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During this episode of Food Freedom and Fertility, hosts Sophia Pavia and Caitlin Johnson discuss details and important information regarding ovulation. As fertility specialists, Sophia and Caitlin receive tons of questions on ovulation. Today they will touch on the most common questions they receive about the subject.
Our hosts will cover topics like: what is ovulation, ovulation timelines, ways to learn your body’s basic ovulation signals. The 3 big ovulation signs are:
The goal for this episode is to discuss the most common questions regarding ovulation and hopefully helps you understand a few things:
For more detailed information on ovulation please check out Sophia and Caitlin’s websites for online course information.
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On this week’s episode of Food, Freedom and Fertility Caitlin and Sophia are talking about grocery swaps! During this “eat this… not that” episode to help with your fertility journey and overall health! Our hosts start off with organization tips on how to curate your shopping list to fit your life which will help you kick off a successful grocery store trip. They also discuss the EWG’s new list of dirty dozen and clean fifteen. They dive into how important it is to look into your pantry items that carry some of these items and keep that in consideration when you are shopping. They also want to remind you if your budget needs some cushion check out frozen organic fruits and veggies for a healthy and budget friendly substitute.
Sophia and Caitlin tour their kitchens and discuss the good and the not so good options such as which type of oils you should use for cooking and the reason behind it. They also suggest that cooking with fats such as butter, tao, good lard, chicken fat, duck fat are excellent options. If you are used to using Pam spray a good alternative is to swap it out for a spray bottle like a Misto Sprayer and put oil in it. You could also swap your Pam spray for olive oil or avocado spray instead. They also suggest using an actual maple syrup and not something like Log Cabin. Real maple syrup can taste different and may be an adjustment but if you are eating oils or syrup everyday it is best for your overall health.
Other key foods of concern to find healthy alternatives would be your Teas and Coffee. You want to be sure that your tea and coffee are “Fair Trade”. Nut butters are another big flavor switch but totally worth it since most non-organic nut butters are palm oil aka processed seed oil and sugar. Speaking of nuts… it is a good idea to make your own trail mix so that you can include quality ingredients with healthier ratios and variety.
For those of you who have comfort foods and childhood memories of things like hamburger helper and rideroni… their are copycat recipes on the web that you can make from home that are similar to the original product but you will need to plan ahead so these aren’t default options for when you are in need of something quick! Canned goods are another good item to have on hand for quick meal ideas. When you are buying canned goods you want to look at what the cans are lined with and made of. You want a Bisphenal free can: may not last as long but less toxic. Canned foods can be helpful in adding fiber, protein, vegetables to meals that take less work. But you want to make sure you are buying cans with a safer lining. Glass jars are great for tomato products or other products. Boxed products may be a good alternative.
This episode also covers important info on choosing a good pasta option, flours, bone broth, cereals and much more! As always moderation is important. So keep that in mind that if you stray from the BEST option sometimes that is ok!
On this episode of Food Freedom and Fertility we have Aimee Raupp, MS, LAc, is a renowned women’s health & wellness expert and the best- selling author of the books Chill Out & Get Healthy, Yes, You Can Get Pregnant, and Body Belief. A licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in private practice in New York, she holds a Master of Science degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Rutgers University and is currently working on a master’s level education in functional medicine. Aimee is also the founder of the Aimee Raupp Beauty line of hand-crafted, organic skincare products. She has appeared on The View, and has been featured in Glamour, Allure, Well + Good, GOOP, Shape, and Redbook, and has received endorsements from Deepak Chopra, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Arianna Huffington, and Gabby Bernstein for her work in helping thousands of women to improve their vitality, celebrate their beauty, and reconnect to the presence of their optimal health. Aimee is also the Head of Chinese Medicine at The Well, an active columnist for media outlets such as Thrive Global, Well + Good, MindBodyGreen and is a frequent speaker at women’s health & wellness conferences across the nation. She engages her large community worldwide through her online
During this episode Aimee will help walk through a variety of topics around egg quality but one major important thing to remember is that when you are improving the quality of your egg cells you are also improving all the cells in your body, we are amplifying health.
Aimee helps answer the question of if women are born with all your eggs you will ever have, how is it possible to impact your egg quality? Aimee explains that the eggs you have are not developed. When those eggs mature the environment, you are in is what impacts their quality. The extracellular fluid that surrounds the cells is affected by the environment. Aimee also dives into a variety of other ways your egg quality can be affected.
