Health and Mindset Coach and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, Gina Santangelo talks about hormones - those incredible chemical messengers in our body that affect our brain, heart, bones, muscles, and reproductive organs and are an essential part of the workings of every cell in the human body.

Each individual has a unique balance of hormones. However, due to lifestyle factors, aging, and food choices, among others. this unique balance can be disrupted, resulting to a multitude of symptoms ranging from uncomfortable to unbearable. Getting back into balance and feeling more yourself can be a tough task for many. Listen up for some practical advice on hormone balance recovery and how to maintain this delicate equilibrium.

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Health and Mindset Coach and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, Gina Santangelo talks about food and emotions - those times when you find yourself eating for reasons other than satisfying actual physical hunger.

Most of us have, at some point, developed an emotional eating pattern. In fact, the term "comfort food" was coined because of the belief that certain foods provide a release from discomfort, or a momentary sense of pleasure and satisfaction when you’re feeling something you don’t want to feel. It doesn't help that food marketing promises an emotional benefit beyond the food itself —  such as comfort, excitement, belonging, etc. In this podcast, Gina gives some tips on how to differentiate between real hunger (the one we must honor) and emotional hunger. Learning to identify our emotional eating triggers and overcoming them will start us off to a path of enjoying our food — and our life — in a whole new, healthier way.

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Following up on last week's episode, this week's GLOW Podcast talks about the basic principles of detoxification. To some people, the idea of detoxing conjures up images of strange juices and minimal food intake, and thus it can be intimidating. Health and Mindset Coach, and author of "Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide To Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy" Gina Santangelo demystifies the process and gives you a quick peek of how a proper, healthy detoxification is done. It's all about clearing things out — your diet, your home, your heart — providing a fresh start towards a lighter, happier, healthier you. You can detox and have some serious fun in the process!

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In this week's episode of the GLOW Podcast, Health and Mindset Coach, and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, Gina Santangelo educates us about the objectives of seasonal detoxing, and how when done right, it can lead to a wide range of positive benefits for the body.

Contrary to popular belief, detoxing isn't about fasting, or starving yourself of satisfying foods until you are ready to pass out. A proper detox means eating in a way that supports your body’s ability to detoxify effectively and eliminate consistently so you can function optimally. It results to energy boost, elimination of excess waste, stronger immune system, improved complexion, fresher breath, healthier hair, clearer thinking, improved sense of wellbeing, increased longevity and youthfulness, and an overall lighter feeling, among others.

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Health and Mindset Coach and author of "Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy" Gina Santangelo introduces us to the blessings of fermented foods.

Fermented foods are foods that have been through a process of lactofermentation in which natural bacteria feed on the sugar and starch in the food creating lactic acid. This process preserves the food, and creates beneficial enzymes, b-vitamins, Omega-3 fatty acids, and various strains of probiotics.

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In the second part of The World Beyond Water series, Health and Mindset Coach and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, Gina Santangelo enumerates more options that count towards meeting your body's hydration needs.

With so many choices, all with different, sometimes unexpected effects on health, it’s easy to be confused about the “best” option for hydration. Gina provides valuable insights on these beverages and lets us in on her drinks of choice.

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While water is still the best option, there are lots of other healthy ways to get ourselves properly hydrated. In this podcast episode by Gina Santangelo, Health and Mindset Coach and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, she provides other healthy choices for hydration that we can easily incorporate into our daily habits, particularly juicing and drinking plant-based milk.

The alkalinity of the juices remove toxins from the cells, which makes the cells more open and able to receive hydration, as well as nutrition. Switching to nut milk or plant-based milk on the other hand, gives us a healthier, more humane alternative to dairy and they are surprisingly easy to make at home.

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Health and Mindset Coach and author of "Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy" Gina Santangelo introduces us to Superfoods — foods that are mostly plant-based that are nutritionally dense and thus great for one's health. Based on research, superfoods can slow down the aging process, lift depression, boost physical ability and immune system, and even enhance mental acuity due to their dense nutrient content, natural enzymes, minerals and anti-oxidant properties.

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Cravings! Who hasn't had to struggle with them? While our cravings can wreak havoc on our attempt to stick to clean eating they are not always a bad thing. It is important to understand their triggers, if we are to control our cravings.

In this episode, Health and Mindset Coach and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, Gina Santangelo gives us some surprising insights as to where our cravings are coming from, and provides practical tips on how to manage them and become empowered to make choices that support our health and wellbeing.

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Health and Mindset Coach and author of Eat Clean, Live Free: A Woman's Guide to Health, Beauty, And Youthful Energy, Gina Santangelo talks about the basic principles of clean eating.

Clean eating is surprisingly easier than most people think. It starts with the awareness of where our foods come from, along with the commitment to eating foods with the shortest pathway to our plates. It is not about eliminating food groups, but about filling your plate with real, whole foods, choosing foods that are in season and limiting processed foods. It is also about making the right food combination, and paying attention to your unique body's cues, needs, and reactions to the foods you eat.

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