Real Health Conversations

Why Digestion is the Key to Achieving Optimal Health

This week we have a masterclass on digestion in our Foundations Series. The digestive system plays a major role in your overall health as it brings nutrients to your body. Without good digestive health, you will experience a host of uncomfortable symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion, and more. Additionally, you may also get a lack of proper nutrition from the food you eat, which can negatively impact your health and wellbeing. This is why digestive health is so important....

Lymphatic Massage for Health & Detox with Dayna Marsh

Show your lymph some love! Dayna Marsh joins the show today to talk about the benefits of lymphatic massage. Dayna is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and owner of Body Therapy Salt Lake, in Salt Lake City, UT. She offers in person massage therapy sessions and in person or virtual nutritional therapy services. Lymph, is like blood in that they both are liquids circulating in the body. Unlike red blood’s circular, pumped by the heart movement, lymph moves jus...

Aging Beautifully without Botox

“Why erase what makes you, you? Be Botox free. Embrace your age.” Everyone wants to age gracefully, but is the answer found injecting toxins into your face? This week Gretch from Never-Tox explains why the risks do not outweigh the benefits when it comes to Botox. Topics Covered ·       Botulinum toxin research and awareness ·      Mouse Units (20 units of Botox = that is how many mice would die with that much botox) ·       Off label use   Resources www.never-tox.com Ins...

Finding Your Perfect Diet with Nutritional Therapy

Over generalized or overly strict dietary guidelines are not doing any favors to those looking for honest, helpful nutritional wellness advice. This episode is all about helping you understand your body’s symptoms and biofeedback signals to curate your perfect diet. Topics covered in this episode: Nutritional Therapy and how it is different from traditional dieticians Why is nutrition confusing No perfect diet for everyone, at all times Foundations of health and what dysfunction i...

How to Overcome Anxiety According to a Holistic Psychiatrist

“We are suffering unnecessarily because our physical bodies are out of balance.” Dr. Vora Our guest this week is Dr. Ellen Vora, a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher, and she is the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety. She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. Dr. Vora received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.D. from Columbia University. It’s normal to occasionally experien...

Your Top Thyroid Questions Answered, with Dr. Eric Balcavage

It may be small, but your thyroid is a mighty organ that is responsible for many important functions that can make a huge difference in your health. Metabolism, hormones, digestion, brain, and so much more are all affected by how well (or not) the thyroid is functioning. When the thyroid is not working well, you may feel pretty miserable. Thyroid disorders are common, affecting over 20 million Americans every year, and even more common in women (1 in 8 women will have a thyroid disorder at s...

How to establish healthy habits and consistently crush your goals with Lindsay Young

“There is SO much information about food and exercise circling about, and it’s often conflicting or confusing. Perhaps you’ve tried a diet and failed, started an exercise routine and stopped, lost weight and then gained it back. I can relate because I’ve done all of those things.” Who can relate? I sure can. Our guest today is Lindsay Young a certified transformational nutrition coach and strength and conditioning coach, a business owner, a wife, and a busy mom of 3 and she has mastered t...

Prioritizing Your Metabolic Health with Dr. Elie Jarrouge, MD

Dr. Elie Jarrough is a board certified and licensed medical doctor specializing in coaching patients in nutrition and improving metabolic health. He has countless testimonials from patients reversing obesity and type 2 diabetes and in this episode we he shares his experience, wisdom, and insights on all things metabolic health. Dr. Elie has a compelling story of how he turned his own health around with nutrition and he passionately helps others do the same. Listen in as we discuss the tim...

Taking Action: Transform Your Home into a Health Haven

Home is a place that should be safe and comfortable, not the place we want to associate as a source of health issues and potential problems. However, the truth is out – your home environments could be negatively affecting you and your family’s health. Luckily, there are solutions! There are ways to minimize exposure or avoid the risk altogether. In this episode I am presenting directly from my FREE Healthy Home Guide that I created just for you. I’ve taken all of the questions I’ve hear...

Beyond Fads & Diet Trends: Digging Deeper for Root Cause Health Solutions with Leanne Vogel

Your food can’t be the only reason you aren’t getting better…it’s time to dig deeper! Real Health Conversations celebrates its 500th episode with long time friend of the show, Leanne Vogel. The nutrition, health, and wellness space has seen a lot of trends come and go over these past nine years and 500 episodes and in this episode Holly and Leanne recap the biggest changes. The nutrition and wellness industry has seen a lot of trends and fads come and go. Finally — after decades of chas...

