In this episode I was joined by Registered Nutritionist Aisling Daly. 

Aisling works with clients on an individual level helping them with  improving their relationship with foods and intuitive eating. 

We have a great conversation on:

Health promoting behaviours vs weight loss as a metric for overall health

Social medias influence on 20-30 year olds vs teenagers at present. 

Diet culture and its impact on mental and physical health

What is intuitive eating and who is it for?

Overcoming negative body image and being a certain size

Overcoming the all or nothing mentality

Aisling is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to our behaviours and habits around food- check out her instagram @nutri.ais

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In this weeks episode of The Female Health podcast I discuss a topical issue in the nutrition world on whether we should be including dairy in our diet or not.   I talk about   The nutrition composition of dairy and its benefits   Our own bioindividuality and ability to digest dairy   Lactose intolerance   Proteins in dairy that may possibly be an inflammatory mediator   Dairy and PMS   Alternative milks and their nutritional composition   If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes and share this post to your stories 😊   Follow me on instagram @mj.nutrition_

In this episode I had the lovely Aisling O'Kelly from @aoknutrition on to chat with me about everything to do with your hormones. 

Aisling is a fountain of knowledge and breaks everything down in such a great way for you to understand what is going on in your body. 

We cover some questions about the pill. 

The role of herbal medicine in supporting your hormones

The realistic way of tracking your cycle

Common PMS issues that aren't normal

PCOS and hirsutism. 

This is a great one for anyone curious to learn more about their hormones and why we should care about getting our period every month. 

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In this episode I talk about the struggle I see many of my clients going through right now and this is both lockdown and diet fatigue. 

At the moment we have no stimulation outside of our work and home lives which is having a massive impact on our mood and energy levels which subsequently effects our motivation and drive to make behaviour changes and keep them. 

I talk in this episode about having some self compassion, reflecting on triggers and whether it is hunger or emotional eating that drives overeating, how having self respect for yourself is a better way of making behaviour changes rather than focusing solely on weight loss and that ditching the scales might be the best thing for you right now. 

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In this episode I talk about some common myths and misconceptions around hormones, periods and diets. 

1. Periods shouldn't be painful

2. Long cycles are not normal and a bleed doesn't mean you have ovulated.  

3. Pill bleeds are not the same as period bleeds

4. The danger of low carb and low fat diets

5. Doing more harm than good by over exercising. 

 

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On this episode I had the lovely Cory Crowley @coco_ryry who is just a positivity queen and a breath of fresh air. 

Cory is a life coach and coach with OHFitness and helps people to be healthy on the inside out. She knows its not all about the food and the exercises you do but the inner work that matters. 

We have a very open and honest chat about how to start putting yourself first, being single and happy and her own PCOS story and managing it. 

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On this episode I spoke with Alannah Buckley and Katie McNicholas who are part of a social enterprise called Any Time Of The Month which works on breaking the taboo around periods and creates awareness on period poverty in Ireland. 

Period poverty effects many women in Ireland today and this is fantastic initiative that helps remove the stigma around periods and bring the conversation into the education and workplace environment. 

To buy a badge and support the initiative you can visit the website www.anytimeofthemonth.com

Visit their instagram page @anytimeofthemonth

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In the episode Jade Dunne who has her own page @cluelessbutcurious on instagram,  chats to me about her contraception journey which started at 15 and what a rollercoaster it was. 

She talks about sexual health, hormones, contraception, smear tests and so much more. 

This episode is a free for all and such a good laugh to record. 

Jade set up her own account to open up the conversation about contraception and try to get beyond the confusion to help others. 

This is Jades own experience and not to be taken as medical advice. 

 

 

In this episode I answer questions from the audience 

I answer a question from Aine who wants to keep exercising during lockdown but also who wants to get her period back. It covers hypothalamic amenorrhea and the impact of high stress on delaying or stopping your cycle completely. 

I answer a questions on supporting ovulation for a woman trying to conceive. 

And I discuss the optimal diet and if plant based diets are the best for hypothyroidism and PCOS for Ciara. 

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This is an incredibly empowering episode for anyone who feels fed up or deflated with not feeling listened to or heard by their health care practitioners. 

Aoife was an endometriosis sufferer and was dealing with an incredible amount of pain. 

She was given two options, go into early menopause at 26  or remove one of her ovaries. 

Aoife took her health into her own hands and her story is remarkable. 

I hope you enjoy this episode and that it gives you hope if you are a PCOS or endometriosis sufferer. 

*This is Aoife's own personal experience and you should get personalised nutrition recommendations for your individual needs with a dietitian or qualified nutritionist 

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