The Body Wisdom Podcast

Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC - The Nutritional Therapy Association
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#ReverseTheTrend of preventable poor health with the Nutritional Therapy Association as we dive into the multi-faceted world of holistic health and wellness. Explore science-based wellness, traditional wisdom, and common misconceptions as we provide clinical insights for optimal health. This is for YOU as an individual striving for vibrant well-being. We honor bio-individuality while discussing all of the inputs and outputs, including nutrition, digestion, elimination, blood sugar regulation, inflammation and pain management, detoxification, sleep, stress, mindset, fitness and exercise, energy levels, cognition, supplementation, how nutrient deficiencies manifest in our bodies, diabetes, and other lifestyle (and non-lifestyle) diseases, holistic pregnancies, raising healthy kids, traditional/specialty/fad/elimination diets, how to prepare foods for maximum nutrient availability thoughtfully, and so much more! Please SUBSCRIBE and visit us at www.nutritionaltherapy.com. The information provided in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your personal health provider with any questions you may have. The views and opinions stated on this podcast are not necessarily those of the NTA or its associates. Reliance on any information provided in this podcast is solely at your own risk.

  1. 5d ago

    S2E24: IBS, Eczema, and Migraines Could Start with "Healthy" Food

    Many people live with symptoms that quietly erode their quality of life, never realizing they may be responding adversely to foods they eat every day. What is considered a "superfood" to most of the world may be the trigger for tremendous suffering in a bio-individual whose body does not tolerate that food.   Symptoms of food intolerances and sensitivities can include bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, migraines, joint pain, skin problems, brain fog, fatigue, and other forms of digestive or systemic distress. Because some food reactions may be delayed, connecting a symptom to a specific food can be incredibly difficult.   In this episode of the Body Wisdom Podcast, Jamie Belz talks with James White, CEO and owner of KBMO Diagnostics, about food sensitivities, food intolerances, food allergies, inflammation, leaky gut/intestinal permeability, elimination diets, and bio-individual nutrition.   James explains the difference between an immediate IgE food allergy and a delayed food sensitivity, why delayed reactions can be so difficult to pinpoint, and how the FIT, or Food Inflammation Test, can be used by Nutritional Therapy Practitioners as one tool within a larger assessment.   Jamie also shares her family's experience with food sensitivity testing, including her father's dramatic health transformation and her own difficult discovery that eggs were causing digestive problems.   This conversation explores: • Food allergies vs. food sensitivities vs. food intolerances • Immediate IgE reactions and delayed immune responses • Common symptoms associated with problematic foods • Digestive distress, migraines, skin issues, joint pain, fatigue, and brain fog • The relationship between inflammation, intestinal permeability (leaky gut) Food sensitivity testing and the KBMO FIT Test • Elimination diets and structured food reintroduction   There is no universally perfect diet. A food can be nutrient-dense and still not work well for your body at this particular time. The goal is not to fear food or permanently eliminate everything that produces a reaction. The goal is to gather useful information, reduce your total inflammatory burden, support healing, and make informed choices based on your individual body.   A test can provide information, but the work begins when the results arrive. You still have to decide what you are willing to do with that information.   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE   Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner: ⁠⁠NTA Health ⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠Get Your Free Health Assessment⁠⁠ * Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP)⁠⁠ in Private Practice⁠⁠⁠⁠ * ⁠Whole30 ⁠elimination and reintroduction program * ⁠Coca Pulse Test⁠ * KBMO Diagnostics and the FIT Test:⁠⁠https://kbmodiagnostics.com/⁠⁠ * Interested in becoming an NTP? Check out the ⁠⁠⁠Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠SIGN UP for a webinar to see if the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program is right for you!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

