Across the Dietary Universe

Rebecca King is a nutritionist helping adults with ADHD who struggle with disordered eating, chronic dieting and body image issues. She uses the principles of Intuitive Eating to coach her clients into form better habits with food and to choose foods that will support their ADHD.   In this episode Rebecca explains the connection between ADHD and binge eating, and why she uses the Intuitive Eating method to combat disordered eating. She also explains why sugar and carbs are used for dopamine hits and what foods to choose instead.  

Maureen Basye is the founder of Celiac Cruise, the first cruise dedicated specifically to Celiacs. Maureen is an expert in Health Advocacy and Specialized Travel for Celiac Disease and Food Allergies.   

In this episode she shares what inspired her to start this specialized travel company. She explains the process for ensuring a celiac-safe cruise experience, and why cruise companies should consider being inclusive to diets and allergies for patrons.   

Ellen Bayens is the Founder of the Celiac Scene, the go-to gluten-free resource for Victoria, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.  The Celiac Scene launched in 2009 and Ellen has truly built an online community revolving around all things celiac and good health. Ellen was also the Vice-President of the Victoria Chapter of the CCA. She has been featured in Gluten Free Living, Allergic Living and Delight Gluten Free magazines. 

In this episode, Ellen shares the story behind her Celiac diagnosis and why many people are misdiagnosed or lack a diagnosis for the disease. Ellen and Tamir discuss the relationship between the restaurant industry and Celiac patrons, and what can be improved. With Ellen being a veteran of the Canadian Celiac community, they also discuss how challenges and solutions changed in the past decade with the growing awareness of gluten sensitivity. 

Meg Nohe is the Chief Marketing Officer of Allergy Amulet, the world’s smallest & fastest consumer food allergen sensor. She’s also an expert when it comes to food allergies, she’s certified as an AllerCoach, and is a leader in the allergy community. But most qualifying of all, she’s a Mom to a daughter with food allergies - which means you’d be hard pressed to find a better expert.

In this episode, Meg explains the story and technology behind Allergy Amulet, and why she decided to join their team. Meg and Tamir discuss the challenge of creating technology for the allergy community. Meg also highlights the gap between safety and reaction in the allergy community, and why tech helping allergy patrons manage their safety is in high demand.

Elysabeth Alfano is a power-house in the plant-based food industry. After working with multiple global health food brands, Elysabeth founded Plant Powered Consulting, which helps brands grow in the plant-based space. On her show the Plant-Based Business Hour, Elysabeth hosts VCs, CEOs, and innovators from start-ups around the globe who are shaping the plant-based market. Elysabeth is also the co-founder of the Global Vegan Impact and Innovation Index.

In this episode, Elysabeth shares her story of going vegan and how it improved her mental stress. Elysabeth and Tamir discuss trends in the vegan food space and the rise of vegan food tech. Elysabeth also shares her insights from entrepreneurs learned from hosting hundreds of interviews with vegan start-up CEOs. 

Dave is a full-time mechanical engineer in the Defense and Aerospace Industry and part-time instagram influencer on GF eating. After many years suffering digestive issues, he was diagnosed with celiac and Hashimoto’s Thyroid disease. He was also diagnosed with Alpha Gal Red Meat Allergy, a rare disease picked up through a tick bite. Through trial-and-error, he has become an expert at keeping himself safe.  

Tamir and Dave discuss the delay in diagnosis with Alpha Gal Red Meat Allergy and how it may be possible to outgrow this allergy. Dave shares his passion for gluten free beer and how he deals with gluten at restaurants. They also discuss the lack of male voices and influencers in the health and wellness space.   

Kortney Kwong Hing is the co-founder of Zestfull,  an online community that celebrates life with food allergies. Kortney is a co-creator of the online community Allergy Travels and co-host of The Itch Podcast. Kortney has known food allergies since she was 4 months old, and now shares her expertise on handling multiple food allergies, asthma, eczema and oral allergy syndrome on her page Allergy Girl Eats. In this episode, Kortney shares her beliefs and tips on how you can have a full life with food allergies, and enjoy food and travel in your own way!

Meagen Ashley is an Educator, Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant, and Health Coach helping those with autoimmune health issues improve their health through nutrition. As you’ll hear in her story, she used an AIP diet to greatly improve her health and quality of life, and she’s now an expert in creating AIP compliant meals, which she shares on her blog, It’s All About AIP.

