Laura Franklin, CNP, FMCHC, Author at Fresh & Frank by Laura Franklin

IG: Planning to breakfast food treat yo-self this weekend? TRY THESE🤩⁠ ⁠ This waffle recipe I created is an oldie, but a goodie, and can also be found featured on @ottos_cassava_flour’s recipe blog.⁠ ⁠ Caveat: I’ve been intermittent fasting (aka no breaky) for almost four years now, which kind of kills any hopes of these for breakfast for me, but remember that you can eat these at other times of the day too, especially for dessert (because in all nutrition honesty, a meal like this is best not eaten first thing in the morning, anyway 😆).⁠ ⁠ 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙄𝙋𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙆 𝙄𝙉 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙀⁠ ⁠ Anyway, happy weekend, my peeps, and if these look delicious shoot me a 🤤 in the comments below

Planning to breakfast food treat yo-self this weekend? TRY THESE🤩⁠
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This #grainfree, #dairyfree waffle recipe I created is an oldie, but a goodie, and can also be found featured on @ottos_cassava_flour’s recipe blog.⁠
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Caveat: I’ve been intermittent fasting (aka no breaky) for almost four years now, which kind of kills any hopes of these for breakfast for me, but remember that you can eat these at other times of the day too, especially for dessert (because in all nutrition honesty, a meal like this is best not eaten first thing in the morning, anyway 😆).⁠
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*𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙄𝙋𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙆 𝙄𝙉 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙀*⁠
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Anyway, happy weekend, my peeps, and if these look delicious shoot me a 🤤 in the comments below!⁠
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#paleowaffles #waffles #easyrecipes #holisticnutrition #glutenfree #trythisathome #treats

IG: FACT OF THE DAY: Each color of food comes with a different health benefit🌈! This is why it is SO important to incorporate different colors into your daily meals. No need to go crazy, as a little bit of each colour will do, but it just needs to be there daily! Here’s the lowdown: 🍓🍒🌶️ Red foods contain phytonutrients that may help reduce the risk for certain cancers, along with helping to protect the brain, heart, liver, & immune system. 🍑🥕🍊 Orange foods help protect the immune system, eyes, and skin, and reduce the risk for cancer & heart disease. 🍋🍌🌽 Yellow foods are beneficial because they contain compounds that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, & may protect the brain, heart and vasculature, eyes, & skin. 🥦🥒🍏 Green foods contain compounds that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and may protect the brain, heart & vasculature, liver, and skin. One of the unique attributes of some green foods is that because they help the liver to work better, they can also assist with keeping hormones in balance. 🍇🍆🍠 Blue/purple/black foods from nature are healthy because they contain compounds that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory & may protect the brain, heart, & vasculature. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨. Unfortunately, too little blue/purple is not healthy since these compounds are especially used for the brain, protecting it from damage and promoting healthy cognition and memory. 🥥🌰🥜 The white/tan/brown food category includes nuts, fruits, vegetables, legumes, spices, seeds, & whole grains that are beneficial to health. In fact, healthy white/tan/brown foods have anti-cancer & anti-inflammatory activity. What makes this class of compounds also special is that like the green foods, there are certain compounds that can assist with liver & hormone health. Did you notice that EVERY colour of food had something in common? [spoiler: it’s anti-cancer properties

FACT OF THE DAY:

Each color of food comes with a different health benefit🌈!
This is why it is SO important to incorporate different colors into your daily meals. No need to go crazy, as a little bit of each colour will do, but it just needs to be there daily!

