Jun 28, 2021
79 Making dietary restrictions work with Ricki Heller
My guest today is Ricki Heller, cookbook author, holistic nutritionist and anti-candida crusader. She’s the ultimate expert, I reckon, on making dietary restrictions work, whether because you have to for health reasons or you just want to. She’s completely plant-based, sugar-free and still eats the most amazing food. This episode covers a wide range of foods you may need or want to restrict in your diet: gluten, sugar, meat, dairy, processed food etc.
We talk about:
* Candida overgrowth, its causes, and symptoms
* Holistic vs allopathic medicine and their approaches to diet
* Nutrition and its lack of inclusion in western medical training
* The mysteries of the gut biome and its effects on the body
* Alternative eating, methods, diets, and how to stick to them
* Sugar alternatives, such as coconut sugar, date sugar, monk fruit, and more
* Baking with alternatives, gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free
* Junk food cravings, how and why they happen
* Emotional e…