Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show.

There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible

to know what's real and what's BS.

On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food,

their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the

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And I'm definitely the mom friend you have always wanted. It is the Thursday episode and typically

these are solo, but today I have a guest on and we are talking all things postpartum. Every time

people ask me, what was the most surprising thing for you after becoming a mom?

I always respond first with the postpartum recovery period.

Because that shit was crazy and nobody talks about it.

Like you know it's difficult.

Of course, because it's called recovery,

you assume that there's something to recover from. But people are not specific about why it's

difficult, the pain, the swelling, the bleeding, tips and tricks, you know, how much support is needed. And not only are you recovering physically, but now mentally

you're also dealing with a transition into not being a mom to being a mom for first time moms

anyways. And like a new addition to your family. Like it's a big transition.

You have major physical trauma. A lot of people have, you know, postpartum depression,

postpartum anxiety. It's just a lot. So that's always my response. And specifically in my own experience, it was the swelling down there.

Wow. I didn't really look that much, but after I would pee and I would go to wipe, like the swelling was out

of control, which also is what made it so uncomfortable to walk around and move and wear pads or diapers or whatever I was

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