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418: Healing PCOS to Become a First-Time Mom at 42 with Bubble and Bee Founder Stephanie Greenwood Apr 11, 2023

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Could your household skincare and beauty products be destroying your health? Today's guest found out the hard way and after healing herself made it her mission to help others do the same.

Stephanie Greenwood was suffering from a whole host of hormone related conditions including PCOS. After discovering that many environmental toxins mimic estrogen in the body, and these xenoestrogens were present in the personal care products she was using on her skin, Stephanie went on to create her own company Bubble and Bee with safe, organic products that will not disrupt our hormones.

In his episode of Food Heals, Stephanie shares her personal journey of overcoming hormone imbalances, healing from trauma, and starting her own business. She also provides insights on her four pillars for healing PCOS, which include dietary principles, environmental toxins, the best supplements for PCOS, and emotional/trauma healing.

Stephanie's Story:

Stephanie shares how, at the age of 28, she was diagnosed with adenomyosis, a condition that causes heavy menstrual bleeding and painful periods. Her doctors suggested that she either undergo a hysterectomy or have a baby to cure the condition. Feeling frustrated with the lack of options, Stephanie began researching the root cause of her hormonal imbalances. She discovered that many environmental toxins mimic estrogen in the body, and these xenoestrogens were present in the personal care products she was using on her skin.

Stephanie searched for products without harmful chemicals, but even the products in health food stores contained parabens and phthalates. As a chemist, Stephanie decided to take matters into her own hands and started making her own products. After receiving rave reviews from friends and family who tried her products, she decided to start selling them at farmer's markets. In 2007, Bubble & Bee Organic was born, and within a year, they landed their first wholesale account with Whole Foods and launched their website.

Bubble & Bee Organic Today:

Today, more than 15 years later, Bubble & Bee Organic is still going strong. They manufacture everything in-house in their USDA-certified organic processing facility in the Rocky Mountains of Utah. By manufacturing in-house, they can ensure that their products are of high quality, and they can ship out small, fresh batches. Stephanie and her team take pride in their work, and they strive to never compromise their standards, even if it means staying small.

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417: Food Heals Takes Miami: Eating at Planta, Vegan Stories, Ayahuasca vs. Antidepressants & More with Ella Magers and Ashley Fillingim Apr 08, 2023

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No topic is left unturned on this episode live from Miami where Alli catches up with Ella Magers and Ashley Fillingim. Tune in to hear the crazy stories about how they all met, their retreat to Italy, what they ate at Planta, and a candid discussion about Ayahuasca vs. Antidepressants.

Check out Ashley's brand new podcast, Kick Ash Life:

We have permission to begin again. We are meant to thrive, to live life out loud, to seek joy and abundance. We get to hit reset and take risks to build a life we love. Sounds great in theory. But the question is, how? A big firm lawyer for 20 years, Ashley Fillingim walked out of her corner office in the city, trading high heels for flip flops and burnout for big dreams, seeking a KickAshLife. Sounds idyllic, right? Yeah, about that … literally nothing went as planned. Come along for the journey, as Ashley interviews dream builders – everyday people doing extraordinary things – and shares her own thoughts about seeking joy at the intersection of business and life. Curiosity and conversation lead to beautiful moments. If you want someone to walk beside you, someone who really doesn't have it all figured out, the KickAshLife podcast is for you. Follow Ashley on Instagram @kickashlife for real talk about life, sprinkled with tips on business and law for entrepreneurs. Subscribe to The KickAshLife Podcast and share it with a friend. Let's do life. Together.

And Ella has two podcasts! Check them out:

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Whether you're already vegan, in the process of transiting to a vegan lifestyle, or consider yourself "vegan-curious," join Sexy Fit Vegan® Ella Magers, MSW and Mindset Master Stephanie Aguilar for a show that is all about helping you leap into your power and build a healthy, plant-strong body and mind for life.

Rise & Thrive:

A holistic health and wellness-forward show for the vegan-curious and the curious-vegan...Ella Magers is on a mission to revolutionize the way we as human beings navigate this adventure we call life holistically, both by up-leveling our own health and wellbeing through self-compassion, but also expanding our circle of compassion to all living beings in the earth itself.

