The Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast

On this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz talks with Miles Welch, Founder and CEO of North Star Training Solutions, about the importance and difficulties of being a good leader - for ourselves. Miles is a leadership expert who is passionate about helping business owners build their leadership bench and develop their leadership potential. He has impacted thousands of executives, entrepreneurs, and business owners through his speaking and coaching, as well as the industry-leading developmental programming he has designed. Miles's varied leadership assignments include serving as a Platoon Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, pastoring one of the largest churches in the United States, serving as the Executive Director of the John Maxwell Leadership Center, and launching two successful businesses. Miles and his family live in the Atlanta area. During their conversation, Jamie and Miles cover many topics in relation to building resilience and having the discipline to level-up and ultimately succeed in all areas of life. 04:07 Entropy 06:25 Busyness 07:12 Resilience and the difference between pressure and stress 10:53 The shame of not "succeeding" 14:56 The key to high performance 15:14 Midlife Crisis 16:25 Doing a life audit and recalibration 21:18 Tips on resilience and holding yourself accountable 22:28 Staying up late versus getting up early 23:12 Stream of consciousness writing 25:09 Television detox 26:36 Journaling, reading (growing/learning) and Miles's morning routine 29:44 The reshaping of friendships as life gets busy - kids' activities and youth sports 33:12 Miles's evening routing 34:10 Quit eating earlier in the evening - the blood sugar rollercoaster - craving carbs at night - blood sugar's impact on sleep - waking up in the night 36:46 The upward or downward spiral of wellness and healthy versus unhealthy habits 37:26 Having accountability partners 37:45 Miles's primary core values #1 38:54 Hiding things in life - vulnerability - talking with others - working with a counselor 40:36 Life hack for "receiving counseling from Brene Brown and other high-level professionals" 42:05 The three-pronged system for working through being "stuck" in life 44:30 Wisdom and the benefit of having mentors 45:53 Miles's primary core values #2 46:47 Miles's primary core values #3 46:58 Having a life that is integrated - having a surrendered relationship with the truth 47:39 Miles's primary core values #4 49:42 The hardest challenge in leading yourself 51:08 The lie we tell ourselves about "the season coming" when everything will be different or easier - not living in the now 53:43 Don't squander another minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade… 54:18 The upward spiral or the downward spiral 54:36 The best pre-workout 55:48 Being kind to yourself 57:24 Getting better at failing 58:37 Bounce-back rate - falling off the wagon - small vices 59:54 Miles's favorite self-improvement resources   Email Miles Welch: Miles@northstartraining.com Website: https://northstartraining.com/ Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themileswelch/ https://www.instagram.com/themileswelch/ Books mentioned: Developing the Leader Within You - John Maxwell The Endurance: Legendary Antarctic Expedition - Caroline Alexander The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw ________________________________________   Thanks for listening! If you like what you're hearing, please don't forget to subscribe and give us those five start ratings!   Email Jamie: Jamie@nutritionaltherapy.com Connect with us online: www.Nutritionaltherapy.com

POOP (ewww) What goes in, must come out!   In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC, and fellow FNTP, Stephanie Ewals, CNS, Licensed Nutritionist, owner of Out of the Woods Nutrition, and host of the Help For Hashimotos podcast talk about the end product of digestion - poop. Talking about pooping is a total taboo, but it's an important topic.   The prevalence of GI disorders such as diarrhea, constipation, and alternating diarrhea and constipation is extremely common, with 3-5% of the U.S. population experiencing chronic diarrhea. Globally, 16% of adults experience chronic constipation - up to 19% of adults in the U.S. and a whopping 33% of adults over the age of 60 experience chronic constipation.   Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with Alternating Diarrhea and Constipation, characterized by symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, and variability in bowel habits, affect 10-15% of the global population. Among those with IBS, a significant portion (around 25-30%) experiences alternating diarrhea and constipation (IBS-M, mixed type). *Mehta, S. R., Patel, D., Rana, B., Kumar, N., Singh, A., & Sharma, P. (2023). Title of the article. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 1061453. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1061453   1:42 Bristol Stool Chart - shows what the shape and consistency of your poop means   4:11 More about what your poop should look like   4:57 Why should we care about what our poop looks like?   5:25 Bristol Stool Chart Types 5-7   5:54 Loose stools with full food particles (some of it looks like it did when you ate it)   6:35 Bristol Stool Chart Types 1 & 2 - Constipation - toxins - excess estrogens   7:19 Bristol Stool Chart Types 3 & 4   7:43 It's not normal to have diarrhea, constipation, or alternating diarrhea and constipation every day.   8:39 Irregularity with our bowel movements are symptoms of dysfunction somewhere in the body.   10:02 Motility/transit time - testing how long it takes from eating to defecating (aka pooping)   11:21 Hope/help for Type 1 & Type 2 - things that help relieve constipation and determine what is causing it   13:12 If you're not eating fiber now, ease into it! Notes on fiber intake and ways to get more fiber in your diet   16:12 Diarrhea - within a few hours of eating, fiber will not help, look elsewhere for solutions - food inflammatory tests - elimination diet - Whole 30 -  your body is telling you something!   18:52 Protocols AND or VERSUS bio-individuality?   21:10 Where nutritional therapy really excels…   22:57 How stress impacts digestion - anxiety - adrenals - cortisol   24:47 Not digesting properly - whole food particles in poop   25:09 What you can do if you're struggling with GI disorders   26:12 Physical activity/movement   26:52 Squatty Potty    28:28 Preworkouts, gels, anything you're putting in that are flushing through…   29:05 Magnesium, Vitamin C     Please remember to hit SUBSCRIBE and give us a 5-Star Review if you're loving what you're hearing!       Stephanie's business - Out of the Woods Nutrition - "Help For Hashimoto's Podcast"   Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/help-for-hashimotos-podcast/id1395020956 Website:  https://www.outofthewoodsnutrition.com/ Download The Definitive Guide To Hashimoto's:  https://mailchi.mp/0e5555d60258/the-definitive-guide-to-hashimotos

