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Perennial Wellness Podcast#31 Blood Sugars and your cycle, how your hormones are affecting blood sugar imbalances.This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we continue our discussion on blood sugar balance and imbalances. In this episode, we speak more on women's health, how imbalances in blood sugar can affect your hormones and vice-versa. If you are having regular cycles, perimenopausal or post menopausal this podcast can give you insight into how your cycle changes your mood and eating habits.
We discuss how throughout a women's cycle our hormones fluctuate, causing our bodies to become more or less insulin resistant. Using the tips given in this podcast can help you to...2024-07-2223 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#30 Blood sugar balance, do you have these symptoms?This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we revisited our first ever topic, blood sugar balance! This podcast will outline why blood sugar balance is important and what it may be affecting your sugars. Many of our symptoms, fatigue, weight loss resistance, cravings and more can come from an imbalance of blood sugars.
Of course, we detail many actionable tips and tricks that you can start implementing today if you resonate with any of the symptoms of blood sugar imbalance.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https...2024-07-0829 minPerennial Wellness PodcastPart 4 Pregnancy with Kristen - mini seriesThrough this mini series, Kristen is interviewed as she goes through her first journey of pregnancy. These short 10 minute interviews will give you an insight on what it's like for Kristen at different weeks/months in pregnancy, some things she may be struggling with and some tips and tricks to get you through it as well.
If you are a mom, future mom, or just want to tune in to some pregnancy related information check out these mini series. They will be released throughout her journey.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy St...2024-07-0107 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#29 Weight loss drugs, is it worth it? Or is there another way?This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, with all of the recent talk about GLP-1 weight loss medications we wanted to give you our insight. We discuss whether these medications are helpful or hurtful. We also dive into alternative methods if you wanted to mimic a GLP-1 medication.
Weight loss drugs have become much more common recently, we are seeing them be used in many different senarios. We want to make sure you have ALL the information you need to make an informed decision for your health.
Work with...2024-06-1726 minPerennial Wellness PodcastPart 3 Pregnancy with Kristen - Mini SeriesThrough this mini series, Kristen is interviewed as she goes through her first journey of pregnancy. These short 10 minute interviews will give you an insight on what it's like for Kristen at different weeks/months in pregnancy, some things she may be struggling with and some tips and tricks to get you through it as well.
If you are a mom, future mom, or just want to tune in to some pregnancy related information check out these mini series. They will be released throughout her journey.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy St...2024-05-2712 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#28 Fasting, Pros and Cons, will it help you lose weight?This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we have finished our metabolism series but wanted to take it a step further into the fasting realm. In this episode we discussed the pros and cons of fasting, types of fasting, how fasting may affect your hormones. We detailed if fasting may be beneficial for YOU to lose weight.
Though there are many positive side effects to fasting, more research needs to be done. We will continue to update you as that research comes out so you can have the best information for your health.
2024-05-2034 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#27 Part 3 Metabolic Health Explained and Why You Should Take Care of Your MetabolismThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we continue our metabolism series. In part three we discuss specific nutrients to focus on, nutrients you may be deficient in, all that will affect your overall metabolism health. This episode will give you a good idea of ways to measure your metabolism.
In this episode we dove more into what foods are helpful and what foods are causing more chaos to your metabolism. We hope you find this helpful and come back for more.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps N...2024-05-0642 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#26 Part 2 Metabolic Health Explained and Why You Should Take Care of Your MetabolismThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we continue our metabolism series. In part two we discuss in details factors of health that affect metabolism and how they directly affect metabolism. Stress, sleep, exercise, and more can all affect metabolism. We talk about the pros and cons and what you can do to assess your health.
In this episode we dove more into hormones that affect health and metabolism overall. Giving you an idea for what hormones you can assess if you are struggling to lose weight or feel good throughout the day. We...2024-04-2228 minPerennial Wellness PodcastPart 2 Pregnancy with Kristen- Mini SeriesThrough this mini series, Kristen is interviewed as she goes through her first journey of pregnancy. These short 10 minute interviews will give you an insight on what it's like for Kristen at different weeks/months in pregnancy, some things she may be struggling with and some tips and tricks to get you through it as well.
