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60 - Your Questions Answered!
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
09/14/20 • 30 min
Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast.
In this episode, I am getting your questions answered. These are questions that you've submitted to me via email and social media about PCOS Nutrition.
I'll be talking about endocrine disruptors if they are something you need to take seriously.
You'll get answers to your questions about herbal teas and if they are good for your PCOS.
I'll give you helpful tips to reduce your toxins and explain the benefits of essential oils and more importantly, how to best use them effectively.
I'll also talk about post-pill PCOS, and ovulation suppression and how you will know if your PCOS is birth control induced.
You'll get helpful tips on reducing your cravings and understanding food sensitivities.
I'm also inviting you to join my 6 Week online-coaching program, Reset your PCOS, which is now open for enrollment. Reset Your PCOS is a step-by-step roadmap to heal your body using food, supplements, & sustainable habits.
In this program, you'll learn how hundreds of women have been able to manage weight, reduce cravings, restore their natural cycle, regain their energy and enjoy clear skin without using medications of short term fixes. To sign up use the link below.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- Information about my 6-week program Reset Your PCOS & how it can help you
- What endocrine disrupters are & how they affect the body & what you should do about them
- Tips for reducing toxins
- How herbal teas can help you with PCOS & recommendations for best teas
- Benefits of essential oils over teas and how to best use it
- Post-pill PCOS & ovulation suppression
- How to know if your PCOS is birth control pill-induced
- How to reduce cravings
- Understanding food sensitivities with PCOS
- Endocrine disrupters are they something that I need to take seriously?
- Are specific teas helpful for PCOS? (Such as Spearmint Tea & Nettle Leaves Tea?)
- What alternative can I use instead of tea?
- How do I reduce cravings?
- Does PCOS create or affect food sensitivities
Episode w/ Dr. Katie Rose discussing endocrine disruptors: https://dafnachazin.com/ep50/
Dirty Dozen List: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/
Have any questions you'd like me to answer? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
Sign up for Reset Your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/join
Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast
09/14/20 • 30 min
59 -Reversing Insulin Resistance Using A Plant based Approach with Robby Barbaro
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
09/04/20 • 49 min
In this episode, we will be talking all about plant-based whole food diet for managing diabetes. Today I'm featuring my special guest Robby Barbaro. Robby is the co-founder and author of Mastering Diabetes, an online coaching program for people with all types of diabetes that want to manage their condition through reverse insulin resistance, utilizing plant-based nutrition.
First, we discuss Robby's journey in plant-based nutrition, which began when he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 12. Therefore, as a result of his personal experience, he’s successfully managed his diabetes and helps others do the same.
Additionally, Robby is also the Cohost of the Annual Mastering Diabetes online summit. Notably, he is also a featured speaker at Whole Foods Global Headquarters.
Mastering Diabetes is highly recommended!Importantly, his book, Mastering Diabetes, is a great resource. Above all, I recommend it as it is backed by a plethora of scientific resources and provides a very easy to follow, step-by-step method to reverse insulin resistance. Robby gives us insight into how and why whole foods is the best method.
Contrary to common beliefs on carbohydrates, Robby goes into the true difference between whole foods carbohydrates. Additionally, notes what his underlying principles are in Mastering Diabetes. He gives great tips on what foods he recommends to eat.
Additionally provides insight into what a day of whole foods diet looks like in his personal life, and what it can look like for you, given the meal suggestions in Mastering Diabetes. Importantly, he discusses intentional nutrition logging and intermittent fasting.
Furthermore, you'll find that he dives into the primary source for insulin resistance and what to look out for. Moreover, he provides a great resource for you to find out if you're insulin resistant. Lastly, make sure to check out the links below to access the resources mentioned in this episode!
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- The primary source is for insulin resistance
- What to look out for and how to know if you’re insulin resistant
- Whole food diet principles
- Foods highly recommended to eat
- The best method to implement whole-food plant-based diet
- Difference between Whole Foods Carbohydrates
- Keto vs Whole Foods Diet
- What a typical whole foods diet in a day looks like
- How intentional planning/eating, nutritional logging makes a difference
- Intermittent fasting & its purpose
Find out if you are insulin resistant by taking the quiz at: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/am-i-a-candidate/
Mastering Diabetes Book: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/book/
Mastering Diabetes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masteringdiabetes/
Insulin Resistance Diet- What to Eat & Why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KWAgKR9JBE
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
Want to create a healthy lifestyle and become pro nutrition planner to improve your PCOS? Join my course which will help you leverage your nutrition to manage your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/reset
Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast
09/04/20 • 49 min
58 -Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine w/ Dr. Caroline Floyd, DACM, LAc.
