Episode 5: Minerals + Metabolism of Amanda Montalvo of Hormone Healing RD
Do you know what fuels your metabolism? MINERALS, baby! For episode 05, we asked the mineral queen herself, Amanda Montalvo, to come on & give you guys a minerals 101 mini class. There is so much we wish we would have known about minerals when we started our metabolism journey, like the fact that our mineral status can make or break our metabolism?!... or which minerals are burned up the fastest during times of stress, and how we can replenish them through our nutrition. We are so excited for you guys to learn all of this & more from Amanda today!
Join us as we sit down & discuss the following:
Amanda's story coming off of birth control & finding no answers from her OB/GYN
Her journey leaving conventional functional medicine & moving towards metabolic health
Introduction to minerals & how they impact the body
The four macro minerals, why they are important, & how to prioritize them from nutrition
The 3 most common minerals imbalances Amanda sees among women in her practice
How stress impacts our minerals, & what we can do to mitigate stress through nutrition
Iron overload from birth control, prenatals, multivitamins, & other supplements
Why real vitamin A from animal foods is crucial to your health
The danger of vitamin D supplementation
When an HTMA test can be a valuable tool on your health journey
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