Health & Wellbeing Podcast #17

Here is another video and podcast for you – this episode I am joined with Laura Yen (you may know her as Laura Burton, she got married not long after we recorded this!) and we chat about our approach to healthy eating, which is based on naturopathic principles. We discuss things such as a whole food diet, our opinion on the paleo diet and the key principles we recommend for healthy eating.

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Laura is a clinical naturopath practicing in St Leonards and Dural. Her key areas of interest are female hormone disorders, digestive health, stress & adrenal fatigue. Through her clinical experience Laura has identified the prevalence of stress in our everyday lives and sees it as the most common cause or exacerbating factor of her patients health conditions. Laura believes that we need to get back to basics and work on our ability to release and manage stress in order to prevent and treat disease.

Last year Laura set herself the mission to reach beyond the walls of her clinics and send her de-stress message out to Australian and New Zealand households through the Burton Health Tea Club. Each month she sends love letters and tea packages to her members to inject joy and excitement into their days and to remind them to slow down, relax and reconnect while sipping on a cup of organic herbal tea.

You can connect with Laura via her website www.burtonhealth.com.au, on Facebook, Twitter or on Instagram.

Podcast Breakdown:

0:00 Intro and disclaimer
0:44 Welcome
1:33 The importance of an individualised diet
2:45 Diet wars and fad diets
3:56 The 80/20 rule
6:16 A Healthy diet shouldn’t be about deprivation, rather learning to prepare and enjoying whole foods
8:14 Whole food diet
10:13 Processed foods
13:30 Fruit and juice
17:30 Calorie counting
18:55 Eat for health rather than weight loss and the importance of micronutrients
21:40 Antioxidants and other beneficial chemicals in food, herbs and spices
25:45 Wisdom from traditional diets
27:23 Anti-nutrient chemicals in food and how to minimise their impact on our digestive system
28:30 Our opinion on the paleo diet
31:03 It’s not just what you eat but how you eat
34:23 Plan your meals and try new foods and recipes
37:04 Foods for specific conditions and eating for the seasons
39:28 Short term diets e.g. ketogenic diets
40:36 Health food product deceptions, low-fat foods
42:14 Water
43:35 How to get in contact