  2. Sep 17

    S2E23: Beauty and The Thyroid

    Your thyroid affects nearly every system in your body, yet thyroid dysfunction can be missed for years when symptoms are dismissed or testing stops at TSH. In this episode of the Body Wisdom Podcast, Jamie sits down with fellow Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Alison Marras for a foundational conversation about thyroid health, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's disease, Graves' disease, and the thyroid-gut connection. After years of digestive issues, painful periods, exhaustion, hair loss, blood sugar instability, PCOS symptoms, and being told her lab results were "normal," Alison was eventually diagnosed with Hashimoto's autoimmune disease. That experience led her back to school, through the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner program, and into a career helping other women uncover the root causes behind chronic symptoms. Jamie and Alison discuss common signs of thyroid dysfunction, including unexplained weight changes, fatigue, constipation, loose stools, hair loss, dry hair, thinning outer eyebrows, temperature intolerance, poor sleep, hormonal imbalances, anxiety, inflammation, and the frustrating feeling that something is wrong even when standard testing says otherwise. They also break down: • The difference between hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's, and Graves' disease • Why TSH alone may not provide a complete picture of thyroid function • T4, T3, reverse T3, TPO antibodies, and thyroglobulin antibodies • The three-legged stool of autoimmunity: genetic susceptibility, intestinal permeability, and a trigger • How digestion and gut health influence thyroid function • The relationship between blood sugar, adrenal stress, cortisol, and thyroid hormones • Why birth control, perimenopause, menopause, chronic stress, nutrient deficiencies, and total toxic load can become tipping points • Iodine, selenium, nutrient status, and why supplementation must be bio-individual • The role thyroid medication can play alongside foundational support • How to advocate for comprehensive testing and find a practitioner who will listen • Where to start your healing journey Alison is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Restorative Wellness Practitioner, Holistic Health Coach, Certified Yoga Instructor, passionate home chef, and the founder of Food by Mars. She turned her own Hashimoto's healing journey into a functional nutrition practice that has supported more than 500 women struggling with autoimmune conditions, IBS, food sensitivities, hormonal imbalances, inflammation, and a damaged relationship with food. This conversation is a reminder that your body is not broken. Symptoms are communication, lab ranges are not the same as optimal function, and your thyroid cannot be separated from the health of the rest of your body. Supporting the foundations gives every other tool, treatment, medication, or protocol a stronger place to work. FREE RESOURCE: Download Alison's Hashimoto's Healing Cheat Sheet, including thyroid labs, conventional and functional ranges, and foundational support for blood sugar, adrenals, and digestion:⁠https://foodbymars.com/hashi-cheatsheet/⁠ Find Alison online:⁠https://foodbymars.com/⁠   If this episode helps you connect symptoms you have been struggling to understand, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Subscribe to the Body Wisdom Podcast for more honest conversations about functional nutrition, bio-individuality, root-cause wellness, and the foundations that help the body heal. * Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitionert: ⁠⁠NTA Health ⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠Get Your Free Health Assessment⁠⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP)⁠⁠ in Private Practice⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Interested in becoming an NTP? Check out the ⁠⁠⁠Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join a webinar to see if the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program is right for you!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

  3. Sep 10

    S2E22: "SCIENCE" (With Air Quotes)

    "Science" deserves air quotes when vested interests, institutional pride, and powerful financial incentives begin protecting conclusions instead of testing them. History gives us plenty of reasons to stay curious. Heroin was marketed as a cough remedy. Thalidomide was prescribed during pregnancy. DDT was widely sprayed. Asbestos filled homes. Mercury compounds were widely used. Doctors appeared in cigarette ads. Lead paint, shoe-fitting X-rays, and radium "health" products were once accepted. Vioxx was prescribed to millions before cardiovascular concerns led to its withdrawal. The list is lengthy and will someday include things we consider "safe and effective" today.  In this hard-hitting episode of The Body Wisdom Podcast, Jamie Belz examines medical history, Big Pharma, Big Food, agency capture, industry-funded research, informed consent, health freedom, and the foundational assumptions hiding beneath modern healthcare. We follow the "turtles all the way down" from Cartesian mind-body separation to symptom suppression, birth control prescribed to young girls before later hormonal chaos and fertility struggles, the low-fat campaign, cholesterol fear, gallbladder removal, antidepressant marketing, vaccine placebo controls, and one-size-fits-all medicine. This is not an argument against science, medication, surgery, or every modern treatment. It is an argument for honest science: testing, challenging, replicating, correcting, following the money, and changing course when better evidence emerges. Science is a method, not an authority. "Experts once recommended it" is not a substitute for evidence, informed consent, bio-individuality, and your responsibility to become your own personal health advocate. RESOURCES ⁠Children's Health Defense⁠ ⁠Turtles All the Way Down⁠ ⁠Molecules of Emotion⁠ ⁠Documenting Hope⁠ ⁠S2E10: ⁠Dare We Talk About Vaccines? with Zoe O'Toole⁠⁠ ⁠Ep. 37 with Beth Lambert⁠ ⁠Ep 45: Circumcision (WATCH IT!!)⁠ ⁠Ep 79 Rapid Replays, Optimal Digestion⁠ ⁠Ep 80 Rapid Replays, Digestive Hell⁠ ⁠Ep 53 Dr. Lindsey Berkson⁠ ⁠Weston A. Price Foundation⁠ ⁠Ep 69 Dr. Weston A. Price⁠ ⁠Ep 32 Gallbladders Matter:⁠ ⁠BOOK: Lost Connections by Johann Hari⁠ ⁠Ep 73 Depression and Chemical Imbalance⁠ * Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner: ⁠⁠NTA Health ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Get Your Free Health Assessment⁠⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP)⁠⁠ in Private Practice⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Interested in becoming an NTP? Check out the ⁠⁠⁠Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join a webinar to see if the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program is right for you!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please give The Body Wisdom Podcast a five-star review and share this episode with a friend. THANK YOU!