Here’s the lowdown:
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Red foods contain phytonutrients that may help reduce the risk for certain cancers, along with helping to protect the brain, heart, liver, & immune system.
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Orange foods help protect the immune system, eyes, and skin, and reduce the risk for cancer & heart disease.
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Yellow foods are beneficial because they contain compounds that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, & may protect the brain, heart and vasculature, eyes, & skin.
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Green foods contain compounds that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and may protect the brain, heart & vasculature, liver, and skin. One of the unique attributes of some green foods is that because they help the liver to work better, they can also assist with keeping hormones in balance.
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Blue/purple/black foods from nature are healthy because they contain compounds that are anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory & may protect the brain, heart, & vasculature. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨. Unfortunately, too little blue/purple is not healthy since these compounds are especially used for the brain, protecting it from damage and promoting healthy cognition and memory.
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The white/tan/brown food category includes nuts, fruits, vegetables, legumes, spices, seeds, & whole grains that are beneficial to health. In fact, healthy white/tan/brown foods have anti-cancer & anti-inflammatory activity. What makes this class of compounds also special is that like the green foods, there are certain compounds that can assist with liver & hormone health.

Did you notice that EVERY colour of food had something in common? [spoiler: it’s anti-cancer properties😮].
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#wellnesswednesday #health #healthyliving #plantbased #functionalmedicine #holisticnutrition

IG: ᴍᴇʀʀʀʀᴘ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪ ʙᴇᴇɴ??⁠ ⁠ If you are a new follower, a warm hello! 😘⁠ If you are a long time follower, I thank you for sticking with me while I’ve devoted energy to some other important areas of my life this year (and let my Insta slideeee).⁠ ⁠ I have been up to some pretty exciting things in the past little while and I think it’s a perfect time a for a review:⁠ ⁠ 1. 🆁🅴🅻🅾🅲🅰🆃🅸🅽🅶⁠ We moved from Toronto to Dundas, ON, so I have been exploring my new and very-unfamiliar-to-me area and community and also making our house feel like home.⁠ Moving is a processsss😅, but I have to say, I have never been happier somewhere!⁠ ⁠ 2. 🅻🅴🆅🅴🅻🅸🅽🅶 🆄🅿⁠ After deciding I NEEDED to be involved in functional medicine, I just competed my one year course to become a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC).⁠ Any schooling, as you know, can be a doozy!⁠ ⁠ 3. 🆃🆁🆄🅵🅵🅻🅸🅽🅶⁠ @truffletheblacklab came into our lives about 7.5 months ago at 8 wks old and it’s been quite the adventure raising a puppy!⁠ Though trying at times, it is SO worth it, and I am so grateful to have dedicated the time and energy that I did to training and socializing her from such a young age. She is turning into the most wonderful doggy! ⁠ ⁠ 4. 🅱🆄🅸🅻🅳🅸🅽🅶 🅰 🅱🅸🆉⁠ Last but not least, a lot of my recent energy has been devoted to building and running a new business with @drnavazhabib & @saidailaqua.⁠ ＴＨＩＳ．ＩＳ．ＳＯ．ＥＸＣＩＴＩＮＧ.⁠ With our small team of heart-centred, dedicated health practitioners, we’ve created an epic platform to help our peeps bust through health challenges and uplevel in every area of their lives.⁠ ⁠ [we will be officially launching our Insta, @healthupgraded in the next couple weeks, so please stay tuned!]⁠ ⁠ 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 @𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊!⁠ ⁠ On that note– is there anything YOU’d like to hear more about on here from me? LMK below

