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Are you looking for ways to make Halloween healthier this year? Want to avoid the dreaded sugar hangover but still have some family fun? Curious about our perspective on baby formula, supplements after hysterectomy, and tips for managing hashimotos? Tune in to hear about our Halloween plans as well as answers to your burning questions!    In this episode, we discuss updates on Stella’s new school and how Ali is navigating classroom treats and events. With Halloween this week, we cover our favorite wholesome treats, how to navigate Trick or Treating with your littles, and ingredients to absolutely avoid in conventional candy.   Also in this episode: Next Level Keto Starts 10/27! Women’s Wellness Workshop 12/4 Tickets on Sale Now Ali and Becki are Taking New Clients Find Ali on Patreon  Healthy Halloween OptionsHu Kitchen Chocolate Gelatin Gummies Peanut Butter Cups  Almond Joys Cutout Cookies “Bloody Thumb” Hotdogs Arame Salad Tips for a Healthy Halloween Listener Q&ABest Baby FormulaDo

Did you know that a ketogenic diet can support immune health? Beyond its tried and true benefits of weight loss, fertility, and enhanced neurological health, keto has multiple mechanisms that reduce inflammation in the body. In fact, keto can reduce certain inflammatory chemicals including inflammasomes, it can enhance cell membrane health and can even reduce CRP by 35-40%. What’s more, there is a direct relationship between ketones and T Cell function including enhanced production and specificity of these long term players of the immune system.    In this episode, we unpack the many benefits of the ketogenic diet on the immune system and get into the nitty gritty research of how a ketogenic diet can be used as a clinical tool for restoring and maintaining metabolic and immune health. We also unpack the taboo topic of n@tural immunitee (did you know it is a banned hashtag?!) Learn how to rev up your immune system using keto along with targeted supplementation and how you can make your terrain resilient to w

Do you know if you’re getting all the nutrients you need? Wonder if your current supplement plan is working for you? Want to assess your micronutrient status? Tune in to hear us talk about our brand new micronutrient panel, the Cellular Micronutrient Analysis, and how this test can serve as your yearly wellness check!   In this episode, we cover what a micronutrient analysis is, why one may be deficient in nutrients, how to identify patterns of deficiency for root cause interventions. Learn how our new panel is different than a serum or plasma blood test which only measures transient nutrients, not those truly available on a cellular level. Plus we review our personal results and plans for supplement and diet intervention and hook you up with a code for $50 off the new Cellular Micronutrient Analysis in the episode!    Also in this episode: Use code CMA50 to save $50 on Your Cellular Micronutrient Analysis Next Level Keto - Starts 10/27 Naturally Nourished Gift Cards 5 assessments to ensure you are mo

Are you confused about coffee? Want to know if it is health enhancing or harmful? It seems that every year a new “groundbreaking” headline comes out either putting coffee on a health pedestal or making it seem like it might kill you! Because we truly love coffee but also want to live long, healthy lives, we dug through the research to give you both sides of the story. Tune in to hear us discuss the health properties of coffee as well as the drawbacks and considerations.    There is a plethora of research to support beneficial outcomes with coffee consumption from increased lifespan to reduction of diabetes risk to brain health and so much more. However, coffee can also exacerbate anxiety and disturb sleep. Learn how to determine whether coffee works for you, how you can enhance your coffee to get the best bang for your buck without unpleasant side effects, and how we are drinking our coffee these days!    Also in this episode: 12 Week Food As Medicine Ketosis Class Next Level Keto Starts 10/27!  Episod

It’s hard to believe that Noah has been part of the Naturally Nourished family for a whole year now! We celebrated his first birthday a few weeks ago and are reflecting on his first year in this special episode. Tune in to hear about updates in baby led weaning, Noah’s first words, and all things one year old wellness.    In this episode, we recap Noah’s first birthday party from the theme to the entertainment to of course, the food! We discuss support for RSV and baby viruses, supplementation from birth to age one, postpartum priorities for mama and so much more.    Also in this episode: Naturally Nourished: Food as Medicine for the Whole Family Become a Naturally Nourished Supplement Ambassador! Grain Free Coconut Banana Birthday Cake Flourless Chocolate Cake  Episode 88: Nourishing Your Toddler Episode 142: Stella’s 3rd Birthday Episode 194: Stella’s 4th Birthday Episode 245: Stella’s 5th Birthday Episode 239: Baby Led Weaning Noah’s First Words Noah’s Favorite FoodsLiver Meatballs Liver Pa

