” she explains. As the years progressed, Nance began necessary.” HWS “He’s been a patient with us since 2006, and it’s training with some of the world’s leading www.thewellnessdiva.org