Misinformation vs. the Truth: What Every Parent Needs to Know with Dr. Peter McCullough

Dr. Peter McCullough is a practicing cardiologist with over 30 years of medical experience. He is a clinical scholar, frequent news contributor, AND, as a leading expert on cardiovascular medicine, Dr. McCullough has been outspoken, sounding alarm bells about the heart-related risks he believes could be attributed to mRNA technology, including myocarditis and adverse reactions in high endurance athletes. There are many questions parents have, that are going unanswered or with answers that...

Medical Hypnosis for Health Habit Breakthroughs with Dr. Lucy Burns

Our guest today is Dr. Lucy Burns. Dr. Lucy  is a GP and a lifestyle medicine physician. And has a an online platform, program called Real life Medicine  and a podcast called The Real Health and Weight Loss podcast with her business partner Dr. Mary Barson. Medical hypnosis can be an effective clinical tool for the relief of physical symptoms. Hypnosis is a voluntary, generally safe, and potentially effective process that involves a person and a therapist working together to bring about p...

How to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse and Grooming, with Feather Berkower

Our guest today is Feather Berkower, a licensed clinical social worker with a Master’s of Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. She has been a leader in child sexual abuse prevention since 1985 and has educated nearly one-hundred fifty thousand schoolchildren, parents and youth professionals. Her well-regarded workshop, Parenting Safe Children, empowers adults to keep children safe from sexual assault. Feather co-authored Off Limits, a parenting book that will change the way you think about keepi...

Light Therapy for Detoxification, Anti-Aging, & Stem Cell Regeneration with Dr. Caroline Williams

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast Holly chats with guest Dr. Caroline of Native Sun Nutrition & Functional Medicine Center Dr. Caroline Williams is a Chiropractic Physician and owner of Native Sun Nutrition & Functional Medicine Center in Las Vegas.  Since 2001 she has been working with patients holistically to determine the cause of dysfunction...

The link between your Pelvic Floor and your Digestion with Lisa Fitzpatrick

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast Leah chats with guest Lisa Fitzpatrick from Sacred Women’s Business. Lisa is a Physiotherapist with over 30 years of experience with a focus on women’s pelvic floor health. Holistic wellness, yoga, mindfulness meditation, women’s empowerment and women’s health all underpin her work. In this episode you’ll he...

Fasting for Health & Spiritual Transformation

This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast, Holly takes a look at the spiritual aspects of fasting. People of all walks of life are rediscovering the wisdom of fasting and feasting, the circadian rhythms of nature, and tuning in to the ancestral and spiritual aspects of primal health cycles. This episode looks at fasting, specifically fasting from sugar and the so-called socially acceptable addictions – sugar and caffeine – and how those two crutches may be holding us back from the...

Sugar Addiction is More Serious Than You Think

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast, Lonestar Keto Girl, Amber Wentworth, joins us to share the not-so-sweet realities of sugar addiction. Amber is a food addiction and sugar specialist with a personal health and weight-loss story that many can relate to – trying every diet program, repeatedly gaining and losing, unable to maintain weight loss, ...

Can How You Brew Your Coffee Impact Cholesterol Levels?

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast Leah and Holly take on coffee and cholesterol! Is the sophisticated sexiness of French Pressed coffee worth the alleged risk of negatively impacting cholesterol levels? This real health conversation was inspired by an article in the Huffington Post that very loosely links the two by inconclusive results from a wea...

Ways to Reduce Stress with Meal Planning and Preparation

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this special episode, Leah discusses how stress is terrible for your digestion and how meal planning and meal preparation can help you significantly reduce stress. Leah discusses different techniques and how finding the right method for you and your family is the most important step in the process. The episode will leave you with some actionable steps to take...

How Regulated and Safe Are Our Food Additives in the US?

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on Real Health Conversations, we take a look at the policies and regulations that govern the ingredients in our food (USA). The label “FDA Approved” is believed to be synonymous with tested and safe, but is that really the case? Inspired by recent news headlines regarding a recent lawsuit against food company Mars, this episode looks deeper into the cl...

Alzheimer’s – What Does the Science Say? With Dr. Don Clum

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast our guest is Dr. Don Clum, a chiropractor and specialist in advanced metabolic nutrition. Dr. Clum has an integrative program for insulin resistance specifically focusing on diabetes, diabetes prevention, metabolic syndrome, weight loss resistance, obesity, and cardiometabolic issues. We welcome Dr. Clum back to...

488: The importance of Soil with Resilient Grower Rachel Summers

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the Real Health Conversations Podcast our guest is Rachel Summers Owner and Farmer at Resilient Growers, a regenerative agriculture farm in Tulsa, OK (where Holly lives). Our food is only as nutritious as the health of the soil allows. Rachel shares the benefits of regenerative farming and how important it is for, not only our health, but the health...

487: Our First Monthly IG Live!

  Leah & Holly celebrate our first Instagram Live episode with discussions of human internal parasites and more. Also, each month you can join in live on Insta; listen in for more details about this new monthly feature!

