Category: Quirky Cooking Chats

In episode 23, Rachel Favilla shared her story of growing up with an autoimmune disease, and struggling to find answers. She began the GAPS protocol and quickly saw improvements. However, after about 6 months, she seemed to hit a wall, and was unable to progress beyond stage 4 of GAPS intro. In this episode, Rachel… Continue reading AQJ 44 : Parasites, Candida & Ketogenic GAPS, Rachel Favilla

Let’s kick off the start of a new year with a Q&A!   In this episode, Jo is joined by her new co-host, Fouad Kassab, and her friend Rachel Favilla (author of Real Soup for the Real Soul, and soon to be podcaster for a healthy teens show), to answer questions posted by readers in… Continue reading AQJ 43 : Q&A with Fouad Kassab & Rachel Favilla

Christmas is nearly here, and all around the world, stress levels are rising… So Jo and Fouad are coming to the rescue with tips and recipes to help reduce the Christmas overwhelm, and make this your happiest, healthiest Christmas ever! ‘A healthy Christmas’ isn’t just about the food – it’s also about keeping stress levels… Continue reading AQJ 42 : A Healthy Christmas

About a year ago, Christina Matthewson was on life support and not expected to live. Now she is teaching fermenting workshops, studying naturopathy, and coaching people as they journey through GAPS. Her main desire is to help others live fulfilled, healthy lives, as she has been close to death and realises how important it is… Continue reading AQJ 41: Surviving Percreta – Christina Matthewson

How can you tell if you or your children have parasites? What has gut health got to do with parasite infestation? How do you get rid of them? Is it as simple as just taking antibiotics, or is there more to it? Is there a more natural, gentle way to kill off parasites? Will they… Continue reading AQJ 40: Dealing with Parasites

Heidi ate mostly wholefoods, cooked with real ingredients, didn’t eat sugar, and lived for years as a strict vegetarian. But she was struggling. Her health was not good, and she was suffering from major depression. She began to study naturopathy to try to find answers, removed all packet foods from her diet, and researched the… Continue reading AQJ 39 : Toxic Kids: A Health Professional’s Experience with Healing Her Daughter

Sometimes it’s difficult to work out how to eat well and stay at a healthy weight, without being confused by all the ‘diet’ advice out there. Is it all about counting calories, cutting out fat, and exercising heaps? Brenda and Naomi of The Break Through! Program say no!   Healthy weight loss is much more… Continue reading AQJ 38 : Healthy Weight Loss, and why ‘Diets’ Don’t Work!

This week Mary from Good Mood Food joins Jo again, to discuss working through anxiety and depression with the help of a healing diet.   If you, or someone close to you, has struggled with depression, you know how debilitating it can be, and how hard it is to pull yourself out of the vicious… Continue reading AQJ 37 : Good Mood Food – Healing from Anxiety and Depression

Over the last couple of months, Jo has been focusing on simplifying her busy life. She says, “It’s challenging not to get caught up in the ‘do more, have more, eat more, buy more’ mentality”, and that we have to consciously work on taking a step back and making life simpler, even though that’s not what… Continue reading AQJ 36 : Simplifying – with Fouad Kassab

What do you do when your kids are having constant meltdowns and nothing is going right? How can you help them to cope better, and turn a bad day into a good day? How can parents press the ‘reset’ button on one of those days? Nicole Azzopardi has some great tips for how to have… Continue reading AQJ 35 : Nicole Azzopardi – The “Better Day Plan”