Are you sick of using over-the-counter antihistamines? Maybe it’s time to try a different approach. Not only are there some excellent effective alternatives to help you manage your symptoms during allergy season, there are ways to get rid of your allergies all together! Many of you start reacting to external allergens like pollens, and grasses […]

Yesterday was the start date of my group spring detox. This year’s detox we are focusing on inflammation so today I am going to include one of the recipes on our meal plan this week: Crispy Brussel Sprouts If you told me when I was twelve years old that I would be loving brussel sprouts

Today I wanted to share a video that I dug up from the archives of the course I used to co-teach with Carolyn from the Eat Real Food Academy. Even though it’s an old video, the concept never fails to apply if you want to set yourself up for success. Have you fallen off your

In my post last week I talked about how important treating chronic inflammation was to improving health outcomes – particularly as they relate to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer prevention. This week I want to delve a little bit deeper as to what might be some warning signs that chronic inflammation is a problem for

Consider this fact: “More than 50% of us (Canadians) are now overweight or obese, insulin resistant, and inflamed; the rates of diabetes are skyrocketing; and cancer and cardiovascular disease are the most common killers. Roughly 70% of chronic disease is caused, directly or indirectly, by what is referred to as the axis of illness: inflammation,

Many of my patients need to eat an anti-inflammatory diet in order to feel better, have more energy, sleep better, lose weight, eliminate bloating and move around without all those aches and pains. I spend a lot of my time teaching patients how to eat an anti-inflammatory diet. See my post here if you missed

There has been a lot of information floating around about SIBO on the health blogs these days. It seems that SIBO is the new Candida and everybody has it. But what exactly is SIBO and what are 5 things you should know about it? SIBO is an acronym for small bowel intestinal overgrowth. It occurs when

Have you ever dropped a piece of food on the floor, shrugged your shoulders, and then picked it up and ate it anyway? I know I have. Not usually in front of other people though. Here are 3 reasons why eating a little dirt is not really that bad for us and surprise, it might

I had the pleasure of attending a lecture recently by Dr. Nigel Plummer, a respected researcher in the field of probiotics. Yes, there is a whole field of research on just probiotics alone. Probiotics and their impact on the microbiome is one of the areas of fastest growing research in the healthcare world. So what

A couple of weeks ago we finished the Belly Fat Detox with great success! We had a total of 40 participants and here are their results: Lot of energy Brain fog is gone Sugar cravings reduced No bloating And of course, what everyone wanted in the first place – weight loss! Today I am including