278: The Gut as a Powerful Tool to Beat Infertility and Chronic Disease with Katherine Maslen
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
What do cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergies, mental health and fertility all have in common? The gut. Your microbiome does everything from digesting food to absorbing minerals to regulating your immune system and your hormones. All disease begins in the gut… and that’s where healing begins as well. So in this week’s episode we couldn’t wait to interview an international expert on the topic of gut health, Katherine Maslen.
Katherine got into nutrition after witnessing a close friend’s journey through lupus, an autoimmune disease. As she got sicker, her medicine cabinet grew, yet none of these medications had any positive effect on her health. She passed away at just 52. Katherine knew there had to be a better way. This is what led her to create the Shift Clinic, an international wellness company that is changing the face of health and empowering people to take control of their healing journey.
Katherine’s tips for rebalancing your microbiome, improving your fertility, detoxing, and boosting your wellbeing:
- Avoid plastics - these are endocrine disrupters, which means they mess up your hormones.
- Avoid pesticides - go organic instead (check out the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen and clean Fifteen lists).
- Avoid gluten and dairy.
- Drink purified, filtered water - around 8 cups a day.
- Fill up on fiber (gluten free whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables) - it binds to toxins and takes them out of the body.
- Balance is everything - if you fancy a glass of wine, go for it (just make sure it’s organic and vegan).
- Focus on the emotional connection.
- Check out Katherine’s book Get Well Stay Well to discover the secrets to get back in touch with your body and start thriving.
- Listen to the Shift Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Food Heels Podcast, episode 278. |
| 0:05.5 | In the soil there are microbes. |
| 0:07.9 | Those microbes end up in your food. |
| 0:09.7 | You eat that food. |
| 0:10.6 | Those microbes affect your microbiome and so forth. |
| 0:13.6 | So we actually have this microbial balance with everything in our environment. |
| 0:17.4 | And it shows just how interconnected we are and just how important it is to look at |
| 0:21.1 | the whole ecosystem and not something in isolation. |
| 0:25.2 | Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts, Alison Melody and Susie Hardy. |
| 0:31.7 | Join the Food Hills Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself. |
| 0:37.8 | Warning, side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts of living longer, |
| 0:41.8 | an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and chemo, and a spike in Tinder matches. |
| 0:46.6 | In real cases, women have experienced a strong desire to stop asking their boyfriends if they look fat and stressed. |
| 0:51.0 | If you experience any of these symptoms, post a selfie to Instagram immediately. |
| 0:54.7 | All right, welcome, Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining us. I'm Alison Melody. And I'm Susie Hardy. |
| 0:59.5 | Today we're chatting with the naturopath, Catherine Maslin. She's a mother, a nutritionist, |
| 1:04.2 | an author, a speaker, and host of the Shift podcast. Since releasing her first bestselling book, |
| 1:09.6 | Get Well, Stay Well, she's been on a mission to change the face of health and to empower people to take responsibility for their own healing journey. |
| 1:17.1 | But first, two special announcements, Food Heals Nation. I'm obsessed with Osea Malibu. I am using their brightening serum and it really works. It makes my skin literally glow, and I do that after doing the vitamin C probiotic polish, |
| 1:33.3 | which is this powder that you mix with water, and then you smooth onto your skin, |
| 1:37.0 | and it just takes out all the impurities. |
| 1:38.7 | It's really, really nice. |
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