Welcome back to The Simplicity Sessions, I'm delighted that you’ve joined us today. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project and the creator of the women's revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project. 

Julie Davey is a nurse practitioner with 20 years of experience. She shifted her career and dedicated herself to helping hundreds of people transform their lives by healing their bodies with natural medicine and developing personalized health habits.

We had a great conversation on gut health in this episode. We discussed the tests that will help you better understand your gut health; identified symptoms that can reveal what gut health issues you may be having; and outlined steps you can take to ensure your gut is healthy.

We also talked about the types of food that could cause underlying chronic inflammation, which can prevent people from losing weight. It can be surprising to learn the foods that can cause inflammation. Eliminating inflammatory foods from your diet can have great results on your gut health.

If you have a question for me and my team, send it over to [email protected] or via Instagram at @jennpike and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

Here are the main topics of today’s episode: 

• Julie’s professional background 
• How Julie dealt with GI issues
• Discovering the GI map
• Why Julie uses the GI map
• Symptoms of poor gut health
• What your SigA tells you about your gut health
• Breaking down fat adequately
• How your gut influences your mood
• Tests can dig deeper into identifying the right problems
• How chronic low grade underlying inflammation can prevent weight loss
• What is leaky gut
• People with an autoimmune disorder should have their gut tested
• Top four items to eliminate from your regular diet
• Are you really gluten-free?
• Lifestyle changes that can help your gut health

 

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Connect with Julie Davey - 

Website: https://www.juliedavey.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliedaveynp/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/juliedaveynp

 

Online work with Jenn -

Register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more via the following link www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

Sign up for The Synced Program to learn how to tune your body to the lunar cycle and acquire a multidisciplinary approach to balance your body in less than 30 minutes a day!

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Woman mentorship? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/

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Quotes -

• “Patients say ‘Isn’t it good to have these high levels of good bacteria in your gut?’ and I responded, no, it’s all about balance.”
• “The gut is the gateway to help” 
• “70% of our immune system lives in our gut” 
• “The gut microbiome really plays a key role in regulation of estrogen levels; therefore it can influence the risk of developing estrogen related diseases like endometriosis, polycystic, ovarian, breast cancer, and even prostate cancer for men.” 
• “...it was a bit overwhelming to see everything that was wrong, but at the same time it was such a relief.” 
• “...studies actually show that dysbiosis in the gut plays a key role in weight gain. Even low grade inflammation can cause obesity.”
• “People with an autoimmune disorder should have their gut tested”