That is the transcript of an interview hosted on Ruth’s Really feel Higher. Reside Free. podcast.
Ruth Soukup: For those who’ve listened to this podcast for any period of time, you’ve most likely heard me discuss intestine well being not less than a couple of times, and perhaps much more than that. However there’s a very good motive it’s just about unimaginable to speak about well being and weight reduction with out finally speaking concerning the intestine as a result of it’s so central to our total well being and the way we really feel.
However in the case of truly therapeutic our intestine, there aren’t any easy solutions. Actually, it’s not only one factor, as at this time’s visitor is gonna clarify, it’s not even all the time simply concerning the meals. So let’s dive in.
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In the present day we’re gonna be chatting with Hannah Ward, who’s a girl on a mission to assist individuals really feel genuinely at residence of their our bodies by reworking intestine well being from the within out.
Hannah has guided lots of of purchasers to lasting wellness by addressing the foundation causes of their digestive struggles. Because the founding father of Hannah, a purposeful diet follow devoted to pure heal therapeutic, she empowers ladies worldwide to beat persistent digestive points like bloating, IBS, acid reflux disorder, constipation, and extra.
And like I mentioned, for those who’ve been listening to this podcast for any period of time, you most likely already know that I’m just about obsessive about intestine well being as a result of it’s such a elementary a part of therapeutic your physique and feeling good total. Suffice to say, I’m so excited for at this time’s visitor and so excited to have the ability to introduce you to at this time’s interview visitor, Hannah.
A Phrase. Hannah, thanks a lot for being right here. I’m so excited to speak to you. Thanks for having me. I’m excited to dive in.
Ruth Soukup: Yeah, so let’s simply begin with form of the broad overview. Who’re you and the way did you get to be doing what you at the moment are?
Hannah Alyward: Sure. So my title’s Hannah Ward. I’m the CEO and founding father of Han.
And at Ham we actually assist ladies overcome persistent digestive points. So issues like bloating, constipation, IB slike signs, so bowel motion points, urgency, plenty of persistent bloating. Um, we’ll see even plenty of like completely different pores and skin situations too. So persistent zits, eczema, numerous that stems from the intestine. We actually simply form of dig deeper to take a root trigger method and handle like repairing the intestine via extra of a root trigger purposeful lens.
And I actually acquired into all of this as a result of, you understand, I used to be scuffling with these points myself. I had, um, persistent digestive points for years. You already know, I might seem like six months pregnant with stomach bloating after maintaining a healthy diet meals. I used to be consuming very wholesome, I used to be exercising frequently. I knew lots about well being.
I used to be quote unquote doing all the fitting issues. I used to be. Like younger, I used to be lively. I I don’t actually drink a lot alcohol. None of it actually, you understand, added up or was making any sense. And it was very complicated ’trigger nobody actually knew the right way to assist me. You already know, it was form of like, effectively, you’re younger and also you’re wholesome and also you’re on no medicines, like, you’re, you’re tremendous.
And I knew deep down that one thing needed to be off as a result of I didn’t all the time, you understand, really feel that manner. Then additionally I simply, I used to be like, I, I ought to have extra power than this. I ought to have the ability to eat these meals, you understand, with out form of like quote unquote paying for it for a very long time afterwards. And it acquired to the purpose the place I used to be actually like skipping meals simply so I might like button my pants and exit to dinner with my pals, or I used to be packing, you understand, all my very own snacks in every single place I went.
And it was, you understand, I, I wanna be conscious of claiming, like, embarrassing. I don’t assume anybody needs to be embarrassed of what they’re experiencing, however. It didn’t, it didn’t assist, proper? So it was form of like hitting my confidence. It was hitting my belief with my physique. It was hitting how I confirmed up on the planet.
Um, and it was actually closely impacting my life and my, my relationship. So, you understand, I, I really like the work that we do as a result of sure, we’re addressing the intestine on the root, however sometimes we’ll see it. It, it doesn’t, it’s not likely concerning the bloating, it’s about like how the bloating impairs your high quality of life and the way it impacts the way you present up in your everyday and your confidence and all of that.
And that’s what I actually love serving to ladies via. So yeah, I simply was like, I’ve to dig deeper and I’ve to determine what’s occurring. After which I began seeing. That numerous different ladies had been scuffling with it too. And it wasn’t simply me. Girls had been attempting a great deal of issues and not likely getting any outcomes being advised.
They simply had IBS being advised, you understand, all the things appears to be like regular. We we’re unsure your colonoscopy’s tremendous. Um, and I used to be identical to, we’ve gotta get these ladies some solutions. In order that’s how I’m right here. Superior. That’s
Ruth Soukup: wonderful. So how did you finally like
Hannah Alyward: determine what was the issue? Tons of analysis after which extra purposeful testing.
So, um, like we love purposeful testing. I’ve acquired a staff of purposeful registered dieticians and so we’ll run labs that you just wouldn’t actually like usually get at your conventional Western medical physician’s workplace. Um, typically a purposeful medication physician will run them. You simply wanna actually be sure that for those who’re gonna spend money on the labs like.
You’re working with somebody who actually is aware of the right way to work with the lab. ’trigger they’ll get a bit of dear. However I used to be, you understand, I used to be form of seeing that within the purposeful and holistic area, numerous it is rather like meals, meals, meals, meals. And clearly meals is like so extremely highly effective and diet is, however there’s form of this layer deeper in the case of intestine well being.