486: Do you have signs of Nutritional Deficiency

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   This week Leah and Holly take a look at nutritional deficiencies and how they manifest in the body. Perhaps you have had some niggling signs and symptoms occurring in the body and you are not sure what the root cause might be? Maybe you eat the same foods regularly and without realizing you could be causing a nutritional deficiency in your body. On this episod...

485: Are Carrots and Beets ok on Keto?

Welcome to Real Health Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah and Holly take a deeper look into the question “Can I eat Carrots and Beetroot on Keto – are they too high in carbs/sugar?” This, and similar questions along the lines of what can I/can’t I eat, are common when starting any new diet or exploring new eating habits. However, instead of worrying about the do’s and don’ts, perhaps a better question is...

484: Nutrient Density vs Keto with Marty Kendall

It’s our first episode with our new name “Real Health Conversations” and we wanted no one other than our long term friend and previous guest cohost Marty Kendall from Optimizing Nutrition. Marty is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to nutrient dense foods and blood sugar regulation. Leah found a question in an online forum where someone was asking advise as to whether they could eat carrot and beetroot on a Keto diet. So the ladies ask Marty his thoughts and what do you think his respon...

483: Announcing fresh Changes for the Podcast

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   It’s not quite time for a Cohost Episode but Leah and Holly get together in this episode to announce some special changes coming to the podcast over the next few months. Let us know what you think? The article this week looks at responses from multiple women about the stories we tell ourselves. Holly and Leah get deep and share that they share the same insecuri...

482: Finding Your Own Path on a Healing Journey with Amy Russell

481: Does Social Media hold the Answers to your Health Questions?

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   This week Holly and Leah are back for a Co-Host Episode. Recently, Holly was astonished by the health advice random strangers were giving people on social media forums. It got us thinking whether Social media is an appropriate place to a) Ask such health questions and b) try the advice given from strangers. Where should one go to ask such questions if Social Medi...

480: The Ripped Grandpa – Shaun Hadsall

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest this week is Shaun Hadsall, also known as “The Ripped Grandpa”. Shaun specializes in making fat loss simple by focusing on the hormones and metabolisms of people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. Shaun tells us his secrets for longevity in the later years, how he keeps healthy and fit and how you can too. And spoiler – your mindset has a lot to do with it! If y...

479: Bryce Henson – Fit Body Boot Camp

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest this week is Bryce Henson, CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, the world’s fastest growing fitness boot camp franchise. Holly and Bryce talk about the relationship between health, exercise, and confidence. Confidence isn’t always something people are born with but it is a trait most people desire. So how can someone develop and increase confidence? Bryce shares so...

478: Balancing Systemic pH for Optimal Health with Dr. Mindi Salvino

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest this week is board certified Naturopathic Dr, Mindi Salvino. Dr. Mindi has a busy practice in Tulsa, OK where she helps patients with hormonal and thyroid issues, nutrient malabsorption, bowel and autoimmunity issues., ph correction + more! She is a leading expert in ozone and rife frequency therapy. With more than a decade of clinical experience in these t...

477: How a Free Will Mindset Can Help Your Health

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah and Holly are back together for a Cohost episode looking at how your sense of free will affects your health. Do you believe you have control over your life or do you believe there is a greater force at hand? How do these beliefs affect your health and wellbeing? In this discussion we explore a conversation around whether life is happening to you, or ...

476: From Algae to Energy Bits with Catharine Arnston

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   Catharine Arnston is the Founder/CEO/Chief Scientific Officer of ENERGYbits® and an expert in algae for wellness, nutrition, beauty, biohacking and longevity. She is a nationally recognized thought-leader, seasoned corporate executive, experienced entrepreneur, and sought-after speaker. In this episode, Holly and Leah speak with Catharine about the benefits of n...

475: Dr Louann Brizendine shares how the Female Brain gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Leah chats with Neuropsychiatrist and Author of the new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, by Dr. Louann Brizendine. Dr Brizendine shares newly emerging information about women in the second half of life: during midlife, women’s brains are actually reshaped and “upgraded” in a way that creates new...

474: Women in Keto Summit with Rosanna Smith Speedy Keto Living

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Leah chats with the Host of the Women in Keto Summit and Keto Coach at Speedy Keto Living, Rosanna Smith. Rosanna decided to try something new to help her health due to chronic back pain and tried Keto for the first time around the age of 50! She felt so good she almost did not believe that nutrition could make such a difference. Leah and Rosa...

473: Diaphragmatic Breathing for better Digestion

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah review their favorite moments from most recent previous episodes. Breathing, digestion, and stress management go hand-in-hand! This week’s article is a look at how belly breathing could be the key to better digestion. Deep belly breathing can actually massage the contents of the gut helping move food through the body for bet...

