Podcast Category: Gut health & nutrition

Virtual medicine may be exactly what you need. With an underlying theme of availability, convenience, and connection, Dr. Alec shares his journey with functional and virtual medicine, how he navigates behavior change with his patients, the lack of nutrition education in traditional medicine, and the importance of a patient’s relationship with their doctor. With a focus on the patient’s goal, Dr. Alec & Dr. Dom share why Steady MD provides a responsive and transparent platform to your healthcare journey.

Diving into nutritional and training considerations through menstruation to post-menopause. #womenarenotsmallmen. Dr. Stacy Sims discusses why you may lose your period, and how to get it back. She explains what to eat during and post-exercises and why eating times matter for women. She deciphers how to optimize nutrition and training during the menstrual cycle. Moreover, she addresses the fad diets that are non-beneficial for women, transferability issues in research, and how to optimize the perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause phase of life.

In this episode, Cara speaks about her path to nutrition, provides simple principles that focus on nutritionally optimizing health, and the benefits of the elimination-reintroduction techniques to creating an individualized program for you. She redefines success as her challenge, suggests the benefits of food-logging, and provides tips into committing to a challenge to kickstart your journey and educate yourself. Finally, she discusses 2 ways eating according to season is optimal. Join in on her hormone health challenge!

In this episode, Dr. Lisa dives into her perspectives on diet culture, and the importance of defining what “healthy” is for you. She guides you through achieving food freedom, ways to create a more friendly eating environment for children. Finally, she defines body positivity, explains the benefits of re-focusing goals, and discusses how to get to body positivity, even if you face stigmas with a health at every size approach.

In this episode, founder of Dry Farm Wines, Todd White, discusses the lack of transparency in the wine industry, the process of wine-making, and the differences between natural, organic, and conventional wines. He explains the ranking systems, exposing the truths about the “FDA approved” label. Finally, he guides you through choosing the most healthful wine. and how buying wine from your local farmers’ market may be the best option!

In this episode, Keri Ford, holistic health expert, suggests the importance of establishing an optimal relationship with food, and how to get started! As she speaks about her experience with opening up to intuitive eating, she shares the power of pausing and dropping the shame associated with certain foods through diet culture. She speaks about somatic work healing, her billion-dollar body principle, and how to shift from self-care to self-love to start your journey.

In this episode, nutrition expert, Shawn Wells, debunks the myths around the harmful effects of salt, fat, and cholesterol. He hones in on the importance of protein, collagen, and sourcing quality protein to managing insulin, and protecting the body from sarcopenic obesity and age-related muscle loss. Furthermore, he shares his thoughts on the benefits of creatine, vitamin D3 & K2, berberine, and polyphenols. Finally, he addresses blood sugar and diseases.

In this episode, Belcampo CEO Anya Fernald, discusses the benefits and sustainability of regenerative farming and slow-growing meats in America. She provides insight into sustainably feeding overpopulation, the cheap-meat paradox, subsidization and meats, and the battle with alternative meats, She deciphers meat labels and how to source the best quality meats. Finally, she briefly talks about e-commerce and meats at grocery stores.

In this episode, RD Kelly LeVeque, describes her FabFour approach and how to keep blood sugar levels stable throughout the day. She explains how blood sugar levels are related to the types of carbohydrates consumed, cravings, and whether sugar is truly addicting. She provides insight into how to test your blood sugar level, fiber and bloating, probiotic/prebiotic foods when to consume starchy vegetables, juice cleansing and detox, as well as the research on fasting.

Welcome to episode 103 of The Optimal Body Podcast Improving accessibility to healthy food with Ashley Tyrner of Farmbox Direct Feel unsatisfied with the quality of produce in your nearest grocery store? Find grocery shopping