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Ignite Nutrition Inc

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12/31/2025

Every new year is a time to reflect on what's important in life 🤔 and we think regular bowel movements are underrated and deserve a spotlight 💩🤩

Here are 5 simple tips to get your gut health in sync with a regular routine:

1) 🥞Eat breakfast to provide BULK and help stimulate a bowel movement. Most people are most likely to have a bowel movement in the morning, and food can help pave the way and push things down.

2) 🥤Drink plenty of water. Think of water like lubrication to your bowels. Your p**p needs hydration so it is nice and soft. Also, have you ever gone down a waterslide without water? Ouch.

3) 🥝Focus on fibre. Not a surprise here. Fibre and water are also best friends. Pairing one with the other tends to be a good idea. If you consume a balanced diet with various foods, it is likely you'll hit your fibre goal. If you fall short, there are a variety of fibre supplements you can incorporate to hit those targets.

4) 🧖Just relax. Nothing is worse than having to p**p in public. Or at your new partner's house with them lingering just outside the door on the bed. Finding a protected bathroom time to have your movement without feeling rushed or stressed is essential. We are not p**ping in fight or flight mode.

5) 🚶Find time to move. Nothing keeps the guts moving like moving your body. It's true, regular movement can help keep you regular.

If you're looking for more tailored advice, reach out to one of our lovely Registered Dietitians who are experts at all things gut health.

P**p happy in 2026 💩

12/02/2025

Did you know that many health plans include coverage for appointments with a registered dietitian (RD)—but a lot of people never use them? If you’ve been thinking about improving your eating habits, learning more about gut health, or simply getting clarity in the world of nutrition, now is the perfect time to book your session. Many benefit policies roll over December 31st, so don't miss out on money that is yours!⁠
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Here’s why working with one of our RD's can make a meaningful difference in your health:⁠
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🥗 Build Confidence With Balanced Meal Planning & Smart Snacking⁠
Our dietitian's can help you create realistic, enjoyable meal plans that fit your lifestyle—not the other way around. Whether you struggle with portion sizes, menu ideas, or staying consistent, you’ll learn simple strategies that make healthy eating easier and stress-free.⁠
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🌱 Understand Your Gut Health⁠
Gut health affects digestion, immunity, mood, and inflammation. Your dietitian can help you understand which foods may soothe your digestive system, which might be contributing to discomfort, and whether supplements could support your goals.⁠
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❤️ Reduce Your Risk of Chronic Disease⁠
Food is one of the most powerful tools for prevention and management of health concerns like:⁠
• Heart disease⁠
• High blood pressure⁠
• High cholesterol⁠
• Blood sugar disorders, including diabetes⁠
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🔍 Cut Through Nutrition Misinformation⁠
There’s a lot of conflicting nutrition advice online. Keto? Detoxes? Superfoods? Seed oils? What’s myth and what actually matters?⁠
Our registered dietitian's provide science-based guidance you can trust—helping you make decisions with confidence, not confusion.⁠
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✨ Your Health Benefits Cover This — Don’t Let Them Go Unused!⁠
If your plan includes dietitian services, why not take advantage? Your care plan will set you up with tools and strategies that benefit you for years to come.⁠
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📅 Ready to Feel Your Best? Book Your Appointment Today!⁠
A healthier, more energized version of you is just one session away. Click the link to schedule your visit with one of our team members and start building habits that support your goals—one delicious meal at a time.⁠https://ignitenutrition.ca/nutrition-counselling-services/

11/18/2025

Ignite is growing again! 🥳 Meet our newest team member Caroline!

Nutrition has been a long-held value for me, though, as a young girl, I took healthy eating too far. I refused fast food and controlled food intake too rigidly, only to overeat on socially acceptable occasions where an abundance of food was present.With education, practice, and patience, I’ve found a balance between healthy eating and enjoyment; a unique perspective on food that I love sharing with others. I help people regain control over food so they can eat without guilt and ditch diets for good. I practice with body neutrality, follow intuitive eating principles and am skilled at guiding people through healthy weight management and health optimization.

