What's The Juice Olivia Amitrano

Have you ever wondered what could be behind your brain fog? Is a thyroid disorder a forever thing or something that can be improved with intentional nutrition? Fiona Smith, a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, is on a mission to help her clients naturally support their hormones, brain function and thyroid health. In this episode, Fiona breaks down the detailed practices her clients complete to unpack the deeper “why” on their health journey and get to the bottom of their symptoms with true autonomy. She dives into the gut-brain axis, offering tangible, actionable steps for folks with ADHD to stick to healthy habits in the long term – and covers the one protein that could be directly contributing to brain fog and mental health decline more than any other. Fiona’s excitement and joy around sharing real-life solutions to the deeper root problems around gut-brain health and ADHD is palpable and infectious. 
 
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How Fiona teaches her clients to develop a strong relationship with their bodies through symptom journaling and curiosity around their inner knowing
The brain-gut bidirectional highway and how fight or flight mode wreaks havoc on your gut
Why children are experiencing an over-activation of their immune systems at younger ages
What are the non-celiac gluten reactions that can happen in the lens of mental health, and how to test if you may have a non-celiac gluten intolerance?
Answering the question: If you have Hashimotos, do you need to cut out gluten forever?
A deeper dive into focusing on nutrient density in your diet and the life-changing results that can happen
What are the top 5 minerals crucial to thyroid function?  
How neurodivergence and ADHD play a role in gut health + taking steps to improve your health and stick to habits with ADHD 
 
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What is the best way to prepare for having a baby? Sandra Sharpe, Certified Functional Nutrition Practitioner, and Health Coach, specializes in comprehensive, holistic, mind, body, and spirit postpartum support. In this episode, Sandra dives into all the nitty-gritty details of preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum. She talks about the global infertility crisis and how poor mental health and undernourishment could be two of the main contributing factors. Sandra highlights the importance of the first 40 days after giving birth, highlighting practices utilized across cultures to support the pregnancy and postpartum journey, showcasing a beautiful alternative to the commonly heard “bounce back” mentality.
 
HERE’S THE JUICE:
How pregnancy and motherhood often heighten mental health issues and insecurities, so addressing those problems BEFORE pregnancy can be incredibly beneficial 
Why cultivating awareness in our bodies and being vocal about what we need can be the catalyst in changing the perfectionist “I Can Do It All” mindset
How Diet culture from the 90s has created an undernourishment epidemic (and nourishing our bodies is so crucial for pregnancy!)
Tangible ways to identify support and communicate your needs to make the postpartum period smoother 
Sandra’s health journey and the changes she made in her postpartum healing from her first child to her second
Why journaling and writing letters can be healing and how to utilize this practice as a tool during preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum
What Middle Eastern cultures practice in the First 40 Days postpartum to promote healing
 
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Calvin Scheller is an 18-year-old science extraordinaire who began studying and mastering medical literature in order to better communicate with his physicians after his own experience with autoimmune disease at the young age of 13. His courageous journey of self advocacy during a time when he felt alone and baffled by his symptoms led him to memorize, digest, integrate, and teach others about the complex mechanisms within our bodies (and how to heal through nutrition and lifestyle). He is a superb science communicator and now health coach – taking the difficulty out of reading medical studies, and putting the power of their information in our hands. Today, Calvin gives us a master class on insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, PCOS and why carbohydrates are NOT the cause of these conditions. We discuss the dietary factors that contribute to insulin resistance (and the many misconceptions you’ll find online), as well as the best ways to increase your insulin sensitivity and master your metabolic health well into old age. 



