Category Archives: Food allergies

Cupcakes without guilt: Kelly’s Bake Shoppe

For those of you who know me best, I believe in a life of mod­er­a­tion. I like all of the “bad foods” just as much as the next per­son, they just don’t like me. When I became gluten-​free myself, I hunted out bet­ter gluten-​free products. … Continue read­ing

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My new appreciation for the word detox

I have always hated the word detox. My dis­tain for the word in part came from how people abuse the word detox. I have no objec­tion with the bio­chem­ical phases of detox­i­fic­a­tion in the liver, and what they are meant to do. … Continue read­ing

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I’m a Vegan, with a side of meat

I have had a known wheat allergy for many years. In the past, I have also respon­ded very well to an anti-​inflammatory diet (no wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, pork, cit­rus and night­shade veget­ables and any­thing pro­cessed with lim­ited sugar unless maple syrup, … Continue read­ing

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Genetically Modified Foods: You should be afraid

Most of my posts are inform­at­ive, and endeav­our not to freak every­one out. I can under­stand from a patient’s per­spect­ive that you hear and read so many con­flict­ing ideas through the inter­net, news­pa­pers, tele­vi­sion, health pro­grams… you are not sure what to trust. … Continue read­ing

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Eczema: What your dermatologist won’t tell you

November is Canada’s national eczema month. EASE is an organ­iz­a­tion that sup­ports eczema aware­ness in Canada, and tonight they will be hav­ing a dis­cus­sion about what it means to live with eczema. Unfortunately I can­not attend due to clinic com­mit­ments, but wanted … Continue read­ing

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Gluten gastrointestinal symptoms in non-​celiac disease!

For those of you who are my patients, you can tune me out in this post. I have talked ad nauseam about the con­nec­tion between glu­ten intol­er­ance and irrit­able bowel syn­drome. If celiac dis­ease has been ruled out through con­ven­tional blood … Continue read­ing

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Commentary: Why can’t I eat all of the foods I like?

I always laugh when I am at a party, and someone says “You’re a natur­o­pathic doc­tor? You guys just want to take every­one off all of the foods they like”. Firstly, I am not a sad­ist. I would love for every­one to be able to eat what … Continue read­ing

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What does my liver do, and why is it important?

Fun facts about your liver It can regen­er­ate, even when resec­tioned! We really can grow this organ back! It syn­thes­izes our fat pro­duc­tion. It con­trols cho­les­terol form­a­tion. Yes, big bad cho­les­terol that gets bad press is primar­ily made from our body’s own … Continue read­ing

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Gluten-​Free BBQ + My Approach to GF Cooking

Hello read­ers! This is Robyn from What’s Cooking on Planet Byn. I’m guest blog­ging today to show you how easy it is to cook for your gluten-​free (GF) friends, even when you don’t live or eat GF your­self. I’ve been … Continue read­ing

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A commentary on depression support with natural methods

I fre­quently get this ques­tion, and the best way to address the same ques­tion is so that every­one can learn from the exper­i­ence! I will give an example of a scen­ario I hear fre­quently in prac­tice in regards to anti-​depressant sup­ports. Sample ques­tion: … Continue read­ing

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