#HURDLEMOMENT: A Nutritionist On Inflammation: What Is It, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Inflammation: We've been taught, for the most part, that it's "bad." But Andrea Nakayama, functional nutritionist, educator, and founder of the Functional Nutrition Alliance, is here to dispel that today. We chat on how to identify inflammation, the causes of it, what can be done to treat it, and address what some foods could be the culprit.
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| 0:00.0 | Information is a positive thing. |
| 0:02.6 | We just want it to have its response |
| 0:05.2 | and then calm down. |
| 0:06.9 | And unfortunately, it can stay in a heightened response state. |
| 0:11.7 | Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here. |
| 0:29.6 | You are listening to another installment of Hurtle Moment from Hurtle. |
| 0:33.6 | A wellness focus podcast where I connected everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts |
| 0:38.0 | and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments, and everything in between. |
| 0:43.5 | We all go through Hurtles in Life and my goal through these discussions is to empower |
| 0:47.6 | you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your |
| 0:52.6 | own big potential and of course have some fun along the way. |
| 0:58.4 | For today's episode, I am chatting with Andrea Nakayama. |
| 1:02.4 | She's a nutritionist and also the founder of the Functional Nutrition Alliance as well |
| 1:08.9 | as the host of the 15 Minute Matrix podcast. |
| 1:13.2 | We are chatting all about inflammation. |
| 1:17.8 | Andrea gives us a lowdown on exactly what it is, what causes it beyond just the things |
| 1:24.0 | that we eat and what we can functionally do to both prevent and treat it. |
| 1:32.1 | Lots of really helpful action will take away sin here. |
| 1:35.7 | I have talked to many, many experts on inflammation during my time as a freelance journalist writing |
| 1:43.0 | articles for all different editorial outlets and this interview brought to light some takeaways |
| 1:50.2 | info tips that I had never heard before. |
| 1:53.5 | So happy that it's going to have a permanent place in the feed. |
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