High Vibe & Healthy: Gut Health | Functional Nutrition | Whole Foods

I know what it’s like to feel tired all the time, and I know just how challenging and frustrating it can be. It really impacts every single aspect of your life. I found it hard to focus at work, I didn't really feel like socialising or doing anything that might wear me out too much, and I really just felt like I was just hanging on - I wasn’t loving life, I was just existing.

And coming out the other side, it feels so good to have energy; to be able to train hard in the gym, to go out for cocktails with my friends and not be completely wiped afterwards, and to be able to travel and just feel good. And if you’re struggling with low energy, I really want you to feel better too!

In this episode, we’re going to cover the top root causes of low energy, so you can figure out what’s causing your fatigue and take the first step to getting your energy back.

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In the health world there’s such a massive focus on supplements. I love supplements and always use them in my work with clients, BUT, when it comes to getting the key vitamins and minerals we need from our diet, we can quite easily get most if not all of what we need to be healthy from the food we eat.

But just eating a generally healthy diet isn’t enough. You need to also focus specifically on adding in specific nutrient dense foods.

In this episode, I’m sharing the top nine nutrient dense superfoods to add into your diet and how they benefit your health.

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How’s your sleep? Are you having trouble falling asleep, or maybe you find yourself lying awake at night? Or maybe you think you‘re sleeping well but you wake up feeling exhausted. Insomnia (sleep disturbance) covers a wide range of experiences and can cause endless misery and frustration. It can also be the cause of long-term health problems.

It may be time to check in on how your sleep is working for you.

In this episode we’re chatting all about my top tips for improving your sleep, including:

• Why getting good quality sleep is so important
• How to improve your sleep quality
• The key nutritional deficiencies that can impact sleep
• The benefits of a balanced, varied and nutrient-dense diet
• My top foods and supplements to support sleep

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Worried that antibiotics will damage your gut?

Today’s episode came about because I often get panicked messages from clients who’ve had to go on antibiotics - and they’re freaking out about whether the antibiotics are going to completely derail their progress.

In this episode, I’m sharing how to rebuild your microbiome after taking a course of antibiotics, and the other key things to focus on post-antibiotics.

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Learn more about my new Gut Testing Package.

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Blood sugar regulation is a huge missing puzzle piece for so many people on their healing journeys.

If you often feel exhausted or have big dips in energy throughout the day, get hangry, experience anxiety or have trouble sleeping – these are all signs your blood sugar could be out of whack.

Recently, I experimented with using a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor) to track my blood sugar levels in real time.

The reason I wanted to try this out for myself is to see how the food I eat affects my blood sugar levels.

Today, I’m sharing the biggest lessons I learned from my CGM experiment, including:

• The importance of protein and fat in your diet

• Carbohydrates and blood sugar

• How to eat to maintain steady blood sugar levels

• The benefits of wearing a CGM

• The effects of erratic blood sugar

• The CGM I used and how it works

As I mention in the episode, I’m going to drop a few images here so you can wrap your head around what I mention in the episode.

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Does the thought of travel make you think about gut issues like food poisoning, diarrhoea, gut pain and discomfort? Or even just poor sleep and jetlag? I’ve suffered my share of all of these things and had some really awful (and embarrassing) experiences over the years. Thankfully, I can say I am able to avoid them now.

I’ve just had 3 amazing weeks in Greece on an idyllic island in the Aegean Sea with sunshine and friends and fresh food. And I just wanted to share my top travel tips for staying happy and healthy while you are away on your next holiday.

If you’re starting to make travel plans, it may be time to also start preparations to keep you healthy on your journey. 

In this episode we’re chatting all about:

• Eating while you’re traveling

• The importance of staying hydrated

• Apps to download to help with jetlag

• The best supplements to take on your trip

• The dreaded constipation (or diarrhoea)

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IBS or IBD? Do you hear those terms and wonder what the difference is?

Diarrhoea, fatigue, abdominal pain and cramping, unintended weight loss, and blood in your stool are some of the common signs and symptoms that you may have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

With IBD in particular, patients usually receive very limited, if any, diet and lifestyle advice to manage their condition. In reality, your nutrition can have a massive impact on IBD.

Today I have an awesome guest for you, Sean Golden who is a Doctor of Chiropractic with a special interest in IBD.

We chat all about how by simply changing eating patterns and adopting some targeted supplementation, you can make a huge difference in your health and the symptoms you are experiencing.

Join us as we dive into:

• The difference between IBD and IBS
• The main signs and symptoms of both
• Surprising information about fats in this condition
• Does the Low FODMAP Diet work for IBD?
• Foods to avoid
• Simple dietary strategies for supporting IBD

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Find Sean on Instagram or visit his website

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Our bodies were designed for a much simpler life. And the way we’re living today - with huge amounts of pressure, deadlines, family responsibilities and more, can take a huge toll on our health.

I want to share my take on this with you, and help guide you towards a life that feels aligned so that you can enjoy your life more, and improve your health while you’re at it.

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Have you ever walked out of a doctor’s office feeling frustrated, defeated or completely unheard?

I have people messaging me on instagram every single day sharing experiences just like this with me.

I’ve heard it from my clients, and I’ve experienced it too.

And that’s why I want to share with you how you can advocate for yourself with doctors.

In this episode, I cover:

• How to find the right doctor for you
• How to prepare for your appointment
• Keeping track of what was said in your appointment (even if you’re exhausted and foggy in the head!)
• Building a care team to support you on your healing journey

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Hey friends! You may have noticed I’ve been MIA from the podcast for a few weeks.

And that’s because I got COVID.

Which is what we’re going to be chatting about today. I want to share with you what my experience of having COVID was like, the supplements and lifestyle tools I used to support myself during and after having COVID. I’ll touch briefly on Long COVID.

Join me as I chat all about:

• Foods to eat and avoid while you have COVID (including what to do if all you feel like eating is carbs!)
• What you need to know about symptoms like fatigue and coughing
• The immune support supplements I took when I got sick, plus the best food sources of these key nutrients
• Other lifestyle factors to support immunity
• My experience on the road to recovery

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I’d absolutely love for you to subscribe to my podcast so you don’t miss an episode! I’ll be adding a new episode each week, and if you’re not subscribed you might miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

If you have a few minutes to spare, I would be so grateful if you left a review over on iTunes. These reviews help other people find my podcast and they’re also so much fun for me to read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what you enjoyed about the podcast. Thank you!

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Got a question you’d like answered? Contact Fran via Instagram @frandargaville or email [email protected].