Conditioned Food Sensitivity
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to the Conditioned Food Sensitivity Podcast. My name is Wendy Busse, I am a Registered Dietitian and director of the FAST Freedom Program. FAST stands for the Food Avoidance & Sensitivity Trap. We help people rebuild their body and food trust, so they can break out of the trap, soften their conditioned food sensitivities and expand their diet.
Conditioned food sensitivity is an unconsciously learned, physical reaction to food. Each podcast episode explores practical strategies that will help you look at your food sensitivities from a different perspective and find a better quality of life.
If you would like a written summary of the practical strategies after each episode, you can subscribe on our FAST Freedom Program website.
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Ep 49: Navigating Food Reintroduction with a Flexible Mindset
May 02, 2024 11:25 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBDr. Laurie Keefer discusses how a flexible, curious and resilient mindset makes food reintroduction easier. She will also share her expertise and practical tips on how to make this change. Dr Laurie Keefer, PhD is a GI Health Psychologist and Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She has a more than 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of behavioral therapies for chronic digestive disorders, including I...
Ep 48: Health Psychology vs. General Mental Health Counselling
March 07, 2024 17:24 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBHealth psychology focuses on how biological, social and psychological factors influence all aspects of health. However, many people are reluctant to see a health psychologist because the recommendation can sound like, “Your symptoms are in your head” or “Your symptoms are caused by stress; just relax, and you will feel better.” This is such a prevalent problem that I wanted to learn more about this field and explore the difference between health psychology and general mental health counsell...
Ep 47: Symptom Expectancy and Food Sensitivity
January 04, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBFood sensitivity is rarely a simple cause and effect. Biological and psychological factors interplay to produce symptoms. We will talk about the role of symptom expectancy (i.e., nocebo response) in exacerbating symptom severity and how minimizing expectancy can dramatically improve quality of life. Dr. Simons is a GI psychologist in the Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and specializes in treating motility related gastrointestinal conditions. She is particula...
Ep 46: Calming the Gut-Brain Axis
November 02, 2023 17:55 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBWe will discuss how signals between the gut and the brain (gut-brain access) become amplified in irritable bowel syndrome and strategies for calming this communication. The brain similarly communicates with other body parts, so the concepts and strategies apply to symptoms throughout the body. Joanna Baker is a Dietitian & a Nurse who loves food. Her passion for digestive health stems from a long history of living with gut problems. Joanna knows first-hand how debilitating gut problems can...
Ep 45: The Journey to Wellness – One Road at a Time
September 07, 2023 21:06 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBWhen there is no clear treatment path for your symptoms, you may feel lost or confused by the contradicting treatment options. The frustration often leads to not doing anything (being stuck) or jumping from one thing to the next. Amy will talk about her journey exploring one road at a time. Amy Slabaugh is a registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in intuitive eating and the dietary management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In my practice, I love working with people to foster a ...
Ep 44: Food Exposure Can Improve Symptoms
July 06, 2023 16:38 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBYou are probably familiar with the vicious cycle of food avoidance leading to additional sensitivities. Dr. Burton Murray will share her clinical experience, and research showing this cycle can be reversed! She describes avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and how cognitive behaviour therapy can help patients regain a full quality of life. Dr. Helen Burton Murray is the Director of GI Behavioral Health in the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Neurointestinal Health. D...
Ep 43: Becoming Proactive when Feeling Helpless and Other Lessons from Gut Feelings: The Patient’s Story
May 05, 2023 01:44 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBWhen patients do not have a diagnosis and concrete management plan for their symptoms, they typically feel helpless and out of control. Johannah Ruddy shares her story of working with Dr. Drossman to take charge of her health. Subscribe to receive a summary of the valuable tips after each episode. Get off the elimination diet roller coaster, rebuild your food trust and expand your diet with support from the FAST Freedom Program. Johannah is a doctoral student in the School of Pharmacy ...