472: Protein Sparing Modified Fast Method with Craig Emmerich

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Craig Emmerich. Craig is an International best selling author of the “Keto: The Complete Guide” and “The Carnivore Cookbook” and has a new book coming out called The Protein-Sparing Modified Fast Method. This episode is all out about ins and outs of Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF) a great tool for loosing weight e...

471: Is Protein the path to Weight Loss with Vanessa Spina

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Vanessa Spina aka Ketogenic Girl. Vanessa Spina is a Sport Nutrition Specialist (SNS), Biomedical Scientist and the Best Selling author of Keto Essentials. She is an international speaker on the science of keto and host of the popular podcast – Optimal Protein. This episode is all about protein! Specifically, how to mi...

470: Feel Better Now with Jackie Bowker

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Jackie Bowker, CEO of the Global Feel Better Institute and Host of the Feel Better Now Podcast. Jackie is a two-time Master degree qualified Functional Nutritionist. And she combines psycho-linguistics with functional medicine principles to create new patterns, and new triggers, breaking old patterns and old behaviors...

469: How to Heal from Within with Katie Beecher

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Katie Beecher, Internationally known Medical and Emotional Intuitive and Licensed Professional Counselor with over 30 years of experience. Katie’s mission is to help as many people as possible connect to their intuitions, find unconditional love and self acceptance. Katie has a new book out called, Heal from Within: A ...

468: Is the answer as simple as Synthetic Beef for Everyone?

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah catch up on the latest co-host news. Leah is expanding her yoga practice to include sound bowls to help clients reduce stress and discover deeper levels of relaxation. Holly Jean shares that she has been helping families move across the country to start living non-toxic lives. The ladies recap the previous episodes: 467 – Brian...

467: Brian O’Halloran, The Ketogenic Pharmacist

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with The Ketogenic Pharmacist Brian O’Halloran. Brian is a pharmacist of 20+ years and a Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist. Often times, people think of their local pharmacist as a person who just fills prescriptions. Brian busts that myth and lets us know just how important, even critical, pharmacists are in the m...

466: 'Why Diets Fail' with Amanda Nighbert

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Amanda Nighbert. Amanda is a registered dietitian specializing in weight loss nutrition, a fitness enthusiast, and a working mom of two Amanda is a celebrated TEDx speaker for her talk on the number one reason why dieters fail (11K views) and is a beloved dietitian on Instagram. Amanda is a strong believer that dieting i...

465: "Stay off my Operating Table!" with Dr. Philip Ovadia

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with heart surgeon, Dr. Phillip Ovadia of Ovadia Heart Health. Dr Ovadia is dedicated to educating people about metabolic health and, ultimately, how to stay OFF of his operating table. Dr Ovadia shares his story, realizing that the standard American diet was making him overweight and sick before deciding to try Keto wh...

464: Getting Started with Personalizing Your Homestead & Garden

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah talk all things homesteading and gardening with Jordyn & Kay Clark of Portage View Farm. Jordyn and Kay are homesteaders in Bellingham, WA where they raise goats, pigs, chickens, and turkeys as well as growing a garden and orchard. You can find them on Instagram where they share tips to help you learn how to be more self suffi...

463: Hormones and Fasting over 40 with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean chats with holistic health and fasting expert, Dr. Mindy Pelz. Dr. Mindy is on a mission to inspire & empower a million people to start fasting. She has a popular Instagram page and YouTube channel where she shares videos on fasting and health tips and she is also a fellow podcaster, her show is called the Resetter Podcast, and she is ...

462: Autoimmune Disease and the Western Diet

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Leah and Holly Jean discuss contributing factors of autoimmune disease. For decades, doctors and researchers believed that autoimmune conditions were genetic, or hereditary, and even a normal side effect of the aging process. But as conditions are rising at alarming rates and the age of diagnosis is getting younger and younger, researchers are asking...

461: Emotional Regulation for Children with Vanessa Kelly Yoga

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah chats with Vanessa Kelly from Vanessa Kelly Yoga. Vanessa is a yoga instructor with an Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching and many wonderful post graduate qualifications including Kids’ yoga and prenatal. Leah and Vanessa chat about the compounding issues that stack up for our children throughout the day and how to help guide them through mindful conv...

460: Adding Carbs After Keto with Aaron Day

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah chats with Accredited Nutritional Therapist, Advanced Sports Exercise Nutritional Adviser Clinical Weight Loss Practitioner and Keto Blogger at FatForWeightLoss, Aaron Day. Aaron was on the podcast a couple of years back discussing the secrets of Keto Cooking. This time is Aaron is discussing the pros and cons of adding carbs back into your diet afte...