I am allergic TO GLUTEN

I have a severe allergy and have to follow a STRICT gluten-free diet.

I may become very ill if I eat food containing flours or grains of wheat, rye, barley, or oats.

Does this food contain flour or grains of wheat, barley rye, or oats? If you or the chef/kitchen staff are uncertain about what the food contains, please tell me.

I CAN eat food containing rice, maize, potatoes, vegetables, fruit, eggs, cheese, milk, meat, and fish as long as they are NOT cooked with wheat flour, batter, breadcrumbs, or sauce containing any of those ingredients.

Thank you for your help!

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^ Cut me out and take me with you

a few words on stress management

Managing stress to avoid leaky gut (and the myriad other psychological and physical harmful effects of chronic stress) may require changes to your lifestyle. In my life, I certainly had to do more than just change my diet.

When I decided to pursue nutrition coaching as a full-time career, it wasn’t without great reflection. I was living in a nice, top floor apartment in San Francisco with parking, laundry, a view, and a dishwasher. It was an enviable lifestyle in many ways, but keeping that fancy roof with all the trimmings over my head meant I had to work at a job that didn’t feed my soul. I dreaded waking up every single morning.

Are you in a similar situation, constantly complaining about your job? Your body? Your significant other? Your friends? Your life? On an everyday basis, would you consider yourself happy? Do you live for the weekends? Are there days you dread waking up?

These questions get to the heart of the choices you make every day, and they help you to identify whether you’re living a life of your own choosing. Brian Tracy, one of my favorite motivational speakers, says in his series, The Psychology of Achievement: “We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree to which we feel we are in control of our own lives.”

Do you feel you’re driving your life, or do you feel everyone or everything in your life is driving you? If you feel that having a family and the responsibility to provide financially for their needs prevents you from making a career or life change, look closely at your expenses. Do you need that bigger, fancier car? Do you need that bigger house or extra garage? It may even be as simple as asking if you need that daily latte, which can easily add up to $1,000-a-year daily habit.

When we feel out of control in our lives, we experience great stress. In The Paleo Solution, Robb Wolf puts it well: “Stress is an inescapable and significant factor in people’s lives, and a stunning amount of... stress is self-induced. People might benefit from considering how they want to spend their time and resources…. If you are attached to a bunch of crap that requires you to work ungodly hours to pay for it, you are missing something…. If you have weight or health issues, work yourself to death, have a closet full of clothes you never wear, and a house full of crap you never use, then maybe you need to do some thinking about how you approach your life.”

If stress is a problem in your life, it’s time to make some new choices about how to drive it. Take steps to learn stress management techniques. You now know better than ever just how important it is to not just your psychological health, but also to your physical health.

practice an attitude of gratitude

On health educator Charles Poliquin’s website (www.charlespoliquin.com), weight loss coach Jonny Bowden published a post entitled, “The Nine Habits of Highly Healthy People.” One of those habits was creating a “gratitude list.” He wrote: “By making a list of things you’re grateful for, you focus the brain on positive energy. Gratitude is incompatible with anger and stress. Practice using your under-utilized ‘right brain’ and spread some love. Focusing on what you’re grateful for—even for five minutes a day—has the added benefit of being one of the best stress-reduction techniques on the planet.”

Some people think such a list is “hippy dippy Pollyanna nonsense,” but if you are in a constant state of stress that is negatively impacting your health, it’s worth a try, isn’t it? After all, most of us spend our time focusing on the negatives and never stop to think about all the positives in our lives.

Bowden suggests that we create these lists daily if we can, but at the very least, it’s a good idea to stop and make such a list when it crosses your mind or when you are in a particularly stressful state of mind. Simply pause, and remember what’s most important to you.

You can share your list with your friends or loved ones or keep it to yourself. It doesn’t matter if no one ever sees it but you. That said, I find that telling people in your life that you are grateful for their presence always yields positive results. How much would it lower your stress level if someone told you today that they appreciate you? (I thought so!) It might even help in your quest toward healing a leaky gut.

You can download a blank Gratitude List PDF from the book resources page on my website: www.balancedbites.com

blood sugar regulation: getting your carbohydrate intake right

There is a great deal of confusion about carbohydrates in the world of health and nutrition these days. Which are good, and which are bad? How many carbohydrates should you eat and how often?

Eat whole foods and avoid modern, processed, and refined foods.

Eat to maintain proper digestive function.

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