Ep 42: Getting Away from Labelling Food as Safe or Unsafe
March 03, 2023 01:41 - 34 minutes - 24 MBLanguage around food sensitivities is often black-and-white, and foods get labelled as "safe" or "unsafe." Dédé Wilson and I will talk about the impact of this black-and-white approach. Softening your language can change your relationship with food and make space for freedom. Subscribe to receive a summary of the valuable tips after each episode. Get off the elimination diet roller coaster, rebuild your food trust and expand your diet with support from the FAST Freedom Program. Dédé W...
Ep 41: Start 2023 By Reinvigorating Your Ojas (Vitality & Immunity)
January 05, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBFood and health struggles can drain your body's energy - leaving you feeling weak, helpless and frustrated. Lisa Marie Rankin will share self-care rituals and practices to re-energize and strengthen your ojas. Start 2023 on the right track with Lisa's inspiring tips! Lisa Marie Rankin is an author, teacher, and Ayurvedic wellness coach. She helps women heal their bodies and ignite their feminine power so they can live with health, radiance, and inspiration. Visit her website at LisaMarieRa...
Ep 40: Elimination Diets Without Jeopardizing Your Health
December 03, 2022 00:42 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBWhen done properly, elimination diets can be extremely beneficial. Unfortunately, most people approach elimination diets haphazardly and jeopardize their long-term physical and mental health. I will discuss my top nine tips for planning and working through systematic diet elimination. With a career spanning 30 years, Wendy has had the privilege of working with and learning from hundreds of food-sensitive clients. Her passion is creating engaging online programs to help clients struggling w...
Ep 39: Retrain Your Brain to Feel Safe Around Food
November 03, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBRetraining your brain is a common buzzword these days. But what exactly does it mean and how does it apply to food sensitivities? Simone Albert will share her insights on the overlap between fear and food reactions and how to change these automatic reactions. Simone is the principle counsellor and founder of Food Allergy Counselling in Australia. She's a registered counsellor, registered nurse, author and mum of two teenagers living with allergies. She provides support, guidance and ev...
Ep 38: Responding to a Traumatic Food-Associated Experience
October 07, 2022 01:28 - 13 minutes - 9.01 MBTraumatic experiences associated with food can quickly pull us into the FAST and lead to conditioned food sensitivity. Makena Osborne shares a scary event that she recently went through and how she navigated through the fear. Makena is a student at the University of British Columbia, majoring in psychology! She models internationally (Paris Fashion Week, Vancouver Fashion Week, Western Canada Fashion Week and modelling for clothing companies around Canada). Currently, she lives in Kelowna,...
Ep 37: Ditching the Shame on Your Road to Recovery
September 01, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBShame - an inevitable part of chronic illness - can be a roadblock to recovery. Johannah shares the impact of shame on her health and how she found the courage to move past it. In addition to softening her symptoms, this journey has positively influenced every aspect of her life. Johannah has a master’s degree in education and a career in non-profit management. She is also the executive director of the Rome Foundation and secretary-treasurer for the center for education and practice o...
Ep 36: Is Your Diet Too Strict?
August 03, 2022 20:45 - 14 minutes - 9.73 MBI discuss five key points to help you reflect on this crucial question. I challenge black-and-white misperceptions about sensitivities and offer listeners a different perspective on how to approach food and their health.
Ep 35: Freedom Through Batch Cooking
July 07, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWhen you have sensitivities, food can dominate your life. Batch cooking may be the answer to help you spend less time thinking about food or working in the kitchen. Kathlena (aka The Allergy Chef) tells us how batch cooking can bring time, financial, emotional and mental freedom. You can reach Kathlena through her website TheAllergyChef.com.
Ep 34: My Journey as a FAST Freedom Dietitian
June 02, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBAudrey has been a FAST Freedom coach for six months and has done a fantastic job helping her clients move past their restricted diet struggles. She shares inspiring stories and examples of what changes have made the most significant difference in her clients' lives. Audrey is an IBS specialist dietitian, co-author of The 28-Day Plan for IBS Relief: 100 Low FODMAP Recipes to Soothe Your Symptoms of IBS, and FAST Freedom practitioner. Many people with IBS or unexplained symptoms have unneces...
Ep 33: Food Sensitivities and Depression
May 05, 2022 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.27 MBDepression is common for those suffering from food sensitivities or mysterious symptoms. I will discuss the reasons for this connection and strategies to get out of the rut and live a full life.
