Ep 60: How to Heal with Food with Danielle Walker

We're Going There with Bianca Juarez

That Sounds Fun Network

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5.0 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Hi friends! I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! As we head into 2022, we often look at ways we can improve our lives and health. On today’s show, I’m chatting with author, advocate, and self-made chef, Danielle Walker. Throughout our conversation, you’ll hear about Danielle’s journey with an autoimmune disease and how food helped her heal. She shares her incredible journey, how she found ways to enjoy food once more, and how she’s bringing joy to others with her recipes and personal experience. Friends, if you know me, you know that I love cooking and in an alternate reality I’d be a chef. So, I’d LOVE for you to try Danielle’s Red Curry Butternut Squash Soup recipe and then share it with us on social media! You can tag me @BiancaOlthoff and @DanielleWalker. I can’t wait to see and share your posts! Wishing you a happy and healthy 2022! And, don’t forget to share this podcast with your friends, family and anyone else you know who loves food and podcasts! Love you, friends! 🖤 B RESOURCES: Danielle’s book: Food Saved Me Danielle’s website: https://daniellewalker.com/ Danielle’s blog: Against All Grain Red Curry Butternut Squash Soup Recipe --- This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp • We're Going There listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/wgt --- This episode is sponsored by Redeeming Love • For more information or to find tickets to a theater near you, visit: RedeemingLoveMovie.com Music by: Brad Tsushima, Instagram: @bradtsushima, email: bradtsushima94@aol.com, Spotify: “R.A.D.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Getting news and diagnosis of illness is never easy. And in our society, we can immediately reach for prescription drugs or medication to solve our problems. But what if food was the change we needed to help heal us from the inside out? It's about time because we're going there.
0:16.8	Hi, friends. Welcome to the first episode of 2022. My name is Bianca Wadis Oltoff, and I'm honored to host this episode with a tender heart and gentle hands.
0:26.1	Today, we're talking about diets, food, and nutrition, which basically might feel like broccoli with the side of spinach and asparagus.
0:32.5	But hang with me because this episode will be good not only for your new year, but also for your health.
0:37.7	This past year, my dad was diagnosed with high blood pressure, and so was I.
0:42.6	The difference is that my dad is 25 years older than me.
0:45.5	I may not be in my 20s anymore, but listen, I am far too young to have high blood pressure.
0:50.2	Though I work out five days a week and eat a balanced diet,
0:53.3	I started noticing tightness in my chest and
0:55.0	feeling deep, hard beats in my heart that caused me to realize, yeah, something's wrong.
1:00.5	Immediately my doctor gave me medicine and told me to get on it to control my blood pressure.
1:04.1	The problem is that the medication made me so tired, foggy-brained, and lethargic.
1:09.2	As a writer and content creator, the last thing I needed
1:11.2	was not to be able to write or process thoughts. So I started to look into holistic ways to
1:15.9	lower my blood pressure using food. Now, don't get me wrong, prescription medication is a gift,
1:20.7	and I'm not saying that food will replace prescription medicine. What I am saying is that instead
1:24.9	of defaulting to traditional pharmaceuticals, we can use food to help regulate our body and heal us holistically.
1:30.9	On today's show, I'm chatting with Danielle Walker, author, advocate, and self-made chef who often says,
1:35.7	Food Save Me, which coincidentally is the title of her book, and she has three cookbooks under her belt and on my kitchen counter as well.
1:41.7	Before we slice and serve up this episode, let's talk about
1:44.3	why food can heal us or hurt us. See, eating is a basic need, but many Americans are not
1:49.8	feeling this need with healthy choices. Among the million Americans that die each year from
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