I am a Registered Dietitian and an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner.
I educate individuals how to live a healthy lifestyle through real food and a healthy realistic mindset. Real food meaning no diet foods, no artificial sugars, just food in their pure form. And a realistic mindset meaning no restrictions, no dieting (unless therapeutically necessary) and also promoting culturally appropriate foods. This means enjoying foods from your heritage, foods from your childhood and foods that make your soul healthy. When we avoid these types of foods, we are depriving ourselves from our culture.
I am also a big advocate about environmental issues and health. As a farmer, I do not take lightly the impact of our food system on our planet and health. I write and talk a lot of environmental nutrition and the symbiotic relationship between agriculture and human and planetary health. We are not disconnected from nature, but we are living like we are, which is making us sick.
Please enjoy some of my writings about nutrition and my book. I am also in the process of creating a course about the building blocks of health and how to achieve balance.
- How to Grocery Shop for the Week
As a dietitian, I have helped many people with grocery shopping. You may be surprised, but grocery shopping is not easy to do. Well, it is not easy to do well. Ever come home from grocery shopping feeling like you still have nothing to eat? Ever come home from the grocery store but you still... - Disadvantages of Canned Food
We all resort sometimes to canned food. It is really easy to open the can and create a quick meal. Although the ease of canned food is a great advantage, there are also some disadvantages of canned food as well. This main disadvantages of canned foods are the chemicals. There has been a lot of... - Soil Health and Human Health
I have said for along time that food does not give us nutrition, the soil does. We can eat all the 'healthiest' food that we want - but if the soil does is not healthy, than the food will not be (even if its broccoli). Soil Health and human health is not a separate combination.... - All about microgreens
Why micro greens? There are so many wonderful benefits to growing and eating microgreens. We love growing them on our farm! Especially in the winter when the rest of the crops are no longer growing or are in dormancy, we are still able to grow micro greens and eat them all year round. I am...