Danielle Bourgeon shares her personal insights on nutrition for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and common misconceptions surrounding this condition. She discusses the fear of feeling overwhelmed when getting diagnosed, and the pitfalls of trying to do all the things in a perfectionist way to try to “cure” the disease or stop its progression. We also touch on the dangers of orthorexic thinking and restrictive dietary approaches for MS, and what warning signs you can look for when trying to implement nutrition for multiple sclerosis.
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* Unpacking nutrition for autoimmune disease



* The perfectionism and autoimmune disease link with Paige Lavell



* How autoimmune disease creates food scarcity



* The functional medicine pipeline (part 1)




Find Danielle:




* Spilove Psychotherapy



* MS Grit Study – Information



* Patient story at UPenn



* Dance she choreographed and performed about her journey with MS




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Nutrition for Multiple Sclerosis and avoiding orthorexic traps with Danielle Bourgeon

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Dr. Colleen Reichmann joins us again this week for a very needed, very nuanced conversation around aging, self-care, botox and body image! We talk about how it’s normal to experience conflicted feelings about aging and ‘tweakments’ like botox, fillers, red light therapy, etc. We also discuss how insisting people should just love their bodies as they age and calling age a privilege doesn’t address the system that creates the fear of aging.



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* Instagram: @drcolleenreichmann



* Website: Dr. Colleen Reichmann



* The messiness of motherhood with Dr. Colleen Reichmann



* Alcohol culture and our relationship with food, with Dr Colleen Reichmann




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Aging, botox and body image with Dr. Colleen Reichmann


This week we have a nutrition in the news episode all about Big Food and anti-diet influencers & dietitians! A juicy article came up on Washington Post that we *needed* to dig into, titled: As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice – and you KNOW we were going to have some opinions on this one. We discuss how anti-diet language is being co-opted, but not in the way the article mentions. Big Food is also starting to cash in on the anti-diet “trend” and marketing to reach more people. Let’s discuss!



PS – I mentioned “the Examiner” as the other paper the Washington Post did this report with, it’s actually “the Examination”, which calls itself “a a new nonprofit newsroom specializing in global public health reporting.”



 PS – want to see more behind the scenes? Check out our planning doc over on Patreon for even more sass!



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Resources Mentioned:




*  How thoughts about food can raise blood sugar {non-diet nutrition research study}




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Big Food and anti-diet influencers?


In this episode we’re breaking down more gut health trends, gut supplements, testing, and more – inspired by your questions! In this episode we’re covering: food sensitivity testing, stool testing, hydrogen water, Seed probiotic, $100 probiotics (from Pendulum), and at-home breath testing for symptom management. Don’t forget to check out part 1 – Colostrum, creatine, and 75 no thanks I’m busy that day {listener questions}



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Recommendations:




* Q&A;: Stool Testing & GI-MAP case study 



* Colostrum, creatine, and 75 no thanks I’m busy that day {listener questions}



* Probiotics & Prebiotics – your questions, answered! 



* Full video review of Foodmarble, breaking down their claims



* Stressful season toolkit and the gut-brain + stress + hormones connection with Kaely McDevitt




Studies mentioned:




* Hydrogen Water: Extra Healthy or a Hoax?—A Systematic Review. PMID: 38256045



* Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics – a review – doi: 10.1007/s13197-015-1921-1 



* Role of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in management of inflammatory bowel disease – doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i14.2078



* Pendulum Probiotics – their “science” page linked here




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– follow the show @wholeheartedeatingpod– Dana on Instagram – @danamonsees_cns &  on TikTok – @danamonsees– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition



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Have questions about the episode, a guest you’d love us to interview,

Breaking down gut health trends (part 2)


This week we’re doing a deep dive on the negative body image and gut health connection! It’s natural when things aren’t going great internally with your body that you’re not going to feel good about your body image. Why is this? We’re digging into the gut-brain connection, how and why having a diagnosis (or cluster of symptoms) can really send your body image into a ditch, and what you can do about it. Check out the resources we mentioned on today’s episode here!



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Recommendations & Resources Mentioned:




* Colostrum, creatine, and 75 no thanks I’m busy that day {listener questions} 



* How gut issues are influenced by your relationship with food, with Marci Evans



* Reclaiming Body Trust with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant




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– follow the show @wholeheartedeatingpod– Dana on Instagram – @danamonsees_cns &  on TikTok – @danamonsees– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition



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Negative Body Image: Is your gut health to blame?


We’re bringing you another trending topic in the nutrition and wellness world this week – cycle syncing! This is a recently re-popularized trend where more functionally-minded circles are sharing how you can live, eat, exercise, etc. in line with the four phases of the menstrual cycle. And while it’s refreshing to see more information out there about understanding womens’ cycles, of course people had to take it to an extreme, orthorexic place and try to make buckets of money off of it. Stay tuned to learn more about your cycle, and how to approach cycle syncing in a non-perfectionistic way.



Recommendations & Resources Mentioned:




* Somatic Exercise: Helpful or Harmful? (bonus episode!)



* Cycle syncing info chart! 




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– follow the show @wholeheartedeatingpod– Dana on Instagram – @danamonsees_cns &  on TikTok – @danamonsees– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition



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Nutrition for Multiple Sclerosis and avoiding orthorexic traps with Danielle Bourgeon

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