If you are a mom, future mom, or just want to tune in to some pregnancy related information check out these mini series. They will be released throughout her journey.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy St...2024-04-1509 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#25 Part 1 Metabolic Health Explained and Why You Should Take Care of Your MetabolismThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we begin our metabolism series. In part one we discuss the basics of metabolism. What is metabolism, factors that affect your health, in turn affecting your metabolism. We provide you with a few tangible tips in each episode on foods you can eat, practices you can add in, and lifestyle changes to boost metabolism.
In part one we dove into gut health and how this plays such a huge role in metabolism. This is such a big topic with so much research backing information. We hope you...2024-04-0835 minPerennial Wellness PodcastPart 1 Pregnancy with Kristen- Mini SeriesThrough this mini series, Kristen is interviewed as she goes through her first journey of pregnancy. These short 10 minute interviews will give you an insight on what it's like for Kristen at different weeks/months in pregnancy, some things she may be struggling with and some tips and tricks to get you through it as well.
If you are a mom, future mom, or just want to tune in to some pregnancy related information check out these mini series. They will be released throughout her journey.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy...2024-03-2512 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#24 Cage Free, Pasture Raised, Grass Fed; What's the difference?This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are discussing the differences in food labels, what does organic mean, cage -free, free -range. We discuss whether no antibiotics, no hormones matters when buying chicken, meat, and eggs. We will detail the labels for you, so next time you are in the grocery store you can make informed decisions when buying meat and poultry.
We even provide tips on where to look if you want the most quality sourced foods. Let us know how you have enjoyed this episode!
Work with Brittany virtually...2024-03-1829 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#23 Endurance Training and Nutrition with Sam GreenwoodThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we have a guest, Sam Greenwood who has been doing sports his whole life until recent years took a dive into endurance races. Listen to learn about his experiences, his nutrition trials and errors and what he is up to over the next season in his training.
Products Sam Uses:
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Gu Energy : https://guenergy.com/
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.com/virtual-nutrition-coaching2024-03-0436 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#22 Endocrine Disruptors Explained Part 2This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are giving you all the information on toxins that may be disrupting your hormones. Now that you know where these endocrine disruptors come from we provide you with solutions and ideas on how to detox them out of your life. Also, we discuss ways to support your body if you feel you have been overloaded with toxins.
Check out these Apps and products we love to avoid endocrine disruptors.
EWG App - https://www.ewg.org/apps/
Think Dirty...2024-02-1235 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#21 Endocrine Disruptors Explained Part 1This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are giving you all the information on toxins that may be disrupting your hormones. These are called endocrine disruptors and they are found every where in our lives. We detail what the sources of endocrine disruptors are and how we can make changes to avoid them. In future episodes we go into more detail about prevention and support of these toxins.
Check out these Apps and products we love to avoid endocrine disruptors.
EWG App - https://www.ewg.org/apps/
2024-01-2929 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#20 Are you Eating Intuitively? With guest Haley Wilson, RD.This week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we bring on guest Haley Wilson. Haley is an Intuitive Eating Dietitian. We dive deep into the best way to support your body, intuitively eat, and tips to overcome some of the struggles learned from a young age around food. Listen in to find out what Intuitive Eating is and how Haley finds success in her practice.
Books
Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition
https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-4th-Anti-Diet-Revolutionary/dp/1250255198
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition...2024-01-1551 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#19 Goal Setting for 2024 with Kristen and BrittanyThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are discussing goal setting to help you set up your 2024 for success. We breakdown how you can use goal setting in different areas of your life to make real impact! Tag us on social media once you've finished you goal setting session for 2024!
Books
https://www.amazon.com/shop/brit.greenwood/list/3SIZVTR9GTJ7P?tag=onamzbrit0905-20&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results-Gary Keller
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way...2024-01-0128 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#18 Winter Immune Health, Supplements, and Foods to Support your Immune SystemThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are discussing how to combat becoming sick over the winter, get more exercise whenever it is dark, and make sure you are supporting your body with the right nutrients!
Some of our favorite supplements mentioned: Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Elderberry, Curcumin/Turmeric, Coq10, and more!
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.com/virtual-nutrition-coaching
Follow Brittany on Instagram at @brit.greenwood, @ownyournutrition, @fitness_dietitians
Contact brittany@healthystepsnutrition.com
...2023-12-1825 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#17 Debunking Blood Sugar Myths, Blood Sugar Control, and Kristen's CGM experience so farOn this week's podcast we discuss myths around blood sugar, addressing these main myths:
Do only Diabetics Need to Worry About Blood Sugar?
