Continuing my tale of vacation dining and holiday indulgences with food, I want to pick up where I left off in my previous post when I returned home from vacation and entered right into the holiday eating season.
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Part 1: Vacation dining, holiday binge eating, and fasting (my secret weapon and saving grace!)
For the few weeks leading up to our Hawaiian vacation this past November, I was cautiously working on adding more foods back into my diet. Common sense was telling me that with my kidneys functioning at lower than what they should be (most likely due to IgA Nephropathy) and hovering in stage 3 of chronicContinue reading “Part 1: Vacation dining, holiday binge eating, and fasting (my secret weapon and saving grace!)”
Episode 46: Stephanie Gish on the Intermittent Fasting Stories podcast with Gin Stephens
I recently had the pleasure and honor of being interviewed on the Intermittent Fasting Stories Podcast with Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don’t Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. Fasting has been one of the things that has truly been life changing in my never-ending quest to manage Crohn’s Disease. Practicing it gives my gutContinue reading “Episode 46: Stephanie Gish on the Intermittent Fasting Stories podcast with Gin Stephens”
Episode 41: Alysa Johnsen–Healing Ulcerative Colitis with yoga, mindset, and plant-based nutrition
https://crohnsfitnessfood.podbean.com/mf/play/etjwae/Episode_41_Alysa_Johnsen.mp3 In today’s episode, Alysa shares how she’s been managing her Ulcerative Colitis through yoga, mindset, and plant-based nutrition. After being diagnosed with IBD and suffering from the side effects of Lialda, she sought the help of an integrative medical doctor.
Part 2: Fasting and diet, my one-two punch out of my most recent Crohn’s flare up
Part 2 is here! Well, technically, it’s parts 3, 4, and 5 of what I did to help pull me out of my latest Crohn’s Disease mini flare up. If you didn’t read last week’s post, I encourage you to go back and read it, as it paints the picture for what got me intoContinue reading “Part 2: Fasting and diet, my one-two punch out of my most recent Crohn’s flare up”
Fasting and diet, my one-two punch out of my most recent Crohn’s flare up
How I used fasting and diet to pull out of a mini Crohn’s flare up and yes, vegetables really do hate me… Things started going downhill two months ago in July. Over the summer, I started playing around with adding different vegetables into my keto-carnivore diet. One by one–and spread out over the courseContinue reading “Fasting and diet, my one-two punch out of my most recent Crohn’s flare up”
Episode 8: Alexa Federico, NTP & Crohn’s Warrior
https://crohnsfitnessfood.podbean.com/mf/play/6ju6qi/Episode_8_-_Alexa_Federico.mp3 This week, Episode 8 of the Crohn’s Fitness Food podcast features Alexa Federico, NTP and Crohn’s Warrior since age 12! Listen online or subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts! 🎙
Dogmatic Diets…When to Break the Rules
No matter what way of eating you follow, chances are there will be a few rules you must abide by. Avoid dairy; no processed foods, refined oils, or gluten; refrain from drinking alcohol; use this sweetener but not that one; and the list goes on… Reflecting back on my own journey, and thinking about allContinue reading “Dogmatic Diets…When to Break the Rules”