About
Food For Thought brings practical ways to incorporate more nourishing and tasty foods into your life.
What’s wrong with our food?
Food is meant to be enjoyed for the way it tastes and the way it nourishes our bodies. Our bodies are meant to be supported by eating nourishing foods. I have observed that in today’s busy world, we have become disconnected with our innate ability to know what to eat and how to eat. We want food that is fast and convenient, but we don’t want “fast food”. Some of us feel that we don’t have time to cook, let alone study about which foods we should be eating. Many of us are experiencing illness, poor digestion, and a lack of energy. We are frustrated with our weight and our inability to think clearly. The fact that most of our food is mass produced and processed simply complicates all matters. Now we are dealing not only with unwanted ingredients, but we also need to question whether the nutrients in the food are present or absent, due to the many harmful ways that food is grown and processed.
How can I improve my health?
Improving your health starts with improving the way you eat. Know that the more connected you become with your food; how it is grown, how it is cooked and also how it is eaten (slowly, with enjoyment!), the more connected you become with your own health and vitality. Through eating real, whole foods, the body becomes nourished. It is through this nourishment that a person can achieve previously unachievable goals. It becomes possible to have food cravings disappear and the body arrive at its’ natural weight. Often, health conditions reverse themselves. Energy and vitality can easily be restored.
How do I get started?
Allow me to help guide you in eating real, whole foods. Learn how to shop for and cook foods as Nature intended us to eat; fresh, whole, natural, and as locally-sourced as possible. Discover what your body needs to thrive and how to find these all important nutrients in great- tasting foods, right in your community. Become empowered to take charge of your eating and your health. Becoming empowered is one of the greatest gifts that you can give to yourself! Phone or email me today for a consultation.
About
Val MacDonald, RHN
Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Val MacDonald, is enhancing the relationship her clients have with food. People have full fridges and pantries without an understanding of how the food they choose impacts their well-being and their lives. Would you like a better grasp of what the food in your home, the grocery store and restaurants means to your body and your mind?
Val’s complete approach has been developed for the ever-changing needs of clients living amidst a broad spectrum of choices. Whether it’s a one-on-one discussion, a nutrition workshop, an in-home family consultation or a whole-food cooking instruction, Val creates positive food experiences that take you beyond explanations of nutritional benefits. Her practical, fun and tasty ways of exploring whole foods and lifestyle will change your views to see that healthy can be simple and affordable. Her own health challenges led Val on a lengthy healing journey. It was through learning and accepting the connection between the food she ate and how she felt that she embraced her fascination with food. Val attended and graduated from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and realized that others needed to know how to break free from their own food misconceptions.
Recognizing the universal love people have for food, Val is an advisor to others who are struggling with the abundance of options available and lack of knowledge about what their bodies need. Val will empower you to make better food choices for the rest of your life. This isn’t about “going on a diet” but a process of education around which foods are beneficial or harmful to your health. You will also learn to listen to the cues your body sends and experience how different choices affect you. By following Val’s program, it is possible to change the way you eat so that you can enjoy increased energy and arrive at your natural weight. Finally free yourself from the ideas of “good foods”, “bad foods,” diets and deprivation!
Val will help you change the way you shop, cook and eat so that you never have to diet or deny your taste buds. It is possible to embrace your most-loved foods alongside new favourites. Through education and discovery, Val will take you to a new, better relationship with food, and perhaps even a better understanding of yourself.
With best wishes for health,
Val MacDonald, RHN