So that you’ll begin reacting to all kinds of various meals when you have these underlying intestine imbalances. And as soon as I form of. Found out that I used to be like, oh, I guess you I’ve a few of this, one thing right here needs to be current. Um, that’s principally inflicting me to react to those meals, particularly like wholesome meals, proper?
Like I might look six months pregnant after consuming an apple. I, I used to be like consuming candy potatoes. I couldn’t tolerate them, so it wasn’t simply, you understand, I took out gluten, I took out dairy, I took out sugar. I wasn’t ingesting alcohol, and it was like this, this layer deeper. Then I ran some testing and I used to be like, okay.
All the things is smart right here. Um, I had some like mould toxicity and I additionally had numerous intestine imbalances, like sluggish abdomen acid and intestine dysbiosis and low intestine immune operate. And this stuff had been contributing to me reacting to all of those meals, um, and feeling like constipated and bloated and all of that.
So it took numerous analysis and actually like numerous trial and error, um, and studying from lots of people on this area that had been form of doing various things. After which I, I used to be began to place it, put the items of the puzzle collectively.
Ruth Soukup: Fascinating. So, I imply, I believe there’s numerous misconceptions about intestine well being, proper?
’trigger that’s what I’ve heard too, proper? Simply minimize out dairy and minimize out gluten after which try to be tremendous. And that’s what you’re saying is there’s all kinds of different issues. So how, I imply, how do you even get began with understanding like what’s occurring?
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, it’s a very good query. And you understand, I believe the, like taking out gluten and taking out dairy and all of that, it’s, it’s stemming from like your.
Like elimination food regimen, proper? Like a standard elimination food regimen. They usually have their time and place. I’m not right here to love knock them. Um, you understand, they’re, they’re used as a gold normal in some circumstances to form of like, see yeah. What meals sensitivities do you’ve, proper? Um, however I believe that on this like wellness area, numerous this info has simply.
Been like despatched out to everybody, like broadcasted on social media and all of that form of stuff. So now individuals are doing this stuff that perhaps don’t even should be doing this stuff. Um, so yeah, I imply, I believe if you’re simply getting began taking a few of these meals out of the food regimen to see for those who really feel any higher, like.
It’s fairly low value. It’s, it’s easy to do. So for those who wished to trial that at residence first, like, you understand, go forward and do this. We simply wanna keep away from conserving these meals out like eternally, proper? As a result of that’s what can positively occur. So by the point individuals come to work with us, I imply, they’ll be consuming, like, a few of them are consuming like 5 to 10 meals.
They’re scared to eat these different meals. Um, so yeah, it’s, it, that may be a very good place to begin. However we additionally, you understand, wanna ask like, why are we. Why do we have to take out these meals within the first place? As a result of that’s what we actually wanna discover out as a result of a, a wholesome and powerful like resilient intestine microbiome can tolerate most meals, and that’s what we wish.
A number of issues right here and there. You don’t really feel nice after consuming, that’s tremendous. You already know, I don’t anticipate anybody to really feel nice after like. Consuming a complete pizza, however you understand if you Proper. Like one thing like that. Otherwise you’re out. Yeah. You already know, consuming a bunch of meals with pals on a Saturday evening, no matter, a bit of bloating after that.
Okay. Um, however for those who’re feeling like bloated, you get up bloated, you’re bloated after consuming, you understand, a salad and stuff like that. Like there’s extra for us to research. So peeling a few of these meals could be useful a bit of quickly. Quickly. That’s like un underline, underline quickly, proper?
Mm-hmm. Then, you understand, to take it a layer deeper. That is the place the purposeful testing, I believe actually comes into play. So we will see what’s going on within the intestine microbiome that may very well be contributing to why you might be reacting to those meals. Um, and typically they’re not identical to one meals like gluten.
Clearly just like the, the protein and wheat, however typically perhaps you don’t tolerate fat very effectively. It’s not like only one singular meals. It’s fat as a complete. So could that might embrace wholesome fat. That may very well be avocado, that may very well be, you understand, olive oil, it may very well be cheese, it may very well be, you understand, fried meals, no matter.
And there’s an underlying motive for that, proper? Being fats maldigestion, which then stems from the liver and gallbladder. So we are available in and we’d work on the liver and gallbladder. So then you’ll be able to tolerate these meals as soon as once more. So it may be, you understand, for those who’re on this journey like o by yourself, it may be a bit of tough to choose up these patterns.
Um mm-hmm. However typically, you understand, for those who wished to get began too with like, okay, cool, do I really feel worse after I eat protein wealthy meals? Do I really feel worse after I eat fats wealthy meals? Or is it fiber? Can I not tolerate fiber or wealthy meals? That can provide us extra perception as effectively.
Ruth Soukup: Hmm, attention-grabbing. So what are a number of the shocking root causes to intestine well being points that folks don’t essentially all the time take into consideration?
Hannah Alyward: So many issues. Um, now you me talked about mould, which was attention-grabbing. Yeah. Inform me
Ruth Soukup: extra about that.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah. Oh my gosh. We see a lot of it. I, I want we didn’t, I actually want we didn’t. I all the time say like, I by no means ever wished to develop into, um, uh, a practitioner within the mould area. It was by no means a need of mine. However we, like, if, for those who’re working in purposeful intestine well being, you principally like must understand it since you’ll see it.