Curious about doing a bone broth fast? Want to know the benefits of combining intermittent fasting with the gut and immune enhancing properties of bone broth? Tune in to hear us break down why you might consider a bone broth fast and how to do it in a way that supports and enhances whole body health.    In this episode, we walk you through the research supported benefits of bone broth and intermittent fasting. We discuss how to do a bone broth fast as well as how you can layer on lifestyle support and supplementation to enhance your results. Plus learn about research updates on intermittent fasting and enhancement of gut health, immune function and beyond!    Also in this episode: Naturally Nourished: Food as medicine for the whole family NOW AVAILABLE Next Level Keto - Next Round Starts 10/27! What is a Bone Broth Fast?Episode 68: Supporting Your Immune System Naturally Episode148: Fasting and Time Restricted Eating Episode 167: All About Bone Broth 5 Benefits of Bone Broth Is Store Bought Bone Br

Want to pick our brains on all things immune health? Curious about the best way to support your children as they go back to school? Want to hear about our personal experiences with DIVOC and what we used to treat ourselves and our families? Tune in to hear us answer burning listener questions on all things immune support, from fever management to the role of ketosis in immune health to updates to our DIVOC protocol and more.     In this episode, we cover immune health for all members of the household, from breastfeeding infants to school aged children to adults. Learn about supplement strategy for prevention of colds, flu, and virus as children head back to school, formulas to pulse up when actively ill and how you can best stock your natural pharmacy to be ready for anything!    Also in this Episode: Naturally Nourished: Food as Medicine for the Whole Family AVAILABLE NOW!  Episode 68 Supporting your immune system naturally Episode 114 Immune support for you and your family Episode 219 DIVOC updates

Curious how a livestock ranch gets started and how raising animals can have a net-positive return on the planet? Want to know what it means to be a land steward and how observing animals in nature can teach us valuable lessons?   Tune in to hear Ali and Becki interview Katie and Taylor of ROAM Ranch for an important conversation about regenerative agriculture. In this episode, Ali and Becki interview Katie and Taylor of ROAM Ranch about starting Epic Provisions, the transition to raising their own animals, the importance of soil health and beyond. Learn about lessons Katie and Taylor have learned from working with nature, raising bison, and how their work is connecting and healing communities.    Also in this episode:  Naturally Nourished: Food as Medicine for the Whole Family Program - Now Available Apply to Become an Ambassador How Epic Provisions Came to BeEpisode 42: Transitioning from Vegan Soil Health Thoughts on Food Security and Synthetic MeatEpisode 211: Metabolic, Immune, and Cellular He

Are you getting enough Vitamin C? Deficiency in this important antioxidant goes way beyond scurvy and can play a role in hormonal imbalance, chronic fatigue, elevated C-reactive protein and many other disease states. Tune in to hear Ali and Becki unpack deficiency trends, the mechanism of action of vitamin C or how it works in immune health, its role on brain function, adrenals, and more!   The role of Vitamin C is often overlooked or thought of for occasional use for immune support, but there are but there are such broad uses and needs including cortisol metabolism, headaches, fertility, and as an ongoing supporter to aid in optimal immune response. In this episode, Ali and Becki cover recent promising studies on Vitamin C for COVID-19 and RSV, how quercetin paired with Vitamin C can have even more impact on viral replication, and our favorite ways to get more Vitamin C in the diet.    Also in this episode:  Symptoms of Vitamin C DeficiencyEpisode 144: All About Collagen  Vitamin C and Immune Health

Are you totally confused by probiotics or not sure which one to choose? Want to ensure you are getting the best bang for your buck and that your probiotic is actually doing something? Curious about how to pulse your probiotics based on symptoms and season? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki go down the rabbit hole on strain-specific research and discuss what to look for in a probiotic, best formulas for desired clinical outcomes, and how to tell if a probiotic is good quality.    In this episode, Ali and Becki go into detail on some of the most widely researched probiotic strains, from lactobacillus to bifidobacterium to saccharomyces boulardii and beyond. Learn about promising clinical outcomes from reduction of IBS and IBD pain, regulation of bowels post antibiotic, prevention of candida overgrowth, and yeast infection and UTI treatment. Plus we discuss thoughts on probiotics formulated with prebiotics as well as some of the new spore-based probiotics and share our current favorite cultured foods to get a dail

