April 4, 2025 • 31 mins
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This special episode is dedicated to young women, though mothers with daughters will want to share this valuable conversation with them. Prevention isn't about fear or perfectionism—it's about tuning into your body's intelligence and responding with balance and awareness.
Have you considered how your body sometimes whispers warnings before health issues become serious problems? As someone who ignored those whispers until thyroid cancer forced me to listen, I'm passionate about helping young women develop health awareness and midlife women and beyond.
I explore the rise in autoimmune conditions among women, how 80% of diagnoses are women, and how modern lifestyle factors contribute to this trend. Your body gives subtle signs long before serious illness develops, but only if you're paying attention. From disrupted circadian rhythms to constant digital stimulation, from highly processed foods to toxic personal care products, young women today face unprecedented challenges to their well-being.
I share practical wisdom about reconnecting with your body's signals: eating whole foods when possible, setting healthy boundaries with technology, prioritizing restorative sleep, maintaining healthy vitamin D levels, and addressing emotional wellbeing. I also discuss the profound mind-body connection, particularly how unprocessed emotions and self-criticism can manifest physically.
This conversation isn't about scolding or restriction—it's about empowerment through awareness. When you're truly in your body and listening to its wisdom, you naturally make choices that support balance and vibrant health. Share this episode with a young woman in your life who could benefit from these insights, and remember—balanced living works!
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Sandy Kruse (00:02):
Hi everyone, it's me, Sandy Kruse of Sandy K
Nutrition, health and LifestyleQueen.
For years now, I've beenbringing to you conversations
about wellness from incredibleguests from all over the world.
Discover a fresh take onhealthy living for midlife and
(00:25):
beyond, one that embracesbalance and reason, without
letting only science dictateevery aspect of our wellness,
(00:46):
and my guests as we explore waysthat we can age gracefully,
with in-depth conversationsabout the thyroid, about
hormones and other alternativewellness options for you and
your family.
True Wellness nurtures ahealthy body, mind, spirit and
soul, and we cover all of theseessential aspects to help you
(01:07):
live a balanced, joyful life.
Be sure to follow my show, rateit, review it and share it.
Always remember my friendsbalanced living works.
Friends, balanced Living Works.
(01:31):
Hi everyone, welcome to SandyKay Nutrition, health and
Lifestyle Queen.
Today it is me, myself and I, ina very special episode that is
dedicated to young women.
I talk all about prevention,preventative health, and I am
inspired by this every singleday because, of course, I have a
(01:55):
daughter and many of you wholisten to my podcast have
daughters as well.
I felt inspired to have apodcast dedicated specifically
for young women.
For a reason, I was thinkingabout this and I'm thinking my
gosh prevention starts waybefore midlife, which is why we
(02:22):
got to start young.
We talk to our daughters aboutso many things, but how often do
we talk to our daughters abouthow to be preventative with our
health?
Probably not that often, and alot of times when we do that, it
falls upon deaf ears or we giveblanket advice like you need to
(02:46):
sleep more.
I mean, who doesn't say thatStop partying, those kinds of
things, and, of course, I'mspeaking about adult daughters.
So I thought I would record anepisode that you can simply
share with your daughter so thatshe doesn't think that you're
just preaching.
I really hope that this helpsto inspire some young women to
(03:12):
be more in their bodies.
I think that that is.
A big part of this recording isthat, more than ever, we are
looking outward instead ofturning inward, as it relates to
our wellness, and that is body,mind, spirit, soul.
We got to learn how to turninward, and I think that that is
(03:38):
a big part of beingpreventative with our health, of
being preventative with ourhealth.
So I'm going to ask you toshare this with your daughter.
Share this with one of yourfriends who can share it with
their daughter.
I would love for this to helpas many young women as possible.
(03:59):
Please follow me on all of mysocial media channels.
Sandy K Nutrition everywhere.
My podcast is availableeverywhere.
Be sure that you're followingand engage with my content so
that more can see it.
Thank you, hi everyone.
(04:21):
My name is Sandy Cruz of Sandy KNutrition, health and Lifestyle
Queen.
Nutrition, health and lifestylequeen.
This is a special episode, andthis episode is specifically for
young women.
Now I know I have a lot of momswho follow me who have
daughters daughters.
(04:42):
This isn't exactly for you,although I welcome you to listen
to it, and what I ask becauseI'm a mom, too, of a daughter
(05:02):
and a son is that you share thisit to your daughter.
The reason I say this isbecause mothers and daughters
have such a unique relationship.
Often it's one of push and pull.
Often the daughter doesn't wantto get the advice from the mom,
(05:24):
but it all depends on the ageand the stage that she's in, and
so I think it would probably bebetter received if your
daughter listened to it herself,and this episode is
specifically geared to listeningto the signs of your body.
(05:49):
I myself am the queen of notlistening.
The reason I had thyroid cancer.
Yes, there are many otherthings that are going on.
