By: Remi Hunter

 My family and I were poisoned in Due to our illness we have to be very conscious of our diet.  We have an excellent diet consisting of organic Texas Longhorn beef from Armstrong, local organic poultry, neighboring organic vegetables, and fresh Sockeye salmon.  Eating glutens such as bread and pasta can be difficult at times as my stomach is sensitive to these things. So we eat gluten free instead.

 Overall I have a very healthy diet and I rarely eat unhealthy foods.  One food habit that I have is eating apples and yogurt before I go to bed, the sugar keeps me awake parts of the night.  To change this I should eat apples and yogurt in the morning or afternoon so the sugar can keep my energy up.

 Quinoa and organic oatmeal  Cereal that’s low on sugar  Yogurt and fruit

 Organic peanut butter and local organic jams on gluten free toast.  Cottage cheese and spring onions  Bruscheta (tomato vegetable mix) from the farmers market with grated cheese on toast  Fruit Salad (Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, and bananas)

 Bruscheta (tomato vegetable mix) from the local farmers market with grated cheese on toast  Homemade soup from organic chicken and beef  Cream Salmon on toast

 Organic beef liver and onions + Bacon  Steak with baked potato and tossed garden salad  Whole Chicken dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes, cream cabbage and carrots. (Good for leftovers too!)  Fish with wild rice and broccoli  Pot Roast  We never eat pork

 Keeping stress at a minimum is very important to my health.  Due to my condition high stressors will aggravate my autonomic and sensory nervous systems.  If I am stressed, going for walks or meditating will help.

 I have to be careful over doing exercing because it will flare up my nervous system.  I mainly go for walks. I walk every single day 1-2 times.  I hike about 2-4 times a week at Glenn Canyon Regional Park in West Kelowna.  In the winter I do lots of skiing with my sister  In the summer I go swimming at my complex’s salt water pool.  When I have the energy I do a small cross fit exersise that consists squats, sit ups, and bur-pees.

 I feel that I am in good shape, I never have been to self conscious of my body.  I should exersise more often even though it gets difficult  As a teenager it’s sometimes difficult to keep my skin complexion in order.  My weight is at average for my height.

 Overall given my health condition I have a fairly healthy lifestyle.  There are some changes that I should add to my life style such as more exercising and not eating sugary foods at night.