Um, it’s an enormous motive why individuals don’t get higher. Um, it’s a, it may be an enormous motive for like weight reduction resistance too. Um, complicated hormonal points, hair loss, like persistent fatigue. So there’s a, there’s a stat on the market. I don’t wanna butcher it, however I, I believe it’s like 90% and you may reality test me on this.
So, uh, you understand, I don’t have the paper in entrance of me, however I consider it’s like 90% of individuals with persistent fatigue syndrome. Have excessive mould ranges, like mycotoxin ranges, um, actually. Yeah, it’s an enormous, it’s an enormous quantity. So, um, you understand, mould basically, you understand, it may well develop in water injury buildings. We do get some publicity via meals.
Personally, I’m not like tremendous fearful about small quantities of publicity via meals. I, I don’t take the, like me and my staff, we actually don’t take the method of like. Getting actually nitty gritty to the purpose the place you’re identical to scared to eat something. That’s not what we wish, proper? I would like you to have the ability to like stay your life fortunately and journey and do your factor.
So I’m not like, oh my gosh, by no means get a espresso out as a result of there’s mould in it, proper? However sure, we will get some publicity via meals, and so we simply reduce the place we will, um, primarily based on how issues develop. So like espresso beans and the way they’re saved, you understand, with they’re scorching they usually’re humid they usually can develop mould, um, corn, grains, peanuts, issues like that.
However as soon as once more, that’s not likely what I’m like stressing over as a result of your physique has these pure detox methods to love deal with this by itself if you’re taking excellent care of your self. Nevertheless, for those who’re like residing in a. Mould ridden constructing. So that you’re getting tons of publicity on a regular basis that I might put in a special class that like actually does should be addressed.
So these mycotoxins put heavy burdens in your detox methods. Wow. Wow.
Ruth Soukup: So what different like underlying causes that you’d perhaps not take into consideration are there.
Hannah Alyward: So we’ll see numerous like intestine dysbiosis. And dysbiosis is de facto only a fancy time period for saying that there’s like an imbalance in your intestine micro organism.
Um, there’s completely different patterns for this. There could be like insufficiency, dysbiosis the place you don’t have sufficient of your good intestine micro organism. And we, we actually see that lots too as a result of because the food regimen has like. Westernized and modernized. You already know, we’re getting much less variety in via the food regimen form of naturally.
Um, so you will need to eat like plenty of selection in your wholesome complete meals to help your intestine microbes. Um, however we will additionally see an overgrowth of extra like dysbiotic, what we might name dysbiotic or opportunistic intestine micro organism that may trigger tons of signs like eczema, zits, persistent bloating, um.
Constipation, diarrhea, histamine overload it. It could actually actually get a bit extra complicated, however so individuals can actually perceive it. We, we principally simply have an overgrowth of not, not so good intestine micro organism which are contributing to many various signs. So once we work with purchasers, you understand, we wanna dig deeper into like, what even brought about that.
However I don’t assume we’ve ever seen a consumer that hasn’t had some little bit of intestine dysbiosis.
Ruth Soukup: Fascinating. So what about like life-style elements, sleep, stress, how does that play into your intestine well being as effectively?
Hannah Alyward: Massively. Yeah. So I imply, stress is big. And going again to what I used to be saying with like digging deep as to love why do we now have this intestine dysbiosis within the first place?
I believe numerous the time is. Due to the persistent stress that so many people have endured. You already know, like life, life hits us and it’s form of like, um, a bit of tough by nature. You already know, it’s by no means, nothing actually absolutely settles down for a protracted time period and issues occur that we don’t see coming.
After which we simply have like, particularly ladies, like kind A ladies, perfectionist leaning ladies, um, very pushed, hardworking ladies that perhaps don’t like. Deal with themselves earlier than they handle everybody else, they usually put themselves on the again burner. So perhaps that appears like skipping meals. Possibly it appears to be like like yo-yo weight-reduction plan, perhaps it appears to be like like, um, over exercising, not getting sufficient sleep, you understand, individuals pleasing.
I imply, there’s so many like instructions we might take the dialog, however. All of these issues are stressors not hitting your nutrient wants are stressors. Not consuming sufficient is a stress, is an enormous stressor. Um, yeah, pulling out tons of meals is an enormous stressor. Experiencing persistent stress is an enormous stressor and basically beneath stress, digestion is an afterthought, proper?
So we’re not. Your physique isn’t set as much as correctly digest your meals. If you end up experiencing numerous stress, you’ll routinely produce much less abdomen acid, fewer pancreatic enzymes. Cortisol will improve, cortisol will trigger points together with your intestine lining. So I all the time say like stress doesn’t keep stress, proper?
It impacts your physique. It, it has a physiological impression within the physique. And that’s when over time we’ll see stress trigger numerous intestine points.
Ruth Soukup: So, I imply, it appears like there’s so many issues, proper, that you just, you, it. Like how do you even, how do you even start? Like I simply speaking about stress makes me really feel stressed as a result of as quickly as we begin speaking about stress, I’m like, oh, I really feel it.
I really feel my cortisols going up. Yeah. And I believe then like then you definately assume like we like. This, it nearly like I visualize this multi-headed monster, proper? Or taking part in whack-a-Mole the place you’re simply attempting to hit all of the various things and also you, how have you learnt you’re doing it proper? After which in case you are a sort An individual, you’re like attempting to test all of the packing containers and never getting all of the packing containers checked.
