Abounding Life | Functional Medicine, Gut Health, Hormone Balance & Faith-Based Nutrition

If you just finished a round of antibiotics, you're on one now, or your gut has never felt the same since, what you do in the next four weeks matters more than almost anything else you can do for your gut this year. Functional medicine dietitian Nikki Yelton, RD, walks you through the exact four-step gut recovery plan she uses with her clients, plus the one probiotic strain most people have never heard of that antibiotics can't touch.

YOU'LL LEARN:

• Why antibiotics wipe out your good bacteria along with the bad and leave an open window for yeast and dysbiosis
• Why most people take the wrong probiotic at the wrong time
• The specific strain (Saccharomyces boulardii) to start on day one because it actually survives your antibiotic course. 
• The full four steps with the exact timing and the "why" behind each.

Antibiotics are not always the enemy! But what you do afterward decides whether your gut bounces back stronger or slides into years of dysbiosis. This one gives you the plan!

*This episode is educational and not personal medical advice. Always check with your doctor or pharmacist, and never change a prescribed medication on your own.

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RESOURCES & LINKS: 

• Training Class - Sign Up Here For Instant Access
• Kefir Recipe
• Food Toxins Episode #15
• Search Saccharomyces Boulardii on Fullscript (10% Off) 
• Farm Match Farm Finder Near You
• Bone Broth Recipe 
• FOND Bone Broth

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

Everyone seems to be on Ozempic or a GLP-1 right now, and if you have felt that tug of "should I be doing that too," this episode is for you. Functional medicine dietitian Nikki Yelton, RD, gives you the full, honest picture so you can make an informed decision, no shame, no judgment, just discernment.

You'll learn what a GLP-1 actually is and why the weight comes off so fast, the gut side effects that get overlooked (slowed digestion, altered microbiome, and a predicted wave of dysbiosis, SIBO, and motility issues), why 30 to 40% of the weight lost can be muscle, which is a real red flag for women over 30, and why studies show most people regain about two thirds of the weight within a year of stopping. 

Nikki also names the specific populations where a GLP-1 can truly make sense, shares what actually builds lasting metabolic health, and gives practical steps if you are currently on one.

This is a nuanced, bold conversation about weight, muscle, gut health, and metabolism that most practitioners avoid. 

This episode is educational and reflects Nikki's professional opinion as an RD. It is not medical advice. GLP-1 medications are prescriptions. Never start, stop, or change any medication without your prescribing doctor. Client stories are individual and results vary.

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

Everyone online is telling you to lower your cortisol, but almost no one talks about what high cortisol actually does to your minerals, your gut, and your drainage pathways, or how to catch a stress response before it becomes a full flare. In this personal, behind-the-scenes episode, functional medicine dietitian Nikki Yelton, RD, shares exactly how she manages her own cortisol in real time and stops a flare before it starts.

The 5 pre-flare warning signs to watch for:

1. Sleep quality shifts before sleep quantity does (waking less restored, even with enough hours)
2. A subtle digestive change that isn't a flare yet (sluggishness, heaviness, a little more gas)
3. Sugar and carb cravings with more intensity than normal (a blood sugar and cortisol clue, not willpower)
4. Low-grade emotional sensitivity or irritability that shows up before the physical symptoms
5. A "borrowed energy" feeling, like pulling from a reserve that isn't there

Why it matters: Sustained cortisol drains the foundations your body needs to heal and thrive. It burns through magnesium (the mineral behind ATP, blood sugar, sleep, and nervous system regulation), depletes B vitamins (B5, B6, B12 for adrenal function), and lowers zinc (gut lining, immunity, hormones). Elevated cortisol also slows gut motility, lowers stomach acid, and increases intestinal permeability, which is why a stressful month can show up as a gut flare two to three weeks later.

