BONUS: Toxic Food Culture: How Our Food Choices Impact Our Health with Dr. Will Cole

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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I am honored to reconnect with Dr. Will Cole today! Dr. Cole is a leading functional medicine expert who specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing a functional medicine approach. He is the author of many books, including the New York Times bestseller Intuitive Fasting and, most recently, Gut Feelings, a book I think everyone will benefit from reading. Today, Dr. Cole and I delve into the impetus behind his latest book, discussing the toxic food culture, mixed messages, the psychology of food, finding peace with food, and how to reduce our toxic tribalism. We also discuss inflammatory foods and their impact on our gut microbiome, the role of the vagus nerve, how chronic stress is the ultimate junk food for the body, the effects of adverse childhood experiences and trauma, and what shame-flammation is. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Dr. Cole discusses his latest book, Gut Feelings The role of mixed messages What is most important in the wellness world? Types of foods that do not serve the best needs of our bodies Is it the grain, or is it what we have done to it? What are we feeding our bodies? How to differentiate between poor vagal tone and dysautonomia Stress and how it impacts our biochemistry How stress is implicated in many health problems Re-negotiating your relationship with life The role of trauma in weight loss How shame can be the basis of many physical and emotional health issues. Bio- Dr. Will Cole: Dr. Will Cole is a leading functional medicine expert who specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing a functional medicine approach for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders, and more. He is the host of The Art of Being Well podcast and author of Ketotarian, The Inflammation Spectrum, New York Times bestseller Intuitive Fasting, and now, Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on ⁠Twitter ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ Check out Cynthia’s ⁠website⁠ Connect with Dr. Will Cole On his ⁠website⁠ ⁠The Art of Being Well Podcast⁠ Get a copy of Dr. Will Cole’s new book, ⁠Gut Feelings⁠ ⁠Ep. 138 – Our Authentic Intuition: What It Can Teach Us About Fasting with Dr. Will Cole

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast.
0:03.7	I'm your host, nurse practitioner, Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.4	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:13.9	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the health and wellness industry each week and
0:21.5	impact over a million lives.
0:32.2	This is the start of bonus Mondays, a compilation of the top episodes over the past three years for
0:42.8	everyday wellness. And I have to tell you, when I went through all of this research and data,
0:47.4	it was apparent to me that we have a very eclectic, diverse group of clinicians, science writers, personal trainers, and experts.
0:58.8	I know you will love this new series.
1:00.8	Every Monday, we're dropping some of the biggest podcasts of the last three years.
1:05.8	These are your favorites, the most downloaded, ones that have resonated with you.
1:12.4	And I love that we're going to be able to share these every Monday so that you can revisit some of these amazing episodes.
1:20.0	Today, I had the honor reconnecting with Dr. Will Cole. We last connected in 2021 on episode
1:26.0	138. He is a leading functional medicine expert who specializes in clinically investigating
1:32.1	underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing a functional medicine approach.
1:37.5	He is the author of many books, including the New York Times bestseller, intuitive fasting,
1:41.9	and most recently gut feelings. And of all the books that I read on
1:46.4	the podcast, and I'm completely transparent about this, this is one of those books that I think
1:51.0	is accessible for everyone and one that everyone would garner great benefit from. Today,
1:58.4	we dove deep into the impetus for this book. We spoke at length about the
2:02.1	toxic food culture, the role of mixed messages and the psychology of food, finding food peace,
2:08.7	reducing our toxic tribalism, the impact of inflammatory foods, and their impact on our gut
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