Does Eating Sugar Directly Causes Diabetes?
Are All Carbohydrates Are Bad for Blood Sugar?
Will Skipping Meals Helps Control Blood Sugar?
Are Artificial Sweeteners Are a Healthy Alternative?
Can Blood Sugar Levels Can Be Accurately Assessed Through Symptoms Alone?
Does Exercise Always Lowers Blood Sugar?
Once You Have Diabetes, You Can't Improve Your Blood Sugar Right?
Is Blood...2023-12-1135 minPerennial Wellness Podcast# 9 Gut Heath Series: #3 - Impacts of Neurotransmitters, Stress, and Inflammation on Gut HealthThe next few episodes of the Perennial Wellness Podcast will take you through a series on gut health.
Gut health is huge in the nutrition and wellness world in 2023 and we are here to give you the most updated information but also break it down to give you the facts that you need! We focus on different areas of gut health, issues that may arise relating to gut health and then we dive into research and the gut microbiome.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.co...2023-12-0340 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#12 Q & A, All Things Nutrition and WellnessThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we answer many of the questions that have been sent in. A rapid fire Q & A session for you to help you understand nutrition even more. We loved this episode, please continue to send us any questions that you may have via email or instagram for an upcoming Q&A podcast!
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.com/virtual-nutrition-coaching
Follow Brittany on Instagram at @brit.greenwood, @ownyournutrition, @fitness_dietitians
Contact brittany@healthystepsnutrition.com
...2023-12-0340 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#16 Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum Tips with guest Morgan ThomasThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are hosting our first guest on the podcast, Morgan Thomas. Morgan speaks to us today as a new mama and psych mental health practitioner student, on preconception, pregnancy and postpartum. Giving you all the tips you will need for a health and sustainable pregnancy.
Brands
- Vital proteins
https://www.vitalproteins.com
- Ancient Nutrition
https://ancientnutrition.com
- Perfect Supplements
https://www.perfectsupplements.com
2023-11-2749 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#15 Hormonal Imbalances, How to Support Your Hormones, Gut Health and Menstrual Cycle Better Through NutrientsThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are continuing to discuss the menstrual cycle, hormonal imbalance, how to support your hormones with proper nutrition and nutrients. We discuss more than just nutrition with a holistic approach to hormones.
If you are looking to decrease the amount of toxins in your skin care, hair care, and household items use the following app and websites:
EWG's Healthy Living App
https://www.ewg.org/apps/
Think Dirty App
https://www.thinkdirtyapp.com/
2023-11-1336 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#14 The Menstrual Cycle Explained, Foods to Focus on, Exercise, Supplements, and How to Support Your CycleThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are discussing the menstrual cycle, the hormonal shifts through the phases, how to support your cycle with nutrition exercise and supplementation. Balancing stress along with respecting your body during the phases.
If you are looking to decrease the amount of toxins in your skin care, hair care, and household items use the following app and websites:
EWG's Healthy Living App
https://www.ewg.org/apps/
Think Dirty App
https://www.thinkdirtyapp.com/
2023-11-1238 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#13 The Impact of Stress on Your Body, Cortisol Spikes, Tips to Manage the Nervous SystemThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we are discussing stress, the impact cortisol has on our body, how to deal with spikes of stress and tips to manage the nervous system. Starting with a food first approach as always!
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.com/virtual-nutrition-coaching
Follow Brittany on Instagram at @brit.greenwood, @ownyournutrition, @fitness_dietitians
Contact brittany@healthystepsnutrition.com
Work with Kristen in Lafayette, LA: https://acadiananaturalhealth.com
Follow Kristen on Instagram at @ho...2023-10-1626 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#11 The Food Pyramid V MyPlate MethodThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we discuss what the MyPlate method is and how it has changed from the outdated Food Pyramid from the 90s. Send us any questions that you may have via email or instagram for an upcoming Q&A podcast!
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.com/virtual-nutrition-coaching
Follow Brittany on Instagram at @brit.greenwood, @ownyournutrition, @fitness_dietitians
Contact brittany@healthystepsnutrition.com
Work with Kristen in Lafayette, LA: https://acadiananaturalhealth.com
Fo...2023-09-1824 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#10 Summer Travels, Hacks, and Habits + Stress Relieving MeditationThis week on the Perennial Wellness Podcast, we discuss all things travel, life and summer updates, meditation, wellness routines and more. Listen in for a more personal look into our lives and send us any questions that you may have via email or instagram for an upcoming Q&A podcast!
