The Precision Health with Mirthe Podcast mirthe

The breakfast debate – better to skip and fast, or is breakfast still the most important meal of the day?
 
With some influencers touting the benefits of fasting for health and longevity, with others promoting that one has to eat right after waking, in order to keep the metabolism and hormones healthy, it is easy to get confused.
 
But what is the truth?
The answer sadly is not quite that clear cut … and the daily eating schedule that is best for you might not only depend on the best timing science tells us, but other factors, such as work and social commitments too.
 
In today’s episode I will dive into what science says on meal timing, breakfast, intermittent fasting, and their impact on hormones, cellular health (ie inner anti-ageing, longevity promotion and ill health prevention), metabolism and hunger, so that at the end you hopefully feel equipped to make a better and educated choice on when and how to eat and fast, to suit not only your health goals, but also your life!

Do you struggle with hormonal issues, such as PMS, PCOS, acne, painful periods, endometriosis, fibroids or other, and have been told that the only solution is to go on the pill? But you’d like to naturally support your cycle with dietary and lifestyle choices? In this episode I will dive into some of the most important underlying dietary and lifestyle trigger for hormone imbalances.
 
In the next episode I will elaborate on some of the easiest dietary and lifestyle tweaks you can do to upgrade your hormones and bring them back into balance, stay tuned!
 
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In this first part of a Masterclass on Female Health and Hormones, Functional Medicine practitioner Mirthe Eckl addresses common female issues like PMS, painful periods, PCOS, recurring vaginal infections, anxiety, endometriosis, cysts and fibroids, bloating, a sluggish metabolism and perimenopause chaos like hot flashes and weight gain around the middle - that many of us have been told to ‘just live with’ (or go on the pill to suppress symptoms). She dives into the underlying biology of hormone imbalances like estrogen dominance, low progesterone and high testosterone levels, such as from chronic inflammation, food intolerances, gut and vaginal microbiome imbalances, chronic infections, nutrient deficiencies, chronic stress, blood sugar spikes and more. If you are interested in learning more on how to address these imbalances with simple dietary and lifestyle tweaks with maximum effect to support the natural cycle and hormones, what supplements to take, and also which testing to do to dive a little deeper and get to the root cause of what is going on, then reach out to me via mirthe@functionalmedicine.me.uk to access the full Masterclass.

In this episode I dive into how stress can mess with our hormones and cycle. Stress, and being in constant fight-or-flight, also called 'The Rushing Woman Syndrome' often is the missing link to why hormones are in chaos despite trying to eat well, exercising, etc. Learn how stress is linked to estrogen, progesterone, ovulation, fertility, having purpose, and what to do about it.
 
Join me for an 8 week hormone reset, live on zoom (with recordings for those that cannot make the live sessions!) - January 31st - March 20th, 2024. Learn how and when to eat, fast, implement keto and carb cycling, sleep, manage stress, move, and more such as how to implement saunas, clean up your body care products, and more. To find out more or sign to, head to https://functionalmedicine.me.uk/nad/

Why you may not be getting enough even if you are supplementing, why it matters, and how to fix it.

To drink Diet Coke or real coke - or should there be a third option?Aspartame, the zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweetened Diet Coke, but also many other ‘diet’ and ‘sugar free’ products on the market, has just been classified as a type 2B carcinogen (=possibly contributing to the development of cancer) by the @whoI have done a dive into the research on how aspartame (and at what dose!) can affect your health, beyond its possibly carcinogenic effects, plus those of some other sugar substitutes and sugar itself.Listen to it in this episode, or read the details in my latest blog post here: https://functionalmedicine.me.uk/2023/07/15/sugar-and-aspartames-impact-on-health/I’d love to hear your thoughts - will you still drink diet coke?