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Naturally Nourished

Episode 173: 3 Micronutrients: Folate, Serine and Niacin

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8655 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ready for a refresher on why micronutrients matter? Wonder if nutrient deficiency could be at the root of your health concerns? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss folate, serine and niacin as 3 micronutrients that matter! Learn about their function, symptoms of deficiency as well as food sources of these important nutrients and when you should turn to supplementation for repletion.    In this episode, Ali and Becki break down the reasons stress can deplete micronutrients, especially B vitamins like folate and niacin and those used in regulation of cortisol like serine. Learn about symptoms and disease states associated with deficiency of these nutrients and when and why you want to consider supplementation. Plus, hear our take on the importance of avoiding synthetic folate, whether NAD+ is a miracle supplement and why you need to be including organ meats and grassfed whey in your diet!    Also in This Episode: Past Episodes on MicronutrientsEpisode 5: 3 Micronutrients You Need in Your Diet and Why Episode 72: 3 Micronutrients: Magnesium, Vitamin C and Glutamine Episode 85: 3 Micronutrients: Asparagine, CoQ10 and Zinc Episode 102: 3 Micronutrients: Pantothenate, Choline and Selenium Why Nutrient Deficiency OccursEpisode 69: Epigenetics and Methylation Episode 70: Dirty Genes with Dr. Ben Lynch Episode 136: Prescription Drivers of Body Imbalance How Stress Impacts Micronutrient StatusThe Anti-Anxiety Diet Micronutrient Panel FolateFunction Symptoms of Deficiency Food SourcesLiver Pills Why Watch Out for Folic Acid?Unenriched Nutritional Yeast How to Supplement with FolateMultiAvail Mama Multidefense with Iron Multidefense without Iron B Complex Blisphora: Sam-e, Methylated B-12 and Folate Why Calm and Clear is Folate Free SerineSymptoms of Deficiency Food Sources of SerineNaturally Nourished Grassfed Whey Supplement Strategy for SerineCalm and Clear NiacinFunction of Niacin in the Body Impact on Cardiovascular Health and Lipid Panels Niacin Supplementation500mg CRT Niacin - Designs for Health NAD+, Metabolic Miracle?   Sponsors for This Episode: This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!    This episode is also sponsored by FBomb, makers of high-quality fat-fueled snacks and products like macadamia nut butter packs and premium oils as well as their new Keto Krunch and Pork Sticks. Click here for more on why I love FBomb and use code ALIMILLERRD for 10% off your order!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.

0:12.8

Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes

0:18.3

for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.

0:22.6

From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself

0:28.3

back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes

0:35.1

only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Allie Miller, and her co-host, Becky You.

0:44.5

Welcome to episode 173 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast. Today, we are going to be digging into a topic

0:53.1

that you guys always seem to love for whatever

0:55.7

reason and covering three micronutrients including their function, symptoms of deficiency,

1:02.5

food sources, and supplement suggestions for repletion. I think that for whatever reason is

1:08.9

that our audience loves food as medicine and geeking out

1:13.0

about this level of information.

1:16.3

So we have covered a lot of micronutrients.

1:20.1

We're working through them.

1:21.7

And today's episode, we're going to be covering folate.

1:25.1

So, of course, we're going to get into some geeky genetics there.

1:27.9

We're going to talk about serene and we're going to talk about niacin and the buzz all around

1:33.3

NAD plus and kind of where we see all that falling. So tons of stuff to cover today.

1:39.0

And as always, we'll talk about the nutrient, the mechanism of action, food is medicine,

1:43.6

and then

1:44.2

things to consider with supplementation.

1:47.3

And all things timely, we are in full throttle with this round of the virtual ketosis program.

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