ᴍᴇʀʀʀʀᴘ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪ ʙᴇᴇɴ??⁠
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If you are a new follower, a warm hello! 😘⁠
If you are a long time follower, I thank you for sticking with me while I’ve devoted energy to some other important areas of my life this year (and let my Insta slideeee).⁠
⁠
I have been up to some pretty exciting things in the past little while and I think it’s a perfect time a for a review:⁠
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1. 🆁🅴🅻🅾🅲🅰🆃🅸🅽🅶⁠
We moved from Toronto to Dundas, ON, so I have been exploring my new and very-unfamiliar-to-me area and community and also making our house feel like home.⁠
Moving is a processsss😅, but I have to say, I have never been happier somewhere!⁠
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2. 🅻🅴🆅🅴🅻🅸🅽🅶 🆄🅿⁠
After deciding I NEEDED to be involved in functional medicine, I just competed my one year course to become a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC).⁠ Any schooling, as you know, can be a doozy!⁠
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3. 🆃🆁🆄🅵🅵🅻🅸🅽🅶⁠
@truffletheblacklab came into our lives about 7.5 months ago at 8 wks old and it’s been quite the adventure raising a puppy!⁠ Though trying at times, it is SO worth it, and I am so grateful to have dedicated the time and energy that I did to training and socializing her from such a young age. She is turning into the most wonderful doggy! ⁠
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4. 🅱🆄🅸🅻🅳🅸🅽🅶 🅰 🅱🅸🆉⁠
Last but not least, a lot of my recent energy has been devoted to building and running a new business with @drnavazhabib & @saidailaqua.⁠
ＴＨＩＳ．ＩＳ．ＳＯ．ＥＸＣＩＴＩＮＧ.⁠
With our small team of heart-centred, dedicated health practitioners, we’ve created an epic #functionalmedicine platform to help our peeps bust through health challenges and uplevel in every area of their lives.⁠
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[we will be officially launching our Insta, @healthupgraded in the next couple weeks, so please stay tuned!]⁠
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𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 @𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊!⁠
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On that note– is there anything YOU’d like to hear more about on here from me? LMK below! 😘⁠
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#welcomeback #instagood #wellness #functionalnutrition #health #healthcoach #comeback #heretoserve

IG: Do you Sunday meal prep🔪?⁠ What are your top 3 favourite foods to prep?⁠ Let me know below⁠ 📷 @saramonikaphoto

Do you Sunday meal prep🔪?⁠
What are your top 3 favourite foods to prep?⁠
Let me know below! ⤵️⁠
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#SundayFunday #mealprep #healthyhabits #holisticnutrition #holistichealth #settingupforsuccess⁠
📷 @saramonikaphoto

IG: This photo is awful, maybe I’ll take a better one tomorrow. Or maybe not. But what matters is that dark chocolate and nut butter is delicious 🍫+ 🥜. These hearts are filled with organic peanut butter. Peanut butter is one of those things I don’t eat very often due to its often high pesticide content as well as its high likelihood of containing mold. But when I do, I enjoy it and then move on. You can also use almond or other nut buttas. Find a silicone mould or adorable paper cups and melt some dark chocolate chips in a double boiler. A double boiler is when you put a bowl over a pot of boiling water and melt the thing in the bowl so it doesn’t burn. Pour a thin layer into the mould or cups. Let it cool in the fridge. Add your nut butta. I also added cacao nibs because I like a crunch. Then add another layer of melted chocolate to seal it up and cool in the fridge. VOILA! Nut-butta-chocolate-heaven. I took a photo of one of these bitten into so you could see the nut butta but it was also a terrible photo. At least they’re delicious. Maybe l’ll try again tomorrow in the daylight. Tomorrow is a new day, folks! Make some nut butta cups 😘 Goodnight

This photo is awful, maybe I’ll take a better one tomorrow.
Or maybe not.
But what matters is that dark chocolate and nut butter is delicious 🍫+ 🥜.
These hearts are filled with organic peanut butter. Peanut butter is one of those things I don’t eat very often due to its often high pesticide content as well as its high likelihood of containing mold.
But when I do, I enjoy it and then move on.
You can also use almond or other nut buttas.
Find a silicone mould or adorable paper cups and melt some dark chocolate chips in a double boiler. A double boiler is when you put a bowl over a pot of boiling water and melt the thing in the bowl so it doesn’t burn.
Pour a thin layer into the mould or cups. Let it cool in the fridge.
Add your nut butta. I also added cacao nibs because I like a crunch.
Then add another layer of melted chocolate to seal it up and cool in the fridge.
VOILA! Nut-butta-chocolate-heaven.
I took a photo of one of these bitten into so you could see the nut butta but it was also a terrible photo. At least they’re delicious.
Maybe l’ll try again tomorrow in the daylight.
Tomorrow is a new day, folks! Make some nut butta cups 😘
Goodnight.
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#nutbuttercups #love #hearts #darkchocolate #nutbutta #peanutbutter #almondbutter #easypeasy #takethatReeses #delicious #tryit

