Welcome to the Naturally Well podcast, a show to help you live a healthier and happier life, with credible advice and a Nordic twist. Each week our host and expert guests give practical tips and tools to start incorporating into your daily life. Hosted by Kate Turner, registered dietitian, personal trainer, and Nordic Naturals Nutrition Specialist.
We want to hear from you! If you have specific questions, we’re here to help. Ask us anything you want to know and send us an email at podcast@nordicnaturals.com and we might answer your question on the show.
Learn about some of the unseen threats in our homes like EMFs, mold, water quality, and cleaning products. We'll explore how they affect our health, how we can detect them, and what we can do about them.
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Learn about the #1 hormone women should be focusing on and how to support it each day.
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Learn the tools and the mindset to feel energized everyday. Jon teaches us how to be a positive energy ambassador even when times are challenging. Also how to get your energy from within and don't feel the need to rely on multiple cups of coffee!
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Learn how to make healthy meals part of your everyday routine! Robyn will help identify common barriers to consistently putting healthy meals on the table and provide helpful solutions to make it more of a habit and less of a chore.
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Learn the benefits of baby-led weaning, understand the difference between choking vs. gagging, and get tips on how to handle different stages of picky eating with expert and creator of the most helpful (and free!) child feeding app.
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Learn when, why, and how you can set healthy boundaries to finally stop over-functioning and running on low.
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Learn simple mobility practices that can have a large impact on your longevity and quality of life. Juliet and Kelly provide us with ways to test our mobility and how to add daily mobility-supporting activities to our busy lives seamlessly.
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Learn how to become a runner and enjoy it, whether that's training for a race or just going out for a quick run when you feel like it. Kelly is here to share all her secrets to staying consistent with running and how it can be the best free therapy for your mental health.
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Learn about blood sugar control's powerful impact on your health from expert and type 1 diabetic Andrew Koutnik. With pre-diabetes on the rise at an alarming rate this is a conversation you don't want to miss.
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Learn how to stop obsessing over dieting and avoiding food, and transform how you think about and consume food to feel your best.
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Learn what the mind-gut connection is and how large of a role it plays in our overall health and happiness. Plus, explore the top two ways to support this communication pathway between the brain down and the gut.
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Dr. Newmark shares how we can take an integrative approach to both ADHD and Autism. He provides nutrition and supplement recommendations starting from pre-conception, lifestyle habits we can avoid to help prevent the onset of ADHD and autism, and other healthy lifestyle non-negotiables we should be getting our kids to practice.
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Learn specific strategies to support your mental health and your children's. Dr. Goulston shares the exact language you can use to better communicate with your partner and children at different stages of life.
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Learn which specific micronutrients support your brain health the most and the best ways to get them from your diet.
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Learn how you can maximize the benefits of nature, even if you're only outside for 5 minutes. It's called forest bathing, and no it doesn’t require you to take off your clothes.
We're back with low-waste dietitian Abby Cannon to talk about what to do with all those holiday leftovers.
Learn the 12 things every parent needs to know if your child has a concussion and why your chiropractor may be the best person to go to.
Learn how to feel your best at 40 and beyond, teaching us habits you’ll want to start practicing in your late 20s and 30s to feel great in the years to come .
Learn how you can prioritize your health as a new mom in a realistic and attainable way through food, exercise, and above all else grace.
Learn realistic and tangible strategies to get your health back on track and how to make sure you're attacking the root cause so you can fix your gut and live your life!
Join our low-waste dietitian Abby Cannon to hear some of her top tips and our favorite moments from some of her past episodes.
Learn new approaches to healthy eating that support your gut health, with a deep dive into the power of resistant starches—the carbs you want to be eating!
Alexandra Caspero MA, RDN and Whitney English MS, RDN of Plant-Based Juniors, will help you learn how to increase the plants on your kids plate, whether your family is vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, or you just want your kids to eat more veggies. Plus, find out how a predominantly plant-based diet fits into pregnancy and pediatric nutrition.
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Learn just how powerful the gut-brain connection is and how best to support your thoughts and feelings through gut health.
