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Candida Overgrowth | 10 good things Candida did for me
Candida Overgrowth. There’s no doubt about it, it sucks. Dealing with candida overgrowth will over take your mind as you scour the internet for answers and deal with chronic brain fog, will overtake your wallet as you dish out $ for supplements and cleanses hoping for...
Vegan Nachos – Plant-based + Gluten-free + Oil-free
I’m a sucker for a good plate of nachos. When I was little I would get so excited when we would leave my tiny tiny town of Prince Rupert, BC and go out for dinner to a place that had nachos. Being a very gluttonous kid (I seriously don’t know to this day how I was not...
6 Surprising Benefits of a Plant Based Diet
I kind of went whole food plant based on a whim. When I started, I had no idea that there were so many benefits of a plant based diet. I was sick of feeling sick and tired and I'd tried every other ‘healthy diet, cleanse and supplement’ under the sun with no success -...
Is Too Much Fruit Bad for you? Fruit vs. Sugar
photo by aleksander pasaric on pexels Are you afraid of fruit? Are you wondering if too much fruit is bad for you? In my years of being alive, which incidentally is not that many (I'm 27), I have spent approximately 7 years being afraid of fruit, I limited it like no...
Is Cheese Bad for You? How to Finally Say Good-bye
I walk into my new job, it’s my first day of work. I meet the most wonderful lady who has already been told I’m vegan and she looks at me so alarmed and says “but what about cheese?” This is a question I’ve been asked over and over throughout my years of being a...
6 Vegan Cheese Substitutes for When You Go Dairy-Free
I remember constantly trying to give up cheese but always caving in as my auntie cooked me a big delicious pile of fried cheese or an entire block of garlic roasted brie. It took a heck of a lot of trying but eventually, I learned some really good reasons which I will...
Ep. 6 – How to Transition to a Whole Food Plant Based Diet with Paula Hoile
listen on: SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR GOOGLE PODCAST Wow. This was an amazing episode. Paula is so knowledgable on a whole-food plant-based diet! I was super pumped to interview her because I am a big advocate for the whole-food plant-based lifestyle because it changed my...
How to Use Garlic for Yeast Infections: A step-by-step guide
Please note that I am not a doctor, this is entirely based on my personal experience using garlic for yeast infections. It is important to do your own research before deciding if you’d like to try this as some doctors inform against it and I think it’s important to...
Should I use Garlic for Yeast Infections? My Experience Putting Garlic ‘Up There’
It was the summer of 2016 and I’d woken up to the pungent smell of garlic in a hotel room with my best friend. We were on vacation and somehow we both felt a yeast infection brewing in our lady bits - so what did we do? What we’d learned worked best. Grabbed some...
Why you should give up ‘dieting’ and Consider a Lifestyle Change Instead
I was exhausted with yo-yo dieting. I felt like I would be forever starting and stoping diets forever. It killed my will power, until I realized what I needed was a long term lifestyle change.
What is Candida Albicans? My Candida Story
An overgrowth of candida albicans can make your life a living hell. I know. I’ve experienced it first hand and I’ve beat it! Let me show you how.
Ep.5 – COVID-19 Pandemic Makes Now the Best Time to Go Plant-Based
In this episode, I discuss all the reasons why right now is hands down the best time to go plant-based. Growing health concerns and social distancing due to the coronavirus outbreak are making great conditions for adopting a plant-based diet and actually sticking to...
Ep. 4 – Standing up for the Animals, Falling in Love with Vegan Food, and Speaking up For what You Believe In w/ Veggie Mandy
In this episode, ethical vegan, Veggie Mandy, talks about standing up for the animals, breaking through the fear of speaking up for what you believe in and falling in love with vegan food.
How Social Distancing and Coronavirus Make Now an Excellent Time to Go Plant-Based
Social distancing and concerns about health are making now a better time than ever to go plant-based,
Ep. 3 – Going Vegan, Travelling as a Vegan and Getting Outside of Your Comfort Zone with Carly Halliday
Carly Halliday tells us all about why she went vegan, how she has travelled the world and kept up her vegan lifestyle and how to step outside of your comfort zone to live the best life possible!
Ep. 2 – Being Vegan in a Small Town, Raising a Vegan Family and Starting a Plant-Based Business
Vegan mom of two tells us what it’s like raising vegan kiddies, being vegan in a small town, and how and why she transitioned to a vegan diet.
Ep. 1 – Kicking Bad Habits through Raw Veganism, Food Combining and Challenging Yourself to become Your Best
In this episode Ted Car discusses, why he went vegan, cold showers, food combining for optimal health, being raw vegan, focusing on your goals, and steps you can take to create more healthy habits!
What it’s like to live with IBS
Everybody likes a good poop. Especially people with IBS. Whether you talk about it or not, we all know, that having good poops is way up there on your list of top feel-good things. It was a thing I longed for all my life but only came to me sporadically. It was not...
Loaded Sweet Potato (or Yam) – Plant-Based + Gluten-Free
Loaded Baked Sweet Potatoes!!! YUMM⠀ ⠀ Or would you call this a Yam? I think it is actually a yam but it's always confusing because at restaurants sweet potato fries come out orange 🤔 - so I just use the term interchangeably ⠀ ⠀ This a hearty and filling meal and...
Peanut Butter Chocolate Oats – Plant-Based + Gluten-Free
I love oatmeal. It's so easy and versatile. If you don't like oatmeal you've got to expand your horizon and try different types. There are rolled oats, and quick oats, and steel-cut oats. I do not like quick oats but rolled and steel-cut oats are so good! Quick oats...
Bean & Mushroom Tacos – Plant-Based + Gluten Free
I love tacos! They are actually the best! You can put basically anything in a taco! These ones are loaded with black beans, kidney beans and mushrooms! This is one of many taco ideas to come! It's super easy to make and a decent amount. This recipe can feed you and a...
Home Made Hummus Plate – Plant-based + Gluten-Free + Oil-free
I seriously love making hummus. It's so easy as long as you have a blender and it takes barely any time. I like to have it on hand often for when I get snacky. Plus it's awesome to bring over for dinner parties! The perfect appy! This hummus is super easy to make and...
How I Accidentally Became Vegan & Fixed My Health
If you were to have asked me 5 years ago if I thought I would be living a plant-based/vegan lifestyle, the answer would have been a blatant ‘no’. For one thing, I had never heard the term ‘plant-based’ and barely even knew what a vegan was. Just incase you don’t know...
7 Things That Will Help You Stay on Track to Becoming A Healthy Happy Version of Yourself
Changing your lifestyle can be hard work. I know before I changed mine I always envied those people who exercised on the regular, rarely drank, ate healthy meals, stayed away from bad treats, got lots of shit done and made it look easy. I could not understand how they...
Reasons I am Thankful for Acne
I never thought I would say that acne changed my life for the better.....but believe me it did.On a day-to-day basis acne is the absolute worst. I get that, if you have acne you probably get that too. I’m not talking about a few zits here and there, I am...
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MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
I am not a doctor or dietitian. The information on here is based on what worked for me. There is a lot of research out there on plant-based diets and the positive impact this diet has on health which really made me comfortable with my plant- based lifestyle choice! If you want to dive more into the science/evidence side of things check out our resources section. Any statements made on these platforms are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent any disease or illness. Please consult with your medical practitioner before making any changes to your current diet and lifestyle.