There are many other thingsthat are going on, but the
(06:14):
reason I ended up having thyroidcancer and having my thyroid
removed is because I chose toignore the signs.
Our bodies are so beyondintelligent and our bodies will
give us a chance, over and overand over again, to say hey, I've
got something to tell you.
(06:34):
Girl, pay attention.
How often do we ignore it?
Do we ignore it?
I come to you with this episodenot as an episode to instill
fear.
It is an episode to help openup your heart and your senses to
(06:59):
what your body is telling youand then giving your body what
it needs.
So this isn't an episode toscold you and tell you to stop
partying, and tell you to stophaving fun and tell you to stop,
(07:21):
you know, staying up late.
This isn't what this episode isabout, because I always believe
in balance.
This episode is more to be intouch with your senses, to say,
hmm, okay, I'm feeling a littlebit off balance.
(07:44):
I'm going to scale it back alittle bit and give my body what
it needs.
Yes, I am a registered holisticnutritionist.
Yes, I am a podcast host.
Yes, I am a voice in thisindustry of wellness, but I'm
not here to preach on what'sgood for you in this industry of
(08:07):
wellness.
But I'm not here to preach onwhat's good for you.
I'm here to help you, teach youresonance with your own body so
that you don't end up in asituation like I did.
And again, I'm not bringingthis information to you to
instill fear.
So, please, I just want you tobe aware of that.
Now I am going to start with astat.
(08:29):
80% of autoimmune disease areautoimmune diseases diagnosed in
women.
There is some increasingresearch to show that autoimmune
disease in women is increasing.
Some of you will say, okay,well, yeah, I kind of heard of
(08:54):
autoimmune disease, but I don'treally know what it is.
The best way for me to describeit in the simplest form is your
body just starts to attackitself, and there are different
forms of autoimmune disease.
I think there's over a hundreddifferent types.
Some of the more common onesyou might have heard of are
lupus, rheumatoid arthritisthere's a few here that they
(09:17):
talk about systemic sclerosis,psoriasis, srogens, srogens I'm
not sure if I'm pronouncing thatright syndrome.
So the interesting thing is thatthe body gives you signs all
along and I've recorded episodesyou can go back.
(09:39):
I think I've recorded a coupleon autoimmune diseases and it's
almost like your body will giveyou a touch of autoimmune
disease before it says, allright, now you're in it.
So we get a lot of thesewarning signs.
Maybe these warning signs mightbe extreme exhaustion, just not
(10:05):
feeling right in your body.
You might have blood work thatjust seems a little off, and it
might not be completely off, andyour doctor may dismiss it as
nothing because it's not yetsomething, it's not yet
full-blown, so you might getsome symptoms.
(10:26):
You might have symptoms in yourskin.
You might have symptoms in yourhair.
Your hair isn't growing, yourhair isn't healthy, your hair is
falling out.
You might have symptoms in yourbody like body aches.
You might have extremely heavyperiods.
(10:47):
You might have a number ofthese little symptoms that you
slough off as nothing, and sothe last thing I would want is
for you to be scared if you haveany of these symptoms.
That's the last thing.
So that's not why I'm coming toyou.
What I'm coming to you on thisepisode for is to simply say I
(11:12):
am in my body and I feel all ofmy senses.
What does that mean we are bornwith this innate intuition of
our body.
When your body doesn't feelright, when you don't feel right
, that could be your intuition,that could be your body talking
(11:34):
to you.
That could be many differentthings that will say something
just doesn't feel right, and sowhen we are in our bodies, we
can feel it when something isoff and that's when we can do
something about it.
(11:54):
If you're constantly partying,if you're constantly drinking,
if you're taking a lot ofmedications to numb mind you,
this is not a podcast that isgiving you any kind of medical
advice.
If you are on any mood alteringor numbing medications, these
(12:15):
are conversations for you andyour practitioner.
So I'm not giving you anymedical advice here.
I just want to make that clear.
However, often some of thethings we do, such as partying
to excess, those are choicessometimes.
Listen, I was a smoker for 20years.
(12:36):
What did I do?
Every time I felt stress, Iwould go and have a cigarette.
Well, now you see everybodyvaping.
Jesus, like what is in that?
I'm not saying smoking is good,but I'm saying this was tobacco
(12:57):
.
Now you're smoking some sort ofelectronic vapor that who the
hell knows what's in it.
So one of the things that I sayoften to young women is that
your McDonald's is not the sameas what my McDonald's was.
(13:17):
Let me explain what that means.
When I was going to McDonald'sall the time and eating fast
food, I was 20.
I was going out after the barhaving a bite to eat.
Well, the fries that I had backthen, okay.
So when I was 20, that wouldhave been 1990.
(13:41):
Mcdonald's, I believe at thattime, was still using beef
tallow to fry their French fries.
Things have gotten a lot moretoxic and that may be one of the
major reasons why we have moreincidents of, and diagnoses of,
(14:04):
autoimmune disease.
