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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.

02/25/2026

“So-and-so said this in a Facebook group… is it true?”
“Can I eat here or no?”
“Is this product safe?”
“Is this resort celiac-safe?”

Now, I don’t think Facebook groups are inherently bad. But I do think you need to think twice about how you’re using them.

Comment WEBINAR to watch my FREE webinar and learn an easier and more inclusive way to live GF.

The fact of the matter is, these groups are filled with misinformation.

And, if you use them to learn HOW to follow the gf diet, you’re going to be more prone to absorbing inaccurate info making the diet harder and more isolating than it needs to be.

And that’s when celiac starts to feel overwhelming.
Like you can’t trust yourself in a grocery store.
At a restaurant.
On vacation.

Like this is just your new (very restrictive) reality.

But it’s not. My clients are proof.

One of my clients became so afraid of cross-contact from Facebook groups that she avoided eating out.

Now? Her and her daughter are confidently eating at places like Stacked Pancake House, Domino’s, Eggsmart, Pur & Simple, and Quesada — after avoiding restaurants for months.

The difference wasn’t luck.
It was skills.

That’s exactly why I created my FREE webinar: Finally Feel Confident Living Gluten-Free.

Inside, I’ll teach you:
✔️ Why most people with celiac are overly restricted — and the shift to feel more confident with food choices.
✔️ How to stop bringing your own food everywhere and start feeling part of the group again
✔️ A practical strategy to expand safe restaurants (even with cross-contact concerns)
✔️ A clear 3-step plan to make gluten-free life feel lighter and more manageable

Comment WEBINAR and I’ll send you the link to watch for FREE

And attend LIVE and you’ll grab my Wendy’s celiac restaurant guide ($47 value).

02/24/2026

You don’t need a food scanner app to tell you if something has gluten.

Yes, a scanner can give you a yes-or-no answer.

But it doesn’t understand the nuances of label reading.

It might be pulling outdated ingredient lists.

It doesn’t account for labeling laws in your specific country.

And that “answer” might not even be correct.

When you outsource your decisions like that, your brain stays on constant high alert, always scanning, checking, and second-guessing everything.

That’s how you end up either restricting your diet more than necessary…or accidentally trusting something that isn’t actually safe.

Real confidence with celiac disease doesn’t come from more tools giving you yes-or-no answers.

It comes from learning how to:

👉🏻 Read ingredient lists yourself

👉🏻 Assess risk calmly

👉🏻 Ask clear questions

👉🏻 Trust that you made the right decision

That’s what actually quiets the food noise.

And once you build those skills, you won’t feel like you need scanner apps, Facebook groups, or constant reassurance to stay safe.

This is exactly what I teach inside my FREE Confident Celiac webinar, so you can finally trust yourself around food!

💬 Comment WEBINAR, and I’ll send you the link to register ⤵️

02/23/2026

You’re told to eat gluten-free, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg 👀

You go to a grocery store, but the labels are confusing…

You want to get take out, but they don’t know about cross-contact…

You want to be more social, but always feel left out & stress over events…

Because it’s not just “eating gluten-free,” it’s learning how to:

✅ minimize cross contact

✅ find gluten-free replacement foods

✅ meet your nutritional needs with a balanced gf diet

✅ properly read labels

✅ communicate your needs to others

✅ eat outside the home

✅ set boundaries with loved ones & manage new emotions

So if you’re struggling on the gluten-free diet, it’s not your fault.

You were just never given the full treatment plan to confidently eat with celiac disease.

If you want to learn more about how I’ve helped 500+ clients thrive with celiac, comment WEBINAR to learn the exact approach to unlock food freedom👇

02/19/2026

Want to know how I really found food freedom on the gluten-free diet? 👀

It wasn’t by following more rules or being stricter with my diet, it came down to these key shifts:

✅ Building skills > following rules

You know not to eat gluten, you need the skills to teach you how to read a situation, ask the right questions, and make decisions when things aren’t clear.