  4. Aug 27

    S2E21: Can Food Labels Lie?

    You read the label. You paid more for the healthier option. You chose the chips, mayonnaise, or salad dressing made with avocado oil because you were intentionally avoiding cheaper, highly processed oils. But what if what's listed on the package is not actually what is in the food? A recent UC Davis study published in Applied Food Research tested processed foods that listed avocado oil as their only edible oil. Researchers analyzed 54 samples representing two production lots of 27 products purchased from California stores and online retailers during 2025 and 2026. They found that 48 of the 54 samples, or 89%, had an oil composition inconsistent with authentic avocado oil. The results included: 93% of the avocado oil chips tested 71% of the avocado oil mayonnaises tested 100% of the avocado oil salad dressings tested The results raise serious questions about ingredient sourcing, label accuracy, supply-chain accountability, and whether consumers are receiving what they paid for. Read the UC Davis report. In this episode of The Body Wisdom Podcast, Jamie Belz is joined by fellow FNTP, Heather McDonough, to talk about navigating a food system filled with misleading health claims, lengthy ingredient lists, questionable oils, hidden sugar, artificial colors, and products designed to appear healthier than they are. Heather also takes listeners behind the scenes of Eat Gangster, the food company she co-founded to create baking mixes for people following therapeutic or restorative diets. She explains the time, expense, and responsibility involved in sourcing high-quality ingredients, testing raw materials for contaminants such as lead, managing supply-chain disruptions, and holding products to standards that may be more stringent than the minimum required by regulators. Jamie and Heather also discuss: Why "healthy," "natural," "keto-friendly," and "gluten-free" do not automatically mean nutrient-dense Which fats to cook with How to recognize heavily processed food-like products Why responsible food manufacturers rely on testing instead of simply trusting suppliers How to translate grams of sugar into teaspoons Which packaged foods can still provide convenient, nutrient-dense options How farmers markets and local producers can bring us closer to the source of our food Simple ways to make real food more convenient How to prioritize protein, fiber, and traditional fats when planning meals How the EWG's Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen can help guide produce purchases This is not a call to become afraid of food or to believe that health requires perfection. It is a call to become an educated consumer. We cannot personally test every product in the grocery store, but we can learn to question marketing claims, read ingredient lists, support trustworthy producers, make more food at home, and move closer to real, nutrient-dense food whenever possible. * Resources mentioned: Eat Gangster (Heather's Company) EWG's Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 Nourishing Traditions Book Weston A Price Foundation * S1E69 on Dr. Weston A Price S1E49 on Seed Oils S1E41 with Sally Fallon Morell S1E6 on Dr. Pottenger's Cat Study S2E2 AI in the Kitchen * Work with Heather at ⁠NTA Health ⁠⁠⁠  ⁠Get Your Free Health Assessment⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP)⁠ in Private Practice⁠⁠⁠ * Interested in becoming an NTP? Check out the ⁠⁠Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join a webinar to see if the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program is right for you!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠⁠ Please give The Body Wisdom Podcast a five-star review and share this episode with a friend. THANK YOU!