Another reason is probablybecause we've gotten better at
diagnosing these diseases.
Often, maybe in the past, theywere these mysterious illnesses,
but you cannot dismiss food.
I have done so many posts aboutthe sugar in one Starbucks drink
(14:29):
.
Now, what is the fad right now?
Going and having a Starbucksspecialty drink.
The maximum daily allowance forsugar for a woman?
Something like 25 grams.
So if you're thinking aboutthat, I think a Coke was our
(14:50):
poison back in the day.
If you had a Coca-Cola, and Ithink it was about 25 grams.
You had a Coca-Cola and I thinkit was about 25 grams and
you're looking at some Starbucksdrinks that can be upwards of
75 grams in one drink.
So sugar alone in excess.
I will never say don't have atreat.
(15:10):
I will never say don't havethat occasional coffee.
It's when everything gets outof balance and I feel like the
world has become very out ofbalance.
So the other thing to consideris your personal care products.
I mean, it's a big fad.
You go on TikTok.
You see some women going therepainting their entire face with
(15:35):
the layers and layers and layersof makeup.
It's like you're wearing thismask and it's like, wow, like
how healthy is that?
And are you aware of what is inyour personal care products?
I know this might soundoverwhelming, but what everybody
(15:57):
can do is just take a look.
It's not saying throw outeverything you own.
It's being cognizant and thenmaking a better choice the next
time you go to buy something.
Or maybe saying, jesus, why amI putting all those layers of
makeup on my face?
What am I hiding?
Why do I need this, thoselayers of makeup on my face?
(16:20):
What am I hiding?
Why do I need this?
So the way that I try and dothings is not to take away all
the joy in my life, because weget a lot of joy out of making
ourselves feel good.
But if it doesn't start inside,good, but if it doesn't start
(16:41):
inside, then the outside issimply a mask.
Another thing that may beexacerbating autoimmune disease
in young women is just socialmedia.
If you believe that beingconstantly on Snapchat and
snapping that friend and gettinglike 20 in you know 15 minutes
that you have to respond to, ifyou think that that is not
(17:03):
actually contributing to stressin your body, then maybe you're
not really in touch with yoursenses, like I said at the
beginning beginning.
So, being aware of what'sactually taking peace away from
(17:24):
you is really important, andmaybe a good way to begin is to
simply take a few breaks a dayor maybe delete one of the apps.
That doesn't really meananything.
How much meaning is in a photoof yourself just being sent to
somebody?
Like it's kind of weird.
(17:46):
It's like why Pick up the phoneand call that person Cortisol?
So, for those of you who are notaware, cortisol is our major
stress hormone and it's good tohave healthy levels of cortisol.
It goes up and it comes down,and it goes up and it comes down
.
I mean, when you have cortisolthat's at a healthy level.
It helps wake you up in themorning and it's supposed to
(18:10):
have this beautiful slide thatslowly goes down and, once it
gets to a certain level, itenables you to be able to fall
asleep.
It also enables you to wake up.
So, cortisol, if it's up hereall the time, which if you've
got your phone beside your bedand you're constantly checking
(18:32):
everything, that's going toactually disable your ability to
sleep well.
That's going to disable yourability to even produce healthy
hormones, because it disruptsyour circadian rhythm.
Okay, we can't go back in time.
However, we can do our best toemulate how things used to be.
(18:55):
Emulate how things used to be,and that will support a healthy
circadian rhythm and healthierhormones, healthier cortisol
levels.
So think about it If you were afarmer back in 1930, you
probably didn't have electricity.
You lived and breathed by thedaylight, so you woke up when
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the sun rose.
You would go to bed when thesun went down.
You wouldn't have your face ina device that actually disrupts
your circadian rhythm.
You wouldn't be watching TVlate at night, you wouldn't be
doing any of these things.
And now there are so manyassaults on our circadian rhythm
that it affects everything.
We are humans that actuallylive and breathe by the seasons,
(19:46):
by the daylight, by the moon.
If you think that all of thesethings in our atmosphere don't
have an effect on our health, Iwould love for you to consider
this.
So the best way to do that isto set some boundaries for
yourself in order to have ahealthier circadian rhythm, and
(20:08):
I promise you there will be atrajectory of positive things
that happen with your hormones,with your periods, with your
stress levels, if you set theseboundaries for yourself and gain
more, get more in touch withthose senses that are really
(20:28):
important to know and feel whensomething is off.
The other thing is grounding.
When was the last time you tooka walk in nature?
When was the last time you justsat there without anything else
and gazed at that moon?
When was the last time you didnot allow anything else to
(20:55):
destroy your peace and just sitwith how you feel?
Getting quiet is another thingthat we just don't do enough, so
being intentional about it isthe way that we can achieve this
.
So I'm going to give you theusual now to help support your
health Do your best to eat whole, real foods as often as you can
(21:21):
, if you're a university student, go shopping and buy your food
and cook it at home, becausethen at least you're going to
have some idea of what's in it.