In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz and Svein Erik Haugmo, Co-founder and CEO of ORIVO, a third-party testing laboratory in Norway, discuss the high level of fraudulence in the fish oil industry. 80% of the best-selling fish oil supplements on Amazon are NOT what the companies selling them say they are. Eighty percent of label claims were found to be inaccurate representations of the product found in the bottle. After realizing the abundance of unethical and immoral, greedy business practices within this area, Svein and his team at Orivo developed a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary origin verification technology to test consumable fish products for people and pets. They collaborate with supplement companies to help promote transparency, fight fraudulence, and protect consumers around the globe. Learn more about ORIVO: https://orivo.no Additional resource Svein mentioned: https://alwaysomega3s.com ___________________________________ Please remember to LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe! If you're part of the NTA Community, connect with me on Mighty Networks! For more insights and resources and to connect with our vibrant community, visit us at: nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast

On this episode of The Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, hosts, Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC, and Mike Belz, CEO of the Nutritional Therapy Association discuss types, current stats, symptoms of chronic stress, and solutions for creating stress resilience for better mental health which tends to make way for better physical health. Join them as they touch on mental and physical stressors common in today's world, such as inflation and financial uncertainty/hardship, kids, busy schedules, societal pressures, work, daily tasks, relationships, divorce, isolation, socialization, screens, social media, politics, news, violence, prescription drugs, recreational drugs, environmental inputs, toxins, mold, weight management, health issues, loved ones who are suffering from mental or physical illnesses. Learn about the biological response to stress, and how to practice healthful stress management practices, as well as what to eat and what to avoid. 6:53 The resounding impact of the COVID pandemic from "Stress in America 2023: A Nation Recovering from Collective Trauma" 8:21 The abundance of stressors 11:31 The body's stress response - fight or flight - overstimulation of stress response 12:32 Working with an NTP to optimize digestion to help minimize stress and improve mental health/reducing stress to optimize digestion 13:35 Hitting the stress wall and the key to beating the stress epidemic - mindfulness and a healthier lens - avoiding "breathing life into" your stress 15:17 Work hard, play hard -> work hard, work harder 16:04 Physical symptoms of stress - aches and pains, insomnia, chest pain, heart damage, esophageal spasms, heartburn/acid reflux/GERD, digestive dysfunction, weakening of the intestinal lining, intestinal permeability/leaky gut, decreased immune function/increased susceptibility to pathogens and disease, exhaustion, increased cortisol, increased abdominal fat, weight gain, weight loss 17:42 Nervous breakdown 19:49 Mindfulness, meditation, relaxation - the role of the nervous system (enteric, autonomic, parasympathetic, sympathetic) - rest and digest - fight or flight - cortisol and adrenaline - the impact of the stress response on hunger cues, digestion, gut motility 23:27 Stress eaters, emotional eating, over-eating 27:13 Maldigestion/poor digestion, the impact of stress on HCl production and the digestive process - heartburn, GERD, leaky gut/intestinal permeability Digestive Hell Podcast Episode 30:32 Gut brain connection 30:55 Reinforcing and empowering stressful states versus resilience -  daily habits 32:06 Mike's tips for reducing stress/growing stress resilience - mantra mindset 35:10 Things that will force you to stay in a stressed-out state - relationships - toxic people - who you're spending time with - Dr. Henry Cloud's book, "Necessary Endings" https://www.drcloud.com/books/necessary-endings 36:20 Jamie's tips for reducing stress - things you can do 38:12 Reduce stress nutritionally with foods, herbals, and supplements - the endocannabinoid system - 39:52 Working with an NTP to address stress 40:18 Things to avoid  41:39 The importance of healthy boundaries ______________________ Record an introduction https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/342744/3/1fyqu83iaf707ggt   Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast Episode 011: Digestive Hell https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nutritional-therapy-and-wellness-podcast/id1733339864?i=1000652219979   Dr. Henry Cloud's book, "Necessary Endings" https://www.drcloud.com/books/necessary-endings   You can also connect with us online at www.NutritionalTherapy.com/podcast. Please hit subscribe!

