Wellness Beets Episode #36: Trisha Hughes on GAPS Diet, Intuitive Eating and Pretty Food

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Wild Zora Meat & Veggie Bar
Alex and I are always looking for nutrient-rich, real food snacks we can enjoy on the go. So we’re thrilled to have Wild Zora as an official sponsor of the podcast. A complete and balanced snack is more than just meat, Wild Zora Meat and Veggie Bars include a balance of grass-fed or naturally raised meats mixed with one serving of certified-organic fruits and veggies. Every bar is super nutrient dense and 100% real food. Go over to WildZora.com to check out all their yummy flavors and stock up on their high-quality snacks.

 

UPDATES
Brittany has put together a Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up that is going out to all her email subscribers. Sign-up so you can grab all these recipes in time for Thanksgiving!

Megan of GingerNewtrition and Alex have released the new version of the Toxic Home Makeover, along with an 8 week video mini-course that helps you implement all of these changes in a methodical and stress-free manner. Grab your guide and join us over on our Instagram accounts (digprimal and gingernewtrition) for the 30 day Toxic Home Makeover Challenge that we’re posting on every single day in the month of November.

 

INTERVIEW
In this episode Brittany interviews Trisha Hughes. Trisha is the creator behind Eat Your Beets, a website dedicated to wholesome & easy family friendly recipes. She’s paired her passion for feeding her family gluten free, nutritious fare while also making sure she keeps a healthy balance with occasional sweet treats.

An avid traveler, she & her husband love taking their 4 children on adventures & believe the best way to truly experience any new place is through their stomachs! She loves the art of storytelling through food and her images have inspired others, creating an opportunity for her to teach food photography through her ebook, Eat Pretty Things, & at her in-person workshops.

Trisha Hughes
Trisha and Brittany discuss:

  • Following the GAPS diet to heal eczema for her 1 year old son. He saw results in one week. You can read the full GAPS story here.
  • The intensity of GAPS detoxing and die-off period
  • The challenges of feeding four kids with one on the GAPS diet
  • How to prep travel meals on the GAPS diet – Read her article for more: Tips for Traveling While On GAPS
  • Where to turn to for community support and resources for GAPS diet. See the resources links below and Trisha’s article is a good place to begin too: I Just Started My Child On GAPS. What Should I Expect?
  • Meal Prepping vs. Meal Planning. Trisha offered a wonderful kitchen mantra when planning any meal, “Protein. Vegetable. Vegetable.”
  • Eating intuitively and not subscribing to one specific diet
  • Getting kids involved in cooking. Trisha says, “I’m not the only person eating so why should I be the only one cooking.”
  • Trisha’s kitchen wisdom and handy tips to save time
  • Staying inspired by eating seasonally

 

RESOURCES:

Resources for the GAPS Diet ebook – FREE – scroll down the sidebar of the page

The GAPS Class by Melanie Christner

GAPS Club by Sheila Walsh Dunton

Celebrate Harvest – Thanksgiving recipe ebook – FREE

 

Find all of Trisha’s recipes and resources on eatyourbeets.com and connect with her on Instagram and Pinterest.


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Wellness Beets Episode #35: Safely Stopping Birth Control, Myomas, and Fixing Alignment

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Wild Zora Sponsorship
Wild Zora Meat & Veggie Bar
Alex and I are always looking for nutrient-rich, real food snacks we can enjoy on the go. So we’re thrilled to have Wild Zora as an official sponsor of the podcast. A complete and balanced snack is more than just meat, Wild Zora Meat and Veggie Bars include a balance of grass-fed or naturally raised meats mixed with one serving of certified-organic fruits and veggies. Every bar is super nutrient dense and 100% real food. Go over to WildZora.com to check out all their yummy flavors and stock up on their high-quality snacks.

 

Updates
Megan of GingerNewtrition and Alex have released the new version of the Toxic Home Makeover, along with an 8 week video mini-course that helps you implement all of these changes in a methodical and stress-free manner. Grab your guide and join us over on our Instagram accounts (@digprimal and @gingernewtrition) for the 30 day Toxic Home Makeover Challenge that we’re posting on every single day in the month of November.

