the Endometriosis and IBS connection with Christie Lee
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

the Endometriosis and IBS connection with Christie Lee

Endometriosis Dietitian Christie Lee joins Dana today for a conversation all about the Endometriosis and IBS connection. We do a breakdown of endometriosis 101, how to know if it’s endometriosis or ‘normal’ period pain, an overview of the most cost common “treatments” for endo and why they don’t provide long-term success (or even pain reduction)...

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Nutrition for Pregnancy Real Talk
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Nutrition for Pregnancy Real Talk

On today’s episode, Dana interviews Cristina about pregnancy nutrition troubleshooting and nutrition for pregnancy real talk! There’s so much nutrition information out there about pregnancy, and sometimes it can have a little bit of a rose-colored glasses vibe. As someone who is a parent of 2 (Cristina), it can be really frustrating to not have...

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Pelvic floor dysfunction and gut health troubleshooting with Liz Miracle from Origin
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Pelvic floor dysfunction and gut health troubleshooting with Liz Miracle from Origin

On today’s episode Dana interviews Liz Miracle from Origin, an inclusive pelvic floor-focused physical therapy practice, to talk about pelvic floor dysfunction and gut health troubleshooting. We cover the main signs and symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, why women don’t seek care for PFD, the pelvic floor and endometriosis connection, and the types of clients...

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How do you know if you’re eating enough? + listener questions
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

How do you know if you’re eating enough? + listener questions

Time for a listener questions episode! On today’s episode we’re focusing on a main topic of: how do you know if you’re eating enough? We also cover… Timestamps for questions: Recommendations & Resources Mentioned Join our Patreon community for only $5 to get access to a bunch of the bonus resources we mention in this episode!...

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The people pleasing and binge eating connection, with Jessi Jean
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

The people pleasing and binge eating connection, with Jessi Jean

On today’s episode, Cristina and Dana interview Jessi Jean all about the people pleasing and emotional eating connection. In today’s interview we’re digging into how our nervous system plans a role in binge eating and emotional eating, and how nervous system regulation tools can be used to help clients understand and work through their own binge...

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Anti-diet vs weight neutral nutrition care, with Maria Sylvester Terry
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Anti-diet vs weight neutral nutrition care, with Maria Sylvester Terry

Maria Sylvester Terry of Vitamin Ri joins Dana today for a fun mix of a clinical discussion of Anti-diet vs weight neutral nutrition care, and some lighthearted banter about the current (sometimes problematic) state of the intuitive eating and anti-diet space on social media. Ri and Dana are chatting about how they work with gyms...

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ARFID: it’s not just picky eating, with Stefanie Ginsburg and Rebecca Thomas
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

ARFID: it’s not just picky eating, with Stefanie Ginsburg and Rebecca Thomas

This week Cristina interviews the ARFID RD’s, Stefanie Ginsburg and Rebecca Thomas, all about Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. We clarify what exactly ARFID is, why you may not have ever heard of it, and the biggest misconceptions around the newest eating disorder on the block. We talk about why ARFID goes mislabeled and misdiagnosed...

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Non-diet PCOS management with Amanda Huynh
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Non-diet PCOS management with Amanda Huynh

Today we have a highly requested topic by our listeners and clients – non-diet PCOS management! Joining us today is Amanda Huynh, a registered dietitian in australia who practices from a non-diet approach.She helps women combat restrictive eating patterns and PCOS problems using a unique intuitive eating and hormone balancing nutrition approach so they can...

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Chronic symptom management and cultivating resilience with Whole-Hearted Eating
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Chronic symptom management and cultivating resilience with Whole-Hearted Eating

Welcome to part 3 of our discussion on functional medicine, lab testing, and chronic symptom management from a Whole-Hearted Eating Approach! In this episode we discuss how when you’re dealing with chronic symptoms or labs that are out of range, doctors place a huge emphasis on removing everything inflammatory – foods, lifestyle factors, etc. So...

