Nutrition

EP 144: Eugene Trufkin - Food Truths, Toxicity & Fake Meat

Eugene Trufkin is a NASM and Check Instituted certified trainer and the author of Laws of Aesthetics and the Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide.

He’s also the owner of Trufkin Athletics, a business dedicated to helping people interested in attaining six-pack abs, traveling, eating a well balanced diet, and pursuing an anti-sedentary lifestyle.

He is also the author of Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide.

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IG: @trufkin_athletics
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZS....


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EP 106: Your Health Is Not A Conspiracy With Josh & Jeanne Rubin

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As pioneers in restoring thyroid and metabolic health, Josh & Jeanne have taken “food as medicine” to the next level. With over 20 years of research and experience they have unlocked the secret to what defines a healthy, healing and sustainable diet. It’s You. More specifically your ability to metabolize and process not only the food you eat but the environment you live, into energy – your body’s most basic and fundamental need.

Josh and Jeanne created Restoration Thyroid Nutrition (RTN) which is a method designed to teach you how to use your food with strategy and intention to unravel the long-term effects chronic stress has had on the body while building a solid foundation for the body to heal and ultimately reach optimal thyroid health.

The patterns of healing they have observed over the last 12 years of applying the principles of the RTN Method have provided them with the greatest knowledge and experience—proving even more powerful than their combined years of research and study in nutrition.

Connect with Josh & Jeanne here:
Website: https://eastwesthealing.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodgangstas/

Today I'm talking to Josh & Jeanne Rubin of East West Healing about why health has become a conspiracy. How we make it way too complicated and what we can do about it by learning how to create an inner calm with our nutrition practice.

We talk about:

  • How they’re seeing an increase of anxiety in younger people because of more technology and the lack of boredom

  • Why we make our health so complicated and what we can do to make it simple, light, fun and sustainable.

  • The value in listening to people who are experienced in their field of expertise in holistic health.

  • Why considering your physiological load in your nutrition program is essential to your success.

  • How to create an inner calm and resilience through your nutrition practice.

 

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EP 97: A Holistic Health Perspective On COVID-19 With Danielle Melanson

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Danielle Melanson is a licensed acupuncturist in Portland Oregon. Danielle received her master’s degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She is a member of the American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM) and board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She has additional certification in Chinese herbal medicine and the ability to prescribe custom Chinese herbal formulas for her patients. She is also a member of the Oregon Association for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (OAAOM).

Danielle’s priority as a health care provider is to take the proper time to listen and establish a relationship with each one of her patients. She believes the journey to health is unique for each person, and that Acupuncture and Chinese herbs have the ability to heal on many different levels. With an open heart, in a supportive environment, her experience has taught her that every person can become more aware of their bodies and find a more optimal state of health through Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM.)

When not caring for patients, Danielle enjoys a lifestyle of hiking, skiing, mountain biking, boogie boarding and cooking with her son, Harry.

 
 

What is Qi?

The Classical Chinese explanation is that energy (Qi) flows in channels (meridians) throughout the body and over its surfaces. The Chinese have identified 71 of these rivers of energy which is a basic energy map for all people. The meridians are often compared to a series of interconnected highways. Each of the major organs is associated with its own highway. Through this network, internal organs are connected to certain areas and parts of the body including the muscles, bones, joints, and other organs.

When the body is internally balanced and in harmony with the external environment, Qi flows smoothly through the highways to nourish the organs and tissues. If an obstruction occurs it causes a traffic jam, the Qi is disrupted and cannot flow properly or has to flow in the opposite direction. Just like a ten car pile up would stop the flow from one part of a city to the other, resulting in stress, delays and potentially accidents, the body’s innate balance is disrupted and disease (or dis-ease) results.

Acupuncture points are the specific points on the meridians where the Qi is both concentrated and accessible. Qi is engaged and flow is returned by inserting needles at specific points. As the body regains its natural balance and Qi flows freely, well-being and health return.

