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Honest and eye-opening conversations with functional nutritionist Erin Holt. Erin shares insight into hot topic nutrition, plus interviews with thought leaders in the functional medicine and wellness world. Get informed and empowered with this funky spin on mainstream health information.
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In this episode I'm interviewing with herbalist Amy KcKelvey. As an integrative herbalist, natural products consultant and marketing professional, Amy has a passion for living with purpose and vitality, coupled with a deep respect for the human body and nature. A graduate of the California School of Herbal Studies, she is now the CEO of Her Vital Way, a wellness brand for women.
Tune in to hear:
-Healing with herbs
-History of herbs
-Can you overdo supplements
-Essentials oil safety
-Where to start with supplements
-How to make tea infusions
-Zinc and copper balance
-Herbs for skin
-Hormonal acne
-Herbs for constipation
-Dosing for herbs
-Herbs for sleep and anxiety
-Adaptogens
-Schisandra
-How to energize your life
-How to maximize benefits from supplements
-Menstrual cramps
Visit Her Vital Way: https://www.hervitalway.com/
How to learn more about herbs: https://www.hervitalway.com/Become-your-own-health-advocate_b_11.html
"We have been healers throughout history. Groups of women gathered together to heal each other and heal their community with plants and foods. We all need to go back to that place of trusting ourselves."
Emotional Eating aka The One Where We Air Our Dirty Laundry
Interview with Alicia Joy Stiles
We're sitting down with Alicia Joy Stiles, Women's Empowerment and Holistic Health Coach. Alicia is on a mission of autheticity, pleasure and empowerment. Through personal and professional exploration, she has discovered the magnitude of importance that self love has on our overall happiness.
Listen as we talk about:
-What does women's empowerment have to do with food
-Why we overeat
-What does burnout have to do with emotional eating
-Food & shame
-We talk about everything from binge eating to divorce to burnout.
Learn more about Alicia: http://www.aliciajoystiles.com/
Follow Alicia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliciajoystiles/
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Work with Kyle: https://www.rootdownnutrition.com/
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DEEP DETOX WORKSHOP: http://www.erinholthealth.com/events/ at Hawthorn Farm Retreat Center, Medfield MA - Saturday, April 21st 12-3pm
This episode is all about YOUR supplement questions! We answer everything, including:
-Supplements: do they actually work?
-Multivitamins: do you need one?
-Greens powder for kids
-How to check for supplement safety/purity/efficacy
-Omega 3s: fish oil and algae oil
-What to look for with probiotics
-Pee turning yellow with b-complex
-Supplements for anxiety
-Biotin for helping with hair loss/hair thinning from IUD?
-Collagen peptides
-Is collagen safe while breastfeeding?
-Preworkouts
Are You Making These Workout Fuel Mistakes: http://www.erinholthealth.com/erin-holt-health-1/are-you-making-these-workout-fuel-mistakes Deep Detox workshop at Hawthorn Farm: http://www.erinholthealth.com/hawthorn-farm-detox-workshop/detox-workshop-at-hawthorn-farm
Rootz Nutrition Protein Powder and Energizer: https://www.rootznutrition.com/ USE CODE erinholthealth TO GET 10% OFF
Getting help with your health can be a long and arduous task, so this episode aims to lay out where to start and who to seek out in a practitioner. We'll unpack why your story matters, what to do when your doctor doesn't listen, differences between a health coach and nutritionist, mystery illnesses, and how to find a practitioner for your needs.
In this episode:
-Where to Start & Who to Seek Out
-Why Your Story Matters
-What to do When Your Doctor Doesn’t Listen
-Difference Between Health Coach and Nutritionist
-Mystery illness
-How to find a practitioner
Deep Detox Workshop Registration: http://www.erinholthealth.com/events/
Why Hypothyroidism is a feminist issue: https://avivaromm.com/hypothyroidism-feminist-issue/
Work with The Funk'tional Nutritionist https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/services
Work with Kyle: https://www.rootdownnutrition.com/
Find Erin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/
Find Kyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootdownnutrition/
Online Gut Health Workshop:
http://www.erinholthealth.com/online-gut-workshop/online-gut-workshop
Deep Detox Workshop Registration: http://www.erinholthealth.com/events/
Why Hypothyroidism is a feminist issue: https://avivaromm.com/hypothyroidism-feminist-issue/
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Carrie Forrest, blogger behind Clean Eating Kitchen, comes on the show to clarify what clean eating means. We dive into:
-How to find the balance in healthy eating with a disordered past
-Healing and orthorexia
-Clean eating - what does it mean?