I have been practising dietetics since 2017 and am registered in BC and Alberta.

In addition to my nutrition experience, I have taught English abroad for 3 years. Being able to step into another career path has shown me the challenges of keeping nutrition a priority. I can empathize more with busy people trying to find a place for nutrition in their lives amongst all the other competing priorities. My day always starts with a coffee and finishes with a chapter from a book. I have an insatiable travel bug and curiosity for the world. Joyful movement is a staple in my life and comes in many forms (weightlifting, yoga, walking, tennis, and more). I love to cook, bake and of course, eat.

My Adult Specialties:

🍇 Building a healthy relationship with food
🍉 Disordered eating
🍋 Healthy, sustainable weight management
🍒 Women's health
🍏 PCOS
🍓 Fertility/pre-natal nutrition
🥑 Pregnancy nutrition
🥝 Post-partum & breastfeeding nutrition
🌶️ Digestive health (IBS, constipation, diarrhea, bloating, and more)
🫐 Nutrition for optimizing health & disease prevention

My Pediatric Specialties:

👶 Infant & child nutrition
🥣 Starting solids
🥛 Cow’s milk protein allergy
💩 Constipation
🫤 Selective eating

My mission is to share my love of food and help others find a spot for health in their busy lifestyles. To work with me just click here:
https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/team/caroline-spurr/

11/12/2025

⁉️Feeling overwhelmed when you search PCOS supplements online? With so many products or influencers promising hormone balance, better cycles, or instant results, it’s hard to know what actually works.

At Ignite Nutrition, our registered dietitians take an evidence-based and practical approach to PCOS management. The truth is that supplements can play a helpful role in managing PCOS, but they aren’t a cure or a quick fix.

Supplements work best when paired with the foundations of PCOS care:
✅️ nutrition
✅️ lifestyle
✅️ medical support

Click the link for the top 5 supplements for PCOS and we’re not just pulling these out of thin air. These are supplements that research shows can make a real difference for women with PCOS. My hope is that this post will help you decide which ones might be right for you.

➡️ Vitamin D
➡️ Omega-3 Fatty Acids
➡️ Inositol
➡️ Berberine
➡️ N-Acetylcysteine (NAC)

https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/the-top-5-supplements-for-pcos/

11/04/2025

🚨 It's that time again! Calling all aspiring dietitian's!⁠
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Don't miss this chance to apply for our annual dietetics scholarship ⁠
of $750 CDN!!⁠
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⌛️ Applications close Saturday March 1, 2026.⁠
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✅️ Eligibility:⁠
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🎓️ Be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in nutrition sciences/nutrition & dietetics program in Canada⁠
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💰️ Students must express financial need to study nutrition and complete their internship⁠
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🧐 Must provide proof of being accepted into a dietetics internship⁠
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🤩 Sharing is caring! Please share this post so more students have the opportunity to apply!⁠
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Click the link for the full nomination process and we wish you all GOOD LUCK!⁠

https://ignitenutrition.ca/the-ignite-nutrition-dietetics-internship-scholarship/

