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Vibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)Skinny Can Still Mean Sick: The Truth About Fat Storage (Rethinking Metabolic Health) and Top Causes of Frequent UrinationFat distribution matters more than weight alone for metabolic health, with invisible fat deposits in the liver, visceral area, and muscles driving inflammation before subcutaneous fat accumulates. These hidden fat stores can cause metabolic dysfunction even in people who appear thin, with liver fat becoming problematic at just 0.5 pounds while subcutaneous fat allows up to 22 pounds before similar risks develop.• Different fat storage locations have varying impacts on metabolic health• Subcutaneous fat is the least inflammatory and serves as energy storage, insulation, and hormonal signaling• Intramuscular fat directly impairs insulin sensitivity and muscle function• Visceral...2025-07-2446 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#066 Stress and it's Behavioral Impact, Finding What Your Body Deems as a Stressor, Routine, and Over-informationIn today's episode I unpack ALL things STRESS (what it does to our body long term and how it impacts everything from our behavior, to our thoughts and perceptions, and how to find what OUR bodies in particular are tagging as a threat (Hint, it could just be TOO MUCH of even a good thing!) With that, it is imperative to talk about the amount of (over) information we are constantly consuming - is it helping or harming us? Could it also be contributing to the chronic stress factor?How I navigate all of the no...2025-07-0853 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#065 How Added Sugar and Processed Foods Are Ruining Your Health, Your Mitochondria, and Your Ability to HealIn today's episode, I discuss how added sugar and refined/processed foods (yes, even organic, dairy-free, and gluten-free processed foods are STILL processed and refined), still unrecognizable to the mitochondria, still void of nutrients that our gut microbime needs (like fiber!), and also causing MORE inflammation and mitochondria dysfucntion which contirbutes to all METABOLIC diseases including:StokeCVD/Heart Disease/AtherosclerosisKidney DiseaseLiver Disease and Failure, NAFLD, CirrhosisDiabetesDementiaExcess Growth/CancerHyperlipedimia/ObesityWhat they all have in...2025-06-241h 03
Well-Fed WomenNervous System Regulation, Nutrition, and Hormones with Dr. Stacy Barczak Baker [Renewed]Our first “Ask the Naturopath” episode! Dr. Stacy answers all your pressing health questions about the gut testing, nutrition, hormones, and more! We also dive deep into nervous system regulation and how to improve your ability to adapt to stress. Timestamps:[1:41] Intro [3:14] Welcome Dr. Stacy [5:13] What do you think was the big turning point for you when it came to your healing?[10:41] Can you talk about the nervous system? Any thoughts on chilling it out?[16:56] What is the best way to re-build gut health after a round...2025-06-101h 11Vibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#064 Your Questions Answered; (Calorie Defecits, Fasted Workouts, Histamine, Sugar Substitutes, Hypoglycemia, Anxiety and So Much More!In today's episode, I answer all of your questions from IG, and we dive into all things calorie defecit (and why I don't start there!), fasted workouts, navigating anxiety symptoms while working on foundational needs, navigating the social scene (while keeping goals!), hypoglycemia, histamine and blood sugar connections, sugar substitutes, and everything in between!To get updates on group programs as they open up, you can get on the list HERE to get notified first!To work one-on-one with me, you can apply HERE!Nutrisense...2025-06-0454 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#063 Muscle As An Encodrine Organ, Immune System Modulator, Metabolic Organ and So Much More!In today's episode, I chat about how to bring in protein, strength training, and building muscle in a supportive and intentional way (And WHY we need to always be making this our eventual goal along any healing journey).I talk about the nuance of protein consumption, why it is not favorable to overdo it when living a sedentary lifestyle, but how to strategically increase it as the body is ready, so that we can get to a more foundational place for sustainable health. I also talk about how sedentary living impacts our ability to recover f...2025-05-2154 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#062 Long Term Versus Strategic Ketosis and All About LUX To Support Circadian HealthIn this episode, I delve into all things ketosis, benefits of getting into it, differences among sexes, the healing benefits of achieving not only ketosis, but metabolic flexibility, and how I use it intermittently for its healing powers, but choose not to stay in it long term! Keto Mojo (Ketone Meter) 15% off meter kitsI also chat about how we not only need a FULL spectrum of light for optimized signaling and health, but also brightness to support things like mood, metabolism, and hormonal function! If you want to go into th...2025-05-071h 03Vibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#061 How The Body Attempts To Heal Itself and How to Look At Food As Information Versus CaloriesIn today's episode, I talk about how the body works to heal itself (and how it compensates to do so), what systems the body enlists to try and maintain this "balance," and how symptoms start to pop up when these systems become overwhelmed. Balance is always key, and my hope in this episode it to shed light on something in your own day-to-day that is lacking balance in some way (especially if you are experiencing chronic symptoms in any way!)I also mention my group programs and will link up active groups below if these r...2025-04-2458 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#060 A New Perspective on Histamine Issues & Hot and Cold Therapies; the WHY, HOW, and