Best Waterdown Health Festival

I've been on a quest lately after being diagnosed as Gluten, Dairy & Egg Intolerant.    There are other ones for me but those are the major ones for me to avoid.     There has been so much to learn and shopping/eating has become a new way of life for me.                             I have learned a lot from my Naturopath, Dr. Carly Wendler and I have learned a lot from the great staff at Goodness Me in Waterdown.    They have been fantastic with lots of food samples, advice from staff and they always have classes every week to help educate and promote good health in various forms.                                    Tomorrow, May 25th they are have a Health Festival at their Waterdown location.  You can sign-up for free classes, try out some new products, score some great deals and win prizes! Plus, they will be grilling on the BBQ from 11:30AM-6PM (including Gluten Free options) so come hungry!

 

Classes scheduled for Saturday are:

 

5 Secrets to Increase Your Energy & Reduce Your Waistline

10:00AM - 11:30AM

Gluten & Dairy Free Eating Made Simple

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Create the You, You Want to Be!

4:00PM - 5:30PM

 

I will there attending Dr. Carly's class "Gluten & Dairy Free Eating Made Simple"    On Dr. Carly's Facebook fan page is a great description of her class and what she'll be covering...

"Are you wondering about the boom in gluten and dairy free eating? Why does it seem that everyone is tittering about this shift in what we are feeding our families and ourselves? Everywhere we look these days we are seeing books, programs, and health professionals recommending these changes for specific health issues as well as for general overall well being and preventative health. It is not without great scientific support and research that these recommendations are making their way into everyday language. Societies that have the highest consumption of wheat and dairy also have the highest rates of pediatric type 1 diabetes, eczema, allergies, ear infections, heart disease, celiac disease, auto immune diseases and the list continues!     For complete event details please visit www.drcarlywendler.com events or www.goodnessme.ca "

 

We are so fortunate to have such a great store in Waterdown like Goodness Me.    With the increase of people with Celiac and Food Intolerances, it is a valuable resource in our community and I hope you'll check out the Health Festival Saturday.

Best Gluten Free Frozen Yogurt

Every few years, a certain type of shop will become popular... Tea, Coffee, Donut, Cupcake, Ice Cream with Mix-Ins... they've all had their time of popularity.     The trend of the moment seems to be the Yogurt Shop where you can mix the flavours, and add in pretty much as much toppings as you want.      You walk in choose a cup (the only size is large!) and you have your choice to serve yourself what kind of flavour(s) you want.     Some might go for just one flavour, or swirl two together... or maybe pick two flavours and put them in the same bowl yourself.    

Then you get to go to the topping area and put anything your heart desires on top.    Then you go to the cashier and they weigh your purchase and you are charged by the weight (and of course you can't put anything back in case you've rung up a $13 cup!!!)

For me, I am crazy about a new place in Burlington called CC Swirls www.ccswirls.com  located at 2201 Brant Street (in the plaza between Dollarama and Freshco).      What I love about this shop is EVERYTHING is Gluten Free!!!!    They have the cups that you can fill up with your favourite frozen yogurt and topping (note... they do have some toppings that would have gluten in them) or they have a freezer with pre-packed frozen yogurt,  frozen yogurt bars and frozen cakes.     I also need to be dairy free so for those of us with Gluten Free/Dairy Free needs, they also offer one flavour of Sorbet.

There are many great shops locally in the area Yogurty's is a great place right in the heart of the core in Waterdown @ 312 Dundas St E (and a favourite place of my daughters!).      They've just started to offer a Gluten Free & Dairy free flavour(s) there as well.      http://www.yogurtys.com/

Our family has also tried Menchies which is located at 1900 Appleby Line in Burlington.   They have many Gluten Free options, and just one Gluten Free/Dairy Free sorbet flavour as well.    www.menchies.com

I'm so glad to have found these shops (especially with summer right around the corner) and that they offer something for those of us with dietary restrictions.