ITS HERTIME with Cody and Jess

In this episode, Cody dives into a critical yet often overlooked factor in gut health: stomach acid. Did you know that low stomach acid levels can disrupt your digestion, nutrient absorption, and even your hormonal balance? Join Cody, as we explore the vital role stomach acid plays in your overall health and well-being.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

•The Role of Stomach Acid: Why your body depends on it for digesting proteins, absorbing nutrients, and keeping your gut microbiome healthy.
•Stomach Acid and Hormone Health: How low stomach acid can contribute to hormonal imbalances, from adrenal fatigue to thyroid dysfunction.
•The Downside of Antacids and PPIs: Why long-term use of acid blockers can do more harm than good, and the surprising risks they pose to your health.
•Testing for Stomach Acid: Simple ways to determine if you have low stomach acid, including at-home tests.
•How to Boost Low Stomach Acid: Natural and effective strategies to support your digestive system and restore balance.

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In this episode, we welcome Dr. Cathleen Brown, Medical Director at Winona and an OB hospitalist in Philadelphia, to tackle everything you need to know about menopause. Dr. Brown is passionate about supporting women through their menopausal journey, from understanding symptoms to accessing personalized care options like compounded medications.

Tune in as Dr. Brown addresses the stigma surrounding menopause and how societal perceptions often prevent women from seeking the help they need. We dive into topics such as:
•Menopause care: How to navigate symptoms like hot flashes, mood changes, and sleep issues, and when to consider hormone replacement therapy.
•Compounded medications: The benefits and safety of customized hormone therapy for individualized treatment plans.
•Breaking the menopause stigma: Why open conversations are essential for empowering women and improving access to quality care during menopause.

If you’re curious about holistic approaches to menopause, want to learn about hormone balancing, or simply seek to understand how menopause impacts women physically and emotionally, this episode with Dr. Brown will offer valuable insights and practical advice. Don’t miss this informative discussion on empowering women’s health through knowledge and compassionate care.

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The M Factor Documentary

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In this powerful episode, Cody Sanders hosts Heather Florio, a dedicated educator and advocate for chronic pelvic health conditions. Together, they bring awareness to often-ignored areas in women’s health, such as interstitial cystitis, pelvic floor dysfunction, and the critical need for safe feminine care products. Heather shares her passion for supporting women who are underserved and struggling in silence, offering solutions and insights that promote better health and self-care.

Episode Highlights

•Heather Florio’s Background and Mission in Pelvic Health: Heather’s journey into the world of pelvic health advocacy and the urgent need to educate on chronic pelvic pain and related conditions.

•Understanding Interstitial Cystitis (IC): What is interstitial cystitis? Heather breaks down the symptoms, treatments, and coping strategies for IC, which is often misunderstood in the medical field. Discover how IC impacts urinary health and quality of life and learn what women with IC can do to manage their symptoms.

•The Importance of Pelvic Floor Therapy: Explore how pelvic floor therapy can relieve pain, discomfort, and other symptoms associated with pelvic floor dysfunction. Heather and Cody discuss signs of pelvic floor issues and why pelvic floor health is essential for overall women’s health.

•Choosing Safe and Non-Toxic Feminine Care Products: Heather explains the importance of safe, non-toxic products, such as organic period products and hypoallergenic menstrual care items, especially for women with sensitive conditions. Find out what ingredients to avoid and how to make choices that support better health.

•Empowering Women with Pelvic Health Knowledge: Heather’s mission to uplift women by providing resources, tools, and support for those dealing with chronic pelvic health challenges, including interstitial cystitis and other under-recognized conditions.

Tune in to gain practical knowledge, learn effective self-care tips, and redefine what it means to support women’s health holistically.

About Today's Guest:

Heather Florio, second-generation owner and CEO of Desert Harvest, leads the company in innovating sustainable solutions in pelvic and sexual health. She is recognized as one of the Top 50 Women in Wellness by Authority Magazine and featured in Forbes as a top woman in business. 

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Insulin resistance is frequently a silent contributor to a number of widespread chronic health conditions, including Alzheimer’s, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. In fact, a startling 88% of adults experience some degree of insulin resistance. The condition is both pervasive yet easy to miss, making it that much more critical a topic to address.

On today's episode, Cody has invited Dr. Morgan Nolte to discuss why changes to our diet, lifestyle, and mindset are key to reversing the condition, and why the end goal isn’t simply weight loss, but rather body recomposition and long-term behavior change.

DR. MORGAN NOLTE is a board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy. Recognizing a lack of preventative education and care that focused on reversing risk factors instead of just treating symptoms, Dr. Nolte founded Zivli, an online course and coaching program that helps adults reverse insulin resistance for long-term weight loss and disease prevention.

Dr. Nolte’s content has reached millions of people through her podcast and YouTube channel, which now has over 100,000 subscribers. She’s been a guest lecturer for local physical therapy departments, State and National Physical Therapy Organizations, and has been a guest addressing insulin resistance on top-rated wellness podcasts including Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow, The Ultimate Health Podcast, and the Dhru Purohit Show.

