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How to Heal Your Gut and Lose Weight

Zen(ish) Mommy

English - February 21, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Welcome back to the Zen(ish) Mommy Podcast! Today, we are talking about gut health with the CEO of Health Life Yeah, Karin Banghart. Our guest is passionate about educating listeners on gut health after having gone through a bout of colon cancer in 2020. Join us today to hear Karin’s story and some of the most valuable things she learned along the way. We touch on the hidden ingredients in commercially produced foods and unpack the importance of educating yourself and making the necessary changes. Learn what you can do to lose weight and change your life over a period of twelve weeks, hear why it’s so important to listen to your own body’s cues, and find out what it looks like to bring your mindfulness practice into your relationship with food. Join us to hear more today. 


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Meet today’s guest, Karin Banghart, CEO of Health Life Yeah. Nicole’s experience of watching her daughter’s anxiety become manageable through gut management. Karin’s story of getting diagnosed with colon cancer and trying different diets. Why going gluten-free made such a difference to Karin after her diagnosis.The story of how she became a nutrition and health coach.Why the gut is so important and what the vagus nerve does.What the Standard American Diet consists of and why it is harmful.Hidden ingredients in commercially produced foods.Jessica’s story of having banned food dye in her home.The importance of educating yourself and making changes.The gut microbiome and what causes gut dysbiosis.Signs and symptoms of an unhealthy gut.What you can learn from your stool and what to look out for.Eliminating everything over a process of 12 weeks.Why eliminating all processed foods is the most effective way to lose weight.Why it’s so important to listen to your own body.The importance of carrying your mindfulness practice into eating.Karin’s yay or nay list.


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“They tested me for celiac and everything was fine, but I went ahead and took gluten out and it changed everything.” — Karin Banghart [0:11:09]


“A healthy gut is important because it runs the show.” — Karin Banghart [0:12:04]


“If you look at a label and you can’t read it, you can’t pronounce it, you don’t know what the heck it is, your body doesn’t know either!” — Karin Banghart [0:17:42]


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