In this Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast episode, host Jamie Belz talks with fellow FNTPs (Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners), John Bridges and Kristy Corah, co-owners of Best of the Bone USA. Learn more about all things bone broth, from the abundance of health benefits to how to make bone broth at home (22:19). Visit them at: https://www.bestoftheboneusa.com and use coupon code “NTA15” for 15% off sitewide. Connect with them at: John@bestoftheboneusa.com and kristy@bestoftheboneusa.com. Note: This is not a paid sponsorship spot – these are just great people doing great things to promote wellness in the world. ____________________________________________________ Please hit “SUBSCRIBE” and connect with us at www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast.  

This episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast brings together host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC and Kristin Rowell, Founder and CEO of Energetically Efficient as they discuss Kristin's career journey from trial attorney to FNTP (Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner)  and all things wellness. They discuss the gizmos, gadgets, and easy "to do" things - biohacking and habit stacking - in the pursuit of optimal wellness.   4:30 Running 25 marathons - using GU Energy Packets (The GU Packets - NOT recommended! Ha!) 5:30 Breaking her leg in ten places - wondering how it was possible - became interested in nutrition and researching nutrition - surgery - recovery - came back better than ever 9:20 Standard American Diet (carbohydrate heavy) 10:30 Learning about the Nutritional Therapy Association (NTA) and leaving her law practice to become a wellness practitioner 11:15 Wellness enlightenment - nutrition as the cornerstone of optimal health - craving more 12:14 Hydration as a simple first step for leveling-up your wellness 13:11 Kristin's Practice - Energetically Efficient - working with busy business professionals - "experiential learning" 16:30 Being a life long learner - brain health apps 17:50 Dr. Lindsey Berkson - HRT and learning about hormones - experimenting with a 30 day Carnivore Experiment - fasting 19:25 Habit Stacking and Biohacking 22:00 Where Kristin has all her clients start their fitness journey 23:22 Not just gizmos and gadgets - simple things you can do 25:40 Four fifteen minute walks and building lean muscle mass to increase insulin sensitivity 26:50 Sleep hygiene - melatonin production - blue lights 28:00 It seems overwhelming but it's about small shifts and common sense - grounding - being outside - being barefoot 30:41 Kristin's favorites (https://energeticallyefficient.com/kristins-favorites/) 31:19 Oura Ring vs Apple Watch for sleep tracking 32:30 Time management and prioritization of your health and wellness habits - hacks to incorporate to bring wellness habits into your busy schedule 40:10 Do a time audit - where do you spend most of your time? 41:45 Meditation and energy systems - silence the distractions - receive messages, satisfaction, and peace 49:55 Other resources Kristin recommends Kristin's website: www.energeticallyefficient.com Cynthia Thurlow's Everyday Wellness Podcast: https://cynthiathurlow.com/podcast/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-wellness/id1435214303 Huberman Lab Podcast: https://www.hubermanlab.com/all-episodes Huberman Lab Podcast on Alcohol: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health Huberman Lab Podcast with Dr. Mary Claire Haver (on perimenopause): https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-mary-claire-haver-how-to-navigate-menopause-perimenopause-for-maximum-health-vitality Book: The New Menopause - Mary Claire Haver, MD https://energeticallyefficient.com/kristins-favorites/ Mastering Your World Through Frequencies Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mastering-your-world-through-frequencies/id1455797208 The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-rogan-experience/id360084272 Mike Mutzel's High Intensity Health Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-intensity-health-with-mike-mutzel-ms/id910048041 The Ultimate Human Podcast with Gary Brecka: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ultimate-human-with-gary-brecka/id1709740887 53:14 Perimenopause symptoms and being prescribed SSRIs/anti-depressants and HRT 53:58 Dr. Lindsey Berkson on Hormones - "Let's Talk Estrogen" 55:14 ALL things work better with THIS! 58:00 Become an NTP! www.nutritionaltherapy.com   Please remember to hit subscribe! Connect with us at www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast.

This episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast hits a topic many parents can relate to. "Eyeball Tastebuds" - picky kiddos - and the conundrum that comes with blended families accommodating a variety of flavor palettes. The mealtime food fight can be a real problem and holds the potential to create unwanted and unnecessary conflict. Mike and Jamie discuss various ways to address picky eating and share their experiences navigating this landscape with their five kids in their blended family while trying to avoid negative marital and familial consequences. Food should be nourishing, delicious, and FUN! It CAN BE when it's done with intentionality. 3:33 Blended-family mealtime challenges 5:15 You don't have to be a blended family to have food struggles in your home. 5:50 When to start picky eating prevention 6:32 The greatest gifts we have been given for enjoyment in life 7:35 Religion, politics, and NUTRITION? 8:50 Big Food marketing 9:45 What to do if you didn't start your kid with "picky eater prevention" when they were young 10:24 Mothers' guilt 11:54 Things to do for helping picky eaters expand their palettes 20:16 Jamie's trick for slow conversions to healthier options 25:05 What if, as a parent, I don't know how to cook? 26:28 Promoting a positive relationship with food - using foods a rewards and emotional eating 29:29 Behavioral issues - Are food dyes and sugar contributing? 32:01 It's okay to enjoy foods that may be less nutrient-dense as well. It's about balance and moderation. Thanks for listening! ___________________________________________ Please hit "SUBSCRIBE" and CLICK HERE to record an intro, tell us where you're listening from, or what you're doing to #ReverseTheTrend in your neck of the woods.

In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, Mike throws Jamie a pop-quiz-style twist to the format as they dive into what's been coined "greenwashing" or "health halos" as the buzzwords Big Food uses to convince you to buy their foods because these words have become known to signify or indicate healthier food options. The problem is, the front of the package doesn't always align with what you see on the back when you flip it over to read the nutrition facts and ingredients.   06:03 - GLUTEN FREE 08:39 - Email Jamie for a link to a sourdough recipe that is actually easy to understand - jbelz@nutritionaltherapy.com 10:20 - GRASSFED 18:47 - NATURAL 21:36 - ORGANIC 28:55 - LOW FAT or FAT FREE 29:21 - PLANT BASED 31:26 - SUGAR FREE (Sugar alcohols, sugar substitutes, aspartame, Stevia)   The cost of food has climbed exponentially with rocketing inflation over the past few years. Learn what these terms mean and the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to the marketing mayhem on our grocery store shelves. What's worth the spend and what's just a "greenwashing" money grab.   Please remember to hit subscribe!   Connect with us at www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast.   Here's the link to the study Jamie mentioned regarding sugar substitutes and weight gain: Pub Med Article: The impact of artificial sweeteners on Body Weight Control and Glucose Homeostasis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817779/  

This episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast features Hunter Schwietz, a Certified Personal Trainer, a Corrective Exercise Specialist, a Functional Patterns Human Biomechanics Specialist, and the founder of Form First in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Hunter opens up about his own wellness journey and shares how he chased numerous physical symptoms down many rabbit holes with abundant research and expensive testing. He sought help from various allied practitioners before concluding that his “health ailments” were largely due to anxiety. Hunter describes his anxiety attacks and how they impacted him both mentally and physically, creating doubt, confusion, and frustration as a professional in the wellness space. Counseling, diet, and supplementation have helped Hunter in his personal recovery journey, but what really helped him was the tools and discipline he used for stress management.   Hit subscribe!

