With so much confusing and conflicting information about what to eat and not eat, here’s my 10 Simple Steps to Healthy Eating. If you follow most of these, most of the time (after all no one is perfect!), then you can’t go wrong! 10 Simple Steps to Healthy Eating 1. Eat mostly fresh, real…
How To Feed Your Brain The more we learn about the gut-brain connection, the more there is a call for looking after our “digestive health.” Yes, it’s true. Your gut is considered your “second brain.” There is no denying it anymore. And because of the new scientific discoveries about the vagus nerve, the enteric nervous…
Raw vs. Cooked – Which Contains More Vitamins and Minerals? In the fabulous world of way too much unfounded health information, there are often arguments that raw foods are better for you than cooked. So which contains more vitamins and minerals…raw makes sense as the food is closer to it’s natural state, but is…
Could Your Symptoms Actually Be a Food Intolerance? Food intolerances or sensitivities can affect you in so many ways, and they’re a lot more common than most people think. I’m not talking about anaphylaxis or immediate allergic reactions that involve an immune response. Those can be serious and life-threatening. If you have any allergies,…
How to Read Food Labels There’s so many claims and confusing messages on our foods – but here’s a great rule of thumb when it comes to reading food labels – If the health claim on the packaging says it’s amazing, there’s a good chance it’s not! Food manufacturers care about selling their product, they…
Enjoying Easter Easter is nearly here and I know I’m always banging on about ways to cut out sugar for the kids (big and little!), so this year I thought about enjoying Easter, hopefully without too many meltdowns. I don’t know about your family, but my kids certainly have their individual approaches to Easter…
Are We Killing Ourselves Clean? I’m always banging on about the health issues that nasty ingredients in our foods can cause, and the importance of reading the ingredients to avoid them, but what about the potentially dangerous toxins and chemicals found in common everyday household products? As you’re about to find out, that “freshly…
Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut.” While this may not be 100% true for every disease in every person, more and more research shows that our gut – the whole digestive system, bugs and all, has a bigger role in many diseases than we used to think. So, what does this mean…
Here’s the round down of my top three must eat breakfast foods. Now while It’s long been said that “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”, this was coined by the marketing department of Kellogs back in the day, but it certainly does ring true for many of us, especially our growing kids…
Whether I’m with clients in the clinic, or putting together meal plans for my online programs, I always use the same basic nutrition principles. Use fresh whole foods, cook from scratch and most importantly keep it simple! If the way we eat is easy to shop for and prepare, then you’re much more likely to…