So, however similtaneously you’re saying all this, prefer it’s all interconnected and that’s what I hear is simply, it’s so, it’s such a holistic. Strategy. So how, the place do you even begin with that? When it feels overwhelming of, I don’t even, I don’t know. I wanna, I wanna repair my intestine. I wanna have a wholesome intestine.
I wanna lose the load. I wanna do all of the issues for my physique that I do know is meant to occur. However now there’s so many issues I don’t even know the place, the place to show and what to do.
Hannah Alyward: Completely. And I believe I prefer to put stress in nearly like completely different buckets. ’trigger we’ve acquired like emotional psychological stressors, then we’ve acquired bodily stressors after which we now have like environmental stressors.
’trigger I agree. I imply, I believe the subject of stress alone, it’s like individuals are like, scale back your stress. And it’s like, yeah, I, duh. Proper. Like, I get it, however how do I do this as I’m attempting to love operate in society? So, you understand, it’s actually like what’s inflicting essentially the most stress for you in your life proper now?
And that’s gonna be completely different for, for everybody. It’s completely different for me to you, perhaps we now have some overlap as like enterprise homeowners presumably. However you understand, everybody’s in their very own expertise. For some individuals it could be monetary stress. For some individuals it could be their well being. For some individuals it could be their relationship isn’t serving them anymore.
Proper? So it’s like. For those who take two minutes and get actually radically trustworthy with your self, like what is definitely inflicting you stress on a day-to-day foundation and the place can we take one step in direction of, you understand, type sorting that out a bit of bit. Um, for a few of us, it’s like we’re on our cellphone an excessive amount of, you understand, so it’s like, can we now have higher boundaries with our cellphone?
That’s an excellent easy begin. Um, however for lots of girls, I might say that we see like they’re undereating they usually’re over exercising. And that might form of fall into the like, um, bodily stressor bucket, proper? In order that’s not likely like I’m pressured at work or, uh, I misplaced a liked one or something. That psychological and emotional stressor, it’s extra of a bodily one.
So can we enable you to stability your blood sugar? Can we get you consuming sufficient protein? Can we get you actually fueling your physique? Like. Not skipping plenty of meals, ensuring that you just’re correctly fueled to truly like improve your stress, your stress resiliency. So if you do encounter this stress, or perhaps in one other bucket over right here, you form of have these like uncooked supplies, proper?
Such as you’re consuming meals with magnesium, your blood sugar is regulated. Like this stuff are gonna enable you to tolerate these stressors a bit higher. So. If somebody is listening to this they usually’re like, okay, actually the place do I begin subsequent? You already know, my first advice could be, learn to stability your blood sugar and, and just be sure you’re consuming sufficient meals all through the day.
Ruth Soukup: Hmm.
Hannah Alyward: In order that’s the 1st step. Yeah. That might be an enormous the 1st step for, for me. Um, as a result of with out that, you’re gonna be combating your physique’s like personal biology all day lengthy. And what occurs is. When your blood sugar ranges go up very excessive, they’re gonna crash very low. And once they crash very low, your physique’s gonna push out cortisol with a purpose to elevate your blood sugar ranges.
Cortisol is that, that stress hormone that so many people are accustomed to. So that you could be doing the meditation or the, you understand, mindfulness follow or no matter, however for those who’re not regulating your blood sugar, you’re operating on these stress hormones with out even. Like being conscious of it, proper? So can we get you consuming ample protein at every meal and a fiber at every meal?
Not going like, you understand, six hours between meals or not skipping breakfast and consuming for the primary time at 1:00 PM and that form of stuff, um, to assist to control your blood sugar ranges so that you simply really feel extra calm in your physique and then you definately don’t have that, like bodily stressor form of exacerbating these cortisol ranges all day lengthy.
Okay, so the 1st step, repair your blood sugar.
Ruth Soukup: Mm-hmm. Get it
Hannah Alyward: regulated.
Ruth Soukup: Sure. What’s step two? Are there extra steps for managing stress total? Only for, for like approaching intestine well being and, and I. Getting it mounted.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah. Yeah. In order that’s a terrific place to begin. Um, then I might say what we will additionally do is like be taught to optimize digestion.
So I believe there’s numerous speak within the purposeful well being area that’s just like the intestine microbiome and probiotics and all of the micro organism, however earlier than something even makes it into them, like microbiome, most individuals are referring to the big gut and all of the micro organism which are in there once they’re speaking about that.
We’ve got to ensure you’re truly digesting your meals effectively earlier than the meals even will get there, proper? So beneath stress, we gained’t digest our meals as effectively. Um, so how can we assist to optimize digestion a bit of bit too? ’trigger that’s gonna actually assist to reduce bloating, reduce constipation, like that feeling of like actually feeling full proper after consuming, gassiness, all of that.
Um, and there are easy methods for that too, so we will, you understand, take six 60. Stomach breaths earlier than consuming every meal. That’s gonna assist the physique transfer into the parasympathetic nervous system response versus the sympathetic, which is that combat or flight state. We’re gonna digest our meals and produce extra digestive juices once we are in that relaxed state.
So earlier than you eat, take a pair deep breaths, assist your physique like sign to your mind. We’re secure, we will digest our meals. We’re not operating away from any hazard now. ’trigger that’s how the physique was designed to truly like eat and digest its meals. Um, so don’t simply seize a fast meal and eat at your desk.