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
08/31/20 • 40 min
Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. Today’s wonderful guest is Dr. Caroline Floyd, DACM, LAc.. She practices in acupuncture and chinese medicine and is located in Sacramento, California. Dr. Floyd specializes in hormone health, emotional wellness for women. She sees patients with a variety of issues such as PCOS, menstrual issues, PMS, fertility, anxiety, and sleeplessness.
She is the founder of Dr. Floyd Rx which is a Chinese herbal product line for those needing assistance with menstrual health, fertility, and emotional health.
Firstly, in this episode, we will be talking about the principals of Chinese medicine. Next we discuss how Dr. Floyd works with her patients and helps them through their fertility journey.
Importantly, as Eastern medicine treatments are growingly popular, it is important to understand more about it, how it can benefit you. If you decide this is something you would like to try, Dr. Floyd discusses how you can best incorporate it into your treatment to help you with your PCOS.
If you’ve had difficulty in finding the answers that you’re looking for, for treating your PCOS through conventional medicine then this episode is just for you and will inform you on how it works, who it’s for, and how you can best benefit from it.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- Principles of Chinese medicine
- What acupuncture is & how it benefits women with PCOS
- What you can expect if you choose to give this treatment approach a chance
Guest Speaker Dr. Floyd’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floyd-acupuncture
Women's Health Line: www.drfloydrx.com
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
Want to create a healthy lifestyle and become pro planner to improve your PCOS? Join my course which will help you leverage your nutrition to manage your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/reset
Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast
08/31/20 • 40 min
57 -5 Benefits of Becoming a Better Planner
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
08/24/20 • 23 min
Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. I'm a huge believer in planning. A few episodes ago I talked about PCOS basics, and the essential things to do when you're on your health journey. Episode 42 includes everything from the nutritional aspect to the mindset. One of the key things I mention at the end of that episode is planning.
Planning is one of the key behaviors to master for success with PCOS. If you're tired of getting a short-term fix and want to cultivate sustainable long-term habits, then planning is absolutely essential.
In my course, there is a module dedicated to just planning. My clients often walk away becoming better planners, feeling more confident in their newly built intentional habit of planning, being able to see the plan with clarity and see the results reflect in managing their PCOS in a healthy sustainable way.
Today you will get to hear some of my client's true stories of how planning has helped them create healthier habits to manage their PCOS. If you're that person that is very busy and often gets fast food as a quick bite whenever you can find a minute, then you'll want to hear Sam's story and the actionable steps she took to overcome an unhealthy cycle with food in the mist of her busy life, and take control of her health to take the steps forward to attain her goals.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- What "imperfect" planning really looks like
- The 5 benefits of becoming a better planner
- Learn planning strategies to implement into your own life
- Why planning elevates your success to managing PCOS and get you healthier
- How planning creates long-term sustainability
- Real-life testimonials of how planning has helped women with PCOS
- Learn how planning can reduce stress and anxiety
- How to make planning simple
- How to reduce decision fatigue
- Learn how planning can help manage your appetite and reduce impulsive eating
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
Episode mentioned: https://dafnachazin.com/ep42
Want to create a healthy lifestyle and become pro planner to improve your PCOS? Join my course which will help you leverage your nutrition to manage your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/reset
08/24/20 • 23 min
56 -Should you pay attention to the glycemic index?
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
08/14/20 • 23 min
Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. You may have heard about the glycemic index (GI) and you're not sure if you should be paying attention to it to improve your PCOS. In today's episode, I'm clarifying for you and providing answers to the questions you may have on whether you should or shouldn't be paying attention to the glycemic index.
First, I break down for you, what the glycemic index is and how it correlates to your blood sugar levels.
Secondly, I talk to you about how blood sugar levels affect insulin, and how that affects PCOS.
Next, I discuss the issues with the glycemic index and what I recommend that you should be doing instead.
But, I also tell you about what some of the scientifically proven benefits are.
You will learn what I find the three main issues and flaws are with the scientific studies and why it's not a down-to-earth approach.
However, there are certain situations where it can be helpful and I tell you all about what that specific special circumstance is.
Ultimately, it comes down to prioritizing wholesome foods, and not focusing so much on the numbers for the glycemic index.
In the end, I tell you about my special offer coming up in September. You can join the waitlist now, the link is below!
