S6 EP26: Improving Your Gut Health
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
There is a lot of advice out there about weight loss, but weight isn’t the only way that food and nutrition affect your body. Today’s guest is going to discuss some of the things she’s learned in the nutrition field and how she advocates for women’s health.
Dana Monsees is a dietician, nutritionist, and body image coach. In her conversation with Rachael and Kelsea today, she discusses whether gut issues like celiac and IBS are getting more common, what kind of gut conditions she sees regularly, and what neutral nutrition and weight-inclusive care mean to Dana.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Whether issues like celiac and IBS are becoming more common
- The importance of gut health to overall health
- What happens in elimination diets
- Food sensitivity tests and what they mean
- The more common gut conditions Dana sees
- Whether food can heal some of the symptoms of gut conditions
- Universal things we should be doing to improve our guts
- What neutral nutrition means
- What weight-inclusive care means
- Treating the whole person
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| 0:00.0 | What most people know about nutrition, if they haven't done some kind of program or education |
| 0:06.2 | or anything, or even if they have, is mostly just weight loss advice. |
| 0:11.5 | I mean, to be honest, that's what it is, right? |
| 0:13.6 | It's like, oh, eat this, not that, or make sure you're eating X amount of calories a day |
| 0:17.8 | and, you know, make sure you're in a deficit if you want to lose weight or whatever it is, or if we're talking about macros for performance, make sure you have |
| 0:23.7 | X amount of carbs and X amount of protein and then we just fill in the fats from there, right? |
| 0:28.1 | So the way that I use nutrition is breaking it down like you guys said very kindly into a very |
| 0:34.4 | easily digestible way. |
| 0:35.9 | Ha ha, ha, poop puns. |
| 0:40.7 | The big question is this. |
| 0:44.7 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their |
| 0:51.6 | fitness goals? |
| 0:53.3 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 1:00.0 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:09.0 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:13.9 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:19.2 | Hi guys and welcome back to the Thigh Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:21.9 | I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:22.6 | Hi guys, I'm Rachel. |
| 1:23.9 | Ooh, I love today. |
| 1:26.2 | Ooh, ah. |
| 1:36.3 | Ooh. If you have ever struggled with any gut issues or you know somebody who's had got issues, |
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