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If you’re struggling with hormone imbalance, fatigue, brain fog, or resistant weight loss, it’s often thanks to stored heavy metals that are quietly in the background, sapping your energy and poisoning every organ and body system.

The good news is that it’s easy to test for heavy metals, and once you know they’re there, there’s plenty you can do to detox them.

On today’s episode, Cody covers how heavy metals cause hormone imbalance, the four most common heavy metals that mess with our hormones, and what we can do to detox heavy metals

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If you had to name one of your biggest health fears, would breast cancer be top of your list? Public health campaigns have put this important health issue on our radar and obviously that’s a good thing. Because according to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is diagnosed in 1 in 7 women. If you gather a small group of your girlfriends, someone is going to get it. It is real.

Yet, when we talk about this concerning disease, the focus is often on detection (think mammograms) and treatment (think mastectomies). And, in my opinion, far too little is said about prevention.

What about you? Are you in the know? How clued up are with knowing about the best lifestyle habits to reduce your breast cancer risk?

In this episode, Cody shares what science is saying, what she has experienced through working with dozens of women with breast cancer diagnosis, as well as from personal experience through breast cancer scares and from supporting her sister who has been living with a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis for over 20 years. 

To help prevent breast cancer, it’s important to recognize the links between elevated hormones and ill health. This is particularly true for estrogen.

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Period bloating is a common and often frustrating symptom of Premenstrual Syndrome (aka PMS). It's that uncomfortable, swollen feeling that makes your jeans feel a bit too tight and leaves you longing for your comfiest pair of yoga pants. It may even make you feel like you've had weight gain come out of nowhere, even though you haven't, and it can be accompanied by other symptoms like PMS cramps, PMS headaches, and mood swings.

But the good news? You don't have to accept period bloating as an inevitable part of your menstrual cycle. In this episode, Cody sheds light on the causes of period bloating, and provides some manageable solutions to ease your discomfort, and empower you to take charge of your overall well-being during your menstrual cycle.

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On today's episode, Cody has invited guest Nicki Williams to the conversation about the importance of aging gracefully and how fitness and food intake play a crucial role in this process.

Amy, a qualified pharmacist and fitness expert, believes that about 90% of aging gracefully comes down to our choices regarding fitness and nutrition. While both fitness and nutrition are important, Amy suggests that nutrition holds a more significant impact, accounting for about 80% of the equation. Fitness, on the other hand, is like the cherry on top. As we age, preserving and building muscle becomes crucial for maintaining independence and avoiding the need for assisted living. Amy highlights the importance of incorporating regular exercise and focusing on muscle-building to age backward and lead healthier lives.

Connect with Nicki Williams:
Host of the Happy Hormones Podcast, a podcast for all things female health, hormones, and nutrition with practical solutions, alongside interviews with experts on various health topics

Owner and founder of the Happy Hormones For Life, an educational platform offering expert-led courses, testing packages, and resources on holistic wellness, empowering women to regain control of their health with informed decisions.

Authored the book It’s Not You, It's Your Hormones–a book that helps women sail through perimenopause and beyond with lasting weight loss, boundless energy and vitality, balanced moods, clear head, restful night’s sleep, improved libido, no more hot sweats, and better digestion. Nicki has a new book that is soon to be released, so stay tuned!

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If you’ve just been given a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), or suspect you might have it, chances are you are feeling overwhelmed, confused and apprehensive about what this means for your health and future fertility.

Sometimes, being given a diagnosis can feel relieving to finally have a name for the pesky symptoms you have been dealing with for a long time. This can quickly be overrun by a feeling of overwhelm in attempting to work out what to do next.

With the right advice for your body and the unique drivers of your PCOS, you can take back control of your hormonal health.

Having suffered from PCOS herself, Cody has worked with countless clients to dramatically improve their PCOS symptoms, she prepared this episode as kind of a PCOS Survival Guide for each of us to take the confusion and overwhelm out of navigating this complex condition.

Whether you have been newly diagnosed, suspect you might have PCOS, or have been dealing with this for a long time, Cody walks us through some of the key drivers of PCOS, and the most indicated natural solutions to start reversing these drivers.

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Did you know that the birth rate is falling in many countries, and around a third of couples have some kind of trouble conceiving. So what’s causing this decline? Is it really down to rogue chemicals wreaking havoc with our hormones? And how worried should we be?

Endocrine disrupting chemicals can lead to many different reproductive health and fertility issues, as well as other forms of health issues. As is talked about in this episode, EDCs can contribute to endometriosis, they can worsen symptoms of PCOS, and they absolutely negatively impact male fertility as well.

Endocrine disruptors are found in what seems like everything — they are in the plastic bottles we drink from, in our favorite cosmetics, and in the cleaning products that promise a sparkling home. They're more common than we are aware of and what we'd like to believe.

In this episode, Cody talks about the top things we all should know about endocrine disruptors and fertility.

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