Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
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I'm Alexa! I'm a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with Crohn's disease. I help people use nutrition to overcome digestive challenges. You'll find lots of delicious gluten free, paleo-friendly recipes here! The mission of Girl in Healing is encourage those living with IBD or other autoimmune conditions to use real food to achieve healing while providing support for them.
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
5M ago
Some links in this article may earn me a commission if a purchase is made. These are products I recommend because I use and believe in them. I appreciate your support in keeping this blog running! The holiday season (hopefully) is an amazing, warm, love-filled time. If you have a form of IBD (Crohn’s, ulcerative ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
9M ago
Sweet, sweet summer! Many of us live slightly (or drastically) different lifestyles come summer, at least here in New England where the warmth and sunshine is cherished after a cold winter and slushy spring. While your life may slow down (or pick up if you’re packing in your travel!) summer is a GREAT time to ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
10M ago
Disclaimer: Purchases made through my product links earn me a commission. But as always, I recommend my most-used and most-loved products. In my functional nutrition practice, I work largely with the IBD population. Most of my clients (let’s say 8.5/10) have Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or microscopic colitis. If they don’t, there is a good ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
11M ago
This blog post contains links to products that are commission-generating when purchases are made. I appreciate your support! Whether you are here because you live with a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) like Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, or another type of colitis, SIBO, IBS, or some undiagnosed but stubborn gut issue, a liquid meal replacement ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
1y ago
Need a little something to get you between meals some days? A fun treat to add to your kids’ lunches? Or, something sweet enough that can satisfy the need for dessert? These Five Ingredient Banana Walnut Bites are made in one bowl and are Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, and ultimately, gut-friendly! For those that do ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
1y ago
Am I biased? A little bit. But with good reason! Don’t forget, the reason I even became a functional nutritionist is because this type of healing path was SO critical for me to thrive and show up how I do today. I believe my clients would agree that this piece in their healing has made ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
1y ago
So, you decided to go through an elimination diet (or healing diet, as I refer to them) to ease symptoms and kickstart healing with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or microscopic colitis. If you are seeing improvement, that is a good sign to start adding in foods. Now, if you are using an outlined program ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
1y ago
Might, “What should I be eating?” be the most common question out there for IBD? I would say it’s definitely in the top three! If you have Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, you have probably asked yourself this question. With 17 years of having Crohn’s personally, and six years as a functional nutritionist working with ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
3y ago
What is Turmeric? Turmeric is one of the many common names for the plant species Curcuma longa and the spice produced from it. Depending on what language you speak and where you live it might also be called things like curcuma, haldi, manjal, halad, dilaw, ukon, or gurkmeja. Turmeric is part of the Zingiberaceae plant ..read more
Girl in Healing – Eat. Nourish. Heal.
3y ago
This post contains affiliate links, which provide me earnings from sales made through them. This supports my ability to run my website and create content. Thank you. Did you ever feel like no one understood your feelings and experiences from living with a chronic or autoimmune disease? That is precisely where my poems in my ..read more