Nikki's 6-step personal protocol for the pre-flare window:

1. An honest stress audit (what am I carrying and overriding?)
2. Back to minerals, magnesium first (electrolyte water, Baja Gold salt, Remineralize, transdermal magnesium at night)
3. Deliberately reduce intensity (swap high-intensity workouts for walks, earlier bedtimes)
4. Protect blood sugar like it's her most important job (protein at every meal, no skipped meals or fasting in a high-stress window)
5. Actively move drainage pathways (lymphatic massage, dry brushing, castor oil packs, hydration, bowel regularity)
6. The surrender piece, getting honest with herself and God about what she's holding

If you feel exhausted, crave sugar in the afternoon, or notice your gut flares two to three weeks after a stressful season, this episode will change how you understand your own body.

🎉 GET YOUR ENERGY BACK [INSTANT FREE ACCESS]! How I help women over 30 reduce gut issues and fatigue by 50-100% in less than 6 months...without guesswork or elimination diets: http://nikkiyeltonrd.com/training-class

Resources & Links: 

• 📥 Free Drainage Pathways guide → https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/checklist
• Mineral Mist Electrolyte Powder
• BodyBio Remineralize (nikkieyeltonrd for 20% off)
• Magnesium Goodnight Lotion 
• Magnesium Glycinate by Metagenics on Fullscript
• Baja Gold Salt

This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

📥 FREE: My Leaky Gut Smoothie Guide (calm the inflammation and get your energy back fast) → https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/formula

Some of the "healthiest" foods on your plate are the ones damaging your gut. In this video I'm walking you through 7 foods that are marketed as healthy but actually harm your gut lining, drive leaky gut, and keep you inflamed, even if you eat clean and even if your labs came back "normal." Then I'll show you exactly what to eat instead so your gut can finally start to heal.

This is all about food as medicine, and it's about eating MORE of the right foods, not fewer (goodbye, elimination diets)! 

In this video you'll learn:

•  How leaky gut actually happens (the earthquake analogy that makes it click)
•  The 7 "healthy" foods damaging your gut lining
•  Why plant-based and gluten-free do not automatically mean gut-friendly
•  What to eat instead to rebuild your gut and calm inflammation
•  The polyphenol trick that can repopulate good gut bacteria
•  My favorite leaky gut smoothie formula

CHAPTERS:
 0:00 Some of the "healthiest" foods are wrecking your gut
 1:00 Why gut health affects your whole body
 3:30 How leaky gut actually happens (the earthquake)
 8:00 Food #1: Stevia and monk fruit
 11:30 Food #2: Vegan substitutes
 14:30 Food #3: Conventional dairy
 15:30 Food #4: GMOs and glyphosate
 18:00 Food #5: Packaged gluten
 19:30 Food #6: Seed oils and vegetable oils
 21:00 Food #7: Lentils and legumes
 22:30 What to eat instead for gut healing
 25:00 The 3 Gs in bone broth
 26:00 Your next step

🎉 GET YOUR ENERGY BACK [INSTANT FREE ACCESS]! How I help women over 30 reduce gut issues and fatigue by 50-100% in less than 6 months...without guesswork or elimination diets: http://nikkiyeltonrd.com/training-class

Resources & Links: 

• Leaky Gut Smoothie Formula 
• FOND Bone Broth 
• Immunity Boosting Bone Broth Recipe (Homemade) 
• Unflavored Equip Protein
• Nuzest Clean Clean Protein 
• Best Protein Powder Roundup 
• Best Diet For Leaky Gut 

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

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About:

🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

Ever wondered what it's actually like to be coached by me? In this behind-the-scenes episode, you'll listen in on a real response I sent one of my one-on-one clients after she found out she had fibroids in the middle of our program. 

I walk through the connection between fibroids and estrogen dominance, why it is so often a liver and drainage issue rather than simply "high estrogen," and the exact next steps I gave her, from blood sugar and inflammation to reducing estrogen exposure and supporting the liver.

In this episode you'll learn: 

• Why fibroids point to estrogen dominance (even when labs look normal) 
• The liver's role in clearing excess estrogen 
• How blood sugar, inflammation, and meal timing support hormone balance  
• Where hidden estrogens come from (meat quality, conventional dairy, personal care, plastics) 
• Why drainage and the advanced liver phase come before gut healing
• What real, personalized, root-cause coaching looks like

🎉 GET YOUR ENERGY BACK [INSTANT FREE ACCESS]! How I help women over 30 reduce gut issues and fatigue by 50-100% in less than 6 months...without guesswork or elimination diets: http://nikkiyeltonrd.com/training-class

Links & Resources Mentioned: 

• New client application 

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

🤝 🚀 Ready to show up fully in your life with energy and vitality for your people and your purpose? Work with me: Private 1-1 and Group Coaching

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⏺️ Have a win from the podcast, a message to share, or a question you want to ask? Submit a recording here! You just might hear it on the next episode! 

