Bryn Lutes

My Recipes & Articles

• Grass-Fed Beef Liver Pate on November 8, 2020
• Easy Himalayan Sea Salt Salmon on August 9, 2020
• Living on Cigarettes and Fast Food… Until I got Diagnosed with Celiac Disease & Leaky Gut on June 28, 2016
• Eat to Beat Adrenal Fatigue: Your Meal Plan Delivered on August 19, 2015
• Easy Flourless Breakfast Cookies on August 3, 2015
• Meatza! Ground Bison Pizza “Crust” Topped with Veggies (Grain-Free, Paleo) on July 14, 2015
• Easy Chicken, Spinach, and Mushroom Lunch Bowls on July 1, 2015
• 3 Ingredient Grilled Chicken Thighs on
• Yogurt and Tahini Beanless Hummus (allergen-free) on May 8, 2015

My Story

Something I hear all the time is “aren’t people with celiac disease skinny and malnourished?” Well, yes. Unless you’re overweight and malnourished. I thought I was just a fat kid. I assumed I had no allergies and was destined to a life of plus-size clothing. When I met my girlfriend, I had my eyes opened to the world of food allergies. She has anaphylaxis-level allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish, and a few non-ana allergies. I adjusted to this very easily.

Then I got hit with a dairy whammo: migraines, then hives, then asthma attacks. Boo, but whatever, add it to the list. Kicking dairy drastically improved my weight loss, and then I started reacting to gluten. I freaked out about this, but it got better. My celiac diagnosis was pretty anti-climactic. I paid $40 and waited 2 months to get in to see a GI doc who said, “nice job diagnosing yourself. I’ll confirm with blood work.”

When I finally got in to see a naturopath, I got the rest of the news: leaky gut, adrenal issues, and candida overgrowth. Duh! I probably could have figured that out, too, if I hadn’t been so overwhelmed (and tired from trashing my adrenals #graduateschool). And now? Now I’ve changed the way I eat, and I feel amazing. I’m still healing, but health has never been this delicious.

Throughout this journey, I’ve spent my time in graduate school (what should I actually do with this PhD in Chemistry?), the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (yay, Health Coaching!), and working a full time office job while building my health coaching business.

Want to learn more? See my website here: www.coachbryn.com