In this episode, Jamie Belz, host of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast interviews the CEO of The Nutritional Therapy Association (and her husband), Mike Belz. The two discuss the various credentials available through the NTA, program changes made over the past few years, including the return of the FCA, the future of the NTA, health freedom, nutrition freedom, and government involvement. 4:13 – Mike details his career background in higher education, then crossing over into commercial realty just before the world shut down for COVID. 10:26 – Pandemic closures 12:34 – The NTP Program’s impact on a family 14:37 – Changing your stars – three things 17:00 – Mike comes to the NTA, and things that have been done since 17:40 – Certification programs, NTA versus other nutrition education schools and programs (again at 50:15), non-profit versus for-profit schools, accreditation, shifts in post-secondary education system structuring in the past decade, school funding, predatory recruitment, federal funding, grants, overpromised career outcomes, admissions ethics 24:15 – NTP program re-structure, allied health associate and bachelor’s degree program structures 27:12 – NTP (Nutritional Therapy Practitioner), FNTP (Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner), Health Coach  (again at 37:29) 29:03 – Government control in nutrition education, two-year and four-year program possibility, funding, tuition, inflation, student loans, accessibility 32:50 – K-12 Public Funding, American Experiment Podcast 33:05 – Keeping the government out of it, CEO of Babylon Bee’s talk on censorship was censored 34:24 – Direction of the NTA, students, graduates 41:51 – Nutrition, Politics, Religion 42:51 – Health epidemic 43:13 – Nutritional truth, legitimate scientists and doctors, special interest funded “science” versus veal science, Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Media,  Health Freedom, Nutritional Freedom, government/American Heart Association endorsement of Cheerios as “heart healthy” cereal 47:20 – It’s not about looking good. It’s about feeling good; then the aesthetics come along with wellness. 48:15 – Profit and corruption in nutrition 48:54 – “You are what you eat” – health at the cellular level 49:40 – Dead foods versus living foods, Raw Milk Mama 50:15 – NTA’s competitors 54:44 – Healing through nutrition Somewhere in the mix of this podcast is a discount code and a tease for the greatest discount the NTA has ever offered for their NTP program. Find it and call the Admissions Team at (360) 800-5682. Hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss an episode. American Experiment Podcast – How Education is Funded Raw Milk Mama Substack  

This episode brings host Jamie Belz and fellow FNTP, Thomas Gilliford together for a very real conversation about food and wellness. They dive into all things from the perspective of thriving within the navigational beacons of the aggressive pursuit of optimal wellness and setting realistic expectations for functionality and quality of life. Thomas covers his newly developed FCA (Functional Clinical Assessment) Program available to NTPs who desire to add the “F” on the front of their credential to make them FNTPs (Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners). This skill set, formerly called the Functional Evaluation, utilizes hands-on and lingual neural testing to help identify which nutrients and nutrient formulations are best for each person’s bio-individual receptivity. This enables the practitioner to cut through the sea of options available when it comes to nutraceuticals and supplementation protocols to quickly identify which product is right for each individual’s needs. Their conversation continues to run through many aspects of navigating diet, supplementation, expiration dates and ultra-processed foods, alcohol, surgeries and prescriptions, sleep and stress, and other wellness inputs. They discuss the challenge of trying to balance rigid rules and expectations with being realistic and enjoying life. Additional topics they touch on: eating out, alcohol, progression, EMFs, hydration, avoidance of surgery by incorporation of water, Lyme, Green Washing, Big Macs, glyphosate, dairy/milk, vegan/vegetarian, gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy), blind spots, trauma, grief,      Please hit “subscribe” and share this episode with someone!

In this Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast episode, host Jamie Belz interviews Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, AIP Coach, Functional Blood Chemistry Specialist, and Author, Sonia Sidle. Sonia, originally from France, saw a need for more resources and filled it by writing an AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) book in French.  4:00 - FBCS – Functional Blood Chemistry Specialist Credential, “normal” ranges 6:05 - AIP Coach – Autoimmune Protocol Coach, Hashimoto’s diagnosis, specialized diet for symptom management and seeing improvement, nightshades, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, career change 10:07 - A better approach to elimination diets, seeing changes immediately 11:10 – AIP Diet, stress, sleep, lifestyle, connection, socialization, appropriate exercise/movement, environmental toxins 12:40 – Joint pain, hydration 14:00 – Authoring her AIP book and the process of working with a publisher 20:46 – Greatest takeaway from Sonia’s book 23:15 – Health in Europe versus United States  24:20 – Glyphosate (Round-up) 25:17 – Common symptoms associated with various autoimmune symptoms 26:26 – Inflammation, pain, skin issues 28:34 – The foods we don’t want to give up, food sensitivities, food inflammatory test, reintroducing foods 30:00 – Buying locally 30:34 – LNT (Lingual Neural Testing), FCA (Functional Clinical Assessment), FNTP versus NTP, identifying which supplement or nutrient your body is begging for Sonia Sidle's journey to become a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP) and a Certified Autoimmune Paleo Coach began with her own struggles against autoimmune disease. Fueled by her personal experiences, she is driven by a passion to assist others facing similar challenges. Originally from France, Sonia's fluency in French empowers her to serve a diverse clientele, spanning both French and English speakers. In order to expand her expertise, she pursued additional certifications as a Certified Functional Blood Chemistry Specialist, a Restorative Wellness Practitioner, and a Functional Supplement Specialist. Teaming up with a fellow French-speaking AIP Coach, Sonia co-created a pioneering program in French aimed at guiding individuals through the transition to and maintenance of the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP). Alongside this initiative, she co-authored a French book about what AIP is, how it can help people and containing 60 AIP-friendly recipes. Together, Sonia and her colleague aspire to shed light on the AIP within French-speaking communities, where awareness of this protocol remains limited. Sonia’s website: www.yourwellnessrevealed.com and IG handle: @AIP_alltheway Sonia's book: Soigner l'auto-Immunité Avec le Protocole AIP: La Méthode Naturelle Révolutionaire Qui Réduit Au Silence Les Maladies Auto-immunes - Book Link Please SUBSCRIBE and visit www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast to record a question or be featured on the show.  

