Learn all about pre- and post-pregnancy nutrition, what to eat to boost your fertility, how to raise babies that crave healthy foods, and how to help toddlers and kids start to like healthy foods if they didn't grow up eating them with Registered Dietitian Stephanie Middleberg.

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Kayla Itsines is the most influential personal trainer in the world, with over 10 million followers, and millions of customers who have purchased her Bikini Body Guide (BBG) and her top selling Sweat app. In this interview she shares how to get and stay motivated, how to fit fitness into a busy lifestyle, and her non-negotiables for health.

Improve your microbiome and gut health with diet and lifestyle tips from the co-founder of the most effective probiotic company on the market, Jamie Morea of Hyperbiotics.

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I used to have acne so bad I'd refuse to leave the house. After trying practically every over the counter and prescription medication at the time, I was hopeless. Until I discovered research that connected acne and diet. 

In this episode we discuss:

• The 5 most common diet and lifestyle related causes of acne
• How diet affects acne
• What foods to remove from the diet to heal acne naturally
• What nutrients and foods to add to the diet to treat acne naturally
• How malnutrition affects acne (yes, it's possible to be deficient in certain nutrients if you're eating on a Standard American Diet)
• How poor digestion can cause acne (and a few ways to start improving your digestion, including, probiotics)
• How hormones affect acne (and how diet affects hormones!) 
• How stress affects acne (and how diet affects stress!) 
• How cosmetics contribute to acne (even if they are "non-comedogenic")
• All tips are from my EatBEAUTY guide

Know what to do but not doing it? Or, have no idea what you "should" be doing because your intuition is non-existent? It's time to master your mindset, so you can master your life. This week's interview is with Tara Mackey, author of Cured by Nature and Wild Habits. 

Episode highlights:

• how to master your mindset
• how to tune into your intuition versus let negative thoughts or other peoples opinions influence your decision making
• the key question to ask yourself to break bad habits, STAT
• How to create new habits through her WILD (willingness, intuition, love, discipline) Method. 
• why taking ownership and responsibility for everything in your life is key to releasing your true potential
• how to deal with toxic friendships and relationships
• how to seek and create more positive friendships

Once you clean up your diet, the next step is cleaning up your beauty routine. Krysia Boinis, CEO and Co-Founder of Vapour Organic Beauty, is joining us to talk about all things natural beauty (plus her story of passion and persistence is incredibly inspiring). 

We talk about:

• the importance of natural and organic makeup
• the two makeup products you should replace with natural products ASAP
• how cancer became her greatest teacher
• non-makeup rituals that enhance beauty
• how to turn your passion into a career
• how to work through obstacles as an entrepreneur

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Are emotions preventing you from losing weight? Is there a connection between digestion and our happiness?  Is a bad diet cutting you off from your intuition and 'gut' feelings?

This episode address all of these topics and then some with Gut Health Expert, Author, & Health Coach, Robyn Youkilis. 

• 1:52 | the key takeaway from Robyn's new book,Thin from Within
• 4:00 | what emotional weight is and how it affects our physical weight
• 5:53 | the connection between gut and intuition
• 7:36 | how to start listening to your gut
• 12:01 | the connection between our digestive health and our happiness
• 13:43 | the best food that promotes gut health
• 15:26 | the pros and cons of kombucha
• 18:43 | why aloe is great for our gut (and our skin!) + how to buy it
• 21:14 | how mindless, on-the-go eating affects our digestion
• 23:52 | If you eat at your desk, how to make it healthier/better for you
• 25:23 | what a morning practice is + why you should have one
• 29:17 | how to take time from a busy day for yourself

Ever feel confused or overwhelmed at the grocery store? Or wonder what's *actually* healthy? In this episode, I'm sharing some of my top tips from my book, The Real Food Grocery Guide, on how to make the healthiest choices in every section of the grocery store. 

Some topic highlights include:

• Is organic worth it?
• Is diet soda healthy? Or is it causing weight gain?
• why paleo's restriction of beans may be misguided
• if you can't digest beans or vegetables well, what to do 
• will nuts and seeds make you fat?
• the number one seed you need
• the unhealthiest oil you need to remove from your diet
• why comparing calories is not the best way to compare foods
• what you need to know if you eat seafood more than twice a week
• the most important part of a packaged food product

Harvard-trained Internal & Integrative Medicine physician, Dr. Robert Graham explains why he encourages his patients to be their own doctor, why food is the best medicine, and how lifestyle affects health. Topics covered in this interesting conversation include why integrative medicine is not woo woo, relaxation, meditation, and the future of healthcare.

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In this episode we'll hear from gut health expert, Dr Vincent M. Pedre, author of Happy Gut, and Medical Director of Pedre Integrative Health, a private functional medicine practice in NYC. 

We discuss why gut health is the key to overall health, the healthiest way to consume probiotics, what you need to know about leaky gut (and why you probably have it), why the key to healing any illness - especially auto-immune disease- start in the gut, why wheat is problematic, and how your favorite foods could be causing your digestive issues or even making you feel depressed. 

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