 

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EP 94: Anti-Factory Farm Shopping With Eugene Trufkin

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Eugene Trufkin was born and raised on an off-grid biodynamic farm in Ukraine and is the author of "Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide". He graduated from the University of California, Irvine and is a Chek Trained Professional. He currently operates www.trufkinathletics.com

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In this Episode we discuss:

  • The difference between free-range, cage free and pastured eggs.

  • The difference between factory, organic and biodynamic farming methods.

  • What is 100% grass fed beef and what that environment looks like.

  • The implications for our health and environment if we depend only on factory farmed foods, including vegan stand in’s like the Impossible Burger and The Beyond Burger.

  • How to easily decrease your toxic load by changing your food quality.

  • Why buying organic is not more expensive than buying conventional.


References mentioned in this episode:

  • “Nutrition, The Dirt Facts”, by Paul Chek

EP 93: Natural Foods Entrepreneurship & Motherhood With Junea Rocha

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Junea Rocha is the Co-founder and CMO of Brazi Bites. Junea Rocha moved to the US in 2005 after graduating from college in Civil Engineering and took a job in construction management in Portland, Oregon.

She rose through the ranks quickly, and hit a career-high, yet she felt unfulfilled. It would have been easy for Junea to lean into the success she found in engineering, but when she imagined her future she knew she would rather reflect on taking a risk and following her dream than looking back with regret by playing it safe and sticking with a career she wasn’t passionate about.

Not having any immediate background in the culinary or food space, Junea’s love and passion for her homeland ignited an idea. In 2010, she and her husband started Brazi Bites with the hopes that Americans would love Brazilian Cheese Bread (“Pão de queijo”) as much as they did.

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In 2015, Junea and Cameron had the opportunity to pitch Brazi Bites on ABC’s Shark Tank. 9 million viewers watched the Sharks fall in love. Brazi Bites sold out nationwide and became a freezer aisle must-have in grocery stores across the country.

Shark Tank Episode

Website: www.brazibites.com

instagram: @brazi_bites

 

In this episode we talk about:

  • What Brazilian cheese is and the culture that’s been built around it.

  • Junea shares her experience of going from knowing nothing about the natural food industry to owning a successful natural food business called Brazi Bites.

  • What inspired Junea to bring Brazilian cheese bread to the US.

  • What it’s like to be a female founder and a mother at the same time.

  • Why great products don’t always make it and how you can support them.

  • Junea’s experience on Shark Tank.

  • How Junea creates a successful self care practice amidst her career as a company founder, CMO and a mother.

 

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EP79: Harnessing The Energy Of Spring With Danielle Melanson

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Danielle received her master’s degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

She’s a member of the American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM) and board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

She has additional certifications in Chinese herbal medicine and the ability to prescribe custom Chinese herbal formulas for her patients in Portland, Oregon.

When not caring for patients, Danielle enjoys a lifestyle of hiking, skiing, mountain biking, boogie boarding and cooking with her son, Harry.

Connect with Danielle at:

http://www.daniellemelanson.com/

 

In this episode Danielle and I talk about:

  • How acupuncture works

  • How acupuncture can aid in allergy relief

  • What organs are related to springtime (according to Chinese Medicine) and why

  • What spring represents from a Chinese Medicine perspective

  • What we should be focusing on in the springtime for better health

  • Strategies for letting go of the energy of winter and stepping into spring

EP78: Cultivating Courageous Habits With Kate Swoboda

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Kate Swoboda is creator of YourCourageousLife.com, Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification at TeamCLCC.com and author of The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life. She helps individuals, teams, and companies see where old, fear-based habits have kept people stuck or started to limit what’s possible for an organization, and then start creating more courageous lives by getting into “the courage habit,” a four-part process for behavioral and organizational change.

Kate has appeared in MindBodyGreen, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Business Insider, and more, and her website Your Courageous Life was named a top-50 blog for happiness by Greatist.