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416: Healing Lyme: Testing For the MTHFR Gene, The FODMAP Diet, Candida & Bacterial Optimizer Protocol, and More! (Healing Lyme Disease Series Part 3) Mar 24, 2023

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Lyme disease can cause a range of symptoms, including fever, rash, joint pain, and fatigue, even arthritis, heart problems, and neurological issues. In the last two episodes, we spoke to Devon Dionne, Adrienne Nolan-Smith, and Robin Shirley who all used varying combinations of nutrition, detoxification, and alternative medicine to heal their Lyme disease.

In this episode, you will hear Dr. Stephan Cabral give a listener advice on her Lyme disease. Then we chat with Aimee Valpone, who shares her harrowing story of overcoming Lyme and how changing her diet and learning how to detox saved her life when she was at death's door.

Dr. Stephen Cabral is a board-certified Naturopath, Ayurvedic, Functional Medicine and Integrative Health Practitioner. He is the founder, creator and teacher of the Integrative Health Practitioner Institute. In today's episode Dr. Cabral answer's a listener question about Lyme, Sibo and the FODMAP diet.

Then we will hear from Amie Valpone and her journey to heal. For years, Aimee suffered from various ailments, including Lyme disease and PCOS, and conventional medicine failed to provide a diagnosis. Doctors treated her symptoms with pill after pill, but nothing seemed to work. Even when she was lying in a hospital bed with morphine dripping into her arm, her HR department contacted her to say they thought she was bluffing, because she was blogging. This was the moment when Aimee decided that if she survived, she would dedicate her life to helping others. And that's exactly what she did.

As Aimee began detoxing, many emotional issues surfaced, including the trauma from years of looking for someone to diagnose her, not being believed, and searching for answers. She started to detox her entire life, including holistic practices such as cranial sacral therapy and energy healing.

Aimee shares her story on her blog to help others heal themselves. She guides them through health tests, including one that checks for the MTHFR gene, without which the body cannot properly detoxify. She emphasizes that high toxicity is one of the main reasons the body gets ill. This is where detoxing is incredibly powerful because it essentially gets the bad stuff out of your body. Eating organic foods helps the body cope with the bombardment of toxins.

If you're interested in learning more about Aimee's journey and the power of detoxing, be sure to check out her book, Eating Clean: The 21-Day Plan to Detox, Fight Inflammation, and Reset Your Body.

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415: Healing Lyme: Alternative Medicine, Cowden Protocol, Heavy Metal Detox, & Chelation (Healing Lyme Disease Series Part 2) Mar 22, 2023

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Robin was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and chronic Lyme disease when she was just 11 years old. She suffered from painful joints, inflammation, rashes, fatigue, fevers. The heavy medication she was prescribed caused digestive problems, nausea and hair loss. The drugs also suppressed Robin's immune system, causing frequent infections and affecting all parts of her life. At just 23, Robin's life looked set towards pain and disability. However, now 27, she's healthy, free from pharmaceuticals and running the company of her dreams.

The journey to health wasn't simple—at the time, childhood autoimmune disorders weren't common and doctors were unsure what to do. Robin's family was into healthy living and tried many different therapies to alleviate her symptoms – from juicing to acupressure to consultations with healers. But nothing worked. "We weren't doing the right things," says Robin. She soon realized there was a definite link between her illness and the foods she ate; wanting to commit to a healthy holistic life, she left college to study at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Within a few months of starting at the Institute, Robin was giving cookery lessons, which soon evolved into one-on-one sessions and weekend yoga retreats. She was helping others whilst also helping herself. "The career and my health happened simultaneously," she says, reflecting on how coaching others keeps her committed to a healthy lifestyle.

Determined to get better, she started by giving her immune system what it was craving, what it needed to function optimally. She included plenty of antimicrobial and antibacterial foods, such as herbs and spices, in her diet, in combination with other holistic treatments like aromatherapy. Although this helped her to feel better, the real turning point in her health was when she was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease and began a Lyme-specific treatment protocol.

