Latest Ditchthediet Podcast Episodes
Is your freezer your new medicine cabinet?
Fab Female Nutrition - June 26, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutesOf course fresh vegetables and fruits are part of a healthy kitchen. But today I explore the benefits of foods that you don't have to leave the house to shop for. Helping you to create a nourishing, boosting meal from foraging in your freezer. To read the full blog post. A huge thank you to ...
Nuts and seeds: Tiny powerhouses of health
Fab Female Nutrition - June 19, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutesI just think that we don't eat enough of these amazing nutrient-dense foods, and they deserve a whole podcast episode to love them up. You can sprinkle them on your breakfast, use them to top salads, stir into yoghurt. The list is endless, today I share my favourite nuts and seeds and their am...
What Health-Boosting Ingredients Are Lurking in Your Kitchen Cupboards?
Fab Female Nutrition - June 12, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutesYour kitchen cupboards are stuffed full of ingredients that can boost your health. From tins of beans and lentils which are not only good for your gut health, they are great sources of plant protein. To fish and olive oil with heart boosting omega 3. Find out what other goodies are lurking...
Spice Up Your Health
Fab Female Nutrition - June 05, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutesYour kitchen is filled with ingredients that can significantly enhance your health and well-being. Discover these powerful foods and learn simple, effective ways to incorporate them into your busy lifestyle. This week we delve into your dried herbs and spice rack. You may have thought that the...
Food like substances to avoid
Fab Female Nutrition - May 29, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutesUltra Processed foods or UPF are foods that have been industrially produced and contain chemicals such as colours, sweeteners, thickeners and stabilisers. Are they even food? Or should they be labelled as food like substances. This week I share how much of our modern diet is made up of these...
A healthy and convenient kitchen
Fab Female Nutrition - May 22, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutesConvenient does not necessarily mean that food is processed or unhealthy. There are lots of great convenience foods that I include in my kitchen to help me create quick, tasty, healthy meals. This week I share with you what they are and how I use them. You might want to eat before you list...
Traditional ways we have processed foods
Fab Female Nutrition - May 15, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutesThroughout history people have processed foods to make them last longer, improve the taste or make them more transportable. This week I explain what they are, and how many of them actually make the foods easier to digest and supportive of gut health.
How do we define processed foods?
Fab Female Nutrition - May 08, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutesThere is a classification called the NOVA scale that rates foods by the level of processing. The four levels are Unprocessed and minimally processed foods Processed culinary ingredients Processed foods Ultra-processed foods This week I explain how we came up with these levels and w...
Using Feng Shui to create a more balanced life
Fab Female Nutrition - May 01, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutesUsing Feng Shui principles along with decluttering can support your emotional well-being. Stephanie Hemstead-Williams shares her insights into ways that we can declutter and improve the energy flow of our home, which will improve our personal energy levels too. This episode is part of our 'Bey...
Community and Connection:
Fab Female Nutrition - April 24, 2024 05:00 - 12 minutesThe Blue Zones, are regions around the world known for their exceptional longevity and vitality, and they offer valuable insights into the role of community in health and longevity. In places like Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia, and Ikaria, strong social bonds and a sense of belonging are deeply ing...
Stress Less, Thrive More
Fab Female Nutrition - April 17, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutesStress triggers the body's "fight or flight" response, releasing hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline to prepare us to deal with perceived threats. While this response is crucial for survival modern life means that we are exposed to chronic stress, and this has a negative impact on our healt...
Move More, Live Better
Fab Female Nutrition - April 10, 2024 05:00 - 12 minutesWhen we hear the word "movement," we often envision sweating it out on a treadmill or lifting weights at the gym. Our ancestors got enough exercise daily and they would never have stepped onto a treadmill. If you enjoy the gym or classes then please don't stop, but it is still important to incor...
Rest and Revitalise - The power of sleep
Fab Female Nutrition - April 03, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutesSleep is often undervalued in today's fast-paced society, yet it plays a crucial role in overall health and well-being. Quality sleep is essential for physical health, cognitive function, emotional regulation, and immune system function. During sleep, the body repairs tissues, particularly those...
Sugar Sense: Navigating Daily Input
Fab Female Nutrition - March 27, 2024 06:00 - 13 minutesIs sugar addictive? Scientists studied what happens when we eat sugar and found that it activates dopamine, which is the same chemical activated when taking drugs such as cocaine. This has led to the idea that sugar is addictive, but while you may crave it, it's a bit of a stretch to say it i...
Navigating Sweet Surprises in Your Diet
Fab Female Nutrition - March 20, 2024 06:00 - 14 minutesWhen you eat a chocolate bar or a dessert you know that you are going to be eating sugar. And for most of us, we enjoy the taste and it doesn't cause us a problem. However, sugar is hiding in many foods so many of us are consuming much higher levels than we realise. Green washing is the term w...
Sweet Solutions: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sweeteners
Fab Female Nutrition - March 13, 2024 06:00 - 10 minutesThe idea behind sweeteners was good but it's clearly not working, so what went wrong? Are our bodies meant to be digesting chemicals that taste sweet but have no nutrients or calories? What can we include in our diet that are naturally sweet instead? These are the topics discussed in this...