  5. Aug 20

    S2E20: Healthy People Are Annoying

    In last week's episode, Mark Abraham said something that got people talking.   Mark had spent years exhausted, foggy, sleep-deprived, inflamed, in pain, and dependent on caffeine, energy drinks, sugar, and processed food to get through his rotating shifts. When he encountered energetic, disciplined people who appeared to feel good, their health did not inspire him. It annoyed him.   The comment was funny, but also incredibly honest - - - and a lot of people resonated with what Mark had admitted. Several people reached out to share his sentiments. Mark did not really "hate healthy, happy people." He disliked how he felt around them. Their energy, choices, and happiness brought his own health struggles into sharper focus.   "Healthy People Are Annoying" is a conversation that stemmed from this conversation we were having with several of you behind the scenes.   In this episode, Jamie Belz is joined by Makiah Cardinal, a clinical mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist, to examine what is actually happening when someone else's health, happiness, confidence, or success irritates us.   Makiah explains how deep-seated insecurity and resentment can surface when another person has something we believe we lack. Rather than recognizing those uncomfortable feelings as information, we may criticize the person, minimize what they have accomplished, or convince ourselves that their life must be easier than ours.   Social media pours gasoline on that reaction. We scroll through curated homes, bodies, marriages, careers, and lifestyles while being sold the message that we are inadequate. Eventually, someone else's good life can start to feel like evidence that ours is not good enough.   This episode explores how comparison, jealousy, anxiety, fear of failure, and identity affect a person's willingness to change. Jamie and Makiah also discuss gratitude, resilience, the fear of being a beginner, and why returning for the second workout, class, or attempt may matter more than getting the first one right.   In this conversation: • Why healthy people can trigger resentment and insecurity • How comparison and social media affect mental health • Why gratitude can shift anxiety and restore perspective • The difference between acknowledging hardship and living inside it • How doing difficult things develops resilience • Why embarrassment and fear of failure stop people from beginning • Identity role confusion, imposter syndrome, and "rebranding" your life   Holistic health is not limited to nutrition, hydration, movement, sleep, digestion, or blood sugar regulation. Our thoughts, relationships, media, emotional patterns, and environments contribute to our total load too.   The next time someone's joyfulness, health, or success gets under your skin, pause before deciding that person is the problem. Double-click on that. (Cool saying cred. to The feeling may be revealing something you want, something you miss, or something you are finally ready to change. ______________________________________________________ Episodes Mentioned: ⁠S2E19: Mark's Testimonial⁠  ⁠S2E3: Healthy Eating Made Easier with AI⁠ ⁠S2E81: Wellness 101⁠ _______________________________________________________ Want to work on YOUR health? Work with Heather at ⁠⁠NTA Health ⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠Get Your Free Health Assessment⁠⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP)⁠⁠ in Private Practice⁠⁠⁠⁠ _______________________________________________________ Interested in becoming an NTP? Check out the ⁠⁠⁠Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join a webinar to see if the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program is right for you!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ _______________________________________________________ Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please give The Body Wisdom Podcast a five-star review and share this episode with a friend. THANK YOU!

  6. Aug 13

    S2E19: Mark Lost "A Ton of Weight" and Feels "40 Again!"

    Meet Mark. Mark is an inspiring example of what can change in just eight months when someone stops chasing complicated health solutions and starts giving the body what it actually needs. In this powerful testimonial episode of The Body Wisdom Podcast, Jamie Belz is joined by Mark and Heather McDonough, FNTP, RWP, to share an extraordinary story of foundational healing, personal responsibility, and the body's remarkable capacity for change. After 35 years of working rotating 12-hour shifts, Mark knew his health was slipping. He was living with relentless brain fog, extreme sleep deprivation, digestive pain, low energy, constant hunger, and a growing dependence on energy drinks, caffeine, sugar, and processed food. During night shifts, he stayed awake with energy drinks and Mountain Dew. He had struggled with diverticulitis for two years, spent months on antibiotics, and had taken medication for high blood pressure and cholesterol for more than a decade. An unexpected father-daughter trip led Mark to hear Jamie speak at a conference, and that's when everything changed. He enrolled in the Foundations of Healing course through the NTA and began learning how food, hydration, sleep, digestion, and blood sugar regulation influence the entire body, and eventually started working one-on-one with Heather through NTA Health. Mark did not follow a restrictive diet, count every calorie, or purchase a collection of miracle products. He followed the teachings of the NTA. Eight months later, Mark reports losing nearly 25 pounds without feeling like he is on a restrictive diet. His brain fog has lifted, his digestive pain has resolved, his hunger and sugar cravings have changed, and his energy has returned. He is active after work instead of collapsing into a recliner, and he says he feels at least ten years younger. One former coworker even stopped him to ask why he looked younger and happier. Heather explains how Nutritional Therapy Practitioners use tools such as a Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire, food and mood journals, symptom-burden graphs, and individualized client conversations to identify foundational priorities. She and Jamie explore how supporting a nutrient-dense diet, digestion, blood sugar regulation, hydration, sleep, and stress can create a ripple effect throughout the body. This candid conversation also covers the realities of changing deeply ingrained habits, navigating restaurants and social events, recognizing hidden sugar in supposedly healthy foods, building protein-rich meals, rethinking the standard American breakfast, and learning to make sustainable choices based on how you want to feel. Mark's story is not about perfection. It is a powerful example of what can happen when education, accountability, functional nutrition, and consistent daily decisions come together. Listen to discover how the Foundations of Healing course introduced Mark to a new way of supporting his body, how personalized nutritional therapy through NTA Health helped him put that knowledge into practice, and why eating real food, drinking water, prioritizing protein, and listening to the body may be far more transformative than they sound. _______________________________________________________ Want to work on YOUR health? Work with Heather at ⁠NTA Health ⁠⁠⁠  ⁠Get Your Free Health Assessment⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP)⁠ in Private Practice⁠⁠⁠ _______________________________________________________ Interested in becoming an NTP? Check out the ⁠⁠Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join a webinar to see if the Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program is right for you!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ _______________________________________________________ Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠⁠ Please give The Body Wisdom Podcast a five-star review and share this episode with a friend. THANK YOU!

