Episode 56: Oral Health with Primal Life Organics
GUT HEALTH Laura Fox GUT HEALTH Laura Fox

Episode 56: Oral Health with Primal Life Organics

Interview with Trina Felber, the creator and CEO of Primal Life Organics, where the focus is on oral health as the gateway to internal health. We're sitting down to discuss why oral health directly impacts gut health and how you can boost immunity through your mouth. We also cover questions like: Is it possible to reverse a cavity? Why is gum health so important? What causes bad breath? and Flouride: Yes or No?

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Episode 55: How to Tell if Your Blood Sugar is a Problem
METABOLIC HEALTH Laura Fox METABOLIC HEALTH Laura Fox

Episode 55: How to Tell if Your Blood Sugar is a Problem

Talking about blood sugar isn’t exactly sexy or glamorous. It’s for sure not winning any clickbait awards.

But blood sugar regulation is arguably one of the most important things to consider when we’re trying to put together an owner’s manual for our own healthy bodies.

The truth is that most people don’t realize just how much unstable blood sugar impacts their health -- everything from hormonal balance to thyroid function to inflammation to brain health.

Just like Ron Burgundy, blood sugar is kind of a big deal.

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Episode 53: When Your Doctor Doesn’t Believe Your Pain
MANIFEST YOUR HEALTH Laura Fox MANIFEST YOUR HEALTH Laura Fox

Episode 53: When Your Doctor Doesn’t Believe Your Pain

The recent Selma Blair interview on Good Morning America brought to light a scary fact: women are not being heard by their medical providers. Chronic conditions are going undiagnosed for YEARS, despite the fact that women are reporting real physical problems.

On Episode 53 of the Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast, I interview Dr. Cristin Zaimes of Oceanside Physical Therapy to discuss how sexism in healthcare creates shame and distrust in our own bodies.

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Episode 51: Chinese Medicine for Moms & Kids with Megan Garcia

Episode 51: Chinese Medicine for Moms & Kids with Megan Garcia

Tune in as Megan Garcia, pediatric acupuncturist, and I discuss how we navigate real food in the real world... with kids. We cover a range of topics like: cultural appropriation of herbs, food intros with food sensitivities, how to reduce food stress with children, sugar + exposure to sweets, sour + bitter flavors for babies, common mineral deficiencies in babies, natural deodorant, and what your body odor might mean about how your organs are functioning.

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Episode 50: Eating Disorders & The Power of Sharing Your Story - Interview with Meg Doll
DIET CULTURE Laura Fox DIET CULTURE Laura Fox

Episode 50: Eating Disorders & The Power of Sharing Your Story - Interview with Meg Doll

Throughout the years Meg Doll has worked with women as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, she also become a Certified Spiritual Coach because she began to see that all of her clients also needed exactly what she needed back in 2013: their own loving. Today I sit down with Meg to discuss her experience with eating disorder at the age of 10, diet culture, recovery as a process, and much more.

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Episode 49: Why You Need to Test Your Thyroid (& How to Do It)
DIET CULTURE Laura Fox DIET CULTURE Laura Fox

Episode 49: Why You Need to Test Your Thyroid (& How to Do It)

This episode is a must-listen for nutritionists and practitioners-to-be! I talk about the one social media experience that made me stop comparing, a recap for practitioners, why practitioners need to be okay with failing, thyroid health and brain health, systems in the body that thyroid affects, why testing TSH doesn’t cut it, the diet for Hashimoto’s, and thyroid labs you need.

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Episode 48: Exploring Female Hormones & Birth Control with Dr. Jolene Brighten
HORMONES Laura Fox HORMONES Laura Fox

Episode 48: Exploring Female Hormones & Birth Control with Dr. Jolene Brighten

In this episode, Dr. Jolene Brighten, a prominent leader in women’s medicine sits down with me to discuss: Post Birth Control Syndrome and why you should care, When your doctor doesn’t believe your story, When medicine borders on dogma, Why birth control is NOT “the pill for every female ill”, a brief history of birth control, vaginal pain & shame, how stress affects fertility, the best hormone, thyroid & adrenal tests and so much more.

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Episode 47: Weaning off Antidepressants, Eczema Diets & the Problem with Nutrition
FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION Laura Fox FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION Laura Fox

Episode 47: Weaning off Antidepressants, Eczema Diets & the Problem with Nutrition

Today Kyle and I cover topics like: Immune-boosting herbs we’re loving now, How to support yourself nutritionally when weaning off SSRIs, Supplements to consider when coming off anti-depressants, Nutrition to support the brain and mood, Gluten & the brain, Talking about gluten sensitivity , Thyroid health & the brain, Eczema triggers, Supplements & life practices for eczema relief, and the question: Is Jillian Michael’s keto stance legit?

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Episode 46: Building Better Habits
MINDSET Laura Fox MINDSET Laura Fox

Episode 46: Building Better Habits

I'm sitting down with Sara Curry, owner of Blaze Yoga & Pilates in New Hampshire. We're talking about habits. Tune in as we discuss how to create awareness to effect change, the best place to start, how to get the best support for YOU, and what to do when life happens (and it WILL)

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Episode 44: Celery Juice, Ditching Plastic, Chronic Constipation
GUT HEALTH, DIET CULTURE Laura Fox GUT HEALTH, DIET CULTURE Laura Fox

Episode 44: Celery Juice, Ditching Plastic, Chronic Constipation

Kyle and I are answering listener questions about the gut. Listen in as we sit down and answer questions like: What’s up with the celery juice craze? We also discuss problems with low stomach acid, problems with PPIs and acid blocking medications, practical ways to ditch plastic water bottles, problems with plastic, causes of chronic constipation, longterm laxative use, and herbs for constipation.

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Episode 43: Intersectional Feminism & the Co-opting of Movements with Chrissy King
DIET CULTURE Laura Fox DIET CULTURE Laura Fox

Episode 43: Intersectional Feminism & the Co-opting of Movements with Chrissy King

Chrissy King is a writer, speaker, strength coach, and educator with a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry. Tune in as I sit down with Chrissy to talk about overcoming the fear of leaving a FT job to pursue her dreams, examining and questioning the stories we tell ourselves, specific ways to leverage your privilege, and how to be a part of the conversation when you don’t know what to say.

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