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Shahada Evans CNP

Shahada Evans is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner and Iridologist. She has always been inspired by how food; profoundly influences our health, culture, society, and environment. This interest led Shahada to the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Toronto, where she graduated with First Class Honours.

Shahada has worked as a Nutritionist for Newtopia Inc. in Toronto, and Finlandia Integrative Pharmacy in Vancouver. As the founder of Shahada Wellness, Shahada counsels clients on a wide range of health issues, with a focus on digestive health, mental health conditions, healthy weight loss, and autoimmune diseases.

In her practice, Shahada utilizes an individualized whole foods approach, while incorporating herbs, supplementation, and lifestyle improvements, to help her clients feel their best! Shahada believes in addressing the root cause of an illness, and that by doing so, you allow the body to heal itself. She loves empowering her clients to take their health into their own hands, and strongly believes in using food as medicine; because everyone has access to it!

Shahada has a special love for regenerative farming, food sovereignty, traditional herbal medicines, and supporting local food systems.

When Shahada is not seeing clients or learning more about functional nutrition, you can find her sipping coffee at a local cafe, foraging for herbs, cold plunging, or sweating it out in the sauna.

Shahada teaches Nutrition Through The Lifespan, and Preventative Health Care at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition Vancouver.

  • NLS 010 Nutrition through the Life Span

    Nutrition Through the Lifespan addresses macro and micronutrient needs based on the lifespan model. A healthy nutritional status is vital throughout every stage, supporting pregnancy outcomes, growth, and aging. This comprehensive course begins with the foundations of essential nutrients for fertility and pregnancy; pediatrics including lactation with particular attention to infant feeding in the first year; navigating childhood nutritional demands; to adolescence including allergies and disorders as they relate to the repercussions of nutritional deficiencies. Early adulthood, midlife and mature adulthood for women’s and men’s health is explored, adding lifestyle and environmental factors that contribute to optimal health at each life stage. Support for nutritional challenges faced in geriatric nutrition round out the program. This course introduces students to the etiology and symptoms of common health conditions that are a key determinant of nutritional status. Evaluations through tests and case studies examine individualized dietary requirements, giving students the insight and ability to design optimal nutrition, supplement and lifestyle guidance for clients throughout their stages of life. Learning Objectives: • To understand nutritional choices impact overall health and vitality, for all age groups and their related conditions • Students will develop protocols that include dietary, detox, supplementation and lifestyle recommendations at all stages • To gain an understanding of the significant nutritional needs for optimal pregnancy, growth, and development • To analyze and address contributing factors in the elimination of food allergies and intolerances, particularly for children • Address the imperative nature of optimal digestive health, at all stages Nutrition Through the Lifespan contributes to keen insights into the lifespan model to address conditions and imbalances. Using a case study approach, this course is highly applicable, giving students the opportunity to research and develop key protocols for diverse age ranges.

  • PHC 005 Preventive Health Care

    Preventive Health Care emphasizes the significant factor of nutrition in the prevention of disease states. This course explores how proper nutrition can protect against or reverse many ailments including stress, inflammation, immune deficiencies, compromised brain health, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, asthma, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, arthritis, and cancer. Students will be exposed to current research developments and trends on phytochemicals, antioxidants, and nutraceuticals. Special attention in this course is given to the management of diseases of the cardiovascular system. This course instructs students to become familiar in detail with natural health strategies, dietary modifications, and supplement protocols to treat, prevent and reverse degenerative conditions. Students are taught and evaluated on specific dietary and lifestyle protocols in the prevention of disease. Learning Outcomes: • Understand the holistic viewpoint on the etiology of degenerative disease • Develop protocols for specific health conditions through the use of nutrition, lifestyle changes, therapeutic modalities, and nutraceuticals • Gain insight into the importance of why managing stress is critical for lowering the risk of disease and creating resilience • Exposure to evidence-based nutrition research to demonstrate preventive strategies in acute and chronic health conditions Preventive Health Care instructs future practitioners to recommend highly customized client protocols for a broad range of health conditions through the use of natural nutrition, lifestyle, holistic therapies, and supplementation. This course highlights the centrality of digestive health in the management of stress.