 

Safely Stopping Birth Control
Question by Katie:
I have been diagnosed with endometriosis and PCOS since I was 23–I just turned 31. I’ve been on Nuvaring for about 7 years to “control” my endo while consequently I believe to be adding to my more aesthetic symptoms of PCOS i.e. hair loss and weight gain. I also get crazy irritable and suffer a terribly low libido which has been a negative factor in my relationship.

I will be seeing my endocrinologist tomorrow and want to talk about stopping hormonal birth control. I eat a fairly Paleo-esque diet but have not tried AIP. I do cardio and strength train 2-3x a week but am still about 25 lbs overweight (lots of belly fat). I guess the question of this long ramble is if you had suggestions on the transition period getting off birth control? I imagine 7 years of fake hormones could make for a nasty detox. Thanks so much!”

Alex discusses many aspects of this question, including why people tend to be put on birth control in the first place and why she doesn’t agree with that particular class of thought. She also discusses why detoxing pathway support is so crucial for restoring hormonal cycle health and how cleaning up your environment is a big key to that as well. She also discuss nutrient density and keys to mindset changes when making the switch away from hormonal birth control.

 

How to Slow Down or Reverse Growth of Uterine Myomas
Alex answers a question about uterine myomas and how they are related in thought to endometriosis with some key differences. In the answer, there’s a lot of talk about the role that the immune system has in dealing with recognizing abnormal cell growth and cleaning it up. Then we talk about supporting the immune system through the autoimmune protocol and different supplements/foods that can help it along.

Resources:
Nutreince Vitamin
Autoimmune Paleo by Sarah Ballantyne

 

Posture and How to Go About Improving Your Alignment
Alex answers a question about how to start to change your alignment from a beginner’s standpoint (especially if you’ve done something like dance in the past and have a lot of things to work on!).  She comments on how to start from fixing your feet first as the basis of good alignment and then works her way up to the hips, spine, rib cage, and shoulder girdle.

Resources:
Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman

 

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Wellness Beets Episode #33: Cold and Flu Remedies, Hand Sanitizer, and Egg Alternatives

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Updates
Brittany is leading a nutrition talk at Yoga Day-Cation in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, November 7th. It will be a day devoted to renewal, focusing on nourishing yourself, owning your beauty, and building your confidence on and off the yoga mat. Find all the details and you can Sign-up here.

Join Alex’s Nutrient Boot Camp on November 1st to kick off a healthy holiday season. You can take part in the Facebook group here.

 

Cold and Flu Remedies
With winter approaching, cold and flu season is right around the corner (especially if you have kids!), so we discuss all the remedies and the 4 Supplements to Strengthen Immunity during Cold & Flu Season we use for ourselves when we’re coming down with illness. We talk about everything for neti pots to nasal steam baths to oil of oregano to rock-star herbs that help you decongest and decrease the length of your symptoms.  

 

Resources:

Natural Remedies for Fighting the Flu

Ginger and Lime Cold Fighting Tea

Brittany’s Bone Broth Recipe

Alex’s Bone Broth Recipe

Cold and Sinus Infection Clearing Oregano Oil Steam Bath

 

DIY Hand Sanitizer
Alex shares her favorite homemade hand sanitizer recipe. To get the full scoop, you can find the recipe by clicking here.  While she has to use the official hand sanitizer at work because of the regulations, she uses this version while traveling, at the store, and other germy places to cut down on her toxin/chemical exposure on a regular basis.  We also discuss how hand sanitizer fits into the general model of germ exposure and its link to the immune system.  

Egg Alternatives
Brittany discusses several different egg alternatives that can revolutionize your paleo baking world if you can’t enjoy eggs right now.  She talks all about the flax seed, chai seed and gelatin…and how to use them to substitute out the occasional egg in your baked goods.

 

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