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The messiness of motherhood with Dr. Colleen Reichmann
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

The messiness of motherhood with Dr. Colleen Reichmann

On today’s episode Cristina and Dr. Colleen Reichmann have a candid chat about the messiness of motherhood! They’re talking about motherhood is such a humbling experience and can be extremely overwhelming, how not to get bogged down in the mess of it, or trying to ‘heal yourself’ before giving yourself permission to parent around complex...

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Lab testing 101: the Whole-Hearted Eating Way
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Lab testing 101: the Whole-Hearted Eating Way

On this part 2 episode in our functional medicine series, we discuss Lab testing 101: the Whole-Hearted Eating Way. Cristina and Dana dig into how they use labs in their practices as a way to bring neutrality to the conversation, the types of labs they use, why they use them. They give you examples of...

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Non-diet nutrition for performance & strength training with Steph Gaudreau
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Non-diet nutrition for performance & strength training with Steph Gaudreau

Steph Gaudreau joins Dana again to talk about how to make sure we’re eating enough, non-diet nutrition for performance, and how to use strength training as a tool to help improve our body image, self-esteem, and confidence. This episode is for everyone for wants to, or likes to move their body and wants to learn...

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The functional medicine pipeline (part 1)
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

The functional medicine pipeline (part 1)

This is the first of a three part series on the functional medicine pipeline! Today we’re talking about how so many people go from severe symptoms, to failing to get enough help with western medicine, to functional medicine (and the many issues we see with this paradigm) and feeling like the symptoms are now their...

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Ending eating power struggles with children and responsive feeding with Katja Rowell, MD
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Ending eating power struggles with children and responsive feeding with Katja Rowell, MD

Dr. Katja Rowell has worked in child feeding for over a dozen years. She teaches the importance of responsive feeding and therapies to parents, pediatric feeding specialists, family support specialists, and childcare staff, and consults with corporate clients, nutrition education, and public health providers (and anyone that will listen!). She is the author of the...

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Exploring ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for mental health with Jenny Weinar
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Exploring ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for mental health with Jenny Weinar

Jenny Weinar joins us again on the podcast today to talk about some exciting breakthrough therapies in the field of mental health with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Quick disclaimer: this is NOT meant for everyone, nor are we recommending it without a comprehensive assessment from multiple health professionals, including your doctor, therapist, and a specifically trained therapist...

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How autoimmune disease creates food scarcity
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

How autoimmune disease creates food scarcity

This week’s episode is a deep dive with your two favorite people (us!) all about how having an autoimmune disease, food restrictions, or chronic health condition can create a feeling of food scarcity. This feeling can happen when you don’t feel like all foods are available/safe; not because you don’t have enough food, but because...

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The Body Liberation Project with Chrissy King
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

The Body Liberation Project with Chrissy King

Chrissy King, the author of the new book The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom, joins Dana on the podcast today! If I could give this book 100 stars, I would. I want to buy this book for every womxn I know. Everyone needs to...

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Parenting in the age of diet culture with Virginia Sole-Smith
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

Parenting in the age of diet culture with Virginia Sole-Smith

Cristina interviews Virginia Sole-Smith about her newest book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture; where she explores the impact the “war on childhood obesity” has caused kids of all ages to absorb a daily onslaught of body shame. She offers research-based strategies to help parents name and navigate the anti-fat bias that.

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I can’t do intuitive eating because…
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

I can’t do intuitive eating because…

We’re continuing on in our “Help! I’m failing at intuitive eating” series with a popularly requested topic – “I can’t do intuitive eating because…”. We’ve heard this so many times from listeners and clients, that they feel they can’t do intuitive eating for many reasons. And we hear you! We’re breaking down a few different...

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There’s some **** in this house… (catch up with us!)
Cristina Hoyt Alvarez Cristina Hoyt Alvarez

There’s some **** in this house… (catch up with us!)

We have an informal, catch-up-with-us type episode with Dana & Cristina today, so grab some coffee, tea, etc. and enjoy! We’re sharing what’s been going on with us, how our recent plans for the podcast got totally derailed (and why!), and our plans & upcoming exciting guests/topics for the upcoming spring and summer season for...

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