  7. Aug 7

    S2E18: This Shockingly Simple Wellness Tip Could Change Everything (and it's free!)

    People spend enormous amounts of money on supplements, organic food, specialty diets, and the latest wellness technology. But what if one of the most overlooked ways to support digestion, satisfaction, and a healthier relationship with food has been hiding in plain sight all along? In this episode of The Body Wisdom Podcast, Jamie Belz reveals a shockingly simple wellness practice that is available almost anywhere, works with nearly every dietary philosophy, and costs absolutely nothing. Jamie explores dopamine, food cravings, reward pathways, sensory-specific satiety, distracted eating, and the modern "gimme, gimme" cycle that can keep people reaching for more. She explains the biological signals that help the body recognize hunger, satisfaction, and fullness. The episode then overviews digestion from the top down, revealing that the process begins long before food reaches the stomach. The brain, senses, vagus nerve, digestive secretions, oral processing, and gut-brain connection are all part of a highly coordinated conversation. When meals are rushed, distracted, or consumed on autopilot, an important part of that conversation can be missed. The solution is not another prescription, supplement, powder, gadget, or complicated biohack. It is something extraordinarily ordinary that could change the way listeners experience their very next meal. In this episode, Jamie explores: • Dopamine, anticipation, and the difference between wanting and liking • Why the first bite or first sip feels especially rewarding • Sensory-specific satiety and why variety can encourage overeating • Food cues, emotional eating, habitual eating, and the reward cycle • The gut-brain connection and natural satiation signaling • The cephalic phase of digestion and the role of the vagus nerve • Saliva, salivary amylase, lingual lipase, and oral processing • GLP-1, CCK, PYY, hunger cues, fullness cues, and meal satisfaction • Why distracted or rushed eating can work against mindful digestion • How a food and mood journal can reveal personal patterns and triggers • The difference between stopping satisfied and stopping stuffed • A free mindful-eating experiment to try with the next meal >>> THE SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE AND FREE WELLNESS TIP THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE! This is not about deprivation, dieting, or forcing anyone to chew every bite a prescribed number of times. It is about restored communication, not restriction. Jamie challenges listeners to sit down, look at their food, smell it, express gratitude, take a reasonable bite, set down the fork, taste the food, and chew until it is thoroughly broken down before reaching for the next bite. No one can personally control every stage of digestion, absorption, or assimilation. But everyone can control the part assigned to the mouth. Accuracy note: Chewing supports digestion, nutrient accessibility, oral processing, and satiation signaling. It does not guarantee absorption or assimilation, which also depend on stomach acid, pancreatic enzymes, bile, intestinal health, nutrient status, medications, disease states, food matrix, and other bioindividual factors.   Rapid Replay Episodes Mentioned: S1E80: Digestive Hell S1E79: Optimal Digestion   Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP): ⁠NTP in Private Practice⁠ ⁠NTP at NTA Health ⁠  Check out the Nutritional Therapy Association ⁠⁠ Join a  Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program webinar! Please SUBSCRIBE + leave a review. :-)

  8. Jul 31

    S2E17: Did She Say, "Glutton-Free?"

