Meet Anna

What can I say, I'm Pineapple Happy!

OK. I know that was lame but I really do love pineapple and it really does make me happy when I gobble it up. 

I've always been one to be passionate about nutrition and my overall health. I love, love, love learning as much as I can on the subject and am always trying new things to see what works best for me and my family. My poor, but amazing, husband has been such a trooper with all of my, let's call them, "experiments" with food. Our diet has fluctuated a lot over these past 5 happy years of marriage- we first tried eating all organic, to eating vegetarian, to eating a raw diet, to going completely vegan, to no processed foods and no refined sugar, to eating seasonally, and finally to eating gluten-free, mainly dairy-free, whole, real foods. We've pretty much incorporated all of these "experiments" into our diet of today though.

In late 2011, I was diagnosed with a gluten-sensitivity. I had this crazy itchy rash on my legs that wouldn't go away no matter what I tried. A doctor told me it was simply from shaving but that just didn't seem right when the rash suddenly spread to my stomach and arms!  I ended up seeing an alternative doctor, who easily discovered what the issue was- GLUTEN! Who knew gluten could do that!?

Ever since going off of gluten (it took only 9 days for my rash of almost a year to go-away), I have been feeling great! Happy, energized, rash-free- It has made such a difference in my life.