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DO YOU HAVE NUTRITION GOALS OR QUESTIONS? At Gut

DO YOU HAVE NUTRITION GOALS OR QUESTIONS?

At Gut Healthy Dietitian our team of dietitians is committed to supporting you meet your health and wellness goals with realistic and sustainable strategies.

We see clients for all different reasons, including:
• digestive issues/conditions
• PCOS or hormonal issues
• gastroparesis
• reflux
• chronic disease management (diabetes, cardiac conditions etc)
• sports nutrition
• general health and wellness
• supporting gut health and immunity

Book with us today! Booking link in bio. And don’t forget to check your insurance benefits to see if you have dietitian/nutritionist covet she.

Virtual services or in-person on campus at Western University!

#guthealthdietitian #guthealthdiet #westerndietitian #campusdietitian #privatepracticedietitian

My basketball team is going to lose their minds ov

My basketball team is going to lose their minds over this post (they think I’m crazy), but I swear mouth taping has made such a huge difference for me.

I have been a mouth breather while I sleep for my whole life, and I never thought anything about it. A few months ago we started working with our dentist on my son’s mouth breathing, and I was shocked to learn about all the benefits of nasal breathing. I did a bunch of research and made an appointment for myself. They recommended mouth taping for me since I already wear Invisalign retainers at night and therefore wasn’t a candidate for a myobrace retainer. I had actually been sent some mouth tape samples from @dryftsleep so I decided to give them a try. Honestly, I was skeptical, and it did feel a bit weird initially - but not nearly as weird as I expected.

What has genuinely shocked me is the difference it has made. I have tried endless different ‘wellness hacks’ and while I believe in many of them, I hardly ever see a noticeable difference as my baseline diet and lifestyle practices are pretty solid. With mouth taping, the biggest difference that I noticed right away was a deeper more restful sleep (more energy!) and improved breathing. For years I thought that I had exercise induced asthma, to the point that I recently had pulmonary function tests (PFTs) done. It turned out that I do not have exercise induced asthma - in fact my PFTs were far above average. So I was confused why I experienced regular air hunger and felt like I always struggled to get a deep breath. Immediately after starting mouth taping my air hunger disappeared, and I almost never get short of breath during sports now. I definitely notice that I feel calmer too.

Benefits of nasal breathing:
- Deeper improved sleep/more energy
- Supports immunity by improving air filtering
- Can help with stress and anxiety
- Improves oxygen uptake in the blood
- Slows breathing rate

Sleep is so important to our overall health, and to our gut health. I am in full favour of anything I can do to support my quality of sleep - even taping my mouth shut overnight.

This one’s for you @iammichellegross

I recently mentioned that I had to take a course o

I recently mentioned that I had to take a course of antibiotics for appendicitis. Although this was a much better alternative for me than surgery, I was still upset after avoiding antibiotics for so many years previously. However, as I always remind my clients, there are some instances where antibiotic use can’t be avoided…and that is completely okay.

I am always focused on supporting my gut health, but there were a few things I did to give a little extra boost to my microbes 🦠

#1: take 10 billion CFU daily of the probiotic yeast saccharomyces boulardii, which has been shown to prevent some of the negative side effects of antibiotics including antibiotic associated diarrhea and clostridium difficile (c diff)
#2: increasing the amount of fermented foods in my diet which has been shown to increase the diversity of the gut microbiome
#3: aiming for a minimum of 30 different plant foods in my diet each week. I do this all the time but I really focused on including new plant foods and increasing the variety of my diet.

I hope this helps! If you have any gut health goals or concerns we are accepting new clients - link in bio to book a consultation or comment with any questions!

#guthealthdiet #plantpoints #30plantsaweek #guthealthdietitian #guthealthtips

This meal on repeat all summer long 🍅 🧀 🥖

This meal on repeat all summer long 🍅 🧀 🥖

All you need:
1/2 quart grape tomatoes, halved
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1-2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil
1-2 Tbsp olive oil
150g fresh mozzarella or burrata
Salt and pepper
Ciabatta or banquette

Let me know if you try it!

#5minutemeal #easymeals #guthealthdietitian #plantpoints #guthealthdiet #guthealthydietitian

I had a fun little bout of appendicitis last week

I had a fun little bout of appendicitis last week and I wanted to share a few things that I learned.

1. Appendicitis sucks. I have a pretty solid pain tolerance and my abdo pain ramped up over 4 days to a pretty brutal place.
2. Advocating for yourself is so important…but also challenging.

When I finally conceded and went to emerg I had no idea what I was dealing with. When I was told it was appendicitis and that I had a consult with the surgeon my first thought was NO - I cannot have my appendix out. I had happened to do a bunch of research last year on the importance of the appendix for gut microbiome health, which is obviously a huge priority for me. For years we have been told that there is essentially no benefit to having an appendix, and to just have it removed if it causes you any problems. Not true.

Some benefits of the appendix:
* production of immunoglobulin A (IgA)
* maintaining homeostasis and biodiversity of the gut microbiome
* the appendix has its own robust and varied microbiome, which is separate from your gut microbiome, which (hypothesized) may act as a “safe house” for commensal bacteria which can reinoculate the gut bacteria when needed (i.e. after a course of antibiotics). [essentially, the appendix might act as a blueprint for bacteria which can then replenish the gut microbiome if needed]

Because of the above factors, we now know that our appendix has an important role in our immune system. Recent studies have also shown that dysbiosis (an imbalance in good and bad bacteria) is common after an appendectomy. And dysbiosis is a risk factor for not only digestive issues but also autoimmune and chronic diseases.

Knowing all of this, I was pretty keen (understatement) to keep my appendix. Luckily, my emerg doctor was amazing and listened to me, and helped advocate for me to the surgeon. I’m sure it helped that I knew him, and that he himself has already been pushing for conservative management of appendicitis when possible. It also helped that my appendicitis was relatively mild. If my appendix had been ruptured or perforated, an appendectomy would have been necessary.

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