Sure, exactly sure. Asking for a frontier. Proper. And so it’s like once we widen the lens, we will see why so many find yourself with intestine points. I imply, we’re like, you understand, shoveling no matter we will into our mouths in between conferences, proper? And so many people are doing that. I’m not proof against that. I, and I’m a really trustworthy with my purchasers.
I’m like, hear, I’m on this with all of you guys. I don’t battle like I did earlier than, however you understand, life occurs to all of us. Um. So Sure. And being current together with your meals. I imply, even cooking your meals will assist since you’re like smelling it. You’re, as quickly as you odor the aromas from the meals, your physique actually begins producing extra digestive subject, um, digestive juices to interrupt down your meals.
So you’ll be able to consider if you ever walked into like a yummy Italian restaurant and also you stroll in, you want odor the garlic and you may like odor the garlic bread and the tomato sauce and all of that. And then you definately’re like, Ooh, I’m able to eat. Like I’m hungry now. That’s your physique, actually like smelling the meals.
You haven’t put something in your mouth but, proper? And it’s going, Ooh. We’re priming ourselves to truly digest our meals correctly now. So some of these items is de facto like innate, proper? We’ve simply gotten a bit far faraway from it.
Ruth Soukup: Effectively, it’s, I imply, it’s attention-grabbing when you concentrate on it as a result of it’s not identical to listening to you discuss this.
It’s not simply our tradition of consuming normal American food regimen, which is in and of itself not nice due to all of the crap that’s that’s in our food regimen. However then if you concentrate on how far eliminated most of us are from making ready meals and, and making it ourselves and cooking and taking time to cook dinner a meal, it’s like seize it and go, what can I make that’s faster?
Put it within the microwave or no matter, and then you definately’re lacking out. That as effectively. It’s, that’s actually attention-grabbing. Which I’ve by no means, I’ve by no means truly heard anyone say, take deep breaths earlier than you eat earlier than, like, and that may assist in your digestion. I imply, it’s so easy. Like, if you concentrate on it, like that’s a really, there’s numerous te issues that folks inform, like, recommendation we get on this podcast the place I’m like, yeah, I’m by no means gonna do this.
However that’s one thing that it’s truly fairly simple to do. So I might add that into my routine. However yeah, it’s, it’s simply, I imply, you don’t even actually. Like, take into consideration how a lot our present. Life, the, like, the lifestyle and the way in which that we stay our lives is, is contributing in a manner that’s not even essentially meals associated.
It’s identical to the busyness of life. Fascinating.
Hannah Alyward: Completely. As a result of I do, I do assume that individuals are extra conscious of just like the meals that they’re consuming these days too. Proper? In order time goes on, I imply, individuals are getting more and more, more and more conscious of like, oh, there’s numerous. You already know, crap in our meals, we have to actually take note of this and all of that.
Um, however the dialog can positively go deeper. I imply, I can actually, actually go off on this and even once we consider, you understand, most of us identical to sit inside all day, you understand, and we weren’t actually ever meant to try this both. A, we had been by no means meant to be sitting all day. Um, b we had been by no means meant to love be inundated with synthetic gentle, actually all day lengthy, you understand, so one other.
Factor that you are able to do that’s free, that’s gonna take 10 minutes, which you could actually begin, like at this time or tomorrow, is getting some solar publicity. And also you don’t must be baking within the solar. However like very first thing, if you get up within the morning, step outdoors, open your blind, step outdoors, like drink your morning water, your espresso, or no matter you’re, you’re having.
You already know, with exposing your, whereas, exposing your eyeballs to the solar, that’s gonna help your circadian rhythm, which is able to help your sleep later that evening. It’ll help a wholesome rise in cortisol. Our cortisol needs to be going up very first thing within the morning, um, that helps like give us power to get up and get the day going and all of that.
Which can then assist with, you understand, us winding down at evening too. However you understand, we will’t actually anticipate the physique to really feel nice once we’re like, get up, we have a look at the cellphone, we by no means go outdoors. We’re taking 5 steps all day after which we’re like dashing in between all the things. Proper? So merely simply stepping outdoors and getting that solar publicity very first thing within the morning, after which for those who can at evening too, like sundown, um.
Time so your physique can sense like your, your eyeballs can mind can sense these completely different like gentle rays that’s additionally gonna enable you to wind down at evening. So there’s a lot wonderful, like free stuff that we will begin with.
Ruth Soukup: Yeah, like nature. That’s attention-grabbing. So I don’t know for those who even know the reply to this query.
It’s variety, it’s form of unrelated, however I’ve, I’ve been inquisitive about this, ’trigger I’ve heard this concerning the circadian rhythm and going outdoors and the way essential that’s. Particularly very first thing within the morning. And I do, like, I’m going for a stroll often with my canine as quickly because the solar comes up at seven. However I stand up.
At like 4, proper? Mm-hmm. Three or 4 within the mornings often. And I’ll work for a number of hours after which go for my stroll. And I’m simply curious, like what does that do? Does that It’s a,
Hannah Alyward: yeah.
Ruth Soukup: A foul factor.
Hannah Alyward: Hmm. I imply, I don’t wanna say it’s a foul factor. If that’s like what works for you, then that’s what works for you.
You already know? I believe as if you will get outdoors as quickly because the solar does come up, that’s gonna be useful. Um, do you are feeling effectively rested if you’re waking up that early?