Tamir and Meagen discuss what the auto-immune protocol diet is and how it helps target and manage auto-immune symptoms. Meagen shares about the need for probiotics for those who take medication and antibiotics, and how auto-immune conditions tend to be diagnosed in multiples. They also discuss whether it’s better to stay in a restrictive diet or go through the tricky process of re-introduction.

Jenny Levine Finke is a certified holistic nutrition coach, recipe creator, and the founder of Good For You Gluten Free. Jenny specializes in helping people manage celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. She is the author of  Dear Gluten, It's Not Me, It's You, a guide to surviving without Gluten and restoring your health in the aftermath of a celiac or gluten sensitivity diagnosis.

In this episode, Tamir and Jenny discuss how Gluten Free is no longer seen by most restaurants as a bandwagon trend. They emphasize how there is still a long way to go in Celiac education, especially within the mainstream medical community. Jenny shares how Gluten causes inflammation to everyone, not only those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. Lastly, Tamir and Jenny discuss a future world without gluten and how technology will make that possible. 

Amanda Orlando is a writer, recipe developer and thought leader at Everyday Allergen Free. She has a holistic approach to managing food allergies and helps her readers overcome fears and anxiety that come along with an allergy diagnosis. She’s published two cookbooks with recipes that help people be creative with what they can eat rather than what they can't.

This episode was inspired by a recent article that questions whether it is discriminatory for restaurants to ban food allergy patrons. Tamir and Amanda discuss how restaurants should be transparent about allergens while being accommodating and how allergy patrons need to take calculated risks.

Louise Macnab is a corporate lawyer turned gut health entrepreneur. She founded JERMS, a gut health supplement brand and cafe on a mission to make optimal gut health accessible to anyone. Her high stress career led her to suffer from gut issues (SIBO, leaky gut, acne, chronic fatigue, anxiety). The cure was to treat her gut with a balanced diet and healthy bacteria.

In this episode, Louise discusses the Gut Brain Access, which is the connection between the brain and the gut. Louise is not shy to talk about bodily functions and hopes to shed the stigma about gut issues and good bacteria.

Liv Kaplan is a Holistic Nutritionist and healthy recipe creator and self described sugar-free dessert queen.  Liv helps her audiences improve their intake of sugar and insulin, and improve their gut-health through her sugar-free, gluten-free and low carb recipes. She also coaches people on how to recover from sugar addictions and emotional eating. Liv and Tamir discuss the challenge of being stuck in the cycle of bad food and bad sleep, which causes mood swings and energy slumps. Liv shares tips for how to improve this cycle like exercise, outdoor activities, and advocates that supplements and healthy foods can’t cover up eating processed sugar and junk food. 

The Across the Dietary Universe Podcast highlights the spectrum of dietary restrictions by having leaders share the challenges and solutions shaping the future of food.

Bay Burdett is an entrepreneur who started Bay’s Kitchen, a low fodmap, gluten free, dairy free and vegan sauce, soup and gravy brand! After being diagnosed with IBS and following a low-FODMAP diet, Bay recognized the lack of ready-made sauces that were suitable to her new diet, and launched her brand after a couple years of recipe testing. The brand is award winning and is now stocked in hundreds of supermarkets across a few countries!

In this episode, Bay explains her ‘aha’ entrepreneurial moment and the challenging yet lucky start her company had in their first two years. Tamir and Bay discuss the difficulty of getting prepared foods into supermarket shelves and how the recognition of the low-FODMAP diet will promote even more stores to carry suitable products. Bay also shares why it is her mission to remove the stigma behind IBS.  

The Across the Dietary Universe Podcast highlights the spectrum of dietary restrictions by having leaders share the challenges and solutions shaping the future of food.

Alison Marras, also known as Food by Mars is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and recipe creator who believes in healing your body with real food. After dealing with chronic health conditions, Alison used holistic nutrition including Paleo and AIP to put her conditions into remission. 

In this episode, Alison advocates that diets are just a template for each person to discover what works best for their bio-individuality, and that the first cure for autoimmune conditions is to reduce stress. She shares that it was hard to give-up happy hour, and how she communicates her intolerances when she now visits restaurants.