Wanting to come off birth control? Struggling to find a diet that works for you? Hoping to optimize hormone health? We've got Sarah Grace, dietitian, and licensed nutritionist, on to explore the realms of nutrition and how it relates to hormone health, birth control, and PCOS. With an emphasis on steps to compiling reliable and credible advice, Sarah describes whether or not intermittent fasting and the keto diet are beneficial for women. Through this discussion, she discusses optimal sources of carbohydrates and the truth around birth control. With masking effects of birth control, Sarah shares how birth control may be perpetuating the root causes of different symptoms and diagnoses. In light of getting to the root cause, Sarah provides her best tips on how you can optimize your physiology, while on birth control, and what to focus on coming off birth control. She dives into what the anti-inflammatory diet consists of and what lab/ blood tests to look into if you are wanting to approach your hormonal health. Finally, she dabbles into the world of supplements and its role in the birth control process. 

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What You Will Learn in this Interview with

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4:37 - How to combat the misinformation on the internet?

6:32 - Are they diets that can be harmful to women?

11:51 - Sources of smart carbs

14:11 - Why nutrition and educating online?

19:17 - The truth around birth control

22:28 - Wanting to get off birth control & approaching the root cause

27:30 - How to start optimizing your hormone health?

22:56 - Anti-inflammatory Diet

37:47 -  Labs & blood work for hormone dysregulation

38:58 - Supplements to help to go off birth control

42:29- Recommendations for reputable companies

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