In this Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast episode, host Jamie Belz interviews Rachel Ballard, an RN who wasn’t willing to accept the prognosis of a slow, painful, premature death. Rachel is a Registered Nurse, farmer, and Food As Medicine teacher who is currently completing her Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP) certification. After battling back from a rare, paralyzing autoimmune disease, she’s helping individuals use food as a tool so they can fight back against chronic conditions and defy the odds. A lover of British television dramas, raising medicinal plants, and scratch cooking, Rachel lives on her Kentucky cattle farm with her husband of twenty-three years and two teenage children. In talking with Jamie, Rachel walks us through her declining health, eventual diagnosis of CIPD (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy), and her long road to recovery. 04:50 – Symptoms and red flags leading up to diagnosis: Hashimoto’s, muscles in eye, limp leg, loss of strength, paralysis, felt like she was “on fire” 07:10 – CIPD Diagnosis with Central Nervous Symptom Overlap causing issues with vision, hearing, digestion, bowel and bladder control, and promoting cardiac arrhythmia 9:00 - IVIG (Intravenous Immunoglobulin) Treatment, Plasmapheresis, Stem Cell Transplant, slow decline 10:10 – Five years to live 11:02 – Subcutaneous IVIG Therapy Failed 13:02 – Hitting the point of desperation, looking at natural medicine for the first time, found the wrong natural medicine professionals for her preference and bio-individuality at the time 19:34 – Buying-in on the alternative approach 21:30 – Corruption in science, “follow the money” 22:30 – Working with an NTP, starting with digestion, making slow progress 27:53 – New hope, new career 30:31 – Bioindividuality 31:57 – TALKING ABOUT FOOD! Simple swaps, things to buy 40:17 - Mindset 42:04 – Car analogy 43:15 – Rachel’s list of reversed symptoms/conditions 44:21 – Last question As you’ll hear, taking the first steps into a more natural approach to wellness can be challenging, frustrating, expensive, and a little “weird.” Rachel shares how she didn’t find any luck or answers with the alternative medicine practitioners she initially saw.* Her story is fun, relatable, and inspirational for those suffering from illness, as well as those looking to peek over the fence from the world of conventional medicine. You can find Rachel’s food blog at www.feastandfarm.com. Please SUBSCRIBE and visit www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast to record a question for the show. *Not all practitioners of each title are created equally. Remember to give multiple practitioners under one umbrella a chance. This is true for both allopathic and alternative care. :)