She’s spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques.

What The Courage Habit is:

  • How we can recognize these fear patterns

  • How we can better recognize fear;

  • Ways that we can unhook from old fear-based habits;

  • How to practice the four parts of it in doable ways in our lives.

 
 

In this episode we talk about:

  • How you can start making more progress on your goals

  • Steps toward feeling more confident even when making difficult decisions

  • Develop more emotional resilience: by understanding how habits work

  • How fear patterns can keep you in a continuous feedback loop of unhealthy habits

  • Four fear patterns that most people fall under and go unnoticed

  • How habits are formed in the brain

  • How any habit can be broken and changed for the better

  • How community plays an important part in reflecting back to us what goes unseen

 
 
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EP76: Bridging The Gap Between Hormones & Self Worth With Justine Cecile

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Justine Cécile is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner supporting professional women who are struggling with raging hormones, even when they are on hormone therapy.

While working on herself and with clients, Justine discovered that there are three areas in women’s health that are largely ignored; hormonal health as a whole, gut health and how our mind works with our biology.

Realizing that we are each responsible for our own health, Justine Cécile brings her personal experience, education and resources together to guide and mentor women to regain control of their health and happiness.

In addition, to analyzing lab diagnostics and supporting corrective care with targeted supplement protocols, Justine Cécile has developed a systematic approach to coaching based on her philosophy that the reality of an individual’s health and happiness is designed by them, not built by them alone and five principles that supports the individual’s ability to know themselves and develop their own systems for achieving both health and happiness with a true sense of freedom.

Justine Cécile has spent the last 18 years mastering how to get in-tune with the body, learning how to uncover what the subconscious wants and desires and how to influence environments to improve our experience with life.

Prior to championing women’s health, she served in the military and worked with refugees, was a university professor, a programmer and managed software development and now has branched out to support women who have put themselves last for most of their lives.

Her personal experience with a chronic illness that is poorly understood and her strengths of being able to connect the dots, to communicate complex issues with simplicity and to sincerely connect with others has led her to the path she is on today.

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EP75: Creating Accountability In Your Fitness Practice

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I think accountability, the act of being responsible for self, is a practice and depending on where we start and how well we know ourselves, it’s a process.

According to Brene Brown accountability is connected to courage. She explains since accountability opposes blame, we can see how not having accountability can keep us in a victimhood state of mind. One that paralyzes us and keeps us in shame without being able to move forward and find resolution.

I’ve gone through this myself and with many of my clients. Accountability is hard and most of the time we need someone to walk us through it if we’re not sure where to start.

The most uncomfortable part is finding the courage to be honest with yourself about what is or isn’t working. I’ve been in denial about what’s not working more times than I can count. Sometimes it takes a little push from the people who care about me most, but when I can be honest with myself and begin to take steps toward what could work, I find my life shifts into alignment.

When you stop hustling and guessing you can begin to make decisions that are based on your values. When you give yourself space to slow down and to reflect then you’re better able to make decisions from a place of awareness rather than not.

Coming from this place of awareness is incredibly helpful in shaping a foundational plan that’s based on your values (not someone else’s)

You no longer have to guess, self criticize or get frustrated because things aren’t working. Instead you come from a place of knowing what works and what doesn’t so that you can start moving toward your goal.

But you’ll never know this unless you look at what you’re doing first.

You most likely will make mistakes, but it’s a learning process. If we can avoid attaching ourselves to the shame of messing up and instead realize that messing up is part of the process of learning, our experience can be way more impactful.

Moving forward with courage instead of shame and blame is the first step in holding yourself accountable and trusting yourself again.

 
 

Accountability tools for Success

You don’t even have to participate in extreme dieting tactics if you don’t want to. All you have to do is become aware of how much you take in in relation to how much you move. It’s that simple.