Ruth Soukup: Yeah, I imply, I’ve all the time been an early morning individual. Like I don’t even set my alarm. I simply get up each every single day. In order that half isn’t, that’s not likely the problem, however, um, however I’ve been inquisitive about that.
’trigger I don’t even understand how I might sleep in, proper? Like, it’s so ingrained in me to stand up like, so, so pure. I imply, perhaps finally I, if I simply power myself to return to sleep or one thing. However I’ve puzzled like, is that truly, is, there’s, so there’s. For years, proper? All people’s like, you gotta stand up early, you gotta stand up early, you gotta stand up early.
And that was by no means arduous for me. However now I’m wondering like, is it truly, is that truly a wholesome behavior to be getting up so early earlier than the solar spending time, you understand, three hours in entrance of the pc earlier than I even have like pure gentle? So I used to be simply curious if I, it’s like I mentioned, it’s completely off subject.
For those who don’t wanna reply it, you don’t must. However I’m simply curious if that, if that makes the distinction.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, it’s a very good query. You already know, I’m attempting to assume if I do know, like, the precise information to love, help what you’re asking me. No, I imply, I, I don’t assume that instantly getting display screen time, very first thing within the morning is right.
Um, my larger query could be like, how do you are feeling? You already know, like how, how are your hormones? How’s your power? How’s your digestion? If all of these issues are feeling fairly tremendous, then. I believe we most likely have our reply. ’trigger that’s the opposite factor. I imply, there could be information to again, like actually something.
And on the finish of the day, the actual query is how do you are feeling in your everyday? And for those who, if one thing’s off, then let’s shift one thing. But when not, then. Nice. Effectively say I really feel fairly
Ruth Soukup: good. So
Hannah Alyward: yeah, there you go. I’m unsure, however I do spend numerous
Ruth Soukup: time enthusiastic about well being stuff and speaking about well being stuff.
So I’m most likely not the, I’m most likely not the typical individual, so perhaps all the opposite good things that I’m doing is like counteracting this one factor that I’m doing. That’s. Actually unhealthy for me. I don’t know. Possibly I want to check it. Discover out.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, you may all the time check your cortisol ranges and see what they’re if you get up after which, you understand, an hour and a half after, like we might check your cortisol awakening response and basically see like what your.
What your ranges seem like very first thing within the morning. However then once we check cortisol, we wanna do like a 4 level check sometimes as a result of your ranges change all all through the day. So it’d be a saliva check for anybody , um, not a blood check the place we’re getting like one single shot within the blood serum.
We’d wanna do saliva and test it all through the day to see, ’trigger it ought to form of like peak within the morning after which slowly go, you understand, subtly go down all through the day. So, I imply, in case your cortisol curve can also be wanting good, then I imply, I wouldn’t actually be too fearful. Huh. Fascinating. I don’t assume
Ruth Soukup: I’ve ever had a cortisol check.
That might be, that might be attention-grabbing. Yeah. To seek out
Hannah Alyward: out
Ruth Soukup: as a result of Yeah.
Hannah Alyward: I’ve all the time been scared to check my cortisol. No, I get it. I, I hear that my, one of many ladies on my staff is utilizing a, um, steady glucose monitor proper now to love test her blood sugar ranges. Yeah. And I used to be like, let me know what you discover.
I used to be like, I wanna do one too, however I’m too scared. I don’t wanna know. Just like the, as a result of the stress, the stress will bump up. Sure. Blood sugar like I used to be saying, and I used to be like, you understand, I don’t, I don’t know if I wanna know that. After all, you understand, ideally I do, however I’m resisting it a bit of bit for that very same motive.
I’m like,
Ruth Soukup: typically, typically it’s simpler to stay in our, in our bubble.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah. I’m like, for those who discover out something that like is new that we didn’t already know, let me know. However aside from that, I believe I’m good.
Ruth Soukup: That’s hilarious. Okay, so, up to now we now have. Stabilize your blood sugar. Mm-hmm. Then age your digestion.
Take deep breaths, cook dinner your meals, do no matter you’ll be able to to stabilize your parasympathetic sys system. Is that what you mentioned? Mm-hmm. Para sympathetic nervous system to make you are feeling calm earlier than you eat, so that you just’ll digest your meals higher.
Hannah Alyward: Mm-hmm. What? Yeah. One other great point that we will do is like get in some day by day motion.
So like your morning stroll is an ideal form of instance of that motion. I imply, clearly it has so many unimaginable advantages, however lots of people are additionally, you understand, they’re constipated ’trigger they’re, they’re sitting down all day they usually’re not shifting their physique, you understand? Um, so getting in some mild day by day motion.
I prefer to say motion versus train as a result of typically I believe once we’re like speaking about train, we like stress ourselves out that it needs to be good and we’ve gotta get in an hour class. Six days every week or no matter. It actually doesn’t should be like that. I simply need you shifting, I would like you want getting up out of your desk.
I would like you going for a stroll or dancing in your kitchen. I don’t actually care what it appears to be like like. Simply transfer your physique, um, each day. I imply, it’s been proven to love improve ranges of excellent intestine micro organism. It helps intestine motility, may also help get the bowels shifting. In order that’s one other like actually, um, fantastic factor which you could begin, you understand, tomorrow.