Optimal digestion is crucial for overall health and well-being. It ensures that the body efficiently breaks down food into nutrients, which are then absorbed and utilized for energy, growth, and cellular repair. Proper digestion supports a strong immune system, maintains a healthy gut microbiome, and helps prevent gastrointestinal disorders. Additionally, it plays a significant role in mental health, as the gut is often referred to as the "second brain" due to its impact on mood and cognitive function. Therefore, maintaining optimal digestion is vital for sustaining physical and mental health, enhancing quality of life, and preventing chronic diseases. In this episode of The Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC, continues along the journey of digestion, explaining that if someone is not properly digesting their food, they will not be able to absorb and assimilate the nutrients from the foods they are eating, regardless of how healthful those foods are. Jamie brings back another historical audio clip from a lecture initially given by the founder of The Nutritional Therapy Association, Gray Graham. In Episode 10, Gray discussed the optimal function of digestion. This time, he walks you through “Digestive Hell” – the myriad of diseases, conditions, and other unpleasantries that arise from a suboptimal digestive system. The health of the organism is dependent upon the health of the organ systems, which are dependent upon the health of the organs, which is dependent upon the health of the tissues, which is dependent upon the health of the cells, which is dependent upon digestion. Thus, all wellness begins with digestion. Therefore, does all disease stem from digestive dysfunction? Not exactly, but you can eat the healthiest diet possible for your bio-individual needs, and if you’re not breaking it down to the necessary molecules your body can utilize, what’s the point? Every single cell in all tissues, organs, and systems of an organism relies on the ability to properly absorb nutrients from food. Factors such as stress, poor eating habits, gallbladder removal, and reduced levels of stomach acid (HCl) can hinder digestion. Given the critical role of nutrition in maintaining healthy cells, any disruption in digestion can be harmful in various ways. When the digestive system is compromised, it can lead to a domino effect, impacting the functioning of other bodily systems, 02:35 – Recap of optimal digestion 04:07 – Start of digestive dysfunction 05:23 – “Where’s ‘Digestive Hell’?” 06:56 – Distraction, stress, sympathetic state 13:22 – Pancreatic amylase 13:30 – Dysbiosis, yeast, pathogens (Also at 19:50) 13:55 – It’s all about acid/pH levels 15:17 – Macronutrient degradation 15:47 – Inputs for the production of HCl  16:20 – Things that cause hypochlorhydria (stress, too much protein, zinc, other nutrient deficiencies, allergies…) 17:13 – Dr. Jonathan Wright, the use of the Heidelberg Test for diagnosis of hypochlorhydria, pH for proper hormone function and enzymatic action 21:37 – Pasteur vs. Bechamp / Microorganisms vs. Terraine (Which is to blame?) 23:34 – Hpylori 26:53 – Heartburn, acid reflux, GERD, ulcers 37:50 – Homework/experiment 39:40 – Chyme into the duodenum, secretin, pancreas, bicarbonate, incomplete digestion, whole food particles in the small intestine 42:11 – Gallbladder, bile, fats, cholecystokinin, liver, fat-free or low-fat diet as the cause of gallstones and gallbladder dysfunction, cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) 52:06 – Burping up fish oil and delayed release fish oil 55:04 – Undigested proteins, microvilli, leaky gut/gut permeability, immune dysfunction 56:03 – Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, healing her autistic child, GAPS Diet 58:04 – Large intestine/colon, ileocecal valve, dysbiosis, inflammation diverticulitis, irritable bowel, Crohn's disease, celiac disease/gluten reactivity, hormones/endocrine system, enzymes, heart health, allergies, butyric acid and foul-smelling feces   Please SUBSCRIBE and Click Here to record a message for Jamie, ask a question, suggest an interviewee, or record an intro for the show!

In this episode of The Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, host Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC, brings back historical audio clips from a lecture originally given by the founder of The Nutritional Therapy Association, Gray Graham. Gray discusses the optimal function of digestion in a way you’ve never heard it explained. Listen to this, then hit the “subscribe” button to catch the next episode where Gray explains digestive dysfunction. Many embark upon their wellness journey by cleaning up their diet. While this is a necessary step, the healthiest diet according to everyone’s bioindividual needs doesn’t do much good for them if they’re not properly breaking down the food into molecules that can be absorbed and utilized within the body. The health of the organism is dependent upon the health of the organ systems, which are dependent upon the health of the organs, which is dependent upon the health of the tissues, which is dependent upon the health of the cells, which is dependent upon digestion. Thus, all wellness begins with digestion. 06:41 – Overview of digestion 08:59 – Digestive inputs/volume 15:42 – Six digestive functions 17:09 – Digestion is a north-to-south process – where does it begin?  20:48 – Digestion is fundamental to Nutritional Therapy  21:45 – How’s it all supposed to work? – Deep dive into optimal function   ________________________ Visit www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast or click here to record an intro or ask a question you'd like answered on the show!

In this Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast episode, host Jamie Belz continues with internal interviews of NTA staff as she interviews Jasmine Lutes, FNTP and Admissions Representative for the Nutritional Therapy Association. She shares her personal health story, from being told she would "never have kids" to proving them wrong. Jasmine openly offers her life experiences and provides hope for others with commonalities in infertility, nutritional deficiencies, poverty, alcoholism and addiction, and food insecurity. She talks about working with her mother, who jumped "all in" while working with Jasmine post-completion of the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program and achieved results that changed her life. Jasmine also talks about getting her daughter (the one she was "never" supposed to have) in the kitchen and Reversing the Trend of Preventable Poor Health - shifting the pendulum for her future generations - by making small, simple, sustainable changes over time. As a member of the Nutritional Therapy Association's Admissions Team - Jasmine welcomes you to her story and invites you to reach out with any questions you have about the NTA and our teachings. Visit www.nutritionaltherapy.com to learn more and get in touch. _ _ _ _ Please hit "SUBSCRIBE" and CLICK HERE to record an intro, tell us where you're listening from, or what you're doing to #ReverseTheTrend in your neck of the woods.