Some people are not taking in enough and some are taking in too much without getting enough movement to offset the calorie intake. Some people are eating too much in one sitting and could benefit from splitting the bigger meals up and spreading them out throughout the day.

 

What these tools will help you see:

  • Your macronutrients ratios and discover what works best

  • What vitamins and minerals you’re getting and which ones you may not be getting enough of.

  • Your food patterns - if you’re eating too much in one sitting or not eating enough.

  • If you’re eating low quality foods you’ll quickly discover that you’ll not be satisfied with your normal calorie intake.

 

Tools I Use:

Cronometer - A food logging app. It tracks calorie intake and compares it to how much movement you’re getting each day. This app helps you discover how much you’re taking in comparing to how much you’re expending. Cronometer integrates with Fitbit and offers a paid option of splitting your meals so you can see how much you are eating at each meal. I find this to be incredibly helpful to know.

Fitbit - tracks; hours of sleep, gives you your weekly average weight, daily water intake and movement

Note: If your goal is to lose weight, You want to take your weight everyday first thing in the morning with the same scale. Then take the weekly average. That way you will see a true measure of weight rather than the day to day fluctuation (because you will fluctuate depending on the time of day and where you are in your cycle)

Temp and pulse - Use your temperature and pulse readings to find out how your metabolism is functioning and responding to changes you are making.

Mood - Your mood will always give you an indication of how your physiology is working. It will also tell you if you’re not getting enough energy or if you have tons of energy.


If you want to learn more about how I teach my clients to build a foundation of fitness and nutrition so they can live the life they love in the body they love contact me today for a free 30 minute consultation.

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EP69: Build The Body You Love With Kitty Blomfield

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Kitty Blomfield is a director at Nustrength Personal Training based in Brisbane Australia. She also has the Nustrength Youtube Channel with a series of different shows geared toward food prep, nutrition education and inspiring testimonials. She's passionate about empowering people through the right nutrition and strength training.

For many years Kitty struggled with body image and was your typical over-exerciser and under-eater. Her weight would yo-yo, she lacked energy, slept poorly, and suffered from terrible binge eating. It was so bad that she'd train six days a week for up to two and a half hours a day and would eat a low calorie and low carb diet.

In 2014 Kitty was introduced to the work of Doctor Ray Peat, Emma Sgourakis (The Nutrition Coach), Dodie Anderson and Rob Turner. Their research challenged her entire belief system around what constitutes ‘true health and fitness’. Since then, she's never looked back.

Kitty now only trains three days a week and does very little cardio apart from the occasional walk in the sun. She follows a structured and measured training program and eats to fuel her body now as opposed to depriving her body the way she used to.

As a result Kitty is the strongest she's ever been and she's in the best shape of her life but most importantly she feels the best she's ever felt. In 2015 Kitty competed in her first powerlifting competition and broke the GPC record for deadlifting in the under 75kg weight class. In March 2016 she competed at ProRaw8 and won the female deadlift only competition with a deadlift of 207.5kgs at 71.5kgs body weight.

She believes that if you want to be in the best shape of your life you need to love the process. If you focus on getting stronger in the gym, tracking and measuring your training and nutrition and nourish your body with the right food the physique will look after itself.

According to Kitty, there's something extremely empowering about being a strong female, she wants to help you become the healthiest, happiest and strongest version of yourself in and out of the gym.

 
 
 
 
 

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LION'S MANE TURMERIC GOLDEN MILK LATTE

This is full of anti-inflammatory properties from turmeric, along with ginger and of course Lion's Mane which optimized cognitive performance and supports the nervous system! Brain fog, BE GONE!

You'll need:

1 1/12 cups milk or coconut milk

1 packet Lion's Mane Elixir

1/4 tsp turmeric, pinch of fresh or powdered ginger (to taste)

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Heat milk on low until warm. 

Add all ingredients to a blender or mug, and froth or mix until thoroughly combined and frothy. 

