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This week, I had the honor of getting to interview my hero in the functional-food-as-medicine space, registered dietitian Ali Miller. She is an integrative functional dietitian, author of Naturally Nourished, The Anti-Anxiety Diet, and The Anti-Anxiety Diet Cookbook, and has over a decade of clinical experience using a whole foods ketogenic diet, to help others regulate their stress response system (a.k.a the HPA-axis), balance hormones, optimize metabolic health, improve autoimmune conditions, repair “leaky gut,” and reset the gut microbiome. Her method is supported by the most up-to-date scientific literature, offering a functional approach to whole-body healing.

In The Episode:

Ali’s personal journey to becoming a registered dietitian, and what ignited her passion for using food, therapeutically, to treat anxiety
Why and how Ali transitioned from a raw vegan lifestyle, to an ancestral, “nose to tail,” ketogenic dietary approach
Ali provides a deep dive of the HPA-axis (a.k.a the “fight or flight” response). Ali breaks down each component of this system
Indicators of HPA-axis dysregulation. We could all probably use some more support here!
The gut-stress connection. Understanding the difference between dysbiosis in the microbiome, and “leaky gut”
How stress drives leaky gut
The role leaky gut plays in autoimmunity, inflammation, and food sensitivities
Common drivers of leaky gut
Therapeutic foods to aid in the healing of leaky gut
The overwhelming benefits of a ketogenic diet on managing HPA-axis imbalances
The “Nocebo Effect”- how mantra and belief impacts HPA-axis regulation

Resources:

Naturally Nourished Blog

Naturally Nourished YouTube Channel

Anti-Anxiety Diet Cookbook

Anti-Anxiety Diet Book

Probiotic Challenge

Naturally Nourished Supplement Line

Naturally Nourished Podcast

The MRT-Inflammatory Food Panel

The Power of Mantra

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