Ep 32: From Hopeless to an Effective Management Plan
April 07, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBJohannah tells her moving story of feeling helpless when every doctor dismissed her symptoms. Eventually, she withdrew from the medical system and assumed her only option was to live with her debilitating symptoms. Luckily, Johannah met Dr. Drossman and learned that her symptoms stemmed from a previous food poisoning incident that led to disordered gut-brain communication. She worked with Dr. Drossman to create a management plan that addressed her body and brain. Johannah has a master’s de...
Ep 31: Building a Supportive Partnership with Your Doctor
March 24, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBCommunicating with your doctor can be challenging – especially if your symptoms are difficult to explain and there is no straightforward treatment. Patients often feel disrespected and shut down during their appointments. However, a supportive partnership with your doctor is possible. Dr. Drossman will share his insightful tips from his book Gut Feelings - Disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction and the Patient-Doctor Relationship: A Guide for Patients and Doctors. Dr. Douglas Drossman is t...
Ep 30: Looking Beyond Food as a Cause of Digestive Distress
March 10, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBDr. Drossman explains how we need to look at the big picture when searching for the cause of distressing symptoms (i.e. disorders of the gut-brain interaction). For example, when patients focus exclusively on the role of food, they may miss the treatments that are most likely to help them get back to a good quality of life. Dr. Douglas Drossman is trained in both gastroenterology and psychiatry. He is professor emeritus of medicine and psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, profes...
Ep 29: Breathing: Long, Smooth, Soft
February 24, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBShelly answers one of my burning questions about the benefits of observing the breath vs regulating it. She takes us through a meditation to encourage longer, smoother and softer breathing (but not necessarily deep). This practice can help calm the nervous system, decrease hypervigilance and minimize a variety of physical or mental health symptoms. Shelly also explains that "deep" breathing can sometimes lead to over-breathing with the upper chest and neck muscles, which can activate the sym...
Ep 28: Enrich Your Life with Non-Food Sources of Joy
February 10, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBWhen you lose the joy of eating because of a restricted diet, life can become bland. However, non-food sources of joy can bring back some pleasure and excitement. Melanie reminds us why joy is vital and how we can intentionally create opportunities to enrich our lives. Melanie Mitchell Epp is an author, speaker and coach who knows that true change happens when we change how we think. She wrote an empowering book called “I Don’t Think So” that tells the story of how she overcame the greate...
Ep 27: Bring Joy Back To Your Meals: Create an Inviting Environment
January 27, 2022 07:05 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBWhen you have sensitivities, getting overly focused on food and forgetting about your eating environment is easy. Instead, take the time to create an inviting environment and bring enjoyment back to your meal! In addition to more enjoyment, a better relationship with food can reduce your reactivity. Kristin will share her insightful tips to make meals more pleasurable, even on a restricted diet. Kristyn is a registered dietitian helping men and women in midlife eat better & feel better wit...
Ep 26: Bring Joy Back To Your Meals: Creative Preparation
January 13, 2022 07:05 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBWhen you have food sensitivities, it is easy to get in a repetitive-food rut and resent food. Kathlena's stories and creative meal ideas will empower you to break out of this rut and rediscover the joy of eating. Kathlena has over 200 food allergies & intolerances, including most water. The members of her household also have food allergies and special diets, none of them the same. After being told she had 30 days to live, she made it her mission to help the food allergy community thrive. T...
Ep 25: Is it Anxiety or a Food Reactions?
December 30, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBAfter a severe food anaphylactic reaction, Kristina experienced significant anxiety when eating out. She shares her stories of how she got back to a comfortable relationship with food by rebuilding her body and food trust. Kristina Seefeldt has navigated anaphylactic food allergies her whole life. Born and raised in Alberta, Kristina moved to Toronto in 2015 to pursue her Master of Arts in Criminology at the University of Toronto. She currently works at Toronto Community Housing's Communit...