Buy foods that you know what itis and cook at home.
Sleep, so I want you to look atwhat's disturbing your peace
(21:46):
and causing you to not sleep aswell as you really want to.
So think about the devices.
Think about all the things thatwe mentioned.
I mentioned about the devices.
Think about all the things thatwe mentioned.
I mentioned Exercise andmovement.
Pick something that resonateswith you.
This doesn't mean you have tobe a gym rat, but do something
(22:11):
to move your body every singleday.
And here is a very, veryimportant thing that a lot of
people don't talk about enoughimportant thing that a lot of
people don't talk about enoughEnsure that your vitamin D
levels are at a healthy level.
So there are many things thatcan contribute to autoimmune
disease.
I will get into one last one,which is the emotional aspect.
(22:32):
But I talked about a lot ofthese other things, like the
toxins, the foods, the notsleeping, the circadian rhythm,
all of these things, but vitaminD can often be that last thing
that pulls the trigger on adiagnosis.
(22:53):
So I'm not saying low vitamin Dcauses autoimmune disease,
because there are manycontributing factors including
genetics, by the way includinggenetics but low vitamin D can
often be the last thing thatpulls the trigger to that
(23:18):
diagnosis.
So I would love for you toensure that you go get tested,
that you fall within not thebottom end of the range but the
middle of that range.
I want to get into a little bitof the emotional, okay, because
(23:39):
I'm a big believer that withoutlooking at the emotional aspect
to any illness, you're missinga big piece.
And remember, unless you're intouch with those senses, you
will not be in touch with thatemotional aspect that might be
(23:59):
causing you to feel not so great.
There are tons of theories onhow emotions, trauma, blocked
chakras, all of those things canaffect our health.
You know, if you're looking atchakras, I had thyroid cancer,
(24:22):
so the throat chakra.
So I grew up and I have no illwill.
I love my childhood, I love myparents.
I am so grateful for everythingabout it.
I don't blame anyone, but itwas just my upbringing that I
don't blame anyone, but it wasjust my upbringing that you know
, I was not allowed to say no,it was a sign of disrespect.
(24:44):
I know a lot of people probablygrew up that way.
I'm a 1970 baby.
It was very, very common.
And there's nothing wrong withhaving respect for your elders,
which I think we've gone to theother end of the extreme now
where we just want to throw theminto a home and pretend they
(25:05):
don't exist because they're oldand they're not worthy anymore.
So we've kind of.
You know that's a whole otherconversation, but my point is
you know the throat chakraspeaking your truth, being able
to express yourself.
So chakras are energeticcenters in our body.
I've done a ton of research hereand I think that we can never
(25:31):
forget the emotional side.
So if you're numbing and you'redisconnected to how you feel,
it is more likely that diseaseor illness can sneak up on you,
because having that awareness tohow you're feeling and moving
(25:51):
through those feelings arereally important.
Now I'm not speaking aboutanybody who may have issues with
mental health issues oranything like that, but if you
move through how you feel, youwill get on the other side,
(26:12):
whether it is feelings ofdepression, sadness, anger,
whatever it is.
I have a couple of reallyinteresting books here and I
want to talk a little bit abouthow emotions actually relate to
(26:32):
autoimmune.
I'm going to read this to you.
So I've actually interviewedYvette Rose.
This is her book, metaphysicalAnatomy.
I love this book.
I've done a few recordings.
I've also interviewed JuliaCannon about emotions and how
they impact our health.
I've also interviewed DrBradley Nelson the emotion code,
(26:56):
the body code.
Our bodies can hold a lot,whether it's through trauma or
experiences.
You know, like I was saying, Ihad a great childhood.
That doesn't mean that I'm notstoring or holding emotions from
the past.
In my recording with JuliaCannon, remember, it's the body
(27:19):
attacking itself.
So if you look at that in aliteral sense, it's like a
self-loathing.
There's something aboutyourself emotionally that either
you're not accepting or thatyou don't love, or a piece of
you that just you feel is notworthy.
(27:40):
So that was something thatJulia Cannon talked about in my
podcast recording.
Your emotional landscape issomething to explore your whole
life before you get sick, beforeyou have problems.
So the numbing and the maskingand all of that contributes to
(28:06):
not being able to really feeland sense and know your
emotional landscape as a youngwoman.
Your health is in your hands.
It's not to say that you'renever going to get sick or
you're never going to haveproblems.
But when you have those littleclues that something is off,
(28:31):
those are breadcrumbs for you tofollow.
And I'm not speaking aboutgetting obsessive over things or
becoming a hypochondriac.
These are not things that youwant.
It's more about maintaining alife of balance, where you kind
(28:53):
of look at all aspects of yourhealth and wellness body.
So that refers to you know thelittle clues in your blood work,
how your body's feeling.
Are you exhausted all the time?
Are you sad all the time?
You know.