Changing her diet and taking herbs from the Cowden protocol got Robin back on track with her health, but she still struggled with fatigue and depression. When she started detoxing her body from heavy metals, her body healed and her health improved dramatically. Where she once found it hard to walk up a flight of stairs, Robin can now work 12 hour days, go out afterwards and still feel full of energy. She talks us through heavy metal chelation, the key issues to watch out for and how to detox safely.

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414: Healing Lyme: Hyperbaric Oxygen, Chlorella, Colloidal Silver, Herbs, Bovine Colostrum Therapy, and Naturopathy (Healing Lyme Disease Series Part 1) Mar 19, 2023

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Let's talk about Lyme disease. It's a bacterial infection caused by the bite of an infected tick and it's pretty prevalent in the US with over 300,000 cases reported each year. But here's the thing, conventional medicine usually only treats the symptoms of Lyme disease with antibiotics, which can have negative side effects and don't address the root cause of the disease.

That's where functional medicine comes in. It offers an alternative approach to treating Lyme disease that focuses on supporting the body's natural healing processes. Functional medicine practitioners use a variety of tools and techniques to identify the underlying factors contributing to a patient's Lyme disease, such as genetic predispositions, environmental toxins, and nutritional deficiencies.

That's why today I am bringing you some of the most inspiring stories of people who have healed themselves of lyme disease through functional medicine testing, nutrition, detoxification and alternative medicine. This is the Lyme series: This is the series to listen to or send a loved one who is suffering with Lyme and has exhausted all other options. There is hope. You can heal.

First up, we roll a clip from episode 199 with Devon Dionne. Devon's wellness journey dates back to her late 20's. Despite being a dancer and appearing slim and healthy, she had a disordered relationship with food, and was pre-diabetic and pre-menopausal: her blood sugar and hormones were completely out of balance. And, she was suffering from Lyme disease. Through a combination of Gyrotonic training, holistic anti-aging strategies and nutrition, Devon completely healed her Lyme disease, balanced her hormones and now feels healthier than ever.

Then we're throwing it back to episode 247 with Adrienne Nolan-Smith. Adrienne was diagnosed with Lyme disease at just 11 years old. Back then, doctors didn't know much about Lyme, how to recognize it, much less, how to treat it. Antibiotics weren't working, but Adrienne did not give up. She went on a route to heal herself and between a whole foods diet, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, alternative medicine and more Adrienne healed her body from Lyme disease.

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413: The Gut Connection: How Chronic Conditions, Infertility, and Autoimmune Diseases are Directly Connected to Your Microbiome and How to Shift Your Diet, Mindset, and Lifestyle to Heal with Naturopath Katherine Maslen Mar 15, 2023

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Did you know that chronic disease is the number one thing killing us in 2023? Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year worldwide, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. That statistic is staggering. Don't become a statistic! Instead listen to today's episode of Food Heals with Katherine Maslen, Naturopath and Founder of The Shift Clinics in Australia.

When addressing the cause of chronic disease, the number one thing we need to talk about is gut health. What do cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergies, mental health and fertility all have in common? The gut.

That's right! Your microbiome does everything from digesting food to absorbing minerals to regulating your immune system and your hormones. All disease begins in the gut… and that's where healing begins as well! So in this week's episode we couldn't wait to interview an international expert on the topic of gut health, Katherine Maslen.

Katherine got into nutrition after witnessing a close friend's journey through lupus, an autoimmune disease. As she got sicker, her medicine cabinet grew, yet none of these medications had any positive effect on her health. She passed away at just 52.

Katherine knew there just had to be a better way. This is what led her to create the Shift Clinic, an international wellness company that is changing the face of health and empowering people to take control of their healing journey.

Check out Katherine's book Get Well Stay Well to discover the secrets to get back in touch with your body and start thriving.

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412: From Seed to Harvest: How True Leaf Market Can Help You Grow a Successful Garden with Parker Garlitz Mar 13, 2023

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What is Vitamin L and why is it important? What are cover crops and what do we need to know about them? How can we grow wheatgrass, sprouts, microgreens and more at home?

In episode 412 of Food Heals, Allison Melody interviews Parker Garlitz, co-founder of True Leaf Market, an independent non-GMO seed company that has been curating premium seed brands since 1974 to answer these questions and more.

