What the heck are sacha inchi seeds?
Have you heard of sacha inchi seeds? You know I’m a big fan of seeds, with my book, The Need for Seeds: How to make Seeds an Everyday Food in your Healthy Diet published in 2016! However, sacha inchi weren’t …
Tag: Gut Health
What The Heck Is The Low FODMAP Diet?
According to the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation, it is estimated that 20 million Canadians suffer from some type of digestive issue. Since the Global Pandemic we have seen an increase interest in digestive and immune health. Often gluten is blamed …
Digestive Wellness on Trend
Digestive health has been a research, business and personal interest of mine for years. You know I’m an advocate of a happy gut = a happy you. My business and research interests regarding probiotics goes back to 2004, when I …
What the Heck are Lotus Seeds?
There’s an increase in healthier puffed and crunchy snacks on the market. Traditional popped corn is getting competition from popped chickpeas, sorghum, quinoa and wait, lotus seeds. What the heck are lotus seeds? You know I’m a big fan of …
Surviving the Summer Heat
Looks like we are in for a hot summer! After the Canada Day Long weekend I came down with something that had all the symptoms of Norovirus and to compound the yuckiness it occurred during the heatwave. It reinforced my summer mantra of hydration, along with …
What the Heck is Drinking Vinegar?
You know I’ve been an advocate of a happy gut = a happy you for years. And my research on fermented foods, digestive health and probiotics goes back to 2004 when I was part of a Scientific Advisory Board and …
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Food and Nutrition Trends for 2018 Part Two
Thank you for your great feedback about my first Food and Nutrition Trends blog in this two part series. Now for Food and Nutrition Trends for 2018 Part Two, I’m thrilled to share with you my three favourite trends that will …
Food and Nutrition Trends for 2018
Happy 2018! It’s that time of year again when food and nutrition trends are making headlines. Predictions are coming from all types of media including me. Identifying and sharing food trends continues to be an important and entertaining aspect of …
Three Ways to Add More Probiotics to your Diet
We have 10 times the number of bacterial cells inside of us as there are human cells and most are in the gut! Fifteen years ago, we called it gut flora, today it is referred to as gut microbiota. I …