-Finding flexibility with food rules
-Is a vegetarian diet the healthiest diet?
-Transitioning from vegan diet → animal inclusive diet
-Why a vegan blogger stopped being vegan
-Supplements for digestion when adding meat in
-Intermittent fasting
-Losing your period - and getting it back
-Eating for hormone health and PCOS
-Supporting Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
-Thyroid disease + gluten
Quotes:
“That was the first step to balancing my hormones - I had to gain back 10 pounds.” --Carrie Forrest
“It’s so individualized with every woman finding a comfortable weight. And it can’t be under anyone else’s guidelines. I trusted my body to figure things out - which was a big hope.” --Carrie Forrest
“My eating disorder went under the radar for a long time because the pursuit of skinny is socially and culturally acceptable.” --Erin Holt
JOIN FUELED+FIT (now called Eat to Achieve): http://www.erinholthealth.com/fueled-fit/
Carrie’s website: https://www.cleaneatingkitchen.com/
Carrie’s podcast: https://www.cleaneatingkitchen.com/podcast/
Erin’s interview on Carrie’s podcast: https://www.cleaneatingkitchen.com/eating-disorder-recovery-erin-holt/
Follow Carrie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cleaneatingcarrie/
Work with The Funk'tional Nutritionist https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/services
Work with Kyle: https://www.rootdownnutrition.com/
Find Erin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/
Find Kyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootdownnutrition/
Erin and Kyle sit down for a listener question episode!
Tune in to hear:
-Benefits and drawbacks of a ketogenic diet
-Who should attempt and avoid a keto diet
-Erin’s experience with keto
-Tips for getting into ketosis
-Hows and whys of Elimination diets
-Negative side effects of longterm elimination diets
-Paleo vs. low carb diets
-Is paleo healthy?
Sign up for Fueled+Fit here (now called Eat to Achieve): http://www.erinholthealth.com/fueled-fit/
Work with The Funk'tional Nutritionist https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/services
Work with Kyle: https://www.rootdownnutrition.com/
Find Erin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/
Find Kyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootdownnutrition/
Erin sits down with Sara Curry, co-owner of Blaze Yoga & Pilates in Portsmouth, NH, to unpack sources of back pain, problems with the current models for pain treatment and why she finds Sara to be a true role model. Yoga and community are at the core of everything Sara does.
In this episode:
-What to do if you have back pain
-Why bed rest is the worst thing you can do for back pain
-What's wrong with the current model of pain treatment
-How to decrease fibromyalgia pain
-Yoga and medical miracles
-Dispelling myths about Bikram yoga
-What does being direct have to do with mindfulness
-Seeking comfort in discipline
-Yoga and obesity
-Yoga and inclusiveness
-How to heal
Sara’s Tedx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y15SX-dQUM
Bikram Yoga Portsmouth (now called Blaze Yoga & Fitness) https://www.blazenh.com
Work with The Funk'tional Nutritionist https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/services
Work with Kyle: https://www.rootdownnutrition.com/
Find Erin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/
Find Kyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootdownnutrition/
In this episode:
-The Cost of Healthy Eating
-How We Prioritize Food Shopping
-Which Foods to Cut to Save Money
-Where to Shop
-Budgeting Tips
-Inexpensive Sources of Nutrition
FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/18-healthy-eating-budget
In this episode:
-Do calories matter?
-Calories in vs. calories out
-The lesson Erin had to learn to recover from disordered eating
-Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
-Metabolism and metabolic damage
-Calories and hormones
-4 most important things to do for weight loss
-How to determine your calorie needs
-Set point theory
FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/17-weight-loss-calories
Interview with Dr. Cristin Zaimes
In this episode:
-What the heck is the pelvic floor and why you should care about it
-Root causes of constipation
-What’s wrong with the idea of “core engagement”
-Why you probably DON’T need to do kegels
-What is the “core” and how can you find it
-Sexual trauma, cultural programming and physical ailments
-How does your story affect your physical body and why it’s such a necessary part of your care plan
-What does pain have to do with the brain
-The current model of health care and why it needs to CHANGE
-Barriers to integrated healthcare and how we can overcome them
-Neuroscience proves that one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work
-What does nutrition have to do with pain and physical therapy
-Gut, inflammation and pain
-Our thoughts on exercise, cortisol and calorie burn
-The best way to find your optimal weight
FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO: https://www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/16-pain-brain-healthcare-system
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