Parker says, the modern diet often lacks food that is actually alive when you eat it, as even grocery store produce has been off the vine for days to weeks before it gets to you. Living foods such as sprouts, microgreens, wheatgrass juice, and fresh garden produce eaten right after harvest can provide valuable nutrition.

"We believe that everyone should have access to indoor and outdoor growing," said Garlitz. "We want to build and rebuild communities through growing by making it an accessible practice for all. We hope everyone can experience the joy of growing."

Garlitz also discussed the benefits of growing cover crops, which he says is the most affordable and naturally sustainable way to revitalize garden soil for the coming growing season.

True Leaf Market curates premium brands such as Mountain Valley Seeds for conventional, Sustainable Seeds for organics, Kitazawa Seeds for Asian varieties, Mountain Valley Hybrids for F1 varieties, and Handy Pantry for sprouting. The company is dedicated to helping anyone begin growing and provides customer support and online growing information.

"We are intent on building strong relationships with suppliers, customers, and the home garden seed industry alike, to ensure that we are providing the best seed possible," said Garlitz. "We hope you'll make us your seed company of choice."

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411: Workout for Weight-loss, Meal Prep Like a Boss, and Bio-Hack Your Health with these Simple Game-Changing Routines (Healthy AF Part 2) Mar 07, 2023

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What if meal prepping, working out, and biohacking your health could be easy? That's what today's guests will help you do. Learn how to workout for weight loss, meal prep like a boss, and bio-hack your health with simple things you can add to your healthy routine.

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First up we've got Fitness coach and MMA Fighter Ryan White, then we'll hear from plant-based meal planning expert Stephanie Dreyer, and finally Allison Melody will be sharing some of her favorite bio hacks for your health.

Ryan White's lifelong struggle with his weight led to him devoting a lot of time to learning the in's and out's of change psychology so he could better both himself and his many clients. You can check out his book Getting off the Rollercoaster on Amazon.

Stephanie Dreyer is a freelance writer, author, and marketing consultant. She is also the founder of VeegMama, where she helps families cook and eat healthier. Get dinner on the table in about 30 minutes each night with our done-for-you meal plans, prep schedules and grocery lists. You can get started for just $1 over at foodhealsnation.com/batch.

If you're interested in overcoming emotional eating and manifesting true health by setting healthy boundaries and cultivating self-love, join the Healthy AF Total Transformation program. We offer a special deal for the next 2months, which includes access to all the previous classes and recordings plus 2 months of live coaching calls with us and other experts for the months of March and April. For only $333. Sign up at Foodhealsnation.com/Transformatio n.

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410: How to Overcome Emotional Eating with a Food and Mood Journal, Avoid Self-Sabotage by Cultivating Self-Love, and Manifest True Health by Setting Healthy Boundaries (Healthy AF: Part 1) Mar 01, 2023

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Emotional eating is a common phenomenon that many people struggle with, but often goes unnoticed. It involves turning to food to cope with difficult emotions, rather than eating because you are hungry. Emotional eating can lead to consuming more calories than your body needs or can use, which can cause health problems. However, there are ways to overcome emotional eating and manifest true health by setting healthy boundaries and cultivating self-love.

In this 2-part series, we will discuss mindful eating, emotional healing, self-doubt, and setting healthy boundaries. We'll explore some behaviors and thought patterns that may increase your likelihood of becoming an emotional eater, and how to change them.

In the first two clips, Allison will discuss an overview of how to get healthy AF, then we'll talk about how to become aware of your emotional eating habits and how to change them with a food and mood journal.

Then, we have JJ Flizanes discussing self-doubt, avoiding self-sabotage, emotional healing, and the law of attraction. JJ says we can't create long-lasting change when we are doing it from a place of "I'm not good enough" or "I'll be good enough when I am fit, healthy, thin." Instead, she encourages us to get healthy AF from a place of self-love.

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Finally, we end with Laura Powers talking about how to set healthy boundaries. Laura emphasizes that whatever we are choosing, we get sent more of that. Therefore, it's essential to show the universe what we want more of by creating more of that in our lives every day.

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