In Part Two of this two-part episode, Jamie and Amy Lippert, FNTP, continue their discussion, picking up where they left off on Amy's inspirational health story. In Episode seven, Amy shared the symptoms she had experienced for years - symptoms her doctor said were "normal for a woman her age." He prescribed an anti-depressant for her. Amy tried to follow the direction of her physician, but she didn't feel well on the prescriptions, and she knew she wasn't depressed. After conducting her own research, she talked to her doctor about her suspicion that she had a Thyroid condition known as Hashimoto's      she pushed back against her doctor who told her she Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and Hashimoto's

In Part One of this two-part episode, Jamie talks with Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Amy Lippert as Amy shares her personal health story. She tells of suffering extensive symptoms and receiving a false diagnosis from her doctor and, after several years, finding another doctor who helped point her toward the path to healing... but it still wasn't an easy road. 

In this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast, your host, Jamie Belz, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP) and Master Health Coach, walks you through the incredible story of Dr. Francis M. Pottenger Jr., a physician and research scientist of the early 1900s.  Dr. Pottenger worked in a sanitarium, a medical facility found commonly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which approached the treatment of disease with exposure to fresh air and sunlight, restorative environments, rest and relaxation – often in outdoor settings, nutrient-dense foods, light physical activity, close monitoring by medical staff, structured routines, and social interaction as a way of strengthening the patient’s immune system and improving their overall health so their bodies could fight off pathogens and heal. While studying the correlation between tuberculosis and the adrenal glands, he noticed vast differences in the health of his feline test subjects depending upon the diets they were fed - raw milk and raw meat versus cooked/pasteurized milk and cooked meat. Over ten years and multiple generations of more than 900 cats, Dr. Pottenger conducted a research project that would eventually become known as "The Pottenger's Cats Study." This study ultimately laid the revolutionary groundwork for what we now call "epigenetics"—the study of how environmental factors, such as diet, stress, and exposure to toxins, can switch our genes on or off without changing the underlying DNA sequence. The profound findings of Dr. Pottenger's study were not so much that what the cats ate impacted their health as that it impacted the health of three subsequent generations of kittens through transgenerational nutritional deficiencies. So, what does this mean to the human race? Are WE a case of Pottenger's Humans? Is there hope for regeneration?  This impactful and truly astonishing story is not told in school, but it should be. You'll want to hear it yourself and then tell everyone you know.  If you'd like to hear more invaluable information that will help guide your unique, bio-individual health quest, hit "subscribe" and be sure to visit www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast to leave feedback, record a voice clip for the show, and check out more from the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness Podcast.

What is a Professional Health and Wellness Coach, and Why Should I Become One or Work With One?   In this episode, your host, Jamie Belz, interviews Shanna Nemrow, FNTP, NBC-HWC, and developer and lead instructor for the PHWC course about the Nutritional Therapy Association's hottest new credential.   Shanna teaches why the health coach service industry is one of the fastest growing career fields globally and how to earn your PHWC credential through the NTA, qualifying you to become NBHWC board certified. You'll learn why the most industry versatile health coaches are NBHWC certified.   Shanna shares her story in finding healing after years of struggling with her health, to the point of saying, "goodbye," to her family in her dire condition. Fortunately, she was able to recover and became an Instagram "beacon on the hill" in her own quest to find others who shared similar struggles.   Through her journey/battle of over a decade, Shanna suffered from complications during pregnancy and postpartum sepsis which took a major toll on her organs. As someone who had once enjoyed CrossFit workouts and ran Tough Mudder races, she was reduced to needing to rest while climbing the stairs. She struggled with fatigue, joint pain, and brain fog, and her hair was falling out. Over the years, Shanna felt like something had to be wrong, but at each annual appointment, her doctor told her she was "fine." At 36 years old, Shanna saw an endocrinologist who diagnosed her with Hashimoto's Disease, an autoimmune disease impacting her thyroid. She heard words like "incurable" and phrases like "there's nothing you can do," but Shanna refused to accept that she would continue to struggle "to barely function" for the rest of her life. She persevered with the heart of a warrior and found great improvement by changing her mindset, diet, and lifestyle.   Shanna became a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and, later, a health coach. She is now an inspiration to all who seek answers and no longer wish to feel alone or hopeless in their battles against disease. _________________________________________   Please hit "subscribe" and remember to record your voice message at www.nutritionaltherapy.com/podcast.