Ep 24: A Healthy Degree of Food Restriction Vigilance
December 16, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBVigilance describes how careful you are with your food restrictions. Your quality of life will suffer if you are either under- or over-vigilant. Kristina shares her journey of finding a healthy degree of vigilance. Kristina Seefeldt has navigated anaphylactic food allergies her whole life. Born and raised in Alberta, Kristina moved to Toronto in 2015 to pursue her Master of Arts in Criminology at the University of Toronto. She currently works at Toronto Community Housing's Community Safety...
Ep 23 - Thriving Through the Holidays: Keep Food Sensitivity Explanations to a Minimum
December 02, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBIt is easy to get caught in a futile struggle to try and get other people to understand and accept your food sensitivities. Christine shares stories of how this led to frustration and why she keeps her explanations to a minimum. Christine Myers is a wife and a mom of two. She is a chronic illness warrior, nutritional therapy practitioner student, former pastry chef , content creator and a board member of the non-profit organization Lichen Sclerosus support network. For years she has strugg...
Ep 22: Thriving Through the Holidays: Moving Past Food Restriction Grief
November 18, 2021 16:30 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBChristine shares her anger and frustration with food restriction and her journey to thriving and helping others. If you are stuck in food-restriction grief, Christine's down-to-earth stories will help you take steps forward. Christine Myers is a wife and a mom of two. She is a chronic illness warrior, nutritional therapy practitioner student, former pastry chef , content creator and a board member of the non-profit organization Lichen Sclerosus support network. For years she has struggl...
Ep 21: Limbic System Hypervigilance Can Make Harmless Physical Sensations Feel Like Dangerous Symptoms
November 04, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBA hypervigilant limbic system looks for danger around every corner. When fear drives our awareness, we experience physical sensations more intensely and worry that it is the beginning of a symptom flare. Balanced awareness helps us differentiate between harmless physical sensations and symptoms. Kristy Arbon, BA, BSW, Cert. MSC is founder and CEO of HeartWorks Training LLC, teaching from a trauma-informed and strengths perspective approach. She supports people in developing self-compassion...
Ep 20: Food and Health Labels Can Lead to Unnecessary Food Restriction
October 21, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBFood labels (this food is high in histamine) and health labels (I am histamine intolerant) are easy to pick up from our fear-based media. Unfortunately, they profoundly affect our relationship with food and may lead to unnecessary restrictions. Let go of those labels and find the freedom to expand your diet. Alyssa Lavy, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian who believes that food should be satisfying, nourishing and delicious. She is the owner of Alyssa Lavy Nutrition & Wellness LLC, a pr...
Ep 19: Regret and Shame with Potentially Unnecessary Restrictions
October 06, 2021 22:44 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBReintroducing dairy brought new freedom to Judy's life, but her inner dialogue questioned if the fifteen-year restriction was necessary or if she had unwittingly complicated her life. Judy describes how self-compassion helped her overcome this shame and regret.
Ep 18: When Does Focusing on Gut Health Become Unhealthy?
September 23, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBBrooke describes how wellness culture can lead us down a path that makes the symptoms we are trying to "fix" worse. For example, we are bombarded by messages that the "right diet" will heal the gut and is a panacea for a myriad of medically unexplained symptoms. But with so many conflicting messages about what the "right diet" actually is, we are left confused and frustrated. Brooke Bulloch, RD is a non-diet Dietitian, CEO at Food to Fit Nutrition, and mom. She earned a BSc in Nutritio...
Ep 17: Foster a Joyful Relationship with Food, Despite Severe Food Allergies
September 09, 2021 20:01 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBKristina and her mom, Pat, reminisce about Kristina's challenges growing up with multiple, severe anaphylactic food allergies. Despite these restrictions, the family continued their foodie ways, and Kristina grew up with a positive relationship with food. They share the family rituals and traditions that made this possible. Kristina Seefeldt has navigated anaphylactic food allergies her whole life. Born and raised in Alberta, Kristina moved to Toronto in 2015 to pursue her Master of Arts i...