And then the mind like, whatare you doing to support a
(29:13):
healthy mind?
And then there's spirit,something that I didn't really
get into.
But by spirit I am not speakingof religion.
I Is it.
You know, drawing Is it?
There's always got to be acreative outlet to everything
(29:51):
and it's up to you to figure outwhat makes you feel good inside
.
So I hope that's helpful.
I see so much on social media.
I see a lot of the blame game,blaming parents for your trauma.
I see a lot of self-labeling.
I see a lot of spiritualbypassing that you know if you
(30:15):
concoct this magic potion, it'sgoing to make all your problems
go poof and disappear.
I see a lot of self-worth thatcomes only through social media.
I see a lot of just ignoringwhat really makes you feel alive
and good in your body and Ithink when you start as a young
(30:39):
woman, that's your chance tojust keep living a vibrant life
and growing healthy and feelingalive in this world.
Anyway, I hope that helps andplease do share this with a
friend.
This episode is specificallyfor you, young women, just
(31:03):
because sometimes us you knowmidlife women we've got a little
wisdom to share with you.
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
Be sure to share it withsomeone you know might benefit
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Hi everyone, it's me, Sandy Kruse of Sandy K
Nutrition, health and LifestyleQueen.
For years now, I've beenbringing to you conversations
about wellness from incredibleguests from all over the world.
Discover a fresh take onhealthy living for midlife and
(00:25):
beyond, one that embracesbalance and reason, without
letting only science dictateevery aspect of our wellness,
(00:46):
and my guests as we explore waysthat we can age gracefully,
with in-depth conversationsabout the thyroid, about
hormones and other alternativewellness options for you and
your family.
True Wellness nurtures ahealthy body, mind, spirit and
soul, and we cover all of theseessential aspects to help you
(01:07):
live a balanced, joyful life.
Be sure to follow my show, rateit, review it and share it.
Always remember my friendsbalanced living works.
Friends, balanced Living Works.
(01:31):
Hi everyone, welcome to SandyKay Nutrition, health and
Lifestyle Queen.
Today it is me, myself and I, ina very special episode that is
dedicated to young women.
I talk all about prevention,preventative health, and I am
inspired by this every singleday because, of course, I have a
(01:55):
daughter and many of you wholisten to my podcast have
daughters as well.
I felt inspired to have apodcast dedicated specifically
for young women.
For a reason, I was thinkingabout this and I'm thinking my
gosh prevention starts waybefore midlife, which is why we
(02:22):
got to start young.
We talk to our daughters aboutso many things, but how often do
we talk to our daughters abouthow to be preventative with our
health?
Probably not that often, and alot of times when we do that, it
falls upon deaf ears or we giveblanket advice like you need to
(02:46):
sleep more.
I mean, who doesn't say thatStop partying, those kinds of
things, and, of course, I'mspeaking about adult daughters.
So I thought I would record anepisode that you can simply
share with your daughter so thatshe doesn't think that you're
just preaching.
I really hope that this helpsto inspire some young women to
(03:12):
be more in their bodies.
I think that that is.
A big part of this recording isthat, more than ever, we are
looking outward instead ofturning inward, as it relates to
our wellness, and that is body,mind, spirit, soul.
We got to learn how to turninward, and I think that that is
(03:38):
a big part of beingpreventative with our health, of
being preventative with ourhealth.
So I'm going to ask you toshare this with your daughter.
Share this with one of yourfriends who can share it with
their daughter.
I would love for this to helpas many young women as possible.
(03:59):
Please follow me on all of mysocial media channels.
Sandy K Nutrition everywhere.
My podcast is availableeverywhere.
Be sure that you're followingand engage with my content so
that more can see it.
Thank you, hi everyone.
(04:21):
My name is Sandy Cruz of Sandy KNutrition, health and Lifestyle
Queen.
Nutrition, health and lifestylequeen.
This is a special episode, andthis episode is specifically for
young women.
Now I know I have a lot of momswho follow me who have
daughters daughters.
(04:42):
This isn't exactly for you,although I welcome you to listen
to it, and what I ask becauseI'm a mom, too, of a daughter
(05:02):
and a son is that you share thisit to your daughter.
The reason I say this isbecause mothers and daughters
have such a unique relationship.
Often it's one of push and pull.
Often the daughter doesn't wantto get the advice from the mom,
(05:24):
but it all depends on the ageand the stage that she's in, and
so I think it would probably bebetter received if your
daughter listened to it herself,and this episode is
specifically geared to listeningto the signs of your body.
(05:49):
I myself am the queen of notlistening.
The reason I had thyroid cancer.
Yes, there are many otherthings that are going on.
There are many other thingsthat are going on, but the
(06:14):
reason I ended up having thyroidcancer and having my thyroid
removed is because I chose toignore the signs.
Our bodies are so beyondintelligent and our bodies will
give us a chance, over and overand over again, to say hey, I've
got something to tell you.
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Girl, pay attention.
