
My Favs
This page contains links to my favorite nutrition articles, podcast episodes from creators I follow, actionable ways to live more sustainability, and so much more!
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Beauty By Earth
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Equi.Life Products
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Grove Collaborative
A subscription service with flexible shipping options that offers safe, eco-friendly home and personal care products. Grove carries products that are non-toxic, effective, sustainable, and cruelty-free. Get a FREE Mrs. Myers gift set with this link!
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Recycle your clothes, in any condition!
Step 1: Purchase a Take Back Bag for only $20, Step 2: instantly earn $20 closet cash credit to spend on circular clothing, Step 3: clean out your closet and send in old clothes, any brand, any condition!
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Spawn Fitness Gym Equipment
Quality at-home gym equipment including resistance bands and yoga balls. Code ALEXIS30 saves you 30%!
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How to Embrace the Anti-Diet
Christy Harrison discusses her personal experience with disordered eating, the problems with and deep historical roots of diet culture, the scientific evidence against dieting, and the principles of intuitive eating.
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Are you Full of S!*%?
IBS only needs symptoms to reach a "diagnosis" and it comes from a process of elimination and not actually pinpointing what's actually going on.
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Health at Every Size Explained
Christy talks with Linda Bacon who shares her personal struggles with weight and dieting, how she overcame them and developed a healthy relationship with food and her body, and how you can get off the diet roller-coaster, too.
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How Diet Culture Hurts Your Relationships
Discussing how diet culture can affect relationships, how to find self-trust and self-acceptance in recovering from disordered eating, why health and well-being is about so much more than diet and exercise, etc.
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Anti-Fat Bias
Learn what anti-fat bias truly is and listen to Audrey discuss what it's like living in a larger body.
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Spring Cleaning and Detoxification
While our bodies have a natural detoxification process built in, sometimes it's not enough with the environment we currently live in. Listen with an open mind and you'll be on your way to true health optimization.
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Gut Health Red Flags
What is healthy digestion? What does it feel like? Should we really "normalize bloating?" How do you know if something is off with your digestion? Should we all be taking a probiotic?
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Protect Our Oceans
By purchasing any bracelet, you will remove one pound of trash from the world’s oceans, rivers, and coastlines!
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"Don't Weight Me" Cards
Use these cards in doctors offices, hospitals, with nutritionists, therapists, and personal trainers if you prefer not to be weighed unless it’s medically necessary.
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Improving Metabolic Health and Body Composition Through Better Blood Sugar Balance
Proper blood sugar control isn't just for diabetics and pre-diabetics, it's for anyone trying to live a longer, healthier, happier life.
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Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.
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What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
Everything you need to know about alcohol is in this episode: physiological effects that drinking alcohol has on the brain and body, genetic differences that predispose certain individuals to alcoholism, binge and habit-drinking, metabolism and more.
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Is Being Fat Bad For You?
If you can't handle a sarcastic dialogue, then I'd skip this one. For nearly four decades, Americans have heard a simple story about health, longevity and obesity, well it's a little more complicated.
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Is Type 2 Diabetes Reversible?
Mechanisms and the strategy for remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Reverse Dieting: Hype Versus Evidence
This article will explore the actual research related to reverse dieting, which tells a much different story than the hyped-up anecdotes you’ll see on social media. By Eric Trexler, 9/12/2022.
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What Are GLP-1 Receptor Agonists? And Who Should Taken Them?
If you've been wondering what GLP-1 injections are, like Ozempic and Wegovy, this article explains its mechanisms of action, how it elicits weight loss, the side effects and who's it for extremely well!
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What Effect Does Fasted Exercise Have On Metabolism?
Should I eat before or after I work out? After going for hours without eating, is it a good idea to get out of bed and go straight into an exercise session without consuming any food?
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A Consumer’s Guide to Reducing Pollution
A surprising amount of pollution starts at home. But there are consumer choices you can make that will reduce your environmental footprint.
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How to Bridge the Gap Between Who You Are and Who You Want to Be: the Science of Behavior Change
Resource on mindset and behavior science; bridge the gap between who you are and who you want to be.
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Your Cell Phone Could Be Altering Your Gut Microbes
Nicolas Pineault talks to Andrea about the buzz around electromagnetic frequencies and whether our technology has the power to impact our microbiome and our overall health.
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: the Basics of the Menstrual Cycle and Feeling Empowered by Your Period
If you've ever been curious about exactly how your periods work, this is the podcast for you! This could also be used as an educational podcast for teen girls to learn more about their bodies.
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These Are the 10 ‘Perfect Proteins,’ Says a Nutrition Expert
It’s smart to know how much protein to eat in a day. However, one major factor that dictates the effectiveness of the protein you eat is the quality of the protein.
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The High Achiever's Guide to Inner Success
Interview with a lifestyle and leadership coach that works with high achievers that have achieved high levels of external success, and want to shift and work on inward success.
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Why and How Birth Control Affects The Microbiome
Conversation about how birth control has far-reaching implications on the microbiome, overall health and future fertility.
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“Glorifying Obesity” And Other Myths About Fat People
It's an insightful look at how those in larger bodies are viewed in society and why the infrastructures we have designed are inherently harming fat people.
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The Reason You are NOT Evolving
Emily shares 10 reasons why you may not be evolving in your life and what's holding you back. What can you implement into your day to make yourself a better version of you?
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7x World Champion Kendall Reusing on Personal & Spiritual Evolution
This episode is packed with personal development, overcoming shame & guilt, eating disorder recovery & healing journey while living in the public eye. Truly inspiring!
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Recycle More
Think about light bulbs, batteries, and polystyrene foam (Styrofoam) that cannot otherwise be recycled in curbside collection programs. Visit Earth911 to find collections for hard-to-recycle items near you.
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