Rebranded Diet Culture, High Cortisol Hacks, & Stalled Health Progress

Well-Fed Women

Noelle Tarr

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Mindset, Motherhood, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Hormones, Weight Loss, Fitness, Body Image, Holistic Health, Self-care, Women's Health

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Are functional foods healthier for us, or are they just rebranded diet culture that’s doing more harm than good? We also unpack how to manage cortisol and stress (like, realistically), and where to start when you want to lose weight and balance hormones, but feel hella overwhelmed. Don’t worry girl, we got you. Timestamps: [1:47] Welcome [24:14] Can you please talk about ways to lower my cortisol and also lower stress? [38:54] How do you know where to start with losing weight and balancing ho...

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0:00.0	Many of you know I have been struggling with vision issues, migraines, headaches, and dizziness when looking at screens, specifically my computer and my phone, I actually went to the optometrist.
0:10.6	And while I do have a vision issue, I have a hard time focusing on things close up.
0:14.4	The number one thing he recommended was to start wearing blue light blocking glasses.
0:18.1	I wear my 100% blue light blocking glasses every night from
0:22.3	Bonchard. It has made a huge difference. In fact, I lost them one night and I ended up going back
0:27.4	to my old ones. I hated it. It didn't help me get sleepy. It wasn't blocking all the blue
0:31.8	light. So I don't miss a night. But I'm not as good at wearing my blue light blocking computer
0:37.3	glasses. Now that I've been on top of wearing them more, they have made such a night. But I'm not as good at wearing my blue light blocking computer glasses. Now that I've
0:38.5	been on top of wearing them more, they have made such a difference. They're comfortable, fashionable,
0:43.5	and they look like normal glasses when you're wearing them. Bon Charge also has some incredible
0:48.0	wellness products, including red light therapy devices, pimp mats, and infrared sauna products. They have new larger red light
0:56.2	therapy panels, which are affordable, and they just launched an infrared sauna dome that also has
1:01.9	pimp in it. And we recently just invested in their red light night lights. This is the only thing
1:07.5	that I use in my kids' room and the bathroom. We also use red light bulbs in our lamps and our bedrooms to help really promote sleep.
1:15.0	It works really well for the kids.
1:17.0	Head over to bondcharge.com forward slash well fed and use coupon code well fed to save 15% on your entire order.
1:24.4	That's bond charge, B-O-N-C-H-A-R-G-E.com forward-slash-W-F-F-F-Fed. Use code
1:29.7	well-fed to save 15% off everything.
1:55.0	Good. Welcome to well-fed women, where we have authentic unfiltered conversations about the latest in health.
2:03.5	In episode 541, Steph and I are talking about functional foods simply acting as rebranded diet culture, lowering cortisol,
2:08.0	knowing where to start when you want to lose weight, and we'll also be talking a little bit about mascara and mascara trends and ought to take it off. What's up? Hi. What up? Not much.
2:18.0	Life is happening.
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