It is important for women to realize they can control certain things and one of the items that research is pointing towards is a certain type of anti-inflammatory diet lifestyle and diet lowers oxidative stress, which causes cellular abnormality which can lead to poor egg quality. Using food to change the aging process behind your cells will help improve the quality. What you do now will affect the next 2 generations.
Aimee has written a book, The Egg Quality Diet, which is the culmination of what Aimee Raupp has found, during her two decades of clinical practice, to be the most effective nutritional approach to optimizing fertility. This diet has been proven to work not in a randomized control trial (RCT) but in real life, on thousands of real women like you. The short version of her book is to count your Macros. Your macros should be 40-50% quality fat, 30% protein and the rest good quality carbs (sweet potatoes, beans, fruits). Her thought process is to heal the gut, improve absorption. Her book is meant to be for you to discover the best diet that works for you. Aimee also helps understand why a plant-based diet maybe difficult to hit your nutritional needs to help with your egg quality.
There will be a point in each woman’s life that they decide to stop trying to use their own eggs and decide to go forward with a donor. Aimee says that she thinks the decision is something that each woman and couple needs to make on their own but her gauge is how much more heartache can you handle or how much more can you financially afford. Just remember to emotionally check in with yourself and also have no regrets that you didn’t do everything in your power.
To learn more about Aimee, please visit her website at https://aimeeraupp.com and you can find her book, The Egg Quality Diet on Amazon.
Welcome to the season 2 finale of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin and Sophia embark on an exploration of PCOS labs. They delve into the crucial aspects of what to test for, how to inquire about these tests, and most importantly, how to interpret the results. This episode is a treasure trove of knowledge, designed to empower you to advocate for yourself and ensure that you're armed with the right questions on your fertility journey.
Caitlin and Sophia engage in an in-depth discussion about the specific labs that you should request, unraveling the reasons behind their significance. Furthermore, they provide invaluable insights on how to delve deeper into the results and navigate meaningful conversations with your doctor.
The results of certain tests can serve as guiding lights on your path to starting a family. This episode carefully dissects these pivotal labs, shedding light on their importance and illustrating how to thoroughly review and apply the obtained results.
Be sure to have your notepads ready, as this episode is a goldmine of wisdom that you won't want to miss. Tune in to gain the knowledge and confidence you need to navigate your fertility journey with grace and clarity.
Thank you to our Season 2 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount.
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In this episode of Food, Freedom and Fertility we are going to celebrate our 2-year anniversary! Caitlin and Sophia’s main discussion during this episode is all about becoming a mom on purpose. They chat about the sacrifice, the joy and the work that comes along with being a mom.
They candidly share their favorite moments from the past 2 years and some of their not so favorite moments. Over the past 2 years Food, Freedom and Fertility has covered a broad variety of topics to help listeners who are trying to conceive and the hosts recap some of the episodes and really provide a fun and informative wrap up of their podcast over the past couple of years.
Food, Freedom and Fertility will be back in the fall with all new episodes but in the mean time be sure to re-visit some of the past episodes because maybe you are now in a new position and your situation has changed and the information may affect you differently.
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Thank you to all the listeners, we do this podcast for you and we are thankful for your continued support!
Welcome to the last episode of our Win Wednesday interlude season. Host Sophia Pavia and Caitlin Johnson speak with Jenny who worked with Sophia during her trying to conceive journey.
After Jenny got married she and her husband decided to try to conceive but was met with disappointment. She suffered multiple early losses and received a lot of push back from doctors when Jenny wanted to do in depth testing.
After finding Sophia and taking one of her courses Jenny worked on nutrition, lifestyle changes, receiving an endometriosis diagnosis and getting surgery, healing her body and eventually fell pregnant the cycle before she was supposed to start IVF.
This is an episode full of emotion that walks you through the trenches of trying to conceive and touches on the importance of having a practitioner who is on your side!
If you would like to be featured on this new segment called Win Wednesday reach out to us through our website!
Thank you to our summer season sponsors!
Fertility Cloud is offering our listeners $50 off your first visit by clicking this link! https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertility
FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products.
Nutrisense is offering our listeners $50 off the first month with code FFF50. Head to nutrisense.io/fff or click this link! https://www.nutrisense.io/marketing/fff?code=FFF50
Welcome to another Win Wednesday Episode! Host Sophia Pavia and Caitlin Johnson speak with Taylor who worked with Caitlin during her trying to conceive journey.
Taylor was diagnosed with PCOS when she was in college and was quickly put on birth control. Later in life taking birth control was not an option for her so she started taking metformin. When she was ready to try and conceive she was met with disappointment after disappointment.