✅ Being able to calmly assess risk

I stopped treating every situation like it carried the same level of risk and started learning to focus on what actually matters, so I don’t panic.

✅ I learned the updated & science-based information

A lot of fear around gluten-free living comes from outdated or misleading advice. Once I learned what the science actually says, I could let go of unnecessary restrictions that were keeping my world small.

✅ Developing self-trust

This was the biggest shift, which, while it took time, allowed me trust myself to handle food safely instead of outsourcing every decision to labels, apps, or other people.

So now I can actually enjoy eating at any restaurant, travelling, potlucks, going to all-inclusive resorts, sharing food and being spontaneous in my life.

Because having celiac disease is no longer a burden in my life as I have the skills, knowledge and self-trust to navigate food safely!

& this is the exact approach I teach in my FREE webinar: Unlocking REAL Food Freedom with Celiac Disease! 🎉

Ready to move from rule-following and anxiety to confidence and real food freedom? Comment WEBINAR to save your seat ⤵️

02/18/2026

If you have celiac disease and still struggle with bloating despite a strict, GF diet, listen up!

Comment “SYMPTOMS” below for your free guide to finding symptom relief.

Ongoing bloating can have many causes in celiac disease but I tend to see this top one over and over again in my practice….

And that’s chronic constipation.

Here’s the tricky thing, though, most people have no clue that they’re constipated and they struggle for years with things that don’t help! (Hint hint….elimination diets and more which I talk about in my video).

Listen in as I talk about symptoms of constipation and why “eat more fiber” or “be more strict” on the diet isn’t going to help.

Grab my symptom relief starter guide by commenting “SYMPTOMS” below and start on the path to symptom relief.

02/12/2026

You can enjoy candies this week too! ❤️🍫

The key is to keep an eye on those ingredient lists to confirm safety!

✨Merci contains a label reading exception as dextrose from wheat is always celiac safe even if it’s derived from wheat. However, it wouldn’t be safe for a wheat allergy.

Get confused with label reading? Comment “LABEL” below and I’ll send you my free guide👇🏻

02/10/2026

For the longest time, I used to dread travelling and eating at restaurants with celiac…

Now? I can spend 10 days in Mexico at an all-inclusive resort with my family, without having to worry that I’ll have nothing to eat or that I’m about to spend the whole trip stressed about food.

But this didn’t just happen by booking a more ‘celiac accommodating’ resort and looking to see what was labelled gluten-free, it happened because I…

👉🏻 I planned intentionally before leaving

👉🏻 Understood how to speak up for my needs clearly

👉🏻 & how to trust that I made the right decisions

So when I was on the trip, I had the skills and confidence to actually enjoy my vacations again.

If travelling (& eating out) feels overwhelming for you right now…

It’s because you were never given the tools or context to apply gluten-free living to real life.

If you want to finally feel confident living gluten-free, without fear, overwhelm, or missing out…

🎉 You can learn my Confident Celiac Method in my FREE webinar!

Comment ‘WEBINAR’ and I’ll send you the link to take the first step to having more food freedom with celiac disease ⤵️

02/09/2026

When you have celiac disease, your brain is always on 😵‍💫

It’s the mental load of celiac. Something no one truly understands until they live it.

Like when you order a “gluten-friendly” pizza at a restaurant and carefully explain to the server,

“It’s for celiac disease, so please be careful with cross-contact.”

But then you’re left wondering… do they really know what that means?

Do they actually know how to make it celiac-safe?

You try not to worry. You try to stay present at the table with your loved ones.

But the thoughts keep looping quietly in the back of your mind.

And it doesn’t stop when you leave the restaurant.

Later, every random stomach sound makes you pause and think,

“Was that pizza really gluten-free?”

The constant second-guessing can make life with celiac feel overwhelming.

If you’re tired of feeling this way, and you’re ready to take the first step toward feeling more confident on the gluten-free diet—so you can stop overthinking food—comment “KIT” below.

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