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

What if a few extra servings of specific fruits and vegetables each day could add years to your life? In this episode, I'm sharing the research on eating 6 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, why it is one of the most powerful things you can do for your gut, energy, hormones, and longevity, and simple, realistic ways to actually hit this goal on busy days.

In this episode you'll learn: 

• What a major 2021 study of 2 million people found about fruits, vegetables, and lifespan 
• Why 5 to 6 servings a day is the sweet spot (and why only 1 in 10 adults hit it) 
• The 5 reasons plants transform your gut: fiber, polyphenols, nutrient density, blood sugar, and hormones 
• What actually counts as one serving 
• 7 simple hacks to get 6 cups a day without overthinking it 
• What to do if vegetables currently make you feel worse

Links & Resources Mentioned: 

• Phytonutrient Checklist (Download)
• Research: Fruit & Vegetable Intake on Mortality
• Research: Polyphenols, Akkermansia, & Gut Health

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

🤝 🚀 Ready to show up fully in your life with energy and vitality for your people and your purpose? Work with me: Private 1-1 and Group Coaching

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

Deb watched what she ate her entire life and showed up at the gym consistently, and she was still gaining weight she could not explain, still exhausted, and still not feeling like herself. In this conversation, she tells her own story: the decision to stop waiting for a doctor to figure it out, what her labs finally revealed, the hard first days, and what happened when everything shifted. I started working with Deb in 2018, and seven years later, this is still her way of life. Her message for the woman on the fence is simple: start small, give it 30 days, trust the process, and do not let anyone tell you it is just your age!

P.S. Find Deb showing up for her purpose on Instagram: http://instagram.com/deborahwalshrealtor

🎉 GET YOUR ENERGY BACK [INSTANT FREE ACCESS]! How I help women over 30 reduce gut issues and fatigue by 50-100% in less than 6 months...without guesswork or elimination diets: http://nikkiyeltonrd.com/training-class

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

🤝 🚀 Ready to show up fully in your life with energy and vitality for your people and your purpose? Work with me: Private 1-1 and Group Coaching

☎️ Or Text Me 'Coach' to (844) 819-5214 & I'll send you all the details!

⏺️ Have a win from the podcast, a message to share, or a question you want to ask? Submit a recording here! You just might hear it on the next episode! 

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

You can do everything right for your gut and still feel inflamed, bloated, and tired if you are overlooking one thing: your mouth.

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Dr. Jonathan Levine, one of the country's leading oral microbiome experts and author of the new book Oral, to explore the connection between your mouth and the rest of your body. The mouth is the top of your digestive tract and the second largest microbiome you have, yet it is rarely part of the gut-healing conversation.

You'll learn: 

• What "leaky gums" are and how they mirror leaky gut
• How oral bacteria travel to your gut, brain, and heart
• Why gum disease can fuel autoimmune flares like Hashimoto's and rheumatoid arthritis
• Whether to address your mouth before a gut protocol
• The simple daily swaps that support your whole system.

Dr. Jonathan Levine is an advanced restorative dentist with more than 35 years of clinical experience, the founder of Smile House in New York City, and the creator of mouth mapping, a diagnostic approach that connects oral health to whole-body health.

GUEST LINKS:

• FREE: Dental Longevity Guide
• FREE: Oral Wellness Routine
• Website: drjonathanlevine.com
• Smile House: smilehouse.co
• JBL NYC: jblnyc.com
• Instagram: @drjonlevine, @smilehousetribeca
• Twice Oral Care: twice.co (clean, microbiome-smart toothpaste)
• GLO Good Foundation: glogoodfoundation.org

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

🤝 🚀 Ready to show up fully in your life with energy and vitality for your people and your purpose? Work with me: Private 1-1 and Group Coaching

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

If you are a woman over 30 and feel exhausted no matter how much you sleep, this video will help connect the dots. In this video, I walk you through the five hidden ATP energy drains I see over and over in women with chronic tiredness, why they accelerate in the 30 to 40 range and beyond, and the exact first steps to start rebuilding your energy levels today. 