IG: Sunday Health Tip: • • • GET OUTSIDE! Forest bathe. Walk. Breathe in fresh air. Be present. Move your body. Enjoy

Sunday Health Tip:
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GET OUTSIDE! Forest bathe. Walk. Breathe in fresh air. Be present. Move your body. Enjoy! 😘
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#holistichealth #sundayfunday #feelgreat #getoutside #move #functionalhealth #breathe

IG: Just trying to get some work done at my desk today, but no one is letting me 🤦🏻‍♀️ (Not true, Truffle is, mostly

Just trying to get some work done at my desk today, but no one is letting me 🤦🏻‍♀️
(Not true, Truffle is, mostly)
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#Neville #workingfromhome #buttintheface #catsofIG #wantslovesobad #givemespace

IG: These two know how to do a cold, grey day right 🐱🔥🐶 [teach me your wayyyyyysssss] @truffletheblacklab

These two know how to do a cold, grey day right 🐱🔥🐶
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IG: Monster Mouthes are perfect for Halloween or any kid-filled occasion where you want to include healthier snacks as well as spark a chuckle😆. Simply slice up some organic Granny Smith apples🍏, pop in some sunflower seeds for teeth (or slivered almonds for an extra evil look), slice up some strawberries🍓 for tongues and use organic peanut🥜 or almond butter as your glue. For eyes I used a dollop of white chocolate🍫 and dark mini chips but you could really use anything. Pro tip: I brushed the apple slices with fresh lemon juice to prevent them from browning🍋. Let me know if you try this at home⤵️ Hope everyone had a fun Halloween

Monster Mouthes are perfect for Halloween or any kid-filled occasion where you want to include healthier snacks as well as spark a chuckle😆.
Simply slice up some organic Granny Smith apples🍏, pop in some sunflower seeds for teeth (or slivered almonds for an extra evil look), slice up some strawberries🍓 for tongues and use organic peanut🥜 or almond butter as your glue.
For eyes I used a dollop of white chocolate🍫 and dark mini chips but you could really use anything.
Pro tip: I brushed the apple slices with fresh lemon juice to prevent them from browning🍋.
Let me know if you try this at home⤵️
Hope everyone had a fun Halloween! 😘
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#playwithyourfood #healthysnacksforkids #monstermouths #socute #delicious #realfood #nutrition #holisticnutritionist

IG: PSA – keep corn on the cob AWAY from doggies!🌽🚫🌽🚫 Repost from @truffletheblacklab I spent the last 3 days in the hospital because I ate a corn cob. My mama has no idea where I got it from but I ate it and it got stuck in my tummy as it often does in doggos. I was throwing up lots, had bad pain, didn’t want to eat or drink and had no energy— it was horrible! The doctors finally booked in emergency surgery for me after they couldn’t get me to feel better any other way, when I miraculously pooped out the second piece of corn cob that was causing me so much trouble (the first I threw up). I was very lucky that I didn’t need surgery and that I got it to come out, but this isn’t often the case. So doggy moms and dads, keep your doggies far away from corn cobs! PLEASE SHARE or tag someone who needs to know this First photo by @k9_klub 💕

PSA – keep corn on the cob AWAY from doggies!🌽🚫🌽🚫 Repost from @truffletheblacklab
I spent the last 3 days in the hospital because I ate a corn cob. My mama has no idea where I got it from but I ate it and it got stuck in my tummy as it often does in doggos.
I was throwing up lots, had bad pain, didn’t want to eat or drink and had no energy— it was horrible!
The doctors finally booked in emergency surgery for me after they couldn’t get me to feel better any other way, when I miraculously pooped out the second piece of corn cob that was causing me so much trouble (the first I threw up).
I was very lucky that I didn’t need surgery and that I got it to come out, but this isn’t often the case.
So doggy moms and dads, keep your doggies far away from corn cobs!
PLEASE SHARE or tag someone who needs to know this!
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#PSA #doghealth #donotfeedyourdogthis #🌽 #puppy #sickpuppy #betternow #truffletheblacklab #labsofinstagram #blacklablove
First photo by @k9_klub 💕

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