Do you know your Vitamin D level? Vitamin D plays an essential role in the human body but is most known for its role in the immune system. Unlike other vitamins, we get only about 10% of the Vitamin D we need from diet and the rest needs to be made by the body. Between genetic SNPs, lack of sun exposure, obesity and inflammation it is no wonder over 40% of the American population is deficient in this nutrient. Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss functions of Vitamin D from immune health to hormone balance to metabolic health and beyond.    In this episode, Ali and Becki unpack the robust function of vitamin D as well as its role in the pandemic. Learn about ideal reference ranges for Vitamin D (deficiency is considered 20 ng/mL and below in mainstream medicine), how over 700 research studies provide data supporting the use of Vitamin D for DIVOC, and considerations of supplementation and sun exposure. We round things out with some discussion of the variants (dun, dun, dun…), changes to PCR testing and the

It isn’t very common that we have a repeat guest on the Naturally Nourished Podcast, but Dr. Anna Cabeca blew our minds so much when we had her on back in 2019 that we just had to have her back on! Tune in to hear Ali and Becki interview Dr. Cabeca on all things fertility, from the impact of chronic stress to baseline labs to run to essential supplements for fertility support. Plus we cover birth control, menopause, the stress-hormone connection and so much more in this fun and no holding back episode!   In this episode, Ali and Becki pick Dr. Cabeca’s brain on all things fertility, birth control, menopause and hormone support. Learn about the important role of oxytocin in balancing the body and how cortisol can totally mess with our “love hormone”! This episode also covers thoughts on yoni steaming, how lube can impact vaginal pH, why premature ovarian failure is not a death sentence, and how menopause symptoms can be eliminated by addressing insulin resistance!    About Dr. Anna Cabeca: Best-selling au

If the past 1.5 years have had a dynamic impact on your day to day stress, you’re not alone! We know that chronic, unresolved stress can drive serious bodily damage and we now know that it can impact us to the level of our genetic expression. Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss the imprint of stress on neuroendocrine, cardiovascular and emotional response and how you can stop stress in its tracks using diet, lifestyle and supplement interventions.    In this episode, Ali and Becki unpack common symptoms of HPA-axis imbalance and adrenal dysfunction, from digestive distress to elevated blood sugar and difficulty achieving ketosis to chronic inflammation and beyond. Beyond driving chronic disease expression, stress can halt fertility, hinder weight loss, and even drive increased susceptibility to illness via its impact on the immune system. Learn how to harness your body’s stress response using yummy food as medicine interventions like our Maca Walnut Caramels and Sweet Potato Avocado Toast, how supplementa

This week marks 250 episodes of the Naturally Nourished Podcast and to celebrate we’re bringing you a fun and light episode all about our favorite things! Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss favorite podcast episodes, youtube videos and supplements as well as some non-business related faves including skincare, baby and kids must haves, guilty pleasure TV shows and more.   In this special episode, we answer listeners questions and jive on favorite new food discoveries from restaurants to snacks to the truffle oil we absolutely love! Hear what we really use for skincare and makeup on a regular basis, what toys our kids are playing with and what you can find us watching and listening to when we aren’t working!    Also in this episode:  Keto Archive Class - COMING 8/1 Nex Level Keto - COMING IN OCTOBER Adrenal Rehab Program - $100 off with code ADRENAL99 Episode 200: Get to Know the Naturally Nourished Fam! Favorite Podcast EpisodesEpisode 54: The Anti-Anxiety Diet Episode 92: DHEA The Fountain of You

Is your diet, exercise and supplementation honed in but you are still struggling with sleep? Need help falling asleep, staying asleep or both? Curious about our take on melatonin supplementation? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss insomnia trends (heard of coronasomnia?!), benefits of sleep and the risks of not getting the recommended 7-9 hours per night.    In this episode, Ali and Becki address all things sleep and discuss the connection between insufficient sleep and all cause mortality (you read that right...death!) as well as disease progression. Learn about the real dangers of screen time, how melatonin can impact DIVOC outcomes and how it actually functions as an antioxidant in the body impacting cardiovascular health, fertility and beyond.    Also in this episode:  Keto Archive Program - Available for $99 starting 8/1! Apply to Become a Naturally Nourished Ambassador Adrenal Rehab Program - use code ADRENAL99 for $100 off Benefits of Sleep Dangers of Insufficient SleepEpisode 246: Mitochon

