Lodge and Legend: Volume1 • Issue3

A PALEO SUCCESS STORY
“My doctor told me about it about a year ago, and I didn’t do anything,” she says,
noting that she had been following a low-carb diet for years, interspersing with
Keto, which hadn’t seemed to work at all. “It just seemed so impossible to eat
organic, to avoid allergens and all the other things. How was I going to take all
these things out of my diet and still have anything I wanted to eat?”
For Jaudon—as with many others who have autoimmune conditions—the other
concern was how to make such a drastic dietary change consistent and sustainable
when her body was constantly under attack.
“I couldn’t spend hours trying to source it or go to the store and trying to figure it
all out,” Jaudon says. “Really, I don’t have that much energy.”
When she finally decided to take action in her diet, Jaudon attempted a Keto diet
again, but didn’t lose a pound. Finally, while researching her options, she came
across Saskatoon Paleo meal program and joined the mailing list. Then, when
she realized the plans could be customized to fit all of her dietary restrictions and
requirements, she signed up.
“It’s real food. They make everything and if you have limitations like I do, they
can handle it. They make it or bake it specifically for you,” she says. “You’re eating
real food that isn’t pre-packaged…you can freeze it and heat it up when you have
to. They lay everything out for you and all you have to do is eat it.”
For Jaudon, while the convenience of the freshly-prepared meal plan was great, the
specialization to the plan was instrumental.
“Not only did I start off with a list of things I couldn’t have, but then I ended
up adding to it,” she says. In the end, Jaudon couldn’t have whey, dairy, soy, or
“They make it or bake it
specifically for you."
legumes, but that didn’t deter the Paleo team at Saskatoon. “There’s a section where you can make a note and just remind them
what you can or can’t have and they have been incredible. They even have two people that specifically work to make sure that
anyone who has dietary concerns is taken care of.”
Since starting the program, Jaudon has completed three sets of the five-week program, and the change has been undeniable. Not
only was she able to lose weight, but her hair stopped falling out, her health improved and her symptoms eased. Her doctors
noticed the change as well.
“They are shocked—absolutely impressed,” she says. “I just saw one of my doctors yesterday and he said, ‘You’ve just added
years to your life and by cutting all the junk out of your diet, and not only has it helped your weight lost but it’s helped your
heart and everything.’”
With the goal to get her Hashimoto’s into remission, Jaudon credits the team at Saskatoon with much of her incredible
transformation, and notes that her story could be anyone’s.
“Anybody can do it,” she says. “But I could never have done this without them as my team.”
For more information about the meal plan, see:
www.saskatoonrestaurant.com/low-carb-paleo/
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