Can You Practice Intuitive Eating with PCOS? Yes You Can with Julie Duffy Dillon RD/N Nourishing Women Podcast

Can you practice intuitive eating with PCOS? Yes you can! Join me in this conversation with guest Julie Duffy Dillon RD/N to learn more, including how she became a non-diet dietitian, why she works with clients that have PCOS, how PCOS causes a pro-inflammatory state and intuitive eating aligned nutrition and exercise recommendations for PCOS.
 
Julie Duffy Dillon is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, podcaster, eating disorder specialist and author. In this episode we discuss: 
Julie shares her journey to becoming a non-diet, health at every size aligned RD. How and why clients with PCOS kept finding Julie seeking help. Why someone with PCOS lives in a pro-inflammatory state. If you are already in a pro-inflammatory state, Julie explains why exercise could make that worse. Why would certain symptoms or behaviors, like carb cravings, for someone with PCOS be more intense and how you can make them. Julie’s recommendations for intuitive eating aligned nutrition to support PCOS. What is inositol and how can this support PCOS-ers. How Julie practices wellness without obsession.  
Learn more about Julie and her work:
Julie’s website
Julie’s podcast: Love Food Podcast
PCOS and Food Peace Course
Blog post on Inositol
 
Past Nourishing Women Podcast episodes on PCOS:
Episode 63: Unpacking PCOS
Episode 111: Q&A on Pregnancy and PCOS
 
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