Ruth Soukup: Is it So do with motion. And I agree. I completely agree with you. Like with not calling it train. ’trigger I, I believe I’ve, I’ve had this dialog earlier than and actually my sister-in-law simply this weekend, she texted in our little sister’s group chat and she or he’s like, I simply. I really feel like I’m not doing sufficient proper now.
And I’m like, and she or he was an athlete and I, and I used to be an athlete, proper? Develop in highschool and I used to be ba I performed basketball and also you used to love three hour practices the place you’re simply killing your self and it’s terrible. And, and so my complete like thought of train is that it needs to be depressing or it doesn’t depend, proper?
If we’re not like principally dying by the point we’re completed, then you definately didn’t get a very good exercise in. And I believe she, like, she has that too and, and it’s such a tough factor to get previous it and understand that truly simply going for a stroll within the morning is ok, proper? Like I stroll, I do like 10 minutes round my property with holding my cup of espresso.
I’m carrying boots and my pajamas half the time as a result of I’m like nonetheless sofa. It’s nonetheless a stroll. So it simply just isn’t like. I believe that has helped. However is there an excellent, like if you will get previous this concept that it needs to be exercised and hardcore for it to depend? Is there nonetheless an excellent quantity of like variety of occasions it’s best to stroll?
Is one time within the morning sufficient? Ought to there be a night stroll? Ought to there be a noon stroll? Is there a sure variety of occasions, like what’s the, what would the best quantity be? Or is that even a factor?
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, it’s a very good query and I do assume it may well range a bit of bit, like all through. The completely different phases of life.
Ideally I wish to see individuals strolling like 20 to half-hour every day. Um, however you can even break that up. You already know, you may do your 10, quarter-hour for those who made it quarter-hour within the morning and then you definately do quarter-hour within the night, then there, there you’ve it, you understand? Um, after which, you understand, if we actually wanna take it a, a step farther, so.
I actually do love energy coaching. That is extra formal train, proper? Like a exercise. Um, however what’s good is you actually don’t must do it like seven occasions every week to get outcomes. You are able to do it like two to 4. 4 could be like, you understand, you actually acquired your follow going. I. Occasions every week for like half-hour.
And that may be so useful for constructing muscle, which is rather like, it’s so essential as we become old. It helps helps like bone density, it helps preserve us sturdy, it helps forestall us from like breaking our hips. Prefer it’s like well past simply physique composition. Um, the advantages are astounding and so, so essential like.
It makes me emotional when you concentrate on it. I’m like, each girl must be energy coaching, you understand, only a couple occasions every week, um, to construct that muscle. And it can also actually assist with insulin sensitivity. So, you understand, that additionally we, numerous ladies battle with that, proper? Insulin sensitivity, which might then, if we now have insulin resistance, we will acquire weight and we’ll really feel extra sluggish and have extra mind fog and all of that.
Um, after which we’ll see hormonal points with that. I imply, insulin is a hormone, however we’ll see much more points with that. So the, once we begin to construct this pressure. Energy and construct muscle. This muscle nearly acts as. Like a sponge for our blood sugar. So you’ll be able to tolerate extra carbohydrates, you’ll be able to tolerate, you understand, you shouldn’t really feel like if you go eat out on a Saturday evening and also you’re like celebrating with your pals that then you definately eat a meal that perhaps isn’t like, you understand, superb on your life-style, however then you definately placed on weight from that instantly.
Such as you shouldn’t really feel that manner. Proper. We must always have extra metabolic flexibility than that. Mm-hmm. It’s best to have the ability to have like a donut on a Saturday morning each now and again and never stress it. Yeah. Proper. So, however if you, if you really feel like, like if ladies say. Oh my gosh. I have a look at a donut and I acquire 5 kilos.
Proper? That’s like metabolic. We’ve got like metabolic um, dysfunction there, proper? That shouldn’t actually be the case. So a terrific factor could be constructing that muscle via energy coaching to assist with that insulin sensitivity, after which your physique can actually identical to tolerate these things higher. So it’s fairly wonderful for like full, full physique profit.
So ideally, I imply like once we’re. Working with purchasers, I’m like, ideally we might have everybody strolling for a bit of bit, proper? Not too too lengthy. Doesn’t must be like loopy quick or something like that. 20, half-hour a day. After which doing energy coaching, like for those who’re model new, begin with two occasions every week.
For those who’re within the center, begin with thrice every week, you understand? And it’s acquired ebb and stream with how your life goes in that second in time too. However that might be like superb. I adore it. So another steps that we missed with the right way to heal the intestine? These are, I might say like these are nice locations for individuals to begin.
Um, after which for anybody who’s. Desirous to take it the following layer. Such as you’re like, wait, I’ve completed, I’m already doing all of these items. Like I eat actually wholesome and I’ve all these practices and I’m nonetheless coping with the bloating. That’s the place the purposeful testing is, identical to, it’s a complete sport changer.
Um, so we run purposeful stool testing with our purchasers and that basically exhibits us like what’s going on in your intestine microbiome, so we’re not simply trialing like. A probiotic or an enzyme, or let’s strive collagen or no matter. Like we will actually goal in to, in, for like what your distinctive microbiome wants proper now.
And we will see individuals get higher, like a lot quicker with that. So that might be the very last thing, not a, not the beginning spot for individuals, however the extra superior individuals. Yeah.
Ruth Soukup: That so. The intestine or the stool testing is so fascinating to me, but it surely additionally scares the crap outta me. Like actually, or perhaps not actually as a result of I haven’t completed it, however how, like, how does that work precisely?
