Ever wondered how to get rid of food sensitivities? Is it possible? During my senior year of college, I went gluten-free and dairy-free, hoping it would help alleviate the digestive issues I’d been dealing with. It didn’t help much. After more testing, my doctor uncovered that I had multiple autoimmune conditions. In addition to Irritable […]
It happened again. It always does. My toddler (kid #4) has started to respond to the word “no” with a full-on head back, mouth open, scream-cry mixture. As parents we hear a phrase that tends to sum up what we experience when our kids are little: The Terrible Twos OR The Terrible Threes. Many moms
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Could you or your child be sensitive to gluten? What are the signs of gluten sensitivity? Read on to see if you have these symptoms of gluten sensitivity. This is a guest post from Michelle Riddle, OT, R.H.N. director of Resilient Health. Picky eating, brain fog, anxiety, and/or irritability. These behaviors can make life difficult
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I was so awful at first at finding Whole30 approved recipes that satisfied! Those first few days of the Whole30 for my husband and low phytic acid anti-cavity diet for me felt like torture. We were hungry, felt deprived, and every meal was a feat of self-discipline and mad knife skills. (Good thing my kids
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When diagnosed with Celiac disease, people often have a crisis, wondering how do I even begin a gluten-free diet and not go crazy? It’s so important for their health, and the eating part is figure-out-able, but then there are more questions about cross-contamination, like “Can you kill gluten? Does a dishwasher get rid of gluten?”
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I’m not gonna lie. Having (multiple) kids with (different) food allergies is not easy. In fact, many days it is down right hard. I can’t cook one meal for the whole family. I can’t just order pizza when I’m sick and have no energy to cook. At the moment I can’t even eat at a
Some people with gluten sensitivities have discovered that einkorn bread and other products don’t make them hurt! Einkorn DOES contain gluten, but there are some big differences between einkorn and wheat. You’ll need to bake differently with einkorn, but if you can tolerate it, you’ll be so thrilled! That aroma of yeasty goodness filling the house,
Haley’s story of discovering a gluten allergy in her child will help anyone exploring a gluten sensitivity or just hoping to gracefully host a friend who is gluten-free. With gluten sensitivity and Celiac both on the rise, figuring out how to go gluten-free, especially for families, is really important! When my oldest child was diagnosed
I used to get really upset when I was wrong. About anything. I’m not sure how I thought I should always be right, and I bet I put my poor parents through a lot with this tendency. A lot of people recognize that teenagers’ lack of life experience gives them that “invincible” mentality that makes
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Figuring out how to do an elimination diet can be confusing. Why are there so many different elimination diet meal plans? (Here’s my elimination diet recipes.) Paleo, keto, GAPS, Whole30, gluten-free, dairy-free, elimination diets and more…all designed to help you figure out if your family has food sensitivities, if a food is causing inflammation or
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I continue to run into people, both online and in real life, who have celiac disease or cannot handle gluten, including an elderly neighbor who was just diagnosed for the first time. This Monday Mission topic was confirmed when I heard Elisabeth Hasselbeck, host of The View and former Survivor contestant, describe how she was
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