Taylor switched doctors multiple times, started binging the podcast, reached out to Caitlin and took one of her courses, started medicated cycles and finally conceived her child.
This episode is one you will want to listen to if you are at the beginning of your trying to conceive journey or have been in the trenches for awhile!
If you would like to be featured on this new segment called Win Wednesday reach out to us through our website!
Thank you to our summer season sponsors!
Fertility Cloud is offering our listeners $50 off your first visit by clicking this link! https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertility
FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products.
Nutrisense is offering our listeners $50 off the first month with code FFF50. Head to nutrisense.io/fff or click this link! https://www.nutrisense.io/marketing/fff?code=FFF50
Welcome to another summer season episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson speaks with Ayla Barmmer of FullWell.
Ayla founded FullWell as an adjunct to her clinical practice at Boston Functional Nutrition because she wanted to make the evidence-based, effective, and high-quality supplement they created for their clients available to the rest of the world.
After almost two decades working on thousands of complex fertility cases, she learned that no two are alike. In fact, fertility is arguably one of the most common yet perplexing health issues. The vast majority of people receive the most frustrating diagnosis of all: “unexplained infertility.” Popular medical interventions have notoriously poor success rates and often yield tremendous physical and emotional stress, not the mention the financial and relational impact.
Ayla synthesized decades of findings, looking at the needs that have emerged from the most straightforward to the most complex cases. Her approach looks at the whole person, in the context of their environments, peeling back the layers until we grasp root issues. Over time, She has observed as many external and systemic causes of fertility issues as internal and specific concerns. For this reason, She believes in addressing the pursuit of fertility health as both an individual and collective need, carefully supporting a wide variety of inputs to build the optimal foundation for conception, pregnancy, and postpartum recovery.
This episode is one you will definitely want to listen to if you are interested in your gut helath impacting your fertility.
Be sure to have your notepads ready, as this episode is a goldmine of wisdom that you won't want to miss. Tune in to gain the knowledge and confidence you need to navigate your fertility journey with grace and clarity.
Thank you to our summer season sponsors!
Fertility Cloud is offering our listeners $50 off your first visit by clicking this link! https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertility
FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products.
Nutrisense is offering our listeners $50 off the first month with code FFF50. Head to nutrisense.io/fff or click this link! https://www.nutrisense.io/marketing/fff?code=FFF50
Welcome to another summer season episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin and Sophia speak with Dr. Gary Levy with Fertility Cloud on being prescribed Letrozole or Clomid.
Caitlin asked Dr. Levy about a scenario where a patient was prescribed Letrozole for her unexplained infertility. Dr. Levy spoke about the benefits of taking the fertility drug and the risks that may be involved.
Caitlin, Sophia and Dr. Levy speak about why someone might be prescribed Letrozole before and after fertility tests are done.
This episode is one you will definitely want to listen to if you were told taking a fertility drug like Clomid or Letrozole might help you ovulate sooner in your cycle.
Be sure to have your notepads ready, as this episode is a goldmine of wisdom that you won't want to miss. Tune in to gain the knowledge and confidence you need to navigate your fertility journey with grace and clarity.
Thank you to our summer season sponsors!
Fertility Cloud is offering our listeners $50 off your first visit by clicking this link! https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertility
FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products.
Nutrisense is offering our listeners $50 off the first month with code FFF50. Head to nutrisense.io/fff or click this link! https://www.nutrisense.io/marketing/fff?code=FFF50
Welcome to another Win Wednesday episode! Host Caitlin Johnson speaks with Nataly, a Find Fertility graduate, on her journey to becoming a mother!
Nataly was diagnosed with PCOS when she was trying to conceive and it led her down a long journey.
Nataly tried metformin, clomid, letrozole, six IUI's and more fertility methods with no success until she finally took a break from working with her reproductive endocrinologist and wanted a holistic approach and started working with Caitlin.
Nataly speaks about how she navigated her anxiety and depression while she was in the trying to conceive trenches and how she worked through them. This is an empowering story about trusting your body and making small changes that slowly change your fertility in the long run.
Thank you to our summer season sponsors!
Fertility Cloud is offering our listeners $50 off your first visit by clicking this link! https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertility
FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products.
Nutrisense is offering our listeners $50 off the first month with code FFF50. Head to nutrisense.io/fff or click this link! https://www.nutrisense.io/marketing/fff?code=FFF50
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