Meg Doll is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Restorative Wellness Practitioner, specializing in eating disorder recovery, mental health, and self love. After overcoming anorexia, Meg made it her life mission to empower women with the tools they need to love themselves fully and make friends with food. Meg works with women around the globe, offering comprehensive diagnostic testing as well as group coaching programs. She is also the host of The Unbreakable You podcast and founder of Nourished & Free, her global essential oil community where she supports women in using their inner wisdom to take care of themselves naturally and fall in love with themselves throughout the process!

In this episode, Meg and I recap my trip to Canada and discuss how Canada and the U.S. differ. We also talk about all of the new foods we tried while I visited and the stigma around various nutrient-dense foods. The bulk of this episode is about CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE! We discuss the importance of carbs for female hormones, what causes the fear around carbs, and how carbs can impact digestive health. We also chat about carbs and weight loss, if you should adjust fat intake when you increase carbs, and how the paleo diet is naturally low carb. We explain how the hypothalamus affects hormones, how carbohydrates support the hypothalamus, and more!

You can find more from Meg at megtherhn.com and on Instagram (@megtherhn)!

If you're a woman looking to learn everything about using the Paleo lifestyle to reach your health goals , sign up for Christina's online course, The Paleo Women Lifestyle Program! This course has hours of video lectures, audio lectures, and PDFs that cover nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress management, balancing hormones, self love, cooking and grocery shopping, and more. You can sign up at bit.ly/paleowomenlifestyle.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Ned, a wellness brand that offers a range of full-spectrum hemp products including hemp oil, lip balms, and body butter. CBD oil can help with inflammation, anxiety, insomnia, depression, chronic pain, and more, and Ned full-spectrum hemp oil is my favorite CBD. You can order hemp oil from helloned.com and use the discount code "WELLNESS" for 10% off!

This episode is also sponsored by Osso Good Bone Broth! Osso Good makes delicious bone broths and paleo soups that are perfect year round, especially during the fall and winter seasons! Osso Good only makes their bone broth using the best ingredients - organic, 100% grass-fed pastured beef and organic, pasture-raised. Bone broth is full of collagen, protein, and amino acids that can help heal leaky gut, support the immune system, improve hair, skin, and nails, reduce food sensitivities, and more. All of Osso Good's products are Whole 30 approved, certified paleo, dairy-free, and gluten-free! To get your hands on some bone broth, head to ossogoodbones.com and use the code "crwellnessrealness" for $15 off your order!

For more from Christina, head to her website, christinaricewellness.com, to find her services, blog, programs, and ebooks. If there's a question you'd like answered or a topic you'd like discussed on the podcast, send it in to [email protected]! Don’t forget to join the Facebook group, Wellness Realness Podcast Tribe, to meet other podcast listeners!

If you want to change your life with essential oils, head to bit.ly/doterrachristina to get started! Feel free to email Christina to learn more about how doTERRA essential oils can transform your health! If you're not sure where to start with essential oils, head here.

If you're finally ready to reach your fitness goals, check out the MAPS programs from Mind Pump Media at www.mindpumpmedia.com/christinaricewellness. You can use the code "WELLNESS" for 10% off! I recommend MAPS Anabolic to anyone who goes to the gym and wants something that will increase their strength and fitness levels while also reducing body fat, and I recommend MAPS Anywhere if you're looking for a program that doesn't require a gym and focuses more on bodyweight exercises.

Interested in switching to safer beauty products to protect your health? Shop at beautycounter.com/christinarice for safer skincare, makeup, hair care, and more! If you need help with color matching or product recommendations, feel free to reach out to Christina. You can email her at [email protected].

Christina's latest ebook, #NoSugarNoProblems: A Lovely Collection of Paleo Sweetener-Free Desserts, is now available! This ebook is filled with 30 paleo desserts (with plenty of vegan options) that are free of all sugar and sugar substitutes - cookies, brownies, cupcakes, puddings, milkshakes, cheesecake, cream pie, and more! No sugar, no stevia, no xylitol, no maple syrup, no honey, no erythritol, no bananas, and no dates! This is perfect for anyone who is on the Candida diet, ketogenic, low-carb, diabetic, low-FODMAP, paleo, primal, vegetarian, vegan, or just looking to limit their sugar intake! You can get your copy at christinaricewellness.com under "ebooks" or at bit.ly/nosugarnoproblems. Use the code "wellnessrealness" for 20% off!

Do you love Primal Kitchen Foods products as much as Christina?! If you want to stock up on healthy paleo mayo, salad dressings, bars, collagen, and more, use the code "WELLNESS" for 10% off your Primal Kitchen order!

Are you a health coach, NTP, nutritionist, or just interested in wellness, and want to turn your passion into a thriving business and work from anywhere?! You NEED to check out my friend Amie Tollefsrud's online course, Digital Nomad Nutritionist, to learn how to build up your online nutrition business and finally make your side hustle your full-time gig! This is a 100% self-paced online course that will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know to create a thriving business and finally be your own boss. You'll learn how to distinguish yourself from other health/wellness blogs and websites, set up your website, email list, and blogging strategy, find your niche, expand your email list, grow your social media, build a personal brand without a designer, and much much more! For $100 off the course, head to bit.ly/digitalnomadCR! I cannot recommend this course enough.

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