How often do we ignore it?
Do we ignore it?
I come to you with this episodenot as an episode to instill
fear.
It is an episode to help openup your heart and your senses to
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what your body is telling youand then giving your body what
it needs.
So this isn't an episode toscold you and tell you to stop
partying, and tell you to stophaving fun and tell you to stop,
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you know, staying up late.
This isn't what this episode isabout, because I always believe
in balance.
This episode is more to be intouch with your senses, to say,
hmm, okay, I'm feeling a littlebit off balance.
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I'm going to scale it back alittle bit and give my body what
it needs.
Yes, I am a registered holisticnutritionist.
Yes, I am a podcast host.
Yes, I am a voice in thisindustry of wellness, but I'm
not here to preach on what'sgood for you in this industry of
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wellness.
But I'm not here to preach onwhat's good for you.
I'm here to help you, teach youresonance with your own body so
that you don't end up in asituation like I did.
And again, I'm not bringingthis information to you to
instill fear.
So, please, I just want you tobe aware of that.
Now I am going to start with astat.
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80% of autoimmune disease areautoimmune diseases diagnosed in
women.
There is some increasingresearch to show that autoimmune
disease in women is increasing.
Some of you will say, okay,well, yeah, I kind of heard of
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autoimmune disease, but I don'treally know what it is.
The best way for me to describeit in the simplest form is your
body just starts to attackitself, and there are different
forms of autoimmune disease.
I think there's over a hundreddifferent types.
Some of the more common onesyou might have heard of are
lupus, rheumatoid arthritisthere's a few here that they
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talk about systemic sclerosis,psoriasis, srogens, srogens I'm
not sure if I'm pronouncing thatright syndrome.
So the interesting thing is thatthe body gives you signs all
along and I've recorded episodesyou can go back.
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I think I've recorded a coupleon autoimmune diseases and it's
almost like your body will giveyou a touch of autoimmune
disease before it says, allright, now you're in it.
So we get a lot of thesewarning signs.
Maybe these warning signs mightbe extreme exhaustion, just not
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feeling right in your body.
You might have blood work thatjust seems a little off, and it
might not be completely off, andyour doctor may dismiss it as
nothing because it's not yetsomething, it's not yet
full-blown, so you might getsome symptoms.
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You might have symptoms in yourskin.
You might have symptoms in yourhair.
Your hair isn't growing, yourhair isn't healthy, your hair is
falling out.
You might have symptoms in yourbody like body aches.
You might have extremely heavyperiods.
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You might have a number ofthese little symptoms that you
slough off as nothing, and sothe last thing I would want is
for you to be scared if you haveany of these symptoms.
That's the last thing.
So that's not why I'm coming toyou.
What I'm coming to you on thisepisode for is to simply say I
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am in my body and I feel all ofmy senses.
What does that mean we are bornwith this innate intuition of
our body.
When your body doesn't feelright, when you don't feel right
, that could be your intuition,that could be your body talking
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to you.
That could be many differentthings that will say something
just doesn't feel right, and sowhen we are in our bodies, we
can feel it when something isoff and that's when we can do
something about it.
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If you're constantly partying,if you're constantly drinking,
if you're taking a lot ofmedications to numb mind you,
this is not a podcast that isgiving you any kind of medical
advice.
If you are on any mood alteringor numbing medications, these
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are conversations for you andyour practitioner.
So I'm not giving you anymedical advice here.
I just want to make that clear.
However, often some of thethings we do, such as partying
to excess, those are choicessometimes.
Listen, I was a smoker for 20years.
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What did I do?
Every time I felt stress, Iwould go and have a cigarette.
Well, now you see everybodyvaping.
Jesus, like what is in that?
I'm not saying smoking is good,but I'm saying this was tobacco
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.
Now you're smoking some sort ofelectronic vapor that who the
hell knows what's in it.
So one of the things that I sayoften to young women is that
your McDonald's is not the sameas what my McDonald's was.
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Let me explain what that means.
When I was going to McDonald'sall the time and eating fast
food, I was 20.
I was going out after the barhaving a bite to eat.
Well, the fries that I had backthen, okay.
So when I was 20, that wouldhave been 1990.
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Mcdonald's, I believe at thattime, was still using beef
tallow to fry their French fries.
Things have gotten a lot moretoxic and that may be one of the
major reasons why we have moreincidents of, and diagnoses of,
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autoimmune disease.
Another reason is probablybecause we've gotten better at
diagnosing these diseases.
Often, maybe in the past, theywere these mysterious illnesses,
but you cannot dismiss food.
I have done so many posts aboutthe sugar in one Starbucks drink
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.
Now, what is the fad right now?
Going and having a Starbucksspecialty drink.
The maximum daily allowance forsugar for a woman?
Something like 25 grams.
So if you're thinking aboutthat, I think a Coke was our
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poison back in the day.
If you had a Coca-Cola, and Ithink it was about 25 grams.
