If anyone attending our January meeting had ever felt alone in his or her quest to eat well on a restricted
diet, that isolation was put to rest last Thursday night. In a
room packed full of folks working hard to figure out the healthiest diets for them and for their children, Cheryl Harris of
Harris Whole Health described her own health journey and outlined several reasons to avoid certain foods.
Cheryl discussed about the Gut and Psychology Syndrome (
GAPS) diet and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (
SCD) in addition to a more general talk about why people have problems with gluten, dairy and other foods and how to get tested. In this interactive talk, Cheryl combined research, personal experience and clinical wisdom.
Thank you to Cheryl for taking the time to share this information with us, for bringing so many wonderful books, and for donating a free gluten-free living class!
We also wish to thank the following businesses for their donations of door prizes:
Melissa Diane Smith, author of
Going Against the Grain for a copy of her new book,
Gluten Free Throughout the YearNancy Tringali Piho, author of
My Two-Year-Old Eats Octopus, for a copy of her book
Mary Rand Hess, author of
The Day I Met the Nuts for a copy of this children’s book (about discovering and living with food allergies)
Choices by Shawn restaurant for a $25 gift certificate (including many gluten-free choices)
Monica Corrado of Simply Being Well for a bean and grain chart and two essential oil misters.
Jessica Haney, founder and co-leader of the chapter, for a copy of
Healthier Without Wheat by
Dr. Stephen WangenAnd a special thanks also to all the people who brought yummy snacks to this meeting:
Marybeth, Sylvia (those delicious GF brownies!), Leigha, and Christy (homemade red sauerkraut!)
ents to watch out f
or in our beauty and cleansing products and about healthy alternatives. We had a lively, interactive discussion and went home with custom-made body oil and a cute sampler of Amy's "Muskoka Bliss" Soothing Balm.
