Food Medicine

Healing Histamine Intolerance

10 Feb: Healing Histamine Intolerance

For most people with histamine intolerance they experience multiple symptoms in different areas of their bodies, further complicating the process of recognizing histamine intolerance. Add to that the hormonal aspects, the impact medications and digestive health can have, and you have a lot of people suffering unnecessarily.

Lab testing for vegans and vegetarians

06 Mar: Vegan and Vegetarian Lab Testing

You don’t choose a vegan or vegetarian diet because you want to feel tired and depleted. You choose it because you know it can have a positive impact on your health, and the health of our planet. You know you can feel amazing and energized by eating a plant based diet. But still. You have the question, IS my plant-based diet meeting my nutritional needs? Maybe you have seen your Medical Doctor and had your B12 checked. Maybe you intuitively know that must be more that you can look at to assess your plant based diet. Well, there is.

Zombies and EFAs

22 Oct: Zombies, BRAINS and Essential Fatty Acids

As we don’t have any zombies to consult for this article, we must rely on a bit of speculation as to why zombies have a nutritional preference for brains.  The human brain is the fattiest organ in the body, made up of at least 60% fat.  However if the fat was the only nutrient a zombie was interested in, adipose tissue (body fat) might be an easier target, especially in North America where roughly 70% of the population is overweight or obese.