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Gut Health and Giggles: The Importance of Spice in your Life (and your Meals!)

Gut Health and Giggles: The Importance of Spice in your Life (and your Meals!)

Welcome, food enthusiasts, to the No Shoes Nutrition blog, where we believe that the road to a happy gut is paved with laughter, culinary adventures, and a sprinkle of spice. This week, we'll explore why challenging yourself with new foods is not just essential for your gut health but also a delightful journey that can transform your meals from dull to delicious. Get ready to spice up your life and your plate!

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Spreading Kindness Through Holistic Nutrition

Spreading Kindness Through Holistic Nutrition

World Kindness Day is a special occasion that encourages people to spread goodwill, compassion, and love to make the world a better place. While kindness can manifest in various ways, one powerful avenue to express kindness is by nourishing our bodies with healthy nutrition.

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Trying to Stay Low Carb? Low on Energy? Here's Why!

Trying to Stay Low Carb? Low on Energy? Here's Why!

Best Complex Carbohydrates for Endurance - In our fast-paced lives, maintaining energy levels throughout the day is essential for staying productive and focused. While quick fixes like sugary snacks may offer a temporary energy boost, they often lead to energy crashes. This is why so many people have jumped on the keto bandwagon, but after a while, they find it difficult to stick to, and they begin to have energy fluctuations.

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Still Scared of Fat? Here's Why you Need it for Stress!

Still Scared of Fat? Here's Why you Need it for Stress!

In today's fast-paced world, stress has become an inevitable part of life. From work demands to personal challenges, stress can take a toll on our physical and mental well-being. Fortunately, there's a natural and delicious way to combat stress: healthy fats. In this blog post, we'll explore the numerous benefits of incorporating healthy fats into your diet to help mitigate stress.

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Better For You Than Antacids: Managing an Underactive Stomach Naturally with DGL

Better For You Than Antacids: Managing an Underactive Stomach Naturally with DGL

In a world where antacids are a quick fix for digestive discomfort, we often overlook the importance of a properly functioning stomach. An underactive stomach, medically known as hypochlorhydria or achlorhydria, can be the underlying factor in a myriad of digestive issues. In this post, we'll explore the signs and symptoms of an underactive stomach and introduce you to a natural solution, DGL (Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice), to manage these concerns.

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How Glutamine Can Help Curb Cravings: A Natural Solution

How Glutamine Can Help Curb Cravings: A Natural Solution

Cravings for sugary and starchy foods can be a significant hurdle on the path to a healthy diet. However, there's a natural ally in the battle against these cravings: glutamine. Glutamine is an amino acid known for its potential to reduce cravings and support overall well-being. In this blog post, we'll explore the ways in which glutamine can help curb cravings and provide a healthier approach to managing your appetite.

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Hosting the Perfect Healthy Summer BBQ

Hosting the Perfect Healthy Summer BBQ

Here in Calgary, the summers are short! We need to make the most of the time we have, and we love a good backyard BBQ. Summer is the perfect time to gather with friends and family for a delightful get-together, but it’s sometimes hard to find healthy choices. As a holistic nutrition consultant, I believe that good food can be both delicious and nourishing. With a little planning and mindful choices, you can host a healthy and satisfying barbecue that everyone will enjoy.

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Mindful Eating for Optimal Digestion

Mindful Eating for Optimal Digestion

Mindfulness is a catchy word these days, but in the world of holistic nutrition, it has been a long-used approach to eating that we teach our clients to equip them for optimal health. I wonder what words come to mind when you think about the word mindfulness. I think of being in the moment, present, aware, peaceful, and connected. When we talk about the concept of mindfulness when it comes to our nutrition, it touches on a number of aspects of our approach to how we prepare, present, and participate in eating on a daily basis.

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Meditate Better with Better Nutrition: How Eating Well Can Enhance Your Mindfulness Practice

Meditate Better with Better Nutrition: How Eating Well Can Enhance Your Mindfulness Practice

Discover how proper nutrition can enhance your meditation practice. Learn how to eat mindfully and which foods can support a calmer, more focused mind. I would like to share with you tips for eating mindfully so that you can take your meditation practice to the next level. There are specific foods that will enhance your meditation experience and ones to avoid!