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- What the glycemic index (GI) is
- Blood sugars effects on insulin
- Three main flaws with the GI
- Benefits of the GI
- When it's a good time to use the GI
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
Listen to more episodes: https://dafnachazin.com/podcast/
Join the waitlist to get your special promo discount to join my course which will help you leverage your nutrition to manage your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/reset
08/14/20 • 23 min
Ep 55: Overcoming PCOS Challenges w/ Dr. Dylan Cutler
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
08/10/20 • 37 min
Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast.
I’m so excited to introduce our wonderful guest today, Dr. Dylan Cutler, an online consultant who empowers women with PCOS. She helps them achieve hormonal balance, regulate periods, and enhance fertility. All of this while improving their mood and gain body confidence all without dieting or using pills.
Dr. Cutler has her Ph.D. in Obstetrics and Gynecology, specializing in lifestyle changes for PCOS.
She’s also a holistic health content creator. You may also know her as a food photographer, fitness enthusiast, feminist, vegan, and a PCOS fighter herself.
Today Dr. Cutler shares her story and journey with PCOS. First, we discuss when and how she discovered she had PCOS and how she coped with it. She speaks on how that lead her to an eating disorder as a teenager.
Importantly, we learn how she overcame the psychological, emotional, and physical struggles that come with PCOS.
Above all, she encourages women to have self-compassion. Emphasizing on not being too hard on yourself.
Next, we talk about how she manages her flare-ups by utilizing self-help methods. For instance, some of those self-help methods include meditation and yoga.
Additionally, she shares the difficult journey of when self-help methods didn't feel like they were enough. She eventually tried antidepressants and transitioned into a more holistic alternative, CBD.
Dr. Cutler recommends a plant-based diet. Firstly, she believes in eating more whole nutritious foods. Moreover, explains why a plant-based diet can help you with your PCOS. Additionally, discusses what the benefits are of adopting a plant-based diet.
Lastly, she gives some recommendations in which she believes researchers can dive deeper so that we can get answers to questions we still have about PCOS.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- Tips for reducing inflammation
- Why you should eat more whole foods and stop counting calories
- Becoming aware and educated on the effects of birth control for regulating periods
- Understanding the causes of androgens and individualized approach for reducing androgens
- The link between hormonal imbalances and stress and its effect on psychological and physical health
- Understanding the scientific benefits of meditation for hormone balance
- Recommendations for getting started with meditation
- Recommendations for Researchers to dive deeper
Dr. Cutler’s Website: https://phruitfuldish.com/
Dr. Cutler’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.dylancutler/
Resources: PCOS Awareness Association https://www.pcosaa.org/
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
Listen to more episodes: https://dafnachazin.com/podcast/
08/10/20 • 37 min
54: 5 Common Mistakes with Intermittent Fasting & How to Avoid Them
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
08/03/20 • 31 min
Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. As you may have noticed, I took a break from creating new episodes in the month of July, but I am back with fresh new content and great new guest for the upcoming episodes!
If you are a brand new listener, my name is Dafna Chazin, your host of the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. I’m a Registered Dietitian that helps women with PCOS change their relationship with food, and help reduce their PCOS symptoms to feel healthy and happy. In this podcast, you’ll find PCOS scientific-based information to help create change through nutrition and lifestyle changes to make a difference on PCOS in the most natural and intuitive way possible.
Today’s episode I will be talking 5 Common Mistakes with Intermittent Fasting & How to Avoid them.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- Time-restricted eating & what it is
- How and why intermittent fasting works for PCOS
- Benefits of Intermittent fasting
- Doing Intermittent Fasting correctly the PCOS way
- Five Common mistakes women make with intermittent fasting & how to avoid them
If you found today’s episode helpful, make sure to rate and review this podcast to show your support and get more great content.
Episode mentioned today: EP. 13: Is Intermittent Fasting Right for Me?
What PCOS eating style is right for you?: www.dafnachazin.com/quiz
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
08/03/20 • 31 min
53 - I'll Be Right Back!
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
06/25/20 • 6 min
Hey there! This week's episode is more of a brief announcement. I will be taking a short break during the month of July to refresh, create new content and spend time with my family. In the meantime I want you to check out some of my resources and come say hello on Instagram where I will continue to hang out daily!
Helpful Resources:
Take my new quiz and find out Which Eating Style Is Right For Your PCOS?
Download my *FREE* PCOS Kitchen Guide to learn the 3 steps you can take right now to set yourself up for success and a follow a nutrition plan that will reduce your symptoms naturally.
Join the Waiting List for my Course The PCOS Reset - doors will open in Septmeber, early bird pricing if you're on the list!
