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Celiac Made Simple Helping people with celiac simplify the gluten free diet. www.selenard.com Selena Devries is a registered dietitian living with celiac disease.
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Combining her personal experience as a patient and her professional experience as a dietitian, Healthbean Nutrition aims to improve the lives of those requiring a gluten free diet.

Want to avoid the dreaded celiac conversation? You’ll want to 🔖SAVE this list!These are some of my favourite celiac-safe...
03/19/2026

Want to avoid the dreaded celiac conversation? You’ll want to 🔖SAVE this list!

These are some of my favourite celiac-safe meals to grab while I’m out, where I don’t have to stress over cross-contact because I know they take proper safety precautions! 😍

If you’re new to eating with celiac disease, one of the biggest stressors can be navigating eating out and ordering food.

The best way to ease your way into it? These celiac-safe options!

However, you can’t always pick the restaurant (& real freedom starts when you’re no longer following a list of celiac-safe choices).

This is why I help my Confident Celiac clients learn how to:

✔️ Ask the right questions at restaurants so you know your food is safe without the mental gymnastics.

✔️ Navigate social events without constantly bringing a separate meal.

✔️ Feel confident with exact scripts, menus, and strategies to handle shared kitchens, cross-contact, and menu uncertainty.

If you want to learn more about how I help my clients thrive on the gluten-free diet, so they can expand their restaurant options… comment ‘WEBINAR’ to learn how in my free training ⤵️

If you’re new around here, welcome! 👋🏻My name is Selena, and I’m a celiac focused dietitian helping clients virtually al...
03/19/2026

If you’re new around here, welcome! 👋🏻

My name is Selena, and I’m a celiac focused dietitian helping clients virtually all over Canada & other parts of the world thrive on the gluten-free diet (& I also have it myself!).

If you’ve found your way here it’s likely because:

👉🏻 you still struggle with the gluten free diet and feel like you’re always on cross contact alert

👉🏻 you have been eating gluten free for months but still have symptoms like bloat, gas, and persistent pain (which only drives food fear)

& the reality is, there are some major gaps in the current medical system for those diagnosed with celiac disease, and often the information given is not enough to help us feel confident when first diagnosed, and later on if symptoms persist.

So, I created this space and my Confident Celiac program to bridge the gap!

& now after 10 years, I have helped over 500 individuals with celiac disease find food freedom on the gluten-free diet so they can enjoy food, travelling, social events, and feel their best!

If you’re ready for support but aren’t sure where to start, swipe through for more details on some of the free resources to help you get started, or DM me the word ‘CONFIDENT’ to hear more about my personalized support programs 💚

03/12/2026

Here’s what I’d say👇🏻

“I have celiac disease and I’d love to order the stuffed gnocchi bites with the italian tomato dip. Can you make sure to use clean utensils, thank you!”

Panago automatically heats these up on parchment so no need to ask like I did in the video unless you want to!

It’s entirely possible to eat out safely with celiac, it just feels intimidating at first. That’s why you need a strategy behind it, and having scripts to play with is SO helpful.

However, I suggest starting small with places that are easy and don’t require much speaking up as this builds success and your confidence.

P.S. If you are wanting help building confidence eating out with celiac disease, learn my exact approach to gluten-free food freedom inside my free webinar, comment WEBINAR and I’ll send over the details 💬

Just a little bit of my life this last month. Family, food, fun and biz ❤️
03/11/2026

Just a little bit of my life this last month.

Family, food, fun and biz ❤️

03/10/2026

If you have celiac disease, you have more to consider than just gluten 👀

If you’ve already cut gluten (strictly!) but you’re still bloated, backed up, or afraid to eat, it might not be gluten’s fault anymore.

Many of my Confident Celiac Program clients come to me thinking they’re doing something ‘wrong’ and still getting glutened.

But here’s what might actually be happening:

✅ You could be really blocked up 💩

✅ You may have stripped your diet to a small list of foods and now you’re not eating enough fibre or variety and your gut health is screaming out for help

✅ Your digestion could be sitting in a chronic state of stress and you need to work on calming down the nervous system (not adding more restriction)

So instead of cutting foods for no reason, you need to understand first what’s actually driving your symptoms.

Like my client Linda, who was ready to give up dairy… until we found out the real issue was constipation. Now with the right plan, she’s pooping everyday with no bloat or discomfort!

If you’re ready to uncover what might be triggering your symptoms with celiac disease, and learn the next steps to help you resolve your bloat, pain, and gas for good, grab my free Celiac Symptom Relief Guide!

Comment ‘SYMPTOM’ and I’ll send you the link👇🏻

This is why asking, “what’s celiac safe,” isn’t enough 👀Not all restaurants will have a specific gluten-free menu, and i...
03/05/2026

This is why asking, “what’s celiac safe,” isn’t enough 👀

Not all restaurants will have a specific gluten-free menu, and if you rely on those labels and the staff is unsure how to guarantee safety… your options shrink fast.

Instead, it’s about learning how to ask the right questions and assess their answers with confidence, so you no longer feel limited and can enjoy eating out with celiac again.

If you’re ready to take the first step toward ditching FOMO and feeling more confident ordering delicious gf food at restaurants…

Grab my Celiac Kickstarter Kit to get started! It includes restaurant guides (including what to say!), shopping lists, gf swaps & more! Comment ‘KIT’ and I’ll send you the link ⤵️

03/04/2026

If you have celiac disease and you’ve been told “we can’t guarantee no cross contact…”

Comment WEBINAR below and I’ll walk you through how to exactly approach this situation with restaurant staff.

I know it feels scary to hear this statement but it’s helpful to treat these disclaimers as an invitation to chat with staff vs automatically writing the restaurant off.

✅And when you follow my 3 step framework that I teach in my free webinar and you finesse your restaurant skills, I guarantee you will have more celiac safe restaurants to choose from.

Before you know it, you’ll be on the road to building more freedom and spontaneity in your life ❤️

I walk you through the process with example scripts and everything in my FREE webinar!

Comment WEBINAR below and I’ll send over the link to join.

03/03/2026

This is what deserves your focus instead👇🏻

Yes, cross-contact matters, but not all situations carry the same level of risk.

If you keep treating every situation as high risk, it will always feel overwhelming & that anxiety can make things worse.

What actually matters with cross-contact are things like:

✅ double dipping
✅ shared fryers
✅ same utensils moving between gluten and gf foods during cooking or service
✅ unclean cooking surfaces and equipment
✅ ****shared platters of gluten and GF food

When you focus on these, and learn how to navigate them in real life…

That is how you move from living every day with fear to confidence with celiac 🙌

🔖 Save this list to keep it handy to help you start to reclaim food freedom with celiac!

Here are some of my favourite gluten-free finds at Costco!You’ll always find me adding easy snacks and foods for dinner ...
03/02/2026

Here are some of my favourite gluten-free finds at Costco!

You’ll always find me adding easy snacks and foods for dinner that the whole family loves to my cart — this is what makes being celiac SO much easier.

& don’t be fooled, those pizza stars are definitely for me too! 😍

🔖 Want all the best GF food brand recommendations with meal plans, restaurant guides and more? Grab the celiac kickstarter kit by commenting “KIT” below.

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