 
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References Talked About in This Episode

The Nutrition Coach

Popping The Food Bubble

Dodie Anderson

EP61: Art Is Medicine & Medicine Is Art With Dr. Tumi Johnson

EP61: Art Is Medicine & Medicine Is Art With Dr. Tumi Johnson

Dr. Oluwatumininu (Tumi) Johnson, M.D. is a physician, dancer, and poet. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, and was made an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine of NYU in 2011. She has been a yoga practitioner for over 20 years and completed Yoga teacher training with Yogaworks in 2012.

A graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Dr. Johnson also has extensive nutrition expertise, with past experience running a weight management clinic in New York City. Tumi also served in West Africa as a Doctors Without Borders field doctor in nutrition clinics there. Her holistic medical practice is focused on helping people identify the underlying causes of their health issues.

She then uses her expertise to offer individualized holistic regimens that support people in achieving and sustaining their most vibrant well-being. Through her plant-based health plans, she has had many patients heal issues ranging from diabetes to hormonal imbalances to persistent weight challenges.

EP55: A Bioenergetic View Of Nutrition With Jay Feldman

Jay Feldman is an independent health researcher.  He graduated with honors from the University of Miami with degrees in Neuroscience and Exercise Physiology.  Jay helps people who struggle with chronic conditions and weight loss get back in control of their health.  

In this Episode we talk about:

-What bioenergetic nutrition means and how you can benefit from looking at nourishment this way for long term health.

-How your emotions and disposition in life is heavily linked to your energy levels and how you're fueling yourself.

- How restrictive dieting (like fasting, keto and low carb) can be beneficial to a point but as the body begins to adapt to a low energy state symptoms will begin to manifest because of nutrient deficiency.

-What you can do to offset a low energy state and get healthy again.

EP53: Consciously Creating & Simplifying Health With Paul Chek

EP53: Consciously Creating & Simplifying Health With Paul Chek

Paul Chek is an internationally-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology.

For over thirty two years, Paul’s unique, holistic approach to treatment and education has changed the lives of countless people worldwide – many of his clients, his students and their clients. By treating the body as a whole system and finding the root cause of a problem, Paul has been successful where traditional approaches have consistently failed.

Paul is the founder of the C.H.E.K (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA and the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program.

EP51: Three Tools For Measuring Your Body's Physiology

EP51:  Three Tools For Measuring Your Body's Physiology

n this episode Maja and I talk about why you can't lose weight sustainably until your thyroid is functioning optimally. We explain how the thyroid is your master regulator of your metabolism and how it works in your body to produce energy (C02, heat and water).

We teach you how you can use your own physiological feedback using low tech tools (like body temperature and pulse) to find out how your thyroid is functioning. Explaining how this can be invaluable information over time and how you can use it to help your metabolism work better.

EP46: Why Is Nutrition/Dieting Info So Confusing? | Nutrition Truths Exposed With Kyle Mamounis

EP46:  Why Is Nutrition/Dieting Info So Confusing? | Nutrition Truths Exposed With Kyle Mamounis

Why is there so much conflicting information in the nutrition industry? We discovered it may come down to the source of our information.

Kyle shares with us how research science works in the nutrition science world and how critical thinking isn't being used as much as we think. He also shares with us the origin of school and what it's become today. Finally, we talk about how sugar is the new saturated fat.

EP45: Shift Your Beliefs & Raise Your Metabolism With Kate Deering

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About Kate:

For over 20 years Kate Deering has been involved in the health and fitness industry helping men and women of all ages achieve optimal health and wellness. Kate’s practice is based on a holistic approach to health and wellness by looking at the entirety of a person’s well-being.  A person’s well-being includes diet, stress, exercise, posture, sleep, digestion, hormones, mind-set and lifestyle.  Kate believes maintaining all of these key components are vital to a person’s overall health and happiness.  Her expertise is based on certifications as a CHEK Exercise Coach, CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach 2, Olympic Lifting Coach, Resistive-Stretching Practitioner and Certified Nutritional Consultant.