You’ll learn:
✅ Root causes of exhaustion in women 
✅ The two-way street of energy (ATP production vs. draining)
✅ Why women over 30 are often "under-blooded" and how to build your blood (oxygen delivery) 
✅ The mineral depletion equation: energy = nutrient supply minus stress demand
✅ How your gut can block the energy you are trying to absorb 
✅ How your hormones increase your nutrient demand after 30 
✅ The five things I would prioritize starting today

🎉 GET YOUR ENERGY BACK [INSTANT FREE ACCESS]! How I help women over 30 reduce gut issues and fatigue by 50-100% in less than 6 months...without guesswork or elimination diets: http://nikkiyeltonrd.com/training-class

LINKS MENTIONED:
• Total Tissue Cell Salts (Save 10%): https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/bestmade
• Baja Salts: https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/baja
• Remineralize Drops (Save 20%): https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/remineralize
• Natural Shilaji (Save 10%)t: https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/Shilajit
• Pique Teas (save 20%): https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/pique
• Art of Tea: nikkiyeltonrd.com/artoftea
• Best Mold-Free Organic Coffee (Save 20%): https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/purity 

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why fatigue over 30 is so common 
01:00 Energy is a two-way street (what ATP is) 
02:00 You cannot out-discipline a depleted body 
02:30 Drain 1: You are under-blooded (oxygen and blood building) 
05:00 Nitric oxide foods and beets for circulation 
06:00 Heme vs non-heme iron and the coffee mistake 
07:30 Drain 2: Mineral depletion (supply minus demand) 
09:00 The 2 to 3pm crash and the green tea swap 
09:30 Drain 3: Your gut is blocking your energy 
11:00 Chew your food and heal digestion first 
11:30 Drain 4: Chronic inflammation is stealing your energy 
12:30 Stabilize blood sugar and remove seed oils 
13:30 Drain 5: Hormones raise your nutrient demand after 30 
14:00 Why not to intermittent fast when you are fatigued 
15:00 The 5 things I would start today 
16:30 You were made for more than running on empty

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

🤝 🚀 Ready to show up fully in your life with energy and vitality for your people and your purpose? Work with me: Private 1-1 and Group Coaching

☎️ Or Text Me 'Coach' to (844) 819-5214 & I'll send you all the details!

⏺️ Have a win from the podcast, a message to share, or a question you want to ask? Submit a recording here! You just might hear it on the next episode! 

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About:

🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...

Have you ever felt caught between two worlds, conventional medicine that dismisses you and a wellness world that sometimes feels spiritually off? On one side, doctors who tell you your labs are "normal" while you still feel exhausted, foggy, and not like yourself. On the other, a wellness world that finally takes you seriously, but slowly starts pointing you toward practices that just do not sit right in your spirit as a believer.

If you have ever wondered whether there is a way to heal your body that takes your symptoms seriously AND honors God along the way, this episode is for you.

As a board-certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Registered Dietitian, and a Christian, I hold together two things the world likes to keep separate: real, rigorous science, and a deep trust in God as the ultimate healer. 

In this episode I share, as my own personal conviction, how I navigate the murkier parts of the wellness world, what Scripture says about healing and discernment, a story about a client that will stay with you, and why I believe healing has an order, because our God is a God of order!

🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. I'm so grateful to be part of your health journey!

🤝 🚀 Ready to show up fully in your life with energy and vitality for your people and your purpose? Work with me: Private 1-1 and Group Coaching

☎️ Or Text Me 'Coach' to (844) 819-5214 & I'll send you all the details!

⏺️ Have a win from the podcast, a message to share, or a question you want to ask? Submit a recording here! You just might hear it on the next episode! 

💬 Let's Connect:

• Watch These Episodes On YouTube
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• Email Me: [email protected]
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About:

🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...