Carrots 'N' Cake Podcast Carrots 'N' Cake

In this episode, Tina chats with Carrots ‘N’ Cake Coach and personal trainer Emma Hammond about strength training and coaching women. Emma helps to debunk many of the common misconceptions about weight training, building muscle, and losing fat.

Emma talks about:

- Her background and how it fueled her passion for fitness and coaching
- Her favorite part of coaching women
- Common mistakes women make with their training
- Ways to know if your workouts are serving you or not
- Progressive overload and why it’s important
- How to determine if you’re lifting heavy enough
- The truth behind women “bulking up”
- How much strength training is needed to build muscle

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About Tina Haupert:

Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P).

Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.

In this episode, Tina shares some macro-free approaches for losing weight and improving your body composition. Tracking macros isn’t for everyone, so she shares a number of considerations and methods that are helpful for being more aware and intentional of your nutrition choices with a long-term and sustainable approach in mind.


Tina talks about:

- Why macros aren’t for everyone
- How she personally uses macros
- Macro-free ways to monitor your intake
- Simple ideas for portion control
- Habits and lifestyle changes to implement
- Recommendations on intermittent fasting

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Connect with Tina Haupert:
https://carrotsncake.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake
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About Tina Haupert:

Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P).

Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.

In this episode, Tina chats with Tylar Brannon, CEO of Optimal Bio, about Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) and whether or not it could be a helpful option for women in perimenopause and menopause. She shares the symptoms associated with hormonal imbalance, the importance of hormones for women in midlife, and the potential side effects and risks associated with BHRT.

Tylar talks about:

- What is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)?
- How BHRT is different from synthetic hormones (i.e. Pill, IUD)
- The difference between progesterone and progestins
- Side effects and risks of progestins
- Symptoms of low testosterone and why women need it
- Details and options for testosterone therapy
- Cognitive and mental health benefits of BHRT
- How to know if it’s time to consider BHRT
- Misconceptions about BHRT

Connect with Tina Haupert:
https://carrotsncake.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/carrotsncake/

About Tina Haupert:

Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P).

Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.

Connect with Tylar Brannon:
https://optimalbio.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OptimalBioBHRT
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optimalbio/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OptimalBio
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optimal-bio/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRWEkzCUh_CHIBGB5dae5rw

About Tylar Brannon:

Tylar Brannon grew up in Cary, North Carolina and attended NC State University for her undergraduate degree. It was during this time that she realized she enjoyed helping businesses grow and decided to further her education at the University of South Carolina School of Law, receiving JD/MBA dual degrees to set her up to do just that. After grad school, she moved to DC for a few years and was eventually called home to help the then budding business of Optimal Bio. She worked to create processes, organize the business and ultimately make life easier for the staff, vendors and most importantly the patients. It didn’t take her long to realize that running this business was her passion. Since becoming CEO in 2018, she has expanded Optimal Bio to eight locations across the Southeast, doubled patient count and continues to work closely with future and existing patients to help them achieve healthier and more balanced lives.

In this episode, Tina chats with IFBB Bodybuilding Pro, Diane Flores, about the dark side of bikini competitions. Diane shares her personal experience with how she discovered bodybuilding and bikini competitions and the reality of what is required to compete and change your physique.

Diane talks about:

- How she went from a teen mom to thriving entrepreneur
- How a health scare inspired her weight loss journey
- What to expect with bikini prep
- Why hiring a coach is often necessary
- The right and wrong way to come out of a show
- How looking “bulky” has everything to do with your nutrition
- Her thoughts on creatine
- Her super power and favorite life hack


Connect with Tina Haupert:
https://carrotsncake.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/carrotsncake/

About Tina Haupert:

Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P).

Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.


Connect with Diane Flores:
www.bossbitchradio.com
www.venusfitnessstudio.com
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/boss-bitch-radio-w-ifbb-pro-diane-flores/id1558918378
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianeflores_ifbb_pro/
FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dianefloresifbbpro/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dianeflores_ifbb_pro


About Diane Flores:

From a single teen mom at the age of 16 to IFBB Bodybuilding Pro and multiple business owner, Diane has overcome life and body hurdles.

Diane came from a world of major depression, social anxiety and weighing over 200 pounds to a fitness business for 17 years and rocking the mic at Boss Bitch Radio podcast.

Diane is leading women to ditch deprivation and create a body that makes them strong and sexy thru weight training, balanced eating and owning their power.

In this episode, Tina chats with Carrots ‘N’ Cake practitioner and coach, Naomi Altman, FDN-P, about the truth behind everyday toxic ingredients that show up in our daily lives and negatively impact our health and hormones. Naomi explains the idea of “toxic load” as well as some of the associated symptoms and what to look for and avoid in our personal care and cleaning products. She also provides simple steps to live a more toxic-free lifestyle.


Naomi talks about:

- Her story and what brought her to functional medicine
- What is toxic load and how it affects our health
- How chemicals mimic and disrupt our hormones
- Common symptoms of toxic overload
- Top chemical ingredients to look for and avoid
- Easy steps and free solutions for toxic-free living
- Her favorite personal care and cleaning brands
- Her super power and favorite health hack


Connect with Tina Haupert:
https://carrotsncake.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/carrotsncake/

About Tina Haupert:

Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P).

Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.


Connect with Naomi
https://keepitcleannaomi.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/naomikeepitclean
IG: https://www.instagram.com/keepitcleannaomi/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/keepitcleannaomi/_created/

About Naomi Altman:

Naomi is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and has a passion for helping women pass through perimenopause with ease! After finding herself fatigued and fearful of aging she took matters into her own hands to help herself and her clients gain energy by finding out what is going on in their bodies combined with a path to healing. With a special focus on how toxins impact our health, she can help women age well and embrace it instead of fearing it!

In this episode, Tina chats with Lacy Lain about the truth behind what is actually needed in order to balance your hormones, despite what you might hear on social media. Lacy debunks common misconceptions about balancing hormones, provides some nutrition and lifestyle recommendations, and encourages gathering a holistic approach for balancing hormones.

Lacy talks about:

- Her story and what brought her to functional medicine
- The difference between conventional and functional medicine
- Misconceptions about “hormone balancing”
- How quick fixes keep you stuck
- Benefits of functional lab testing, especially for hormonal imbalance
- What are nutraceuticals and how they can help women
- The Lain Protocol for Optimal BALANCED Health
- Her super power and favorite health hacks


Connect with Tina Haupert:
https://carrotsncake.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/carrotsncake/

About Tina Haupert:

Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P).

Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.



Connect with Lacy Lain:
https://www.lacylainwellness.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lacyville.tx
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lacylain
Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/lacylain

About Lacy Lain:

Lacy Lain is a Certified Functional Blood Work Specialist and Functional Medicine Health and Nutrition Coach, She is the founder and CEO of Lacy Lain Wellness and creator of The Lain Protocol for Optimal BALANCED Health. Lacy is an expert in hormone and thyroid health. She is an international best-selling author and has been featured in major publications, such as Her View from Home. Lacy enjoys speaking at international health summits and various women's events and organizations. She is currently studying to be a Board Certified Doctor of Functional Health. Lacy hosts Functional Medicine for Women, a weekly podcast dedicated to educating and equipping women to take their health into their own hands. She is a mom to 3 awesome kids, her favorite job of all, and wife to a 2-time leukemia survivor. She loves reading, hiking, and spending time with her family.