Sugar Savvy: Unraveling its Effects on our Bodies and Health
Fab Female Nutrition - March 06, 2024 06:00 - 12 minutesOur body quickly breaks down sugar in our diet into glucose, however, it also breaks down other food sources into glucose such as simple carbohydrates, vegetables and fruits and even protein. Glucose is our body's primary source of energy, and insulin is the hormone that helps is utilise gluco...
186 What lifestyle and supplements support a healthy immune system?
Fab Female Nutrition - February 28, 2024 06:00 - 12 minutesIdeally, we want to be eating a wide and varied diet that will provide our body with the necessary nutrients. However, if you or someone in your family doesn't eat a varied diet, they may need additional support. Additionally, it can be helpful to increase certain foods or supplements to help th...
185 What foods and nutrients support our immune system?
Fab Female Nutrition - February 21, 2024 06:00 - 12 minutesThe ideal response of our immune system to foreign threats lies in having a balanced reaction. An excess of reaction may lead to autoimmune conditions, while insufficient reaction may result in sickness. Our focus when it comes to food should be on the nutrients and ingredients that aid in devel...
184 What are autoimmune conditions
Fab Female Nutrition - February 14, 2024 06:00 - 14 minutesThe immune system functions properly by identifying and addressing pathogens, viruses, and other undesirable cells and organisms in a efficient and appropriate manner. In autoimmune conditions, this mechanism goes haywire, and the immune cells mistakenly target the body's own cells as if they ...
183 How your immune system works
Fab Female Nutrition - February 07, 2024 06:00 - 12 minutesOur immune system is the most complex system in the body. It is like our army that is constantly monitoring and making decisions about whether substances are safe or not. This week I discuss the first line immune system, our border defences. They include physical and chemical barriers, such a...
Healthy Fats are the final part of a healthy diet
Fab Female Nutrition - January 31, 2024 06:00 - 13 minutesHealthy fats are the fifth element of our healthy diet. We make many hormones including our sex hormones from fats, they are key in our brain health and help to reduce inflammation. So they deserve the final spot in our healthy diet. They are high in calories at 9 calories per gram (compared t...
Fibre the forgotten essential for a healthy diet
Fab Female Nutrition - January 24, 2024 06:00 - 13 minutesI think that fibre is a forgotten nutrient. Fibre is an essential nutrient that is vital to the health of our gut. And anyone who is interested in their health knows that a healthy gut is vital. We should think about fibre as a protective barrier for our digestive system. Foods, drinks and med...
Why are colourful fruits and vegetables healthy
Fab Female Nutrition - January 17, 2024 06:00 - 11 minutesForget 5 a day, that is for amateurs, you should be aiming for at least eight portions of vegetables/salad and two to three portions of fruit every day. Eating as many different colours at each meal is key to getting all the phytonutrients your body needs. There are over 100,000 of these amazi...
Protein, the second element of a healthy diet
Fab Female Nutrition - January 10, 2024 06:00 - 13 minutesIn the second of our 5 part series - what makes a healthy diet - it's protein. Every single cell in our body needs protein; muscles, skin, and bones all need protein. It is our essential building block, and everything starts with protein, so it is important that we get a good helping with ever...
Fluid - Element 1 of a healthy diet
Fab Female Nutrition - January 03, 2024 06:00 - 17 minutesWhat makes a healthy diet? I believe it's just 5 simple ingredients. If eat these every day then you will feed your body with all it needs to boost your health, your energy and your wellbeing. And I will be explaining what they are and why you need them over the next 5 podcast episodes. The fi...
Formulas are Generic, YOU are Not!: Blending the Art and Science of Nutrition
Shame Free Eating - April 25, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutesThere are so many formulas; Some of them essential, and others…not as much. Rocket science…YES. Micromanaging the nutrition of a human being…more nuance required. Join me as we dive into some of the favorite formulas used within the science of nutrition, and how to frame, adjust, or disregard th...
How Jessi Advocated for Weight-Inclusive Care in Her Profession as a Pharmacist
Shame Free Eating - April 04, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutesJoin me as I pick back up with my interview with Jessi. Last time we discussed her journey from dieting to Intuitive eating, and now we are going to dive into the bold and brave move she made in order to advocate for weight-inclusive care in her profession as a pharmacist. More about Jessi...
Dieting Seems Great...Until it's Not with Jessi
Shame Free Eating - March 27, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutesSharing some of the painful stories in our lives is hard and tremendously brave. And I am tremendously thankful to those of you willing to bear your hearts with me on Shame Free Eating. On the show today my guest Jessi shares her dieting story. As great as the idea seemed for each new diet and t...
Discussing Serious Problems with the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents
Shame Free Eating - February 28, 2023 06:00 - 28 minutesThis is a rough episode. I discuss aspects of the new guidelines put out by the AAP, and the reasons they are harmful to children and scientifically unsound. Here are links to additional resources discussed in the episode: Response to AAP Guidelines from IFEDD (International Federation of...
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