It’s been about 3 weeks since I received my SIBO diagnosis – you can read my original post on SIBO here. Since then, I was referred to a gastroenterologist, but couldn’t get an appointment for over 6 weeks In the meantime, I’ve done a ton of research, and read all of the articles I could…
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What is Inflammation?
What is inflammation? How does the body control inflammation? What inhibits an anti-inflammatory response? And should you be concerned about it? Inflammation is the body’s response to pain, injury and illness. It is a natural process that the body uses to heal. This could be a scraped knee, a headache or something more serious like…
What is SIBO?
Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth. Never heard of it? Me neither until just a few months ago; and more recently yesterday, when I was diagnosed with it. So what exactly is SIBO? And what do you do if you think you might have SIBO? Read on… Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth is a chronic bacterial infection of the…
Eat More Fat!
There is a popular misconception that “if you eat fat, you’ll get fat” – but this is actually not true; eating fat is an essential part of a healthy diet. How the Body Works… Our bodies were metabolically designed to use fat sources as the preferred form of energy. Fat is broken down by the body into…
Welcome to Good Food Lyfe!
Hey there! Welcome to my blog Good Food Lyfe, thanks for stopping by my little corner of the interwebs. Here I’ll be sharing my own health and wellness journey through nutrition, my current experience as an Nutritional Therapy student, whole-food and paleo inspired recipes, nutrition advice, and general banter. So what is a #GoodFoodLyfe? …
Whole 30 – Day 1 Easy Peasey
Today was pretty easy; I ate lots of delicious whole foods, generally felt satisfied, and my energy levels were fairly good….until mid afternoon. I intended to eat only 3x main meals as suggested in the Whoe30 program, however by 3.30pm I was hungry and slightly irritable – clearly missing an afternoon coffee/snack/chocolate. Today I ate:…
Whole30 Challenge – beginning is imminent
I never do things by halves, so I figure the best way to go paleo is to kick off with a Whole30 challenge. I’ve been considering starting for several weeks now, but kept putting it off as ‘life’ gets in the way. But I’m sick of ‘life’ making me feel crappy and am ready to give…
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