Ep 105. Are you in your fitness era but feel confused about how to ACTUALLY fuel your body for muscle, blood sugar balance and hormone health? Lauren Papanos, MS, RD, CSSD is a registered dietician, hormone specialist, and sports performance expert who shares how to eat before/after workouts and her functional approach to women’s health issues like PCOS and hypothyroidism.

 

HERE’S THE JUICE:

• The 4 types of PCOS: insulin resistant, adrenal, inflammatory + post-pill

• Why your meals directly before and after exercise should be completely different than your meals outside of your training window

• Why eating fat and taking supplements (omegas, Vit C) around your workout window is counterproductive

• What the bodybuilder diet got right and wrong (i.e. “refeed days” for thyroid and appetite)

• The potential risks of going on a low carb diet 

• Why your thyroid needs carbohydrates (the science on kisspeptin levels)

• What labs you should request if you suspect you have a sluggish thyroid

• Red light and topical glutathione for thyroid inflammation

• If hair mineral tests are accurate + diet changes to replace our deficient minerals

• How to relieve constipation holistically 

• The most ideal “exercise split” for women

• Why it’s best to do cardio vs. resistance training on totally different days

• A week of eating for both muscle and hormone health

 

Watch the full episode on What’s The Juice YouTube Channel

 

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To support our ad-free show, shop Olivia’s line of herbalist-formulated supplements www.organicolivia.com including GlucoBitters for blood sugar balancing, insulin resistance and PCOS, Liver Juice for skin and liver detoxification support, and Bloat BFF for fast-acting bloat support.

 

Connect with Lauren:

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Website

Functional Foundations Course

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Thyropro

Mighty Minerals

Bloat BFF

GlucoBitters

Beef Liver Meatballs recipe (for thyroid health)

LUMEBOX red light therapy - save 40% off with code “organicolivia”

Ask the Herbalist: All About Hypothyroidism + Labs to Ask For episode

Richard Mandelbaum: A New Approach to Lyme Disease episode

Lauren’s Workout Program