On October 3, 2014 I woke up at 5am and felt different. I was scheduled to get my period that day but when I sat up in bed early that morning I had a strong feeling it wasn’t going to arrive. I quietly scurried off to the bathroom to take a pregnancy test. Waiting for those couple of minutes to see the results seemed like hours! When I finally looked at the stick and read the exciting word “YES” I must have jumped about 3 feet in the air with excitement. I’m going to have a baby!!  READ MORE

Up until two years ago, the words genetically modified meant very little to me. But once I started to undress the truth, the reality of GMOs was no longer something I could ignore.  READ MORE

A major link has been overlooked, or possibly just disregarded by society and by our “Health Care” industry. This is the link between the body and the brain. The link between nutrition and mental and emotional illness, or wellness per say. The link between how food affects our body and in turn affects the functioning of our brain, and how stress affects the functioning of our digestion and hence our body, resulting in more stress on our mental and emotional states, and how the two interact.  READ MORE

Spring is in the air!! This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love watching everything come to life after a long winter. The colors of the flowers, the fullness of the trees with leaves on them, and the smell of fresh cut grass. It’s all wonderful and alive! In my house, with the change of the season comes the opportunity to “cleanse”. I’m not just talking about cleansing the body, although spring is a fantastic time to do that as well. Spring brings the opportunity to cleanse my house too!  READ MORE

I’m a Certified Nutritionist and one thing that I have seen time and time again is that this notion of “dieting” really doesn’t work. I see people become frustrated with their weight and then decide that they are going to GO ON a diet. They are using the term ‘diet’ in the form of a verb as if it is something that you do to yourself for a short period of time to fix a problem. The main reason these diets don’t work is because they are a short term fix to a long-term problem. READ MORE

We’ve all heard the expression: “You are what you Eat!” You are also what you absorb (or don’t absorb). This is absolutely true when it comes to your digestion and the digestive process. When your digestion is processing symptom free, the better chances you have to properly absorbing all of those vital nutrients! Good digestion is as important as good food because our cells can’t use what our body can’t absorb.  READ MORE

One of my favourite ways to ensure I am getting lots of live enzymes and nutrients is by adding smoothies and juices to my daily routine. Our healthy cells thrive on alkaline, oxygen-rich, plant based foods including leafy greens, wheatgrass, sprouts, sea weeds, veggies, and fruit. Unhealthy cells prefer an acidic environment which is created by animal and dairy products, processed and refined foods, synthetic chemicals, sugar, and alcohol. READ MORE

Balancing your lifestyle is so SUPER DUPER important!!! For me, by balance, I mean eating a balanced diet of healthy, nutritious foods and leaving some room for indulgence (I said some!), exercising daily and sweating to release toxins and produce endorphins (Ok! I will admit this is my challenging one! I get into a routine and follow it religiously for months and then something happens where I break the routine, and BAM. READ MORE

When I finally got to that point where I was ready to stop adding to that hefty down payment on a house I had already smoked away, I had to turn inward and find out the mechanics behind my addictions. These learnings were instrumental in helping me quit.  READ MORE

It’s time to talk SNACKING!!! Are you one of those people who love to eat healthy, but has a sweet tooth that can’t be ignored? Check out these 6 snack ideas and embrace the sweetness in a healthy way!  READ MORE