Healthy Eating
3 Superfoods to Help You Thrive During COVID-19 Quarantine
Over the past two months, the majority of people have undergone major life changes with COVID-19 entering our world. You may have found yourself doing more emotional eating than usual…
Read MoreThe Masks We Wear – Moving from Denial to Awareness
I was recently talking to some people at a party who were trying to convince me of certain aspects of themselves. A man told me he respected women yet he…
Read MoreThe Link between Healthy Eating and Child Development
I have designed this blog post to shock you. Maybe if I shock you enough, you will truly see the connection between health eating and child development.
Read MoreMy FULL Acceptance Speech After Receiving The Lifetime Achievement Award in Nutrition
On Saturday, I received the Canadian Lifetime Achievement Award in Nutrition. I was not able to deliver my full acceptance speech due to time constraints, so I decided to share it…
Read MoreI want to tell you about a man who never knew how amazing a parent he truly was – my father
My father was the first father in Oakville to be awarded sole custody of his children….I was four years old and my brother was only one. My dad made every…
Read MoreA Letter to My Daughters This Mother’s Day
When I met the father of my girls, I told him that having children would be the most important thing I ever did with my life. This baffled him because…
Read MoreMy Delight in Discovering Kiss Me Organics’ Organic Dandelion Root Tea
As a nutritionist, I am well aware of the nutritional value of herbal teas and drink them often to obtain the nutrients my body craves. When I learned of Kiss…
Read MoreObesity Need Not Be an Epidemic
I was just speaking with a client this morning who stated that she needs to lose 100 pounds. Her hair analysis report shows that her thyroid is low, despite her…
Read MoreLife Coaching for me…
I was recently on a boat with a group of men that I didn’t know…yes, myself and four men…and they were guy’s guys, hard working, down-to-earth men. A few hours…
Read More6 Ways to Protect your Family from Viruses, including Ebola
Pretty much every year, the media scares the majority of us with news of the latest virus that is making individuals sick or worse. Viral infections that have hit the world in recent years include H1N1, West Nile Virus, Norwalk Virus, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and Ebola, amongst others. Here are 6 areas of our lives to focus on if we want to protect our families and make them virus resistant and the healthiest possible
Read More4 Dietary Causes and Other Help for Sleep Challenges
If babies awake a few times a night, that’s normal. However, if babies are up every few minutes or every hour, you may have a sleep challenge on your hands. When it comes to children, it is ideal for them to sleep for at least 8 hours in a row. If a child awakes and feels rested within 5-10 minutes, they are getting enough sleep. When a child is tired, nothing is easy. Here are 5 possible repercussions of insufficient sleep including dietary causes.
Read MoreMinimizing and Eliminating Allergies Part 3 of 3
All adverse reactions to foods cause inflammation in the body. Food sensitivities and allergies cause the gut lining to be inflamed, which subsequently makes it hard for vitamins and minerals to be properly absorbed. Inflammation is behind all illness.
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