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My favourite bread recipe
I have baked my own bread on and off for quite a while. I was never intimidated by it. I simply thought “oh well” if it didn’t rise or didn’t bake properly. I…
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Looking at My Nutrition Throughout Pregnancy
I am cautious to write this as one of my passions is to help those struggling with fertility issues conceiving. But it is my goal to inspire hope and exemplify how important and…
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Late Summer- A Time of Change and Transition
Living in tune with the rhythms of the season enables us to feel complete connection to the Earth and our environment. Utilizing the seasonality of foods and temperatures allows us to remain health…
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Farro Salad
Have you heard of emmer? How about Farro? Well farro is the better known Italian name for emmer. Emmer is a heirloom ancient grain that is a cross between einkorn and a wild…
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Supplements, what, why and when
There are supplements for everything and anything today. And to overwhelm you even more, there are hundreds of supplement companies. So, how do I choose what supplements I recommend clients and what supplements…
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What are Properly Prepared Grains, Legumes, Nuts and Seeds?
Traditional cultures were smart, very smart, and understood their bodies a lot better than we do. They did not consume grains unless they were properly prepared by soaking, sprouting or fermenting. They knew…
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Why I Don’t do Food Sensitivity/Intolerance Testing
It would be so simple if you could have a food intolerance test done, avoid all foods you are "intolerant" to and all issues (digestive, hormonal, skin, inflammatory, etc) would vanish. Unfortunately it…
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Digestion Pt 3, How to Heal Weak Digestion
Now that we have an understanding on how digestion works and what can go wrong we know that digestive weakness and commonly, a leaky gut, can be the cause for much of the…
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Digestion pt 2, what’s gone wrong
The problem underlying all modern digestive disturbances and food allergies/intolerances is that the process of annihilation (which I talked about in Digestion Pt 1) is weak and incomplete. Therefore, we absorb undigested components…
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Beautifully Nourishing Breakfasts
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day, is one of the most disregarded and often left out all together. There is plenty of data and research done showing the positive effects of…