When I was experiencing severe GI issues, post-concussion syndrome, and debilitating chronic pain, there was almost nothing I wouldn’t do to get better. Every doctor I spoke to seemed to use the same mental model: try this new medication and schedule a follow up, with any sort of dietary intervention mentioned as a complete afterthought […]
There was a period during my concussion recovery when I ate the same lunch nearly every day: a large spinach salad with plenty of nuts and some whole grains. According to the conventional recommendations, this was just about the perfect meal: nutrient-dense, plant-based, and whole foods, exactly what a health-conscious person eats when they are
I’m sure you’ve heard thousands of times that fibre is the ultimate cure for your constipation. It was probably drilled into you from such a young age that to even question it seems crazy. I’ve had many friends who without any significant knowledge in any area of nutrition confidently state that fibre is helpful for
Ask almost anyone what the body’s main source of energy is and you’ll get the same answer: carbohydrates. A simple Google search or a query with your favourite AI tool will return similar language: Carbohydrates are both the main and preferred fuel source for the human body. It’s a narrative that has dominated conventional nutrition
When people think about improving their health the first thing that comes to mind is probably some combination of eating better, exercising more, and using recreational substances less. Almost nobody would think about fixing their light environment as a primary lever for improving their health. Yet, your body uses light as a primary input for
Throughout nearly all of human evolutionary history, there were no nutritionists, no food labels, and no dietary guidelines. Like every other animal, we ate according to our biology, guided exclusively by our evolutionary instincts. Today we are somehow the only species on the planet that doesn’t know what to eat. We are surrounded by thousands
Throughout my journey with chronic illness, pain was probably the most frustrating symptom to deal with. Pain has a way of taking over so many aspects of your life. You start planning around discomfort, abstaining from certain social interactions, and constantly doing some sort of movement to try and give yourself a few moments of
Pick up almost any processed food in a modern supermarket and read the ingredients. Somewhere on the list, often near the top, you will find canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, or one of their close relatives. These oils are in chips, crackers, bread, sauces, salad dressings, frozen meals and used as the cooking oil
If you’ve ever tried to change your body composition, you’ve probably heard the same old advice: eat less and move more to lose weight, eat more to gain weight. Calories in, Calories out (CICO). It’s on every nutrition label, every fitness app, repeated by many fitness coaches and health care practitioners. It feels like settled
There’s a specific kind of frustration that comes from jumping between studies, podcasts, and credentialed voices online, genuinely trying to find answers that might help you heal, and realizing that they all contradict each other. When I got sick and my practitioners weren’t giving me the answers I was looking for, I did the only