Is {that a} bizarre query? Like I I’ve do you do, do you go someplace and provides individuals your poop? Like this does, this sounds so such a, that is such a foolish query most likely, but it surely does freak me out. So how do you, how do you check this?
Hannah Alyward: No worries. It doesn’t must scare you, however sure, it’s a stool pattern, proper?
So we use, um, basically we ship testing kits to our consumer’s residence. So that you simply carry out it at residence and it’s very, it’s very like, easy. I say it’s easy, but it surely’s not essentially the most glamorous. So sure, you’re basically like, you understand, pooping in like a tray and then you definately’re like scooping it and placing it into this vial and sending that in.
So. It’ll solely take about three minutes. However sure, I, for me, like that is my job, so we, I by no means truly obtained the pattern. The lab will get the pattern, proper? Individuals are like, am I sending it to you? And I’m like, no, no, no. You’re not sending it to me, not touching your poop. I’m simply getting the lab consequence. Proper.
Um, however to me it’s like second nature. I’ve, however I, like, I really like this check. I’ve. All my pals have completed this check. My relations, it’s, I believe it’s so essential for like preventative care and all the things ever. So I’m like, everybody I do know and love, I’m like, it’s worthwhile to get this check. Um, so, however I, I had my sister do it as soon as and the primary time she did it, she like got here out and she or he was identical to, Hannah.
That was lots. And he or she was like, it’s worthwhile to be warning individuals about this, as a result of that was like very private.
Ruth Soukup: It I do know. I, that’s, is is such a dumb hangup as a result of I actually have been so inquisitive about it, however I’m additionally like, I don’t, okay, I’m gonna recover from the worry although ’trigger I get, I’m so curious. I believe it might be so attention-grabbing and interesting to seek out out precisely what’s occurring.
Like I believe my intestine is fairly wholesome at this level, but it surely’d be good. It’d be good to know for certain. So. Yeah. And it, and you may, and so you are able to do that. So inform us a bit of bit about how we, how we contact you and the way we get to go check our poop.
Hannah Alyward: Sure. Um, I do know, oh my gosh. I get texts from pals being like, I wanna ship you my poop.
I’m like, okay, no, so that you’re nothing is me. Um, however, however sure, so we work with purchasers. I’ve acquired a bunch program that’s referred to as Therapeutic Guts and Shaking Butts. We attempt to preserve it enjoyable and, um, we even have one-on-one packages and in every and in. Each packages, we all the time run purposeful stool testing as a result of that’s going to tell like your complete plan.
So it’s not like a generic, everybody’s gonna do that. We personalize numerous stuff for you. Um, so, after which in these, you understand, completely different packages, I don’t must get into like specifics, however basically you p you pair with a practitioner they usually’re gonna have a look at your lab outcomes and construct out protocols from there that embrace issues like diet, focused supplementation, life-style changes, issues just like the deep breaths and that form of stuff, and the circadian rhythm work.
So we pull all of this in. So though we’re specializing in intestine well being, we’re actually like optimizing full system well being, um, as a result of that’s how the physique works. Each system influences each other, though, you understand, western medication likes to place all of them in several buckets. So, so yeah, we, you understand, we assist lots of of purchasers in these packages yearly.
So for those who wished to get testing and work with knowledgeable via this. Like we, we’d love that can assist you. Um, my web site is simply hannahaylward.com/. After which my Instagram, you will discover me at hannahaylwardhhc. Um, after which we’ve acquired a free, like root trigger quiz too. That may be a pleasant place to begin for anybody that’s like excited about taking the following step.
I, it, I base it off our like, digestive well being evaluation. So there’s questions in there that offers you, you understand, some good details about what may very well be occurring with, together with your physique. After all, testing is like. The extra official step, we all the time need the information to confirm, however the quiz is a pleasant start line, and then you definately’ll get like instructional movies from me and subsequent steps to take and all of that with, together with your reply primarily based on what you get.
So that may be one other like, um, good place to begin for individuals.
Ruth Soukup: Oh, good. Effectively, we are going to be sure that to hyperlink to all of that within the present notes. So for those who wanna get your poop examined otherwise you simply wanna take the quiz, both manner, for those who’re scared like me, take the quiz first, after which perhaps you’ll need your poop examined.
Um, however Hannah, I really feel like we might discuss all of this for for much longer, however we’re out of time. So thanks a lot for being right here at this time. Any closing, closing ideas?
Hannah Alyward: Oh my gosh. Last ideas would simply be like, keep in mind that you need to really feel actually good in your physique. And I believe individuals form of throw that round and also you’re like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
However I believe that girls particularly as effectively simply normalize feeling like, eh, okay. We’re simply used to form of pushing via and feeling okay, and simply know that you just, you’ll be able to really feel higher than that and also you, and it’s best to, and also you’re, you’re value taking that point and investing in your self, whether or not it’s like financially, but in addition identical to your time and power and all of that.
And don’t normalize, identical to pushing via the day. Um, you’ll be able to really feel lots higher. So I hope that lands for somebody. So true.
Ruth Soukup: I hope so too. All proper, Hannah, thanks a lot. Thanks. Alright guys, that about does it for this episode. Do not forget that you will see that the hyperlink to Hannah’s web site in addition to all the different assets that we talked about within the present notes.
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