You had a Coca-Cola and I thinkit was about 25 grams and
you're looking at some Starbucksdrinks that can be upwards of
75 grams in one drink.
So sugar alone in excess.
I will never say don't have atreat.
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I will never say don't havethat occasional coffee.
It's when everything gets outof balance and I feel like the
world has become very out ofbalance.
So the other thing to consideris your personal care products.
I mean, it's a big fad.
You go on TikTok.
You see some women going therepainting their entire face with
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the layers and layers and layersof makeup.
It's like you're wearing thismask and it's like, wow, like
how healthy is that?
And are you aware of what is inyour personal care products?
I know this might soundoverwhelming, but what everybody
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can do is just take a look.
It's not saying throw outeverything you own.
It's being cognizant and thenmaking a better choice the next
time you go to buy something.
Or maybe saying, jesus, why amI putting all those layers of
makeup on my face?
What am I hiding?
Why do I need this, thoselayers of makeup on my face?
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What am I hiding?
Why do I need this?
So the way that I try and dothings is not to take away all
the joy in my life, because weget a lot of joy out of making
ourselves feel good.
But if it doesn't start inside,good, but if it doesn't start
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inside, then the outside issimply a mask.
Another thing that may beexacerbating autoimmune disease
in young women is just socialmedia.
If you believe that beingconstantly on Snapchat and
snapping that friend and gettinglike 20 in you know 15 minutes
that you have to respond to, ifyou think that that is not
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actually contributing to stressin your body, then maybe you're
not really in touch with yoursenses, like I said at the
beginning beginning.
So, being aware of what'sactually taking peace away from
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you is really important, andmaybe a good way to begin is to
simply take a few breaks a dayor maybe delete one of the apps.
That doesn't really meananything.
How much meaning is in a photoof yourself just being sent to
somebody?
Like it's kind of weird.
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It's like why Pick up the phoneand call that person Cortisol?
So, for those of you who are notaware, cortisol is our major
stress hormone and it's good tohave healthy levels of cortisol.
It goes up and it comes down,and it goes up and it comes down
.
I mean, when you have cortisolthat's at a healthy level.
It helps wake you up in themorning and it's supposed to
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have this beautiful slide thatslowly goes down and, once it
gets to a certain level, itenables you to be able to fall
asleep.
It also enables you to wake up.
So, cortisol, if it's up hereall the time, which if you've
got your phone beside your bedand you're constantly checking
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everything, that's going toactually disable your ability to
sleep well.
That's going to disable yourability to even produce healthy
hormones, because it disruptsyour circadian rhythm.
Okay, we can't go back in time.
However, we can do our best toemulate how things used to be.
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Emulate how things used to be,and that will support a healthy
circadian rhythm and healthierhormones, healthier cortisol
levels.
So think about it If you were afarmer back in 1930, you
probably didn't have electricity.
You lived and breathed by thedaylight, so you woke up when
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the sun rose.
You would go to bed when thesun went down.
You wouldn't have your face ina device that actually disrupts
your circadian rhythm.
You wouldn't be watching TVlate at night, you wouldn't be
doing any of these things.
And now there are so manyassaults on our circadian rhythm
that it affects everything.
We are humans that actuallylive and breathe by the seasons,
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by the daylight, by the moon.
If you think that all of thesethings in our atmosphere don't
have an effect on our health, Iwould love for you to consider
this.
So the best way to do that isto set some boundaries for
yourself in order to have ahealthier circadian rhythm, and
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I promise you there will be atrajectory of positive things
that happen with your hormones,with your periods, with your
stress levels, if you set theseboundaries for yourself and gain
more, get more in touch withthose senses that are really
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important to know and feel whensomething is off.
The other thing is grounding.
When was the last time you tooka walk in nature?
When was the last time you justsat there without anything else
and gazed at that moon?
When was the last time you didnot allow anything else to
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destroy your peace and just sitwith how you feel?
Getting quiet is another thingthat we just don't do enough, so
being intentional about it isthe way that we can achieve this
.
So I'm going to give you theusual now to help support your
health Do your best to eat whole, real foods as often as you can
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, if you're a university student, go shopping and buy your food
and cook it at home, becausethen at least you're going to
have some idea of what's in it.
Buy foods that you know what itis and cook at home.
Sleep, so I want you to look atwhat's disturbing your peace
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and causing you to not sleep aswell as you really want to.
So think about the devices.
Think about all the things thatwe mentioned.
I mentioned about the devices.
Think about all the things thatwe mentioned.
I mentioned Exercise andmovement.
Pick something that resonateswith you.
This doesn't mean you have tobe a gym rat, but do something
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to move your body every singleday.
And here is a very, veryimportant thing that a lot of
people don't talk about enoughimportant thing that a lot of
people don't talk about enoughEnsure that your vitamin D
levels are at a healthy level.
So there are many things thatcan contribute to autoimmune
disease.
I will get into one last one,which is the emotional aspect.