Ep 16: Intentional Versus Impulsive Food Reintroduction
August 27, 2021 15:44 - 27 minutes - 19 MBMadeline started her diet expansion journey with impulsive reintroductions. These unsuccessful attempts reinforced her fear and food restrictions. When she learned to step back and make intentional changes, she found success and ended her restricted diet struggles. Madeline Erlich is a Registered Dietitian and graduate student at the University of Toronto. She recently completed a post-graduate diploma in Dietetic Education from Brescia University College, an affiliate college at the Unive...
Ep 15: Connecting with Ourselves When the Present Moment is Challenging
August 12, 2021 09:55 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBAfter recording our initial self-compassion podcast, I realized that my inner dialogue was not as kind as I thought, and I asked Kristy for a follow-up episode. She shares her wisdom about softening resistance and connecting compassionately with ourselves when the present moment is challenging. Kristy Arbon is founder and CEO of HeartWorks Training LLC, teaching from a trauma-informed and strengths perspective approach. She supports people in developing self-compassion, mindfulness, embodi...
Ep 14: Self-Compassion When You Are Facing the Uncertainty of Medically Unexplained Symptoms
July 26, 2021 16:45 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBKristy talks about the importance of self-compassion when struggling with medically unexplained symptoms – especially when we feel frustrated and uncertain. We often look outside ourselves for nurturing in times of distress, but our inner champion is our greatest source of comfort. Kristy Arbon, BA, BSW, Cert. MSC is founder and CEO of HeartWorks Training LLC, teaching from a trauma-informed and strengths perspective approach. She supports people in developing self-compassion, mindfulness,...
Ep 13: Early Life Trauma Can Leave Us Vulnerable to Extreme Diet Restriction Communities
July 15, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 6.84 MBSamantha's early life trauma left her vulnerable to being sucked into diet restrictions, which eventually led to a dark place in her life. Fortunately, she had the strength to find her way out and use her experiences to help others. Samantha Gilbert, FNC, CHNP, CNC spent most of her life battling severe depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and body image dysmorphia. Since finding her own path to wholeness, she is dedicated to helping others find this same healing path. For...
Ep 12: Trusting the Resilience of Your Body
July 01, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 9.77 MBDesiree talks with me about the importance of seeing the big picture when investigating our triggers rather than automatically linking symptoms with food. By trusting our body’s innate ability to heal, we can shift our daily patterns and enjoy greater wellbeing. Desiree Nielsen BSc RD is a registered dietitian, author and host with a focus on plant-based nutrition, chronic inflammation and digestive health. She is the author of the bestselling plant-based cookbook Eat More Plants and the A...
Ep 11: Health Trauma as a Trigger for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
June 17, 2021 14:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBLaura describes how her experiences with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) led her down a vicious cycle until she was only eating three foods. Laura has been in treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) for the last eight months and shares the mindset shifts that are helping her through recovery. Laura Mae Ramsey: I am a content creator focused on sharing my recovery journey with ARFID and OCD which I developed after going through a...
Ep 10: Remain Curious About the Nuances and Changes with Food Tolerance
June 03, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBKate shares her personal journey and many years of experience as a digestive health expert to help the listener understand how food tolerance changes over time and why we should keep “testing the waters.” Kate is a Boston-based dietitian with 30 years of experience. Kate's expertise is in gastrointestinal disorders and food intolerance, with a particular focus on the application of the low FODMAP diet for functional gut disorders. She was awarded the Outstanding Massachusetts Dietitian Awa...
Ep 9: Five Tips for Living a Full Life, Despite Severe Health Challenges
May 20, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.43 MBIrene is on an inspiring journey towards peace and acceptance of her uncertain health conditions. She shares five tips that have brought light into darkness. Irene was diagnosed with celiac disease in December 2015. Despite a strict gluten-free diet, she continued having severe food reactions - which eventually led to a mast cell activation syndrome diagnosis. Irene reacts to food, stress, hormones, sunlight, temperature changes, medications, and other environmental changes. As with many m...
Ep 8: Functional Gut Disorders – It's Not Just Food
May 06, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBThis episode's inspiration started with Andrea's insightful Instagram post reminding us to look at the big picture of gut symptom triggers rather than focusing solely on food. Learn about the effects of stress on the digestive system and how this relates to the gut-brain axis. Andrea Hardy, RD Andrea is a registered dietitian from Calgary, Canada, where she runs a multi-disciplinary digestive health practice called Ignite Nutrition. She specializes in gut health & gastrointestinal dise...
