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I'm Amanda Montalbo, functional and integrative dietitian, also known as the hormone healing RD.

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All right. Now we have our digestion episode. So season five, we are hitting the foundations again. And I've been

digging into how to eat to support your hormones. We talked about cortisol, blood sugar.

In this previous episode, I talked about supplements since, you know, most people are taking

at least a few supplements and which ones can cause more harm than good.

And now it is time to talk about digestion and how we can have healthy digestion.

I think that we have more control over our digestion than people might realize a lot of women's

struggle with digestive issues, whether that be something like bloating or constipation

or loose stools, maybe it's reflux, anything like that. And a lot of these struggles come back

to our body's inability to produce enough digestive juices and enzymes because a lot of us are

living in a constantly stressed state. Or maybe we are not doing that so much now,

but previously we were, right? Maybe you're really slowing down. You are really starting to

pay attention to food, implementing some of the principles I've discussed in this podcast,

which would be great. And I think sometimes it can be frustrating because you're like,

you know, I feel like I've really made a lot of big changes, but I'm still struggling with my digestion.

And I would just say, be patient with your body because, again, like everything we've done

our whole lives, all the stressors, all the different things, that's going to

impact us right now. It doesn't just go away when we start making changes. And sometimes

we can experience even more symptoms when we get out of that stress state. But hopefully this

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