Are you dealing with acne, dark circles, or fine lines? Has your skin lost its glow? Want to simplify your skincare routine? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki interview Ashley Terry of Grace Holistic Skin. As an esthetician, Ashley’s focus is on nourishing the skin from within and using a food as medicine approach to heal common skin concerns. Learn why Ashley recommends ditching the constant SPF, how gua sha can support lymphatic drainage and what to do when a zit pops up the day before a big event!    In this episode Ali and Becki pick Ashley’s brain about all things holistic skincare. Learn why oil cleansing can balance your skin, why you shouldn’t be washing your face so often and why wearing sunscreen all day every day might not be the best idea. Plus hear which of Ashley’s amazing skincare products we have been loving recently and what supplements she recommends for glowing skin.    More About Ashley: Ashley Terry is a Licensed Esthetician whose passion for nutrition and wellness led her to becoming a

Are your prescriptions driving micronutrient deficiency? Want to know more about how prescription medications can drive imbalance? Curious how you can support the body while taking certain medications or avoid them altogether with strategic supplementation? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss common drugs prescribed in the US from birth control to PPIs to statins to antidepressants and beyond.    In this episode, Ali and Becki discuss how prescriptions can be used as a band-aid approach, often neglecting underlying issues and worsening health over time.  This is only compounded by polypharmacy or the use of multiple medications with 70% of Americans on one medication and 20% taking 2 or more! While it can be tempting to prescribe a pill to fix an ill, functional medicine interventions can actually get to the root cause of dysfunction and support whole body health. Learn about the most common nutrient deficiencies, why prescriptions fall short of solutions and how focusing on strategic supplementation can

Whether you are on a statin, dealing with arrhythmia or trying to conceive, you’re going to want to listen to this jam packed episode all about CoQ10! CoQ10 is an antioxidant that is produced endogenously (meaning it can be made in the body) that plays a vital role in cardiovascular health, prevention of oxidative stress, regulation of inflammation and fertility. Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss the difference between ubiquinone and ubiquinol as well as considerations for supplementation and best food sources of CoQ10.    In this episode Ali and Becki break down the function of CoQ10 in the body from supporting the heart, kidneys and skeletal muscles to its essential role in preserving fertility in men and women and so much more. We also cover concerns for myocarditis and the shmaxxmine and how CoQ10 has shown improvement in this condition. Plus learn about CoQ10 rich food sources and why you need to be eating more organs!   Use code COQ10PODCAST for 15% off your first bottle of CoQ10 Complex!    A

Want to know what Stella did for her 5th birthday this year? Curious about shifts in her nutrition, supplement regimen and development? Tune in to hear from miss Stella herself in her first podcast debut, answering listener questions about her favorite foods, birthday gifts and how she celebrated her big day!    In this episode, Ali and Becki interview Stella Miller all about turning 5 years old! We also recap Stella’s year and discuss shifts in diet priorities, imprint of the bad season and incorporating affirmations and prayer into her daily routine. Plus, we answer listener questions about the Blue Poop Challenge, keto for kids, concerns about oxalates and antinutrients for children and beyond! Buckle up for a fun and as always jam-packed episode complete with a knock-knock joke from Stella!    Also in this episode:  Stella’s 5th Birthday CelebrationFive Minute Buttercream Chocolate Cake - Paleo Patisserie Stella’s Favorite Breakfasts & LunchesNaturally Nourished Grassfed Whey Almond Butter

Are you considering investing in an infrared sauna and want to know if it’s really worth it? Curious about the benefits of infrared light and what sets these types of saunas apart? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki interview Nicole Carlson with Sunlighten Sauna on the research-supported benefits of infrared sauna use from decreased blood pressure to detoxification to mental health and beyond.    In this episode, Ali and Becki dig into the difference between traditional saunas and infrared as well as the benefits of near and far infrared exposure for specific conditions. Infrared sauna can increase core body temperature, providing benefits of caloric burn, enhancing immune health and even improving circulation and heart health. We can also see benefits of improved sleep, improved muscle recovery and reduced cortisol levels. Learn about how often you can use sauna, who would benefit from this therapy and how to enhance your sauna experience using strategic supplementation and other lifestyle modifications. Plus w