#5 Ellie Shortt on Nutrition, Cooking, and Happiness - a podcast by Todd Howard

I had a blast sitting down with Ellie Shortt to record this episode on nutrition. Ellie is great company and incredibly knowledgeable about many topics related to food, including using holistic nutrition to help people discover their optimal health.

After years of her own health struggles, Ellie found a way to take back her health simply by observing and modifying her diet. She had great mentors as her family is well-stocked with healthcare professionals who greatly value food and its medicinal potential. Nutrition is not always a panacea, and Ellie still occasionally has flare-ups of symptoms, but by being conscientious of the foods that she consumes, she is able to heed the messages that those symptoms are delivering and literally eat her way back to health.

We talked about more than just her personal health struggles, as Ellie is a sought-after holistic nutritionist with a thriving practice under her company known as Whole Happy. She takes us into the scenario of what it is like to be a client of Whole Happy: from the thorough consultation and subsequent advice to potential chaperoned grocery shopping trips and even pantry raiding. She delivers a one-stop experience to her clients who are serious about creating abundant health, and, by using her journalistic background, she is passionate about disseminating nutrition knowledge far and wide.

We also talk about the regular cooking classes that she offers at Victoria’s prestigious cooking school, The London Chef. It was there where I met Ellie many years ago as she was teaching cooking to Pacific Rim College students in the Diploma of Holistic Nutrition, as she still does today.

And as if Ellie is not immersed enough in the world of nutrition, last year she co-founded the local bistro Marta Café + Pantry. We talk about some of her struggles in getting a restaurant off the ground and the lessons she continues to learn from it.

With her food knowledge and lifestyle philosophies, Ellie has a bounty to offer. I am confident this episode will give you a great deal of valuable information to chew on.

Episode Links:

Instagram: @ellieshortt

WholeHappy Website + Blog: wholehappy.com

Cooking Classes at The London Chef: http://thelondonchef.com/classes/?taxonomy=pa_instructors&term=ellie-shortt

Marta Cafe + Pantry: https://www.martacafeandpantry.com/

Learning Links: 

Pacific Rim College: https://www.pacificrimcollege.com/

Pacific Rim College Workshops: https://www.pacificrimcollege.com/workshops/

Pacific Rim College Student Clinic: https://www.pacificrimcollege.com/clinical-services/

PRCOnline Nutrition Courses: https://pacificrimcollege.online/course-category/holistic-nutrition/

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