Special Diets

Find out about intolerance’s, food and chemical sensitivity including Candida, Fructose Malabsorption and Amine and Salicylate sensitivity.

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Poached Chicken 3 Ways

Here’s a really efficient way of cooking chicken for the week. Recently when I needed to rework our menu to accommodate low fodmap, fructose...
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Friday Night Frittata

Friday nights in our house have always been family night.  For years I have made homemade pizza's.  I make my own crust, pizza sauce...
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Starve Candida – Feed the Flora

My sister-in-law sent me an email the other day asking me a question. Q: Have I heard of Threelac? One of my work colleagues has suffered...
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11 Tips for starting an Elimination Diet

You have just been given the diagnosis and now you hear those 2 little words that everyone dreads. "Elimination Diet" What does it mean,...
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Acne and the Gut – Are they Related?

Recent Studies have shown that there is a strong correlation between the health of the gut or digestive system and skin conditions such as...
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The Land of Fodmap, Fructose Malabsorption, Amines and Salicylates – Part...

  Last week I started a series of posts about fodmaps, fructose malabsorption, amines and salicylates where I talked about fodmap foods. And my daughter...
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Chicken Coconut Curry

A great way to use coconut milk is in curries. If you have seen my article on the benefits of coconut milk you will know...
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Why You Should Avoid Gluten if You Have a Candida Overgrowth

Ever wondered why some people seem to have no sensitivity to gluten, while others do? The answer could be in the following article. For those of...
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Are Sugar Cravings Simply a Matter of Willpower?

Tried everything to stop that annoying chocolate or sugar fix that hits you fair in the face on a daily basis. Tried resisting the...
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Fodmap Friendly Eggplant Dip

Baba ghanoush was one of my favourite recipes before I went onto a fodmaps diet. In fact, anything that had eggplant in it was...