Debbie Cornelius

Culinary Nutrition + Wellness Coach, Medical Cannabis Educator

Years ago, working as a Corporate Brand Manager, I did not much value my health, I did not take time to learn what a breakfast of Brown Sugar Pop-Tarts, lunch from a restaurant, a chocolate bar as a snack and dinner made from a package could eventually do to one’s health.After I had kids things got a bit better, I started making my own Kombucha, coconut yogurt, and focusing on organic, farm-fresh produce and local clean food. I started to feel better, brown spots disappeared from my skin, the whites of my eyes were brighter and not yellow, bloating was no longer an issue and I was beginning to not feel tired ALL-THE-TIME.

‘I enrolled to be a Culinary Nutrition Expert, and started taking what would be many courses to further my Health and Nutrition Education.

Massive Set-Back
In 2014, I had a huge set-back, one I will always be working on for the rest of my life. I had a reaction to methyl-parabens and chemicals. Several months seeing doctors, allergists and testing found nothing. I was virtually unrecognizable, my face was red and swollen, often one eye swollen shut, I was covered in hives and painful raw rashes – my body literally felt like it was burning from the inside out.
The only relief I had was taking 65mg of Prednisone daily (I was told ‘for the rest of my life’).
Not giving up, it was Naturopathic Doctors that eventually had the answer – my body had hit a breaking point in response to the years of chemicals, dyes, preservatives it had been exposed to, my organs were no longer able to flush them out and my natural detox system was failing – all this was being presented through my skin.
A FIVE day allergy test called a ‘Patch Test’ consisting of adding squares of 100+ toxic chemicals to my back was the key to finding the cause, and eventually, the solution.

Solution
Lots of detoxing and replacing ALL shampoos, conditioners, hand soaps, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, make-up, synthetic candles and air fresheners that I was able to completely come off my medication.  To this day, I am still medication free!

Because my system was compromised, I remain hyper-sensitive and react immediately to these things – I will go to great lengths to avoid contact with additives, chemicals, preservatives, parabens and fragrances.

Working with Hemp
It was when I began working with Naturopaths and Nutritionists, in the Holistic Health space, that we started to notice our clients who were using CBD from Hemp were have the most amazing experiences, their inflammation seemed to disappear, their energy increased and gut health improved; they were able to turn their health around much easier.

A very good friend, and now business partner Lesley and I started to dive deep into educating ourselves to find the BEST Hemp choices for our clients, we were impressed at seeing the positive effects it was having on virtually ALL our clients.

Upon hearing Canada was initialing a Medical Cannabis program, I was excited (well that’s actually an understatement – I was ecstatic)!

THIS is my wheelhouse, my passion, I was ALL IN, taking every Medical Cannabis Course I could find, educating myself to the highest level at that time.

Fortunate to find R&D Labs who were able to make amazing products, our focus was strictly on Hemp (as our clients did NOT want the ‘high’ associated with a THC product).

Instructions to our formulators were simple “create us products that WORK, that are 100% clean, with absolutely NO harmful preservatives, additives, colours, artificial fragrances or fillers” and so they did – and here we are!

Thank you for reading this far ~ I am grateful and you are here!

Debbie