Feeling truly fulfilled can often be the last thing on our to-do list, but it can have the largest impact. Learn steps to lead you on a path to happiness and fulfillment with expert Samara Zelniker Gabi.
Learn why good gut health supports the rest of your body, and what factors help—and hurt—consistent bloating. Discover simple, impactful habits we can do to support our gut health and what this would look like in daily practice.
We're back with Dr. Scott Minton, Nordic Naturals Scientific Advisor, to discuss how to improve your child’s health through nutrition, and why that may also help decrease some of those daily parent-child power struggles.
Learn from the best how to meal prep healthy foods in under 1 hour a week. Alyssa, the owner and nutritionist of Meal Prep Chef, walks us through her best meal prepping advice—including what not to do—and ideas on what to prepare each week to keep things interesting and delicious. Plus the inside scoop on how you can save time and money.
Learn the best sleep tips for infants and children. Plus the best ways to adjust your child’s sleep to a new routine, like back to school.
Learn the best sleep tips for infants and children. Plus, the best ways to adjust your child’s sleep to a new routine, like back to school.
Learn from Dr. Scott Minton, Nordic Naturals Scientific Advisor, why we all should be taking a daily multivitamin, even if we eat a healthy well-balanced diet.
Brooke Boskovich MS, RD, is also known as The Fertility Dietitian. Take a deep dive into Brooke's six foundations for optimizing fertility and her best tips for both men and women.
Megan Hansen is a registered dietitian and the founder of Metabolism Makeover. Learn her top tips on how to burn fat by increasing your metabolism instead of decreasing your calories, while giving up zero fun.
This episode is about all things motherhood, including how to nourish and move your body while pregnant, and postpartum.
Learn what your fascia is, how to show it some love, and how supporting it can make you taller, slimmer, and younger.
Learn realistic strategies to boost your metabolism and control your blood sugars, including how to snack, move your body, and compose a meal.
Learn all you need to get the most from your workouts, including: top benefits of exercise for your mental health, the research on gaining motivation, the amount of time we need to experience the benefits of exercise, what intensity is just right, and if there is a better type of exercise for mental health.
Learn the benefits of baby-led weaning, understand the difference between choking vs. gagging, and get tips on how to handle different stages of picky eating with expert and creator of the most helpful (and free!) child feeding app.
Learn the best way to start a yoga and meditation practice if you’ve never tried it, or have struggled to make it a habit. Plus, learn how yoga makes us physically and mentally stronger, with yoga and embodiment coach Caley Alyssa.
Learn how to live a Genius Life and help heal your mind, strengthen your body, and become extraordinary with Max Lugavere, New York Times best-selling author, and health and science journalist.
Jennifer Anderson is a registered dietitian and child feeding expert.Today, Jennifer and Kate discuss ways to provide your children with better nutrition, advice for picky eating, and how to promote less overall mealtime stress.
Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author of Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food Pregnancy for Gestational Diabetes. Find out how to navigate the confusing world of prenatal nutrition and figure out what to eat and why, with current research to back up every recommendation.
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Dr. Steven Gundry, founder of Gundry MD, is one of the world’s top cardiothoracic surgeons and a pioneer in nutrition. Learn how to increase longevity and how to get the benefits from a keto style diet without all the restrictions.
Today on the podcast, Kristina Harris Jackson, Ph.D., RD, joins us to share the importance of knowing your omega-3 levels during pregnancy and postpartum, and how you can easily get tested to find out what dose is right for you and baby.
Jessica Gershman is the founder of The Zen Mommy. Learn how to realistically slow down and find your zen, and discover the multitude of benefits that come with it.
Learn what supplements your baby should be taking, and why.
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Earth Day is an excellent time to check on your food-buying habits. Abby Cannon joins us again to go over practical tips we can do today that will support our planet for tomorrow.
Do your genes affect your diet? Sharon Matheny, MSNS, Ph.D., leads us in a discussion of evidence-based nutrition and health science information about nutrigenomics.
Sarah Swanberg, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, shows us how acupuncture, Chinese and East Asian medicine can complement Western practices, and may even be the missing link to helping you become symptom free.
