Wonky Periods & PCOS: Melissa Lee Shares Her Journey & Experience | Ep 120

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I get back to the basics with health coach Melissa Lee on periods, PCOS and hormonal birth control. This episode is for you - or perhaps for your sister or daughter - if you’ve been considering starting hormonal birth control due to wonky period issues. Melissa shares her own experience with PCOS and birth control, how she transitioned off the pill and how she’s helped herself and other women regain hormonal balance by applying foundational food and lifestyle principles. Melissa is a health coach who supports ladies with hormonal imbalances, including PCOS. She uses both her own experience living with PCOS and the creation of a natural healing toolkit to help her clients improve their symptoms through natural means. Melissa works with clients remotely and creates an engaging community in her FB group, Find Natural Ways to Balance Hormones with NourishMel. In this episode: -The 80/20 rule, and why the basics are the biggest needle movers [2:07] -Melissa’s journey with PCOS and hormonal birth control [8:10] -Effects of the birth control pill [15:16] -Important nutrients and lifestyle considerations for period maintenance, or when someone considers coming off the pill [17:49] -The misconception surrounding your period while on the birth control pill [21:09] -Why carbohydrates are needed for a period [23:22] -The message your painful period is telling you, and the foods/nutrients that can help it [29:42] -Foods and herbs that help with hormonal acne [36:24] -Impact of xenoestrogens on periods [38:14] -The role of detoxification in alleviating acne [39:36] Resources mentioned: Natural Ways to Balance Hormones with NourishMel https://www.facebook.com/groups/576858976311822/ Your Hormone Revival https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones Organifi Gold powder (enter code FUNK for 15% off!) https://www.organifi.com/funk Follow Erin on Insta https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/ Follow Melissa on Insta https://www.instagram.com/nourishmelhealth/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Aaron Holt, and I'm a board-certified,
0:10.8	integrative, and functional nutritionist. I live on the seacoast of New Hampshire and work with
0:15.7	clients in my virtual practice all over the world through private consultations and online nutrition and
0:22.1	functional medicine programs functional medicine nutrition is all about diving deep
0:27.1	with people to get to the root cause of their health issues and that's exactly
0:31.7	what I tackle in this podcast all things health food and nutrition unpacking
0:37.4	current research and almost a decade of clinical experience.
0:41.6	I love to bring experts and thought leaders to the table so we can all learn together.
0:46.5	Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.
0:55.8	Thanks for joining me.
0:57.3	Now let's dive in.
1:01.0	Hello there, friends.
1:03.2	The name of today's game is going to be female hormone imbalance, but really specifically
1:09.8	talking about irregular periods. And PCOS, those two
1:15.5	things often overlap, painful periods, acne, all of these hormones, symptoms of hormone imbalance
1:24.7	that a lot of folks struggle with. And we're going to be talking about
1:29.1	some basic principles you can apply to your life. I have Melissa Lee here. It's an interview
1:36.3	that we did. She's a health coach who supports women with hormonal imbalances, including
1:41.2	PCOS. She has her own experience because she does have PCOS. We're going to
1:47.0	talk a little bit about that. And then she uses a lot of simple, natural tools to help other
1:55.3	women struggling as well. She has a community on Facebook called Find Natural Ways to Balance Hormones with Nourish Mel.
2:04.5	So you can check her out there. The reason that I wanted to highlight some of these simple
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