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Why carbohydrates are not the cause of insulin resistance
How excess dietary fat is more problematic for insulin resistance than excess carbs or sugar
Why saturated fats can be more inflammatory within the context of insulin resistance than plant fats
The true mechanism behind insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome: excess fatty acids within our cells
How we can burn off the fatty acids that cause insulin resistance and why blood sugar spikes aren’t the FULL issue, they’re more of an effect
Why insulin resistance begins and how it’s actually an adaptation
How inflammation also drives insulin resistance and other holistic factors you need to take into account like chronic gut infections, to mineral deficiencies like zinc, to stress, processed foods, sleep issues and more
Why insulin resistance within the ovaries is specifically tied to PCOS and exactly how to target this with diet and lifestyle
 
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Links Mentioned:
Alan Aragon’s Research Review Papers
 

We’re kicking things off with an impromptu hello and life update from Olivia — then diving into the nitty gritty with Courtney Swan, a real food activist who is on a mission to fix our broken food system. Today she’s answering the question: are GMOs safe for consumption? There are five genetically modified crops on the market that have become so abundant that they’re used in almost all packaged foods… knowing what they are and where they’re found is the key to learning how to eat your way around corruption in our food supply. In this episode, Courtney articulately breaks down the practices being used in agriculture today – clarifying ways we can be supporting farmers doing things right (and tangible ways to not fall victim to our current food system).
 
HERE’S THE JUICE:
What are the five genetically modified foods? WHY do we have such an overabundance of them on the market?
What food lobbying is and why soda is more accessible on food stamps than produce
How monocropping is negatively affecting farmers  
How food hybridization and genetically modifying our crops are not the same practice
What the problem with corn is now, and why we are continually overfed and undernourished
Why seed oils are in so many of our foods – creation from industrial waste products 
The best practices that you can adopt day-to-day to help decrease your consumption of seed oils and reduce inflammation 
 
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Mentioned Documentaries:
Genetic Roulette (GMO documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnhB99I86G8
Kiss the Ground (soil documentary): https://kissthegroundmovie.com/
Common Ground (regenerative farming doc): https://commongroundfilm.org/

What if you’ve never actually experienced your true personality? The truth is, when our hormones are out of whack, we’re totally different people. While there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution, there are some key ways that we can all reduce inflammation and regulate our hormones, according to Dr. Corina Dunlap, a naturopathic women’s health and hormone specialist. In this episode, she gets juicy about the link between cortisol and ovulation (hint: we’re all too stressed out) and dives deep into the importance of relationships – with others, ourselves and mother nature. 
 
HERE’S THE JUICE:
What does it feel like when we’re safe in our bodies? This is what balanced hormones feel like! 
How inflammation can affect our mood, and make it hard to understand what our baseline or that “safe” feeling should feel like. 
What the “goldilocks hormones” are – we don’t want too little or too much of them! 
What the first line of action should be in addressing ovulation issues 
Why unplugging your wifi at night could be the best trick to getting better sleep
How chronic stress doesn’t allow your body to feel safe enough to digest properly or ovulate
The best practices that you can adopt day-to-day to help with inflammation.
Clear questions you can ask yourself, like: is this me, or is this my hormones?



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LINKS MENTIONED:
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Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to reverse the damage we have done to our earth? Have you been told that going vegan is the only way to do so? When Taylor Collins bought 900 acres of factory-farmed land, it was completely barren, desolate, and degraded. But by working with nature’s cycles and reintroducing animals in order to loosen the soil and give back to the land, Taylor transformed his farm into a thriving ecosystem that supports higher crop yields, healthier soil and more nutritious food. In this episode, we talk about the power of connection, the “green narrative,” and what we as consumers can do to help our earth today. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now – let’s dive in! 
 
HERE’S THE JUICE:
How factory farming works against nature’s principles to yield a higher output yet lower nutritional value
Taylor’s belief that humans aren’t inherently destructive but our values of “more more more” absolutely are
Why monocropping as a “solution” to global food insecurity is promoting a broken system
How regenerative farming mimics the cycles of nature and creates community 
Why we don’t need to stop eating meat but we need to rethink how we do it
The idea that healthy soil is the KEY to nutrient-rich foods and why topsoil is so critical
Why “Impossible” Meat isn’t actually a better or more sustainable solution than regeneratively farmed meat
Why our farmers are in crisis – both personally and financially 
How to vote with our dollars when it comes to food and support the growing community of regenerative farmers 
 
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