10/14/2025

Looking for a positive way to keep your kids engaged during the strike? 👩‍🍳 We KNOW this strike is less than ideal, and hearing 'I'm bored' one more time is tough!⁠
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Our Strike Kids Nutrition Sessions bring a registered dietitian right into your kitchen for a fun, interactive cooking and nutrition experience. Kids will learn how to build balanced meals and snacks, boost their energy for school or sport, and gain real-life kitchen confidence.⁠
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Choose from the following sessions:⁠
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🥞 Balanced Breakfast Prep⁠
Start the day right! In this interactive session, kids learn how to build a balanced breakfast that fuels energy, focus, and mood all morning long. Guided by a registered dietitian, they’ll explore simple, nutrient-rich options, building balanced plate, and how to make it taste great. Perfect for kids and teens looking to take charge of their mornings!⁠
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🥪 Make Lunch – Fuel for the School Day⁠
Lunch matters! In this hands-on session, kids learn how to build a balanced lunch that keeps them energized and focused all day. With a registered dietitian guiding the way, they’ll discover the right mix of carbs, protein, healthy fats and colour, plus quick, tasty combos they can make themselves. ⁠
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🍎 Smart Snacking – How to Build Balanced Snacks⁠
Snacks keep our kids going! In this session, kids learn how to build balanced snacks that boost energy, keep hunger steady, and support focus. With hands-on guidance from a registered dietitian, they’ll create snack combos that pair carbs, protein, and healthy fats—tasty, quick, and fun to make. ⁠
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⚽ Fueling for Athletes – How to Eat for Sport⁠
For active kids and teen athletes, fuelling matters. In this session, a registered dietitian teaches how to eat to support energy, strength, and recovery. We’ll cover pre- and post-practice snacks, hydration, and building balanced meals that help kids perform their best. ⁠
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📅 45–60 minute virtual session⁠
👧 Ages 9–18 (younger kids welcome with parent support)⁠
👨‍👩‍👧 Siblings can attend together⁠
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Your dietitian will tailor the session to your child / children attending.⁠
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Please click here to book: https://ignitenutrition.janeapp.com/ #/dietetics-pediatric-strike-kids-sesssions-alberta-only-other-provinces-by-request

09/09/2025

🦠 With back to school comes alllll the illnesses but not all diarrhea in kids is caused by stomach bugs.

⚠️ Diarrhea is when bowel movements are more frequent, loose, and watery than usual.

💥 In children, sometimes this can be completely normal, sometimes it might mean your kiddo is unwell, and other times there could be more going on to cause these changes in stool frequency and consistency. At Ignite Nutrition we hear it all, as experts in gut health we have the knowledge and tools to help!

Normal bowel habits in kids are:

💩 Kids 3 years of age and older typically have 1-3 bowel movements per day, ideally, they are having at least 1 bowel movement every day – as they grow into teens bowel movements might be once every 2-3 days

💩 Formed, soft, smooth, and easy to pass is the ideal consistency of stool

💩 The colour and thickness of a child’s p**ps will change depending on what they eat. You will see a noticeable change in colour, smell, thickness, or texture when babies go from breastmilk or formula to cow’s milk and then eventually to solids

**It is important to note that occasionally, changes in stool are normal. A bout of passing stool every other day or having more loose, watery consistency can be normal. It is when this becomes a more chronic, ongoing issue that further investigation might be worth pursuing.

Indications for diarrhea in kids:

💩 Loose, watery, unformed bowel movements or liquid bowel movements
💩 Urgency of getting to the nearest toilet or accidents
💩 Looser stool accompanied by fever, vomiting, nausea

Does your child suffer with diarrhea? Click the link to learn more about diarrhea in kids and the role nutrition can play!

https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/nutrition-for-kids-with-diarrhea-what-you-need-to-know/

09/02/2025

🚨 We have BIG news! Not only are we adding another team member, Ignite Nutrition is expanding! ⁠
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We are now offering in-person appointments in Grand Prairie! 🎉⁠
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📍You can find us at BPM Fitness (9922 112 Avenue, Grande Prairie)⁠
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Now please meet Letisha Hodges, RD!⁠
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💫 Letisha is passionate about women’s health, especially PCOS, perimenopause/menopause, hormones, gut health, and creating a healthy relationship with food. She helps adults feel energized, confident, and empowered by building realistic, sustainable nutrition habits that work in the context of their real lives⁠
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💜 This work is deeply personal to Letisha, shaped by her own journey of overcoming gut health struggles, chronic fatigue, and an unhealthy relationship with food. ⁠
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💥 Her approach is flexible and collaborative; working as a team to focus on strategies that adapt to you, not the other way around. Together, you'll quiet the diet noise, move away from rigid food rules, and find an eating style that supports both your physical health and your enjoyment of food. Letisha believes nutrition should free up mental space, not take it over.⁠
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🎓️Letisha has a degree in Nutrition & Food Science from U of A, with a minor in physical activity. She is registered in AB & BC.⁠
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☕️ When she's not working with clients, you can find her training in Muay Thai, hanging out with her husband and dogs, or on the hunt for the perfect latte. ⁠
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Letisha specializes in:⁠
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✅️ PCOS⁠
✅️ Women's health & hormones⁠
✅️ Perimenopause & menopause⁠
✅️ Sports Nutrition & nutrition for active individuals⁠
✅️ Irritable bowel syndrome⁠
✅️ Constipation⁠
✅️ Diarrhea⁠
✅️ Bloating⁠
✅️ Celiac Disease ⁠
✅️ GERD⁠
✅️ Inflammatory Bowel Disease⁠
✅️ Unusual gastrointestinal diagnoses⁠