Dr. Bill Harris has been a leading researcher in the omega-3 fatty acid field for 40 years. Today we look at why having healthy omega-3 levels in your blood is essential to health, why most Americans are deficient in omega-3s, how you can easily test—and improve—your omega-3 levels.
Christopher Mohr, PhD, RD has worked with numerous media outlets, corporations, and athletic programs, highlighting healthy habits, including this episode's topic: sleep. Find out how you can improve your sleep hygiene and why it's so important in helping you reach your wellness goals.
Chef and dietitian Julie Harrington guides us through the simple recipes she thinks everyone should know, plus ways to add more nutrition to our meals while not compromising their flavor.
Celebrity nutritionist Keri Glassman looks at the healthy food trends for 2022 that are worth following to help your focus and energy, and manage stress.
Today we're joined with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, a functional medicine physician, to talk about muscle-centric medicine as the key to health and longevity.
Kristen DeAngelis (RDN, LDN, RYT) joins us again to look at the importance of our thyroid health, and some of the misunderstanding surrounding it, as well as how it affects other areas of our health that you may not realize. She’ll discuss signs of thyroid health to look for in our everyday life, and what you can do to improve it.
Forget calorie counting, weight loss, and diets. Kate is back, helping us live the new year healthier and happier in every way that doesn't involve food.
Science Journalist Florence Williams is back to talk about the science behind heartbreak's effect on our bodies.
Biology professor and clinical and laboratory researcher Scott Minton, PhD, guides us through the science of the heart, its importance, and how we might not be thinking about our hearts as much as we should.
Olympic climber Krya Condi examines how rock climbing affects all areas of her life, including problem-solving, setting goals, and conquering fear.
Scott Minton, PhD has over a decade of experience as a biology professor, clinical and laboratory researcher, and a nutritional consultant. In this episode he walks us through the science and research of how to improve the health of our cells, which you will learn is the key to every aspect of your health.
Learn how a different way to create “resolutions” and a simple change in mindset can help bring about sustainable growth in 2022.
Meik Wiking is one of today’s most influential happiness researchers and is the founder and CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, in Copenhagen. On today's episode we look at the research behind what makes us happy and what might leave us feeling dissatisfied in our lives.
Todd McCullough is the founder of TMAC Fitness, a home fitness program that has helped people get in shape and get their minds right. Todd walks us through the surprising relationship between fitness and meditation and highlights how developing a new habit is attainable.
Kalé Woods is a LMFT and psychotherapist who specializes in helping clients work through past and current traumas and finding ways to break barriers to progress in order to empower individuals to become their most authentic selves.
Amanda is a Dietitian who specializes in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (or PCOS) and the Non-Diet Approach. She helps women and gender-diverse people combat their PCOS using a unique intuitive-eating and hormone-balancing approach so they can feel comfortable and confident in their bodies.
Florence Williams is a journalist and author whose work focuses on the environment, health, and science. As a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for the New York Times, National Geographic, and more, Florence walks us through the science behind how nature can make us healthier, happier and more creative.
Dr. Afrouz Demeri is the fertility doctor behind Trimester Zero, helping women (and men) prepare their bodies for conception. Learn specific things you can do to get your body baby-ready and what common misconceptions you shouldn’t waste your time on.
Certified personal trainer, holistic health coach, and fitness model Taylor Walker is back to discuss what to expect and prepare for the changes and experiences and answer questions about what happens after giving birth.
We're back with low-waste dietitian Abby Cannon to talk about what to do with all those holiday leftovers.
After 6 years in a traditional physical therapy setting, Dr. Christina Jahrling felt boxed in by the “break it, then fix it" mentality. She now takes a more holistic approach to postpartum health, nutrition, exercise, core rehab, and mental health.
Mike is the Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Philadelphia Eagles and, prior to that, was the Director of Performance Nutrition at USC. Today, we learn how to eat for performance (whether you’re a professional athlete or a casual gym-goer) and the difference between pre-workout and post-workout nutrition.
Professional Strongman and athletic trainer, Rob Kearney was named Male Athlete of the Year in 2020 by Outsports for his courage and work within the LGBTQ community. Hear the lessons he learned from training, bodybuilding, competing, and more.