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Cholesterol – The Good, The Bad, The Awesome?

Cholesterol – The Good, The Bad, The Awesome?

March The Month of Myth Busting – Is Cholesterol Bad? - This month No Shoes Nutrition is exploring dietary myths and the first myth we want to debunk is the worry around  dietary cholesterol. Let’s talk about cholesterol - why we have it, what it’s good for and when we should worry about cholesterol levels.

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February Is About Love - What About Self-Love Through Nutrition?

February Is About Love - What About Self-Love Through Nutrition?

When we think of February many of us think of Valentine's Day which makes us think of love. Love can come in many forms and one of the most important is how we love ourselves and what we do to show ourselves love. Eating a healthy and balanced diet can be an important part of self-care and self-love and can help you feel physically and emotionally well.

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Dry January – Yea or Nay??

Dry January – Yea or Nay??

Dry January is a movement that encourages people to abstain from drinking alcohol for the month of January. It is often seen as a way to reset one's relationship with alcohol after the excesses of the holiday season and to improve one's health and well-being.

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Hating Your Current Diet? - Don't Miss This!!

Hating Your Current Diet? - Don't Miss This!!

What your diet doesn’t teach you- Part 2 - By Nicole Gibson Diets focus on avoidance- they only discuss what you “need” to exclude- and yet there are many more factors that need to be addressed in order to achieve sustainable weight loss and lead a healthy life.

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What is Stress Doing to You?

What is Stress Doing to You?

If you have been living on planet earth the last couple years, it’s become apparent that stress levels have grossly risen. We had our lives shaken up and flipped upside down and were expected to put it all back together all on our own. In the meantime, the effects of the stress we have all been trying to balance has shown up on our hips, waistlines and behinds.

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How Do I get My Kids to Eat Healthier?

How Do I get My Kids to Eat Healthier?

Family Friendly Health Tips - Meghan Prescott and I have been asking our followers to send in questions about their nutrition concerns. This was a question I wanted to follow up on a bit more because I hear this from parents all the time. I know each family has their food struggles so here are some tips to help work around the past and move into a healthier future.

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February Feelings - How Far Have You Come?

February Feelings - How Far Have You Come?

Let’s talk about Accountability - Today is 2/22/2022 which means that we are 53 days into the year. This means that if you set goals back in January you should be about seven weeks into working towards these goals and should have made some progress. So, let’s talk about where you are at.

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The Challenge to Staying Healthy

The Challenge to Staying Healthy

What Motivates You? - We live in a world where media and commercials toss images of fast food and junk foods around like it’s no big deal. I have recently made friends with a gentleman very versed in hypnosis and he claims that most of the time when he works with clients, he is un-hypnotizing them from the messaging we receive in our daily lives. Is it any wonder that it is SO mentally hard to get up, get moving, eat healthy and feel good?

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Are You Making Good Choices?

Are You Making Good Choices?

The Choice is Yours! Making good choices can be really challenging. Life gets busy, stress levels rise, and the easiest thing to do is to hit the drive-thru or skip the dishes. The great thing is, the choice is yours!

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Should We Change Our Diet With The Seasons?

Should We Change Our Diet With The Seasons?

Should We Change Our Diet With The Seasons? The seasons are changing. Leaves are falling, the air is getting a chill and it’s even raining with the threat of snow this morning. It makes me begin to think about preparing for the coming winter. I took the winter jackets out of storage, spent a half hour switching out sandals for winter boots and packed up the shorts and tanks to replace with the woolies. All of this got me thinking… should I also be shifting my diet to prepare for the winter.

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The Leaky Gut Solution - Part Two

The Leaky Gut Solution - Part Two

Last week we started with a discussion on what Leaky Gut was and what might be at the root of why it happens. This week we need to look at the solutions.

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