🔗 Click here to work with Letisha: https://ignitenutrition.ca/nutrition-counselling-services/

08/05/2025

🥔 Have you made our prebiotic potato salad yet?
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❓️What's the difference between probiotics and prebiotics you ask?⁠
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🦠 Probiotics are the gut-supportive bacteria that live in your digestive tract and keep you healthy. ⁠
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💥 Prebiotics aren’t living bacteria at all. They are beneficial compounds that act as food for bacteria (and keeps them healthy so they can keep us healthy). Prebiotics are undigestible parts of food that reach the colon without being absorbed in the small intestine. These undigested particles act as fuel for the large quantity of bacteria in the colon. They can be found in a variety of different foods 👇🏼

💥 One type of prebiotic is called resistant starch. This particular prebiotic is found in whole grains, seeds, pulses, green bananas, and potatoes! However, cooking or heating foods can greatly reduce the resistant starch content.

⚠️ BUT we can actually reverse some of that by allowing the foods to cool after cooking them. That’s right! Eating chilled potatoes (like this cold potato salad!), rice, or oatmeal increases the amount of resistant starch they contain.

This is your sign to get those prebiotics in, click here for the recipe: https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/good-for-your-gut-low-fodmap-potato-salad/

07/29/2025

☀️ It's SUMMER! ⁠A time when veggies taste the best....even peas!⁠ 🤣
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And peas don't have to be boring...try our Summer Green Pea Salad! ⁠
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Packed with protein, fibre and vitamin C and perfect for those backyard BBQ's! 🤤⁠
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Click the link in our bio for this yummy recipe.⁠

Click the link for this yummy recipe: https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/green-pea-salad/

07/22/2025

🧘🏼‍♀️ This Thursday July 24th is International Self-Care Day and we're here for it!

😴 There are countless ways to practice self-care - from getting lots of rest, moving your body in joyful ways 💃🏼 to eating nourishing foods 🤤

One of our favourite ways to practice self-care is starting each day with a gut-friendly breakfast like our delicious granola paired with plain yogurt. Hello prebiotics! 👋🏼

Click the link for a little self-care 🥰 https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/homemade-gut-friendly-granola/

07/15/2025

DYK❓️⁠
🌸 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a complex hormonal disorder that affects approximately 5-15% of women. ⁠
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‼️Women with PCOS have an excess amount of male reproductive hormones or androgens produced in the ovaries. This leads to a range of symptoms that can include irregular periods, infertility, acne, hair growth, and weight gain.⁠
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🧐 Insulin and PCOS⁠
Insulin is an important hormone whose main job is to help glucose, or energy, move from the bloodstream into the cells for use. This is a very important role. As too much glucose in our blood is hard on the body. It can result in poor health outcomes, especially in the long-term.⁠
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In this post you'll learn how Hyperinsulinemia (insulin resistance) is responsible for many PCOS symptoms and how dietary modifications could help.⁠
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🔗 Click here for the full post: https://ignitenutrition.ca/blog/how-to-improve-insulin-resistance-in-pcos/

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Thursday	8am - 4pm
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Ignite Nutrition is a dietitian private practice specialized in gastrointestinal disorders, like IBS, food relationship, women’s health, and value-based health behaviour change in Calgary Alberta.

Each member of our team works in the above mentioned areas - and uses their gifts to making nutrition counselling work for you!

Visit us at www.ignitenutrition.ca to learn more about how we can help you with your nutrition!