Amanda Robinson is a dedicated fitness trainer, health coach, pro dancer, model, and media personality who shares her best tips for staying consistent with movement and making it fun.
Registered Dietitian, certified diabetes educator, researcher, and author Lily Nichols is back to walk us through some postpartum misconceptions and her best advice around postpartum nutrition and what you can do for yourself and your baby.
Elaina Efird is a registered dietitian, certified eating disorder dietitian, and board certified specialist in sports nutrition. On today's show, Kate and Elaina look at how to eat for your metabolism, ways you can determine if it’s working, and how to best support it. Elaina also debunks many common myths and misconceptions about weight.
Low-waste dietitian Abby Cannon is back to talk about the problems with food waste and how making sustainable chocies are healthy in more ways than one.
Lisa Hayim (registered dietitian, blogger, and founder of Fork the Noise) takes us through her own journey with eating and why taking a modern, mindful approach to food might be the missing piece of your health and wellbeing.
Personal trainer and co-founder of Mind Pump Media, Sal Di Stefano shares with us how resistance training is the best form of exercise to burn fat, boost metabolism, and avoid injury and illness.
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This week we hear from you, and Kate answers all your questions about blood sugar balance and how it affects our health. She talks about why everyone should be concerned with balancing their blood sugar, how to make small adjustments to your diet to keep your blood sugars from spiking, and much more. To have your question read on air, email us at podcast@nordicnaturals.com.
Erica Ziel is a certified personal trainer, health coach, and more, with a mission to help women live healthier lives and heal their bodies through movement, wellness, intuition, and breath work. Join us as we talk through the dos and don'ts of prenatal and postpartum exercise and the common misconceptions surrounding both.
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Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion water polo goalie Ashleigh Johnson shares how prioritizing her life and finding balance helps her be prepared for whatever comes next.
We're back with Dr. Scott Minton, Nordic Naturals Scientific Advisor, to discuss how to improve your child’s health through nutrition, and why that may also help decrease some of those daily parent-child power struggles.
During the pandemic, Vanessa Rissetto and Tamar Samuels launched Culina Health, a personalized telehealth nutrition-coaching platform. Like Kate, they look at taking the stress away from eating and how our diets can create a more balanced life.
Long-distance runner Alexi Pappas (Olympian & filmmaker) walks us through her personal story of hardship and shares what she does to fuel her body and mind, along with insights she's learned from running and how they've applied to the rest of her life.
Learn from the best how to meal prep healthy foods in under 1 hour a week. Alyssa, the owner and nutritionist of Meal Prep Chef, walks us through her best meal prepping advice—including what not to do—and ideas on what to prepare each week to keep things interesting and delicious. Plus the inside scoop on how you can save time and money.
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Samara Zelniker joins us to talk about her experience with teaching mindfulness, how we can incorporate mindfulness into our everyday lives, and strategies to overcome some of the challenges of mindfulness and meditation.
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Christopher Mohr, PhD, RD, joins us again, this time to talk about what's going on in our bodies when we’re stressed, the effects of stress on our daily lives, and ways we can manage it in order to improve our overall health.
James Nestor is an author and journalist behind The New York Times bestseller "Breath," in which he scientifically explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe correctly, the drastic effects this has on our health, and how to get it back. (Hint: It involves your nose).
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This week we hear from you and Kate answers all your pregnancy questions. She covers tips for nausea and what supplements you should consider taking, and much more. To have your question read on air, email us at podcast@nordicnaturals.com
Diana Rodgers, RD, is a “real food” nutritionist and sustainability advocate. Today, we look into the evidence behind why well-raised meat is good for you, and good for the planet, including the nutritional, environmental, and ethical aspects of this topic.
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Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author of Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food Pregnancy for Gestational Diabetes. Find out how to navigate the confusing world of prenatal nutrition and figure out what to eat and why, with current research to back up every recommendation.
To get the first chapter of Real Food for Pregnancy for FREE visit https://shop.lilynicholsrdn.com/collections/frontpage/products/real-food-for-pregnancy-paperback
Amy Rains is a nutritionist who teaches how food can be both nutrient dense and delicious, running the successful account Wholesomelicious. All of her recipes are quick, easy, and check all the nutrition boxes.