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Gut health is huge in the nutrition and wellness world in 2023 and we are here to give you the most updated information but also break it down to give you the facts that you need! We focus on different areas of gut health, issues that may arise relating to gut health and then we dive into research and the gut microbiome.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition.co...2023-06-2636 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#7 Gut Health Series: #1 - The Overview on Gut HealthThe next few episodes of the Perennial Wellness Podcast will take you through a series on gut health.
Gut health is huge in the nutrition and wellness world in 2023 and we are here to give you the most updated information but also break it down to give you the facts that you need! We focus on different areas of gut health, issues that may arise relating to gut health and then we dive into research and the gut microbiome.
Work with Brittany virtually through Healthy Steps Nutrition, follow the link: https://healthystepsnutrition...2023-06-1224 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#6-Inflammation from food-sugar, seed oils, and how to combat the inflammation in foodsOn this weeks episode of the Perennial Wellness Podcast we discuss inflammation from foods. We discuss how to use food to help combat inflammation.
We go into how to use each food to reduce acute and chronic inflammation.
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Work with Brittany virtu...2023-05-2945 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#5 Mindful Eating, Cravings, Hunger/Fullness Cues and MoreOn this weeks episode of the Perennial Wellness Podcast we discuss mindful eating and many practices based around mindful eating. We discuss in this episode the hunger fullness scale (linked below), cravings and reasons for them and much more.
We also go into wellness routines and how to stick to your routine and not throw health out the window this summer when traveling.
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We cover what exercise is, the different forms of exercise, how much exercise is recommended and a few good tips for starting your exercise journey and adding it into your wellness routine.
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In this episode we discuss which systems improve when getting enough sleep. We recommend reading 'Why We Sleep' https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144324/ref=asc_df_1501144324/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312049124368&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8514786839107698141&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9025729&hvtargid=pla-542231888375&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=61851652213&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312049124368&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8514786839107698141&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9025729&hvtargid=pla-542231888375 Sleep and the affect on your nutrition, this is important to get enough sleep because it...2023-04-1737 minPerennial Wellness Podcast#2 Cholesterol, Heart Health, and How to Keep Your Cholesterol in a Healthy RangeCholesterol, Heart Health, and How to Keep Your Cholesterol in a Healthy Range
First off, an update from Kristen and Brittany. Mardi gras, gardening, pottery, making bread, new recipes, and more to come. Should we bring Kombucha back?
Sharing some things that we are loving lately....from Kristen, refrigerated protein bar https://bhufoods.com/collections/vegan-protein-bars
From Brittany, tried Thrive Market https://thrivemarket.com/ as well as Noka protein smoothie pouch: https://www.nokaorganics.com/
What is cholesterol, cholesterol in its negative and positive benefits, how you can control/prevent high cholesterol, what to do to stay healthy regarding cholesterol...2023-04-0340 min
Perennial Wellness Podcast#1 Blood Sugar Balance, Fixing Imbalances, Diabetes, and Continuous Glucose MonitoringIn this episode we talk all things blood sugar balances and imbalances. Diabetes as an epidemic, insulin resistance, hormone health, and many more aspects. Learn what affects your blood sugar such as food, medications, sleep, and many others. You will learn about balancing meals for blood sugar control. What a Continuous Glucose Monitor sensor is (CGM), what can you learn from using a CGM. How you can work with Brittany if you want to use the CGM to understand your blood sugars better. How to avoid chronic disease with balancing your blood sugar throughout your lifetime. We also talk about...2023-03-1734 min
Perennial Wellness PodcastIntroduction to the Perennial Wellness PodcastWelcome to the Perennial Wellness Podcast!
In this Episode we want to introduce ourselves, Kristen and Brittany. Kristen is working at Acadiana Center for Natural Health clinic where they get to the root cause of their client issues. Brittany is working for Healthy Steps Nutrition, Nutrition Business seeing clients virtually. How Kristen and Brittany met, in college at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette receiving their undergraduate degrees in Nutrition. Later went on to go through their internships at Mississippi State and University of Tulane. Both internships were very different in their focuses. We discuss why we love nutrition and...2023-03-0621 min