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But I talked about a lot ofthese other things, like the
toxins, the foods, the notsleeping, the circadian rhythm,
all of these things, but vitaminD can often be that last thing
that pulls the trigger on adiagnosis.
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So I'm not saying low vitamin Dcauses autoimmune disease,
because there are manycontributing factors including
genetics, by the way includinggenetics but low vitamin D can
often be the last thing thatpulls the trigger to that
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diagnosis.
So I would love for you toensure that you go get tested,
that you fall within not thebottom end of the range but the
middle of that range.
I want to get into a little bitof the emotional, okay, because
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I'm a big believer that withoutlooking at the emotional aspect
to any illness, you're missinga big piece.
And remember, unless you're intouch with those senses, you
will not be in touch with thatemotional aspect that might be
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causing you to feel not so great.
There are tons of theories onhow emotions, trauma, blocked
chakras, all of those things canaffect our health.
You know, if you're looking atchakras, I had thyroid cancer,
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so the throat chakra.
So I grew up and I have no illwill.
I love my childhood, I love myparents.
I am so grateful for everythingabout it.
I don't blame anyone, but itwas just my upbringing that I
don't blame anyone, but it wasjust my upbringing that you know
, I was not allowed to say no,it was a sign of disrespect.
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I know a lot of people probablygrew up that way.
I'm a 1970 baby.
It was very, very common.
And there's nothing wrong withhaving respect for your elders,
which I think we've gone to theother end of the extreme now
where we just want to throw theminto a home and pretend they
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don't exist because they're oldand they're not worthy anymore.
So we've kind of.
You know that's a whole otherconversation, but my point is
you know the throat chakraspeaking your truth, being able
to express yourself.
So chakras are energeticcenters in our body.
I've done a ton of research hereand I think that we can never
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forget the emotional side.
So if you're numbing and you'redisconnected to how you feel,
it is more likely that diseaseor illness can sneak up on you,
because having that awareness tohow you're feeling and moving
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through those feelings arereally important.
Now I'm not speaking aboutanybody who may have issues with
mental health issues oranything like that, but if you
move through how you feel, youwill get on the other side,
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whether it is feelings ofdepression, sadness, anger,
whatever it is.
I have a couple of reallyinteresting books here and I
want to talk a little bit abouthow emotions actually relate to
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autoimmune.
I'm going to read this to you.
So I've actually interviewedYvette Rose.
This is her book, metaphysicalAnatomy.
I love this book.
I've done a few recordings.
I've also interviewed JuliaCannon about emotions and how
they impact our health.
I've also interviewed DrBradley Nelson the emotion code,
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the body code.
Our bodies can hold a lot,whether it's through trauma or
experiences.
You know, like I was saying, Ihad a great childhood.
That doesn't mean that I'm notstoring or holding emotions from
the past.
In my recording with JuliaCannon, remember, it's the body
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attacking itself.
So if you look at that in aliteral sense, it's like a
self-loathing.
There's something aboutyourself emotionally that either
you're not accepting or thatyou don't love, or a piece of
you that just you feel is notworthy.
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So that was something thatJulia Cannon talked about in my
podcast recording.
Your emotional landscape issomething to explore your whole
life before you get sick, beforeyou have problems.
So the numbing and the maskingand all of that contributes to
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not being able to really feeland sense and know your
emotional landscape as a youngwoman.
Your health is in your hands.
It's not to say that you'renever going to get sick or
you're never going to haveproblems.
But when you have those littleclues that something is off,
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those are breadcrumbs for you tofollow.
And I'm not speaking aboutgetting obsessive over things or
becoming a hypochondriac.
These are not things that youwant.
It's more about maintaining alife of balance, where you kind
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of look at all aspects of yourhealth and wellness body.
So that refers to you know thelittle clues in your blood work,
how your body's feeling.
Are you exhausted all the time?
Are you sad all the time?
You know.
And then the mind like, whatare you doing to support a
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healthy mind?
And then there's spirit,something that I didn't really
get into.
But by spirit I am not speakingof religion.
I Is it.
You know, drawing Is it?
There's always got to be acreative outlet to everything
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and it's up to you to figure outwhat makes you feel good inside
.
So I hope that's helpful.
I see so much on social media.
I see a lot of the blame game,blaming parents for your trauma.
I see a lot of self-labeling.
I see a lot of spiritualbypassing that you know if you
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concoct this magic potion, it'sgoing to make all your problems
go poof and disappear.
I see a lot of self-worth thatcomes only through social media.
I see a lot of just ignoringwhat really makes you feel alive
and good in your body and Ithink when you start as a young
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woman, that's your chance tojust keep living a vibrant life
and growing healthy and feelingalive in this world.
Anyway, I hope that helps andplease do share this with a
friend.
This episode is specificallyfor you, young women, just
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because sometimes us you knowmidlife women we've got a little
wisdom to share with you.
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
Be sure to share it withsomeone you know might benefit
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