healthy diet

Make creamy, delicious Coconut Milk Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips with this recipe from G-Free Foodie. Paleo-friendly + Vegan option.

Fresh Figs with Date Caramel, Dark Chocolate + Pistachios topped with a little sea salt may be my favorite summer treat! Especially when you consider that they’re Paleo-friendly and ridiculously easy to make.

This hurricanes recipe is sweet, fruity, and not overwhelming in its rummy-ness. Don’t worry, it’s still enough to get you tipsy – that’s the point, right?

courtesy: Mary Fran Wiley Eating and cooking for one is hard work. (I mean, this whole adulting thing is hard – I had broccoli and a protein bar for dinner last night because I just couldn’t bring myself to cook when I got home after dance class). Food at comes in package sizes designed for Read more…

Article courtesy: National Foundation of Celiac Awareness What is Celiac Disease? Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disease that damages the villi of the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. What does this mean? Essentially the body is attacking itself every time a person with celiac consumes gluten. Do you have Read more…

Article and reviews courtesy of Brynne Cramer, Gluten Free Hungry Gal Late July, early August is one of my favorite times of year. That might sound odd to most, but it’s the time my family packs up and vacations in Northern Michigan. It’s so beautiful. I can’t get enough. As part of this year’s trip, I wanted Read more…

Homemade Gluten-Free Instant oatmeal is a perfect solution to a quick breakfast. Article courtesy: Mary Fran Wiley of Frannycakes After the crushing revelation that Shamrock Shakes are not green smoothies, and that lattes and gluten-free doughnuts (sorry, Do-Rite) are not actually parts of a complete breakfast, I was left at a loss for what to start Read more…

I met the amazing Sadie from Bread Srsly at an event in California’s Bay Area – but in truth, I was read to NOT be amazed. When Sadie offered my friend Kyra (of Kyra’s Bake Shop) & I a sample slice of her Vegan, Gluten Free Sourdough bread, we both politely refused. We’ve tasted enough Read more…

Article Courtesy:  Dr. Stephen Wangen, IBS Treatment Center Reason #1 One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods. Assumptions are often made about which foods are allergenic and which foods are not. These assumptions are Read more…

Food allergy testing is a highly specialized procedure performed only by doctors trained in recognizing and treating non-anaphylactic food allergies, and only in laboratories especially equipped to handle the sophisticated testing required. In order to give you an accurate result, this test must be a blood test, and must include both IgE and IgG antibodies. Read more…

Article Courtesy:  Dr. Stephen Wangen, IBS Treatment Center You may have heard that probiotics might help with your IBS symptoms. But do you need them? Which ones? How many? Probiotics, or supplements containing strains of good bacteria that normally live in the intestinal tract, are frequently taken by individuals suffering from digestive upset in an Read more…

Article courtesy of Heather Cain, The General Farmer Ever since I read the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, I have tried very hard to only buy fruits and vegetables that are in season. This ensures that we are eating foods that taste the best and that haven’t been shipped half-way around to world, wasting Read more…