WHAT When Bringing Them Into Your RoutineIn today's episode, we shift the perspective on histamine issues, why we have them, what triggers them, and how we clear them - as we have to take ALL of these into consideration when treating them in a sustainable way!We also talked about hot and cold therapies, what they are supporting, and when and how to use them appropriately. When you understand the WHY behind something, you are more likely to get better and more sustainable results from it! The only sauna I approve of for home use is Higher Dose based on the ones...2025-04-0956 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#059 Why Your Body Needs To Know The Time of Day to Heal (And How To Support This!)Today, we discuss a foundational pillar when it comes to our healing potential and that is connecting to our body's biological or circadian clock.There is nothing more stressful to the body and its healing potential than not knowing what time of day it is and we uncover all of the things that send the body mixed signals where it loses its "timing" and therefore doesn't know what program to run and when!For my podcast on cortisol, head here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vibing-well-with-dr-stacy-a-foundational-approach/id1611155385?i=10006644384882025-03-1856 min
Toxic TangentsSugar and Diabetes with Dr. Stacy Barczak BakerToday, there are over 37.3 million people with diabetes, and this condition is on the rise. Unfortunately, today's food system, is set up to cause failure for the average person. And so many foods are packed with toxic ingredients, artificial sugars and other inflammatory additives.Not to mention some the foods are marketed to be healthy and end up to be having actually worse effect in your blood on your blood sugar. This is why it's we're really glad to be joined by Dr. Stacy Baker. Dr. Stacy holds a doctorate in traditional naturopathy, a master...2025-03-0623 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#058 All Things THYROID (Hypo, Hyper, Autoimmune), Answering All of Your Questions!In today's episode, we uncover how thyroid problems are never "just" the thyroid- we always need to be thinking of supporting thyroid hormones as a system. This involves the singalling that starts in the brain, the conversion areas (gut and liver), making sure the body isn't diverting too much energy into the HPA pathway, before even thinking about directing our energy into the thyroid hormone itself!Resources mentioned in this episode:Mycircadian APP DOCTOR (code)Ra Optics (Code DRSTACYND)Bon Charge (Code...2025-02-2547 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#057 The MOLD Episode - Answering All Of Your Questions About Mold!In this episode, I address ALL of the questions I get about mold, including:Can you get better living in it?Do you need all of the supplements?How to detox without symptoms?HLA/DR and geneticsAnd so much more!Also, I share my experience personally of at least 3 exposures and how they are all different, what I see clinically, and what mold sheds a light on when it comes to our foundational health!I also speak a lot about water (not just the...2025-02-1255 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#056 "Adrenal Fatigue", Sources of High Cortisol, and Trouble Conceiving/InfertilityIn today's episode, I reiterate the myth of "adrenal fatigue" and how to start looking at it from a new lens. WHAT is draining your adrenals so much in the first place? What is causing stress hormones to be so high that is contrbuting to that drain? There is ALWAYS something in the day to day that is being overlooked and until we find that "leak" of stress induction, it will be impossible to "balance your minerals" or heal the adrenals.This conversation couldn't be had without talking about the top causes of stress hormones that I...2025-01-2251 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#055 Part 2 of Starting Over In January, Extremes In Dieting, and Current Thoughts On Functional Medicine (Why I am DROPPING My Functional Practitioner Title)In the second part of my "New Year" Episode, I speak my current thoughts on Functional Medicine, where it started versus how it's going and why I have decided to forego my title of Functional Medicine Practitioner (and what I am doing instead!) With this episode, I am FINALLY launching my first ever FOUNDATIONAL program, emcompassing all of the aspects of health and healing I have learned over the years with my own health, the health of my clients, and all of the feedback I get from my followers and listeners.My love of functional...2025-01-0251 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#054 Why So Many Have To Start Over On Jan. 1st, Extremes in Dieting, and Current Thoughts On Functional Medicine (Part 1)In today's episode, I dive into the why behind so many people have to start over on Jan. 1st, why we feel like we need to, what is required to truly elicit change in our lives, and my exact process for implementing change in my own life.I then move to extremes in dieting (another thing we feel like we NEED to do this time of year) and so unpacking that a bit; how to know if something is truly "extreme", what questions to ask to truly know, and of course how we can support these processes...2024-12-3151 minVibing Well with Dr. Stacy (A Foundational Approach to Healing the LIFESTYLE)#053 Why 93% of the Population is Metabolically Inflexible (and How to Fix It!)In this episode, I go over what metabolic flexibility is, how we got here, and of course, how to start fixing it!It is ALWAYS important to know the HOW and the WHY of what we are supporting so that the mind body connection is made (as well as the HOW we got here!) That is my goal today, speaking on everything from calories in, calories out, to being Keto or low carb too long, to learn how to trust your body's hunger cues and fluctuations by not feeding it in the same way each...2024-12-1051 min