Dr. Kristen Ma, Naturopathic Doctor, Toronto, ON

"Dr. Kristen Ma, ND is a board-certified Naturopathic Doctor with over 15 years of experience treating skin and dermatological conditions. She is the author of the award-winning book “Beauty, Pure and Simple”, an Ayurvedic guide to holistic skincare, which combines her knowledge as a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner with her in-practice experience. Her journey with holistic skincare began as a Certified Esthetician. She was named “Best Facialist in Toronto” by Toronto Life Magazine, highlighting her technical expertise. She created the Holistic Vanity skincare line - a product collection aimed at treating specific skin disorders. These formulations were based on her clinical observations and uncompromising standards of natural ingredients. Collections target rosacea, acne and skin environmental damage. As Co-founder of Pure + Simple skincare and spas, Dr. Ma ND has spent over a decade developing facial treatments and formulating organic skincare products. Today, the company has seven spa locations and distributes its line to retailers all over the country. Believing in going to the source, Dr. Ma ND honed her acupuncture skills in China, working at the Guangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and completing her Ayurvedic education in Bengaluru, India in 2006. She combines her knowledge of Eastern Medicine with a biomedical approach and is familiar with clinical institutional settings, having worked at Brampton Civic Hospital in Canada's only Naturopathic Hospital partnership. Dr Ma ND is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and Alive Magazine in addition to writing her own column in Tonic Magazine. She has been featured in numerous press including The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, The Yoga Journal, Flare Magazine, Fashion Magazine and MSN Health + Wellness News. Her television appearances include Global News, Live Healthy Now, The Business News Network, OMNI Television and Daytime Toronto. She is a regular on The Tonic on Zoomer Radio. "

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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.