Ep 7: Food Reintroduction Can be Scary – Even For a Food Sensitivity Coach!
April 22, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBTara was diagnosed with a peanut allergy at three years of age and multiple food sensitivities later in life. She talks with me about the fear she experienced when recently reintroducing soy and chickpea. She also shares the joy and freedom of bringing these foods back into her diet. Tara Cornick, BSN As a registered dietitian from 2002-2016, she assisted thousands of people to eat healthy while adjusting for individual food intolerances, allergies, and health concerns. More recently, Tara...
Ep 6: Freezing Meals
April 08, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBMichelle and I share our top tips for freezer meals. Learn how to simplify your meal planning and prep. Get out of the kitchen and enjoy your life. Michelle Sendowski is the Co-founder of Souper Cubes, a family business based in Los Angeles that is passionate about making freezer meal prep easy and convenient. Additionally, she is finishing a Ph.D. in Higher Education. You can reach Michelle at Souper Cubes.
Finding Balance After a Severe Food Allergic Reaction
March 25, 2021 17:30 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBHannah shares her story of how she became hypervigilant after an accidental peanut exposure and the tools that she used to move past the fear and get back to her old life. Hannah Hunter, MSc, RD Hannah is a specialist allergy dietitian at Guy's Hospital in London, where she splits her time between outpatient clinics, research, and health professional education. Her research interests include peanut allergy, pollen food syndrome and eosinophilic oesophagitis. Hannah's personal experience wi...
Ep 5: Finding Balance After a Severe Food Allergic Reaction
March 25, 2021 17:30 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBHannah shares her story of how she became hypervigilant after an accidental peanut exposure and the tools that she used to move past the fear and get back to her old life. Hannah Hunter, MSc, RD Hannah is a specialist allergy dietitian at Guy's Hospital in London, where she splits her time between outpatient clinics, research, and health professional education. Her research interests include peanut allergy, pollen food syndrome and eosinophilic oesophagitis. Hannah's personal experience wi...
Ep 4: Freedom from Pain, Patterns and Powerlessness
March 11, 2021 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.28 MBMelanie takes the listener on her journey from the unimaginable pain of losing custody of her young son to a place of freedom and peace. Her story inspires us to consider how our thoughts contribute to our suffering and powerlessness. Melanie is an author, speaker, and coach who helps people find freedom from pain, patterns and powerlessness. She is the author of I Don't Think So and has created the online program, Your Whole Hearted Life. Contact Melanie at melanie@yourwholeheartedlife....
Ep 3: When the Path Falls Away - Living Well with Food Hypersensitivity
February 26, 2021 23:20 - 20 minutes - 14 MBJudy recently completed a story-based research study – When the Path Falls Away: Living Well with Food Hypersensitivity. She shares her practical findings, including how people with food sensitivity can get back on track to a meaningful life. Judy April is a registered dietitian with Northern Health (British Columbia) and a FAST Freedom Coach. She recently completed a master's degree in adult education and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (2020) from St. Francis ...
Ep. 3: When the Path Falls Away - Living Well with Food Hypersensitivity
February 26, 2021 23:20 - 20 minutes - 14 MBJudy recently completed a story-based research study – When the Path Falls Away: Living Well with Food Hypersensitivity. She shares her practical findings, including how people with food sensitivity can get back on track to a meaningful life. Judy April is a registered dietitian with Northern Health (British Columbia) and a FAST Freedom Coach. She recently completed a master's degree in adult education and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (2020) from St. Francis ...
Ep. 2: Hypervigilance in Celiac Disease
February 26, 2021 23:20 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBMaddie was diagnosed with celiac disease in her early 20's. Soon after, she became hypervigilant - eventually restricting her diet to four foods. She shares her journey of recognizing her unhealthy relationship with food and finding her way back to balance. For Maddie, balance is being attuned to her disease and her body's needs and adjusting her behaviours and eating accordingly. Madeline is a dietetic student, currently completing a post-graduate diploma through Brescia University Colleg...