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 eating and its negative effects
• Menopause, dealing with it with a restrictive diet
• Making dietary restrictions such as dairy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, while still being able to enjoy what you eat
• Halloween and ways that families prevent their children from eating too much junk

And more!

Find out more about Ricki:

Ricki's website: www.rickiheller.com

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Ricki's books:

Living Candida-Free, Naturally Sweet and Gluten-Free and Sweet Freedom

You may download Ricki's freebie here: Three Simple Shifts to Stay on Track Right Now

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