Restore Your Energy. Reclaim Your Life.
It's not as simple as eating so-called “healthy” foods and avoiding the “unhealthy” foods. And there is no such thing as a magic 'superfood'. It's different for every person.
If you want to regain your energy and overcome fatigue, the first step is identifying exactly which foods make you tired.
You need to move beyond diets and nutrition plans. I'll show you how to figure out exactly what to eat to get more energy and which foods make you tired.
Take a look below to see some of our most recent posts so you can start to Eat For Energy!
350,000 Canadians have celiac disease. But more than ten million Canadians purchase gluten-free products. Are gluten-free foods actually healthy? Or, are they contributing to other illnesses? Canada's gluten-free market has been growing by nearly 30% per year since 2008. (1) In fact, the gluten-free movement is the most popular food allergy the … [Read more...]
Have you followed the recommendation of a healthcare practitioner and completely changed your diet to be gluten-free? Only to realize it made no change in your symptoms. You're not alone. Many people jump on the gluten-free bandwagon with hopes that it will be a cure-all. Why do some people seem to improve on a gluten-free diet while others … [Read more...]
Have you noticed fatigue or brain fog shortly after eating? An intolerance to certain carbohydrates may be contributing to your symptoms! Nearly half of the food a typical North American eats comes from carbohydrates. (1) This includes both refined and unrefined carbohydrates. Unrefined carbohydrates are eaten in their natural form and … [Read more...]
By age forty, 50% of the Canadian population will have or have had a mental health disorder. (1) Could gluten be part of the problem? It likely won't surprise you to learn that depression is more common among those living with chronic illness. But is the depression a separate illness? Or, is it a symptom of living with chronic illness? And what … [Read more...]
That skin rash that won't go away - it's entirely possible it is a form of Celiac disease. You may call it hives, a rash, or simply itchy skin, and it does not go away. Steroid creams may help the itchiness but they do not solve the problem. That's because the rash may be Celiac disease in disguise. Known as dermatitis herpetiformis, DH or … [Read more...]
Those with untreated celiac disease are at a nearly 50% increased risk of developing osteoporosis. (1) The solution: simply adhering to a gluten-free diet. Osteoporosis is a Greek word for "porous bone". It is a disease where there is a loss of bone mass which then increases the risk of a fracture. Osteoporosis is commonly associated with celiac … [Read more...]
For every gluten sensitive patient with the symptoms of classic celiac disease, there are 8 cases with no GI symptoms.(1, 2) Celiac disease is a multi-system disorder. Believing that it involves solely the small intestine is a common misconception. (3) While the gluten protein may start by damaging the small bowel, the effects do not stop … [Read more...]
Have you jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon, only to give up after a few days? Why is it so hard to avoid that one little piece of birthday cake? Take heart. If you have had trouble giving up gluten, it’s not because you're low on willpower. It’s because going gluten-free is not as simple as giving up bread. In this post, I'll address 5 of the … [Read more...]