06/25/20 • 6 min
52 - Why Mindset Matters More Than Nutrition w/ Laurence Annez
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
06/15/20 • 52 min
Hello listeners! Welcome back to The Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast, where we are talking all about mindset and nutrition.
Firstly, if you’re on a PCOS healing journey and you’ve been focused mostly on nutrition and food, then this episode is just for you.
Today’s guest is Laurence Annez, and she is a Holistic Nutritionist coaching women on how to ditch cystic acne, regular cycles, and stubborn belly fat using a nutrition lifestyle and mostly mindset changes. Laurence’s mission is to show women that they can take control of their health. She believes that women can truly thrive with PCOS, even through all the difficulties. More importantly, she is a living example that it is possible.
Laurence speaks on her personal journey through PCOS and the changes she has made in her nutrition, lifestyle changes, her mindset and inner-self to grow as a person to help her stay motivate and focused in her PCOS journey. She now successfully helps her clients achieve this in her 1:1 Coaching Program.
Laurence’s journey did not begin as an easy one. But, once she discovered she had PCOS, she realized that education is key. So once you know about it you can be proactive and do something about it.
Consequently, the journey is not easy and can take time to find what works and what doesn't work for you. But, even so, Laurence gives great insight into overcoming a negative mindset, and feelings of shame and guilt. Moreover, she discusses how she overcomes her emotional eating disorder though healthy sustainable life-long changes.
Then, she discusses the importance of overcoming your triggers, taking control of your gut health, and navigating through healthy nutrition. Additionally, she talks about discovering what the right approach is for you in getting started with your mindset and nutrition to help with your PCOS because it varies for each person.
Above all, Laurence discusses changes that must be made to create new healthy habits and behaviors. Additionally, she teaches how to beat the self-sabotaging negative mindset rooted in self worth for healthier mindset and results.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- How to make sustainable changes in your nutrition and lifestyle
- Methods to help begin working on our mindset
- Learn how to begin doing the inner self-work to grow through your PCOS journey
- Overcoming triggers and eating disorders
- Taking care of your gut health
- Navigating through healthy nutrition
- Creating balanced meals
- Finding the right approach for you
- Understanding and managing your menstrual cycle for PCOS
- Establishing new habits
- How not to self-sabotage and healthy methods to overcome it
Check out Laurence's social media: @laurence.annez
Additionally, check out her PCOS Breakthrough Academy.
Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna
or connect with me via my contact page: https://dafnachazin.com/contact/
06/15/20 • 52 min
61 - Creating a Workout Routine That's Right For Your Body with Letisha Bates
Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast
09/21/20 • 56 min
My special guest today is Letisha Bates. Letisha is a registered health coach certified in holistic nutrition and weight loss for women. Having PCOS herself she understands the struggles women have with PCOS. She advocates for the PCOS community and encourages lawmakers to fill in the gaps in PCOS care and research. Her personal journey and struggles, help her to empower women with PCOS.
Letisha shares all about her journey and how she was diagnosed. She opens up about her struggles with weight and how she overcame it by taking control of her health with fitness exercising. On the other hand, she also speaks about how she went into extreme fitness diving into bodybuilding and how it actually had an adverse effect on her body, breaking it down instead of building it up. She goes into how what you think about dieting and fitness may not be what's right for you, and how important it is to find the right workout routine that is right for your body specifically because, with PCOS, there is no one solution that suits all.
She shares with us on creating a workout that works for your body and shares the benefits of exercising with PCOS and its effect on hormones and insulin levels. Also, how over working out and under working-out can negatively affect your body.
What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:- Letisha's journey with PCOS & how she discovered she had PCOS
- How fitness helps with PCOS
- How what you think about dieting and fitness may not be right for you
- Creating a workout routine that works for your body
- Learning some exercises you can do at home
- How to get started with exercise with what's accessible to you
- Benefits of exercising with PCOS
- How working out affects hormones and insulin levels
- Learn how over or under-exercising can negatively affect the body and why it's so important to find the balance by listening to your body
Connect with Letisha Bates: https://www.instagram.com/thatpcoscoach
Website: https://www.livefreehealthcoaching.net/
Live Free Radio Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-free-radio/id1500104534
Sign up for Reset Your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/join
Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast
09/21/20 • 56 min
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Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast currently has 225 episodes available.
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The episode title '60 - Your Questions Answered!' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast is 35 minutes.
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Episodes of Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
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The first episode of Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast was released on Apr 4, 2019.
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