    This is Jamie Belz. For this episode, I wanted to personally tell you what it is about and why this conversation matters to me. Last week, my sister and I took five kids on a road trip through South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota. We were gone for a full week, but we only ate at restaurants twice. We had to buy some things along the way - feeding seven people for a week takes a lot of food - but the majority of our food was pre-made, froze, and packed in the coolers from home.  Each morning while one of us made breakfast, the other packed lunches to eat on mountaintops and snacks for extra calories for those powerful little kiddos on the way up and back. We hiked Black Elk Peak, formerly known as Harney Peak, the Little Devils Tower Trail, and several others. We were constantly moving, exploring, climbing, and experiencing some of the most beautiful places in the country. We were extremely active and ate well, but we really did not eat very much. We were always on the go. We did not have constant access to food as I do during my typical days. We ate when we needed to eat, enjoyed what we brought, and continued with the adventure. Given the measured portions we had, it wasn't possible to overeat. Had there been more available, I definitely would have eaten more. That's a habit I've developed. (I'm especially guilty of being the family garbage disposal because I never want to waste our nutrient-dense foods. Ugh.) After eating "less than normal" [and never late at night] for the full week - I came home feeling incredible. Yes, the hiking, fresh air, sunshine, movement, and time outside absolutely mattered - of course - but it is undeniable that nearly every day, I am eating more food than my body needs. At home, I can eat because it is convenient, because something sounds good, because I am bored, or simply because the food is there. On this trip, I was busy living. Food nourished the experience, but it was not the experience. That realization brought me back to a word that is fascinating to me: gluttony. I know. People don't like it. "Gluttony" can feel judgmental, shameful, and even offensive. But what does the word actually mean? And could avoiding this topic be preventing us from having one of the most important conversations about our health? This episode is not about guilt, shame, body size, starvation, or obsessive restriction. It is an honest and compassionate conversation about excess, food noise, overeating, and the culture of constant consumption we have accepted as normal. Compassion and honesty are not enemies. Thank you for being here. Alla nostra salute! -Jamie   In this episode: • What gluttony actually means • Why overeating is not simply a failure of discipline • How ultra-processed foods encourage overconsumption • The connection between food noise, compulsive eating, and GLP-1 medications • How eating too much contributes to metabolic dysfunction • Why nutrient-dense food quality and appropriate quantity both matter • Physical hunger, emotional hunger, and habitual eating • Changing your eating rhythm and environment • Replacing compulsive eating with healthier habits • Why you cannot hate your body into health • When to seek professional help _______________________________________________________ Want more? Please SUBSCRIBE + leave a review. Complimentary episodes:  S2E16: Are GLP-1s That Bad? ⁠S2E2: Healthy Eating Made Easier Using AI⁠ ⁠S1E85: Sugar Sugar⁠ ⁠S1E83: How to "Eat Real Food"⁠ ⁠S1E81: Wellness 101⁠ ⁠S1E29: Quick Tips for Blood Sugar Regulation⁠ ⁠S2E28: Blood Sugar 101⁠   Connect with Jamie on Instagram:  ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jamiebelzfntp/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/stories/thebodywisdompodcast/⁠⁠ Work with a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP): ⁠⁠NTP in Private Practice⁠⁠ ⁠⁠NTP at NTA Health ⁠⁠

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#ReverseTheTrend of preventable poor health with the Nutritional Therapy Association as we dive into the multi-faceted world of holistic health and wellness. Explore science-based wellness, traditional wisdom, and common misconceptions as we provide clinical insights for optimal health. This is for YOU as an individual striving for vibrant well-being. We honor bio-individuality while discussing all of the inputs and outputs, including nutrition, digestion, elimination, blood sugar regulation, inflammation and pain management, detoxification, sleep, stress, mindset, fitness and exercise, energy levels, cognition, supplementation, how nutrient deficiencies manifest in our bodies, diabetes, and other lifestyle (and non-lifestyle) diseases, holistic pregnancies, raising healthy kids, traditional/specialty/fad/elimination diets, how to prepare foods for maximum nutrient availability thoughtfully, and so much more! Please SUBSCRIBE and visit us at www.nutritionaltherapy.com. The information provided in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your personal health provider with any questions you may have. The views and opinions stated on this podcast are not necessarily those of the NTA or its associates. Reliance on any information provided in this podcast is solely at your own risk.

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    Jamie Belz, FNTP, MHC - The Nutritional Therapy Association
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    110
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    The Body Wisdom Podcast

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