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As the Director of Performance Nutrition and the Sports Dietitian for the San Francisco 49ers, Jordan Mazur takes us through the science of how food affects our bodies. Plus, he takes what he's learned working with professional athletes and teaches us how to optimize nutrition in our daily lives.
Kalé Woods is a LMFT and psychotherapist who specializes in helping clients work through past and current traumas and finding ways to break barriers to progress in order to empower individuals to become their most authentic selves.
Alexandra Caspero MA, RDN and Whitney English MS, RDN of Plant-Based Juniors, will help you learn how to increase the plants on your kids plate, whether your family is vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, or you just want your kids to eat more veggies. Plus, find out how a predominantly plant-based diet fits into pregnancy and pediatric nutrition.
Brigid Titgemeier, Integrative and Functional Nutrition Dietitian, talks through the advantage of a personalized, food-is-medicine approach to health, and shares how functional medicine changed her life.
Taylor Walker is a certified personal trainer, holistic health coach, and fitness model sharing tips to fit in exercise and self care in a realistic way, along with specific exercises that each person should be doing daily, and particularly important ones while pregnant and during postpartum.
Robyn Johnson is a Functional Medicine Dietitian with a passion for seeking out the root cause of your symptoms, and using food and lifestyle modifications as medicine. In this episode, she shares her skin health expertise and how it's connected to our gut health, hormones, and sleep cycles.
This week we hear from you and answer all your alternative-milk and fake-meat questions. Plus, we look into the science of healthy snacking. To have your question read on air, email us at podcast@nordicnaturals.com
Todd McCullough is the founder of TMAC Fitness, a home fitness program that has helped people get in shape and get their minds right. Todd walks us through the surprising relationship between fitness and meditation and highlights how developing a new habit is attainable.
Kristen DeAngelis, RDN, LDN, RYT turned her struggle with burnout to a career helping others understand what's going on in their own bodies, everything from hormone/thyroid imbalances, weight loss resistance, adrenal dysfunction, period problems, gut issues, food sensitivities and more.
Abby Cannon is an attorney-turned-dietitian who is passionate about making a healthy, low-waste life approachable, doable, and fun. Hear some simple tips you can implement today to help you live a more sustainable, eco-friendly, and healthy life.
Karla Schmidt (Certified Nutritionist) talks about how taking care of your gut health has important implications for the rest of your wellbeing, providing you with practical ways to start improving your gut health today. She also identifies what healing regimens would be most appropriate for whom.
Christopher Mohr, PhD, RD has worked with numerous media outlets, corporations, and athletic programs, highlighting healthy habits, including this episode's topic: sleep. Find out how you can improve your sleep hygiene and why it's so important in helping you reach your wellness goals.
Carolyn Brown, MS RD, a nutritionist and co-founder of Indigo Wellness Group, talks about the importance of slow nutrition and why starting with small habits is the best way to achieve long-term health. She also shares other facets of your health that must be included to reach your goals. Stay tuned to hear her best tips and tricks for reaching long-term health and happiness—one of them may be as easy as taking off your shoes!
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Scott Minton, PhD has over a decade of experience as a biology professor, clinical and laboratory researcher, and a nutritional consultant. In this episode he walks us through the science and research of how to improve the health of our cells, which you will learn is the key to every aspect of your health.
Kate Turner is joined by Naturally Well producer, Andrew Steven to field questions submitted by our Nordic Naturals family and friends about Kate's journey, the wellness philosophy she lives by, and what to expect from future episodes of Naturally Well.
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Long-distance runner Alexi Pappas (Olympian & Filmmaker) walks us through her personal story of hardship and shares what she does to fuel her body and mind, along with insights she's learned from running and how they've applied to the rest of her life.
Welcome to the Naturally Well podcast, a show to help you live a healthier and happier life, with credible advice and a Nordic twist. Each week our host and expert guests give practical tips and tools to start incorporating into your daily life. Hosted by Kate Turner, registered dietitian, personal trainer, and Nordic Naturals Nutrition Specialist. Join us on our journey to live naturally well, starting February 24th, 2021.