Today, we'll explore a crucial initial step that could assist in pinpointing triggers for IBS symptoms and preparing strategies to manage them: the food and gut journal!
The month of April marks Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month in North America. Many of you living with IBS know the feeling of not being able to go out in skinny jeans, or missing dinners with your friends and family, or even not being able to travel out of fear of your symptoms.
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Let’s delve into how I support optimal fueling for endurance sports performance, as well as maintaining a happy gut and keeping digestive flare-ups at bay!
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While popular 'gut health supplements' — such as greens powders, random probiotics, and bloat powders, teas, and tonics — often promise us miracle results, most of them do not stand up to scrutiny, leaving many of us investing in products that fail to deliver us results and relief from digestive symptoms.
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Let’s explore further about iron deficiency symptoms and risk factors, and how you can help to optimize your iron levels while also managing your IBS so you can feel better, all around!
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These products are a collection of food products that are FODMAP safe, as well as my favourite tricks and tools to help lower inflammation, support your gut microbiome and improve the gut-brain connection which is crucial to finding lasting relief from your IBS!
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This article provides a summary of what factors to consider on a daily basis to help support your performance and recovery while also managing your IBS and digestive health.
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Let's do a round up of my favorite books of 2023 and I hope this will inspire you to pick one out! I have always loved to read ever since I was a kid! I prefer physical books rather than audio books, and most of my reading occurs before bed as well as in my free time during vacation. I love morning coffee with a good book! But that pleasure is only a reality on vacations - during regular weeks, I’m usually spent reading journal articles and catching up with client and project work.
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Diseases of the pancreas can mimic other medical conditions, and accurate diagnosis is crucial. With the increase in access to information through social media it is becoming more and more common to hear about individuals who were incorrectly diagnosed (or self-diagnose), only to find out later that it was a more serious condition.
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You may have seen these tests recommended online by various influencers, or perhaps your natural practitioner is encouraging you to have one done. But you recognize it’s expensive, and so you’re wondering - is it worth it?
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Have you heard of the ‘gut-liver axis’? Truth be told, our liver and gut are highly connected and one system can impact the other. So if you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and have also been told you may have a fatty liver or diagnosed with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), then this might not be simply a coincidence!
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Instead of focusing on habit changes and consistency with those changes to support our health, we become fixated on the number on the scale and it detracts from the holistic picture. As a Dietitian, here are the top ways to measure your health and progress with your diet and lifestyle habits (WITHOUT the weight scale!).
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Instead of succumbing to the “temptation of hibernation”, here's how you can adapt and thrive during the fall and winter months while also nurturing our gut health and fitness.
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Let’s talk about lectins, and why you shouldn’t fear them! Popular diets like paleo and Whole30, as well as books like the Plant Paradox claim that dietary lectins cause increased gut permeability and drive autoimmune diseases like arthritis and diabetes. There are a few big name influencers online who propose a lectin free diet as the key to good health and staving off disease.
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Have you ever felt like your Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms are all just “in your head”? The bloating, pain gas… Sometimes it seems too painful to even be real.
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Read my guest article with Sperri to find out what the science tells us about plant-based diets and gut health!
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Are you looking for how to treat your IBS and wondering who can best support you in that journey? Here’s an honest low-down on why a specialized Dietitian (such as myself), should be a key part of your care team.
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Read my guest article with Eating Well to find out what the science tells us about eating habits and gut health.
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In this article we break down added vs natural sugars, how high intake of added sugars may negatively impact the gut-microbiome, and how to consider a balance of sugars in your diet to support a health gut-microbiome.
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Read my guest article with Fodmap Everyday to find out what the science tells us about Irritable Bowel Syndome (IBS) and diabetes, and how to eat if you have both these conditions.
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