Within one year, after spending significant time reading, researching and personal experimentation, Kate healed her body and her metabolism.  Along the way, her entire belief system about what constituted “true health” shifted 180 degrees from what she had been practicing during her almost 20 years in this industry.  Good health was a no longer defined by how many hours she could work out, how much will-power she had, or how low her body fat could get. Good health is now defined by a lack of injuries and sickness, great sleep, good digestion, healthy skin and hair, lean muscle and a warm body, overall happiness and emotional well being.


In this episode...

Kate Deering is back on our show for a second time.  We're so honored to have her on to talk about how you can raise your metabolism by changing your beliefs and by focusing on what you really want.  So many times we sabotage ourselves because of beliefs we picked up from diet dogmas, society and our parents. 

Since our brains are programed for weight loss, we can forget about what really matters most when it comes to our quality of life and overall health.  It can be scary for most people to completely change the way they eat so that's why it's crucial to connect with your purpose behind the change and habit so that you're better able to make a longer lasting more sustainable change.  

Kate explains how this all leads back to raising your metabolism ultimately because you're lowering your stress and supporting your body's recovery system.  Kate shares with us the best way to get your mind on track with your body for metabolic success.

Kate Deering is author of "How To Heal Your Metabolism"  Stop blaming aging for your slowing metabolism

Connect with Kate at:

http://www.katedeering.com

https://www.facebook.com/katedeeringfitness/



EP43: What You Didn't Know About Keto With Bryan Thomas

EP43:  What You Didn't Know About Keto With Bryan Thomas

In this episode we talk to Bryan Thomas, a Zhealth practitioner and neurology performance consultant, about what you didn't know about the ketogenic diet.  How the diet originated, the people it's best for and why it may not be right for everyone.

EP41: Health Trends In Context - Cold Plunge & Fish Oils

EP41:  Health Trends In Context - Cold Plunge & Fish Oils

Are most health trends applicable to your life?  How do you go about finding out which trends are right for you or not.  It's really confusing to the average person who just wants to get fit and healthy. 

We must consider where these from where these health trends originate.   Which context they've been taken out of and the implications this has on our health.  Plus, in order to understand if this is something that would work for you, it's crucial to know the origin and environment of which it was taken.

EP40: How To Support Your Immunity - Topic Show

EP40:  How To Support Your Immunity - Topic Show

Your immune system works really well when you're able to provide your body with the right fuel.  In this episode we talk about the your two lines of defense, the innate immunity and adaptive immunity.  How they work together and how you can support your innate immune system by simply using the right nutrition strategies and proper sanitation.

Maja and I talk about skin care and how your skin is your first line of defense when it comes to your immunity.  How you can take care of your skin by not overloading it with heavy toxins and giving it the nourishment it needs to do the job it was designed to do.

EP36: Strategic Vitality with Christa King

EP36:  Strategic Vitality with Christa King

Christa King is the CEO & Founder of Fitlandia. She’s also a recovered dieter. After reaching her highest weight of 192, she hit a wall and was determined to crack her own code for a making a healthier lifestyle change. Leaving a successful, 23-yr career in hospitality behind, she became a certified hypnotherapist, life coach, and nutritional therapist. By putting these pieces together, she saw what was truly missing in the diet and fitness industry: a holistic approach that starts with strengthening the mind. Her signature Mind Zoning® process helps people create new neural pathways in the brain to enable them to make a permanent, lifestyle change.

In this episode my takeaways were...

  • How coping or celebration strategies create neural connections and thought patterns that we go to during certain times of stress.
  • How you make a distinction between good sugars and bad sugars.
  • Getting clear on what you want through Christa's Mindzoning meditations - She explains that getting into a relaxed state helps you better connect with your inner wisdom and subconscious mind.