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What is your biome? How does it affect your health? Your behaviour? And even your weight?

Dr Orlena chats to Lisa Kilgour, nutritionist to find out.

How to Lose Weight With Your Biome Podcast

Connect with Lisa

Today I'm super excited to be interviewing Doctor and Professor Miguel Ángel Martínez, one of the coordinators of the PREDIMED study.

He's taken time out of his busy schedule to tell us about the healthy benefits of olive oil.

Health Benefits of Olive Oil Podcast

See also: Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Style Diet.

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Connect with Alicia

You can find Alicia at Aldin Consulting Group and Accion-istas. 

Podcasts

Introduction

1. The Health Benefit of the Mediterranean Diet

2. Letting Go of Anger (And Learning to be Calm and Happy)

3. Meditation for Beginners

4. How to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease with Diet with Dr Zarrin Shaikh, Cardiologist

5. How to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease with Lifestyle with Dr Zarrin Shaikh, Cardiologist

6. 7 Easy Things that You Can Do To Lose Weight

7. Health Benefits of Exercise. And How to Get Started

8. Stress Incontinence and How to Fix your Weak Pelvic Floor

9. Coping With Stress. Interview with a Psychiatrist

10. Why Your Health Is a Powerful Reason to Lose Weight

11. Reducing Your Risk of Cancer Through Diet with Dr Mhairi Morris

12. How to Make Big Changes

13. Reducing Your Risk of Cancer Through Lifestyle With Dr Mhairi Morris

14. How Magic Words Change Your Actions

15. How to Create Habits that Serve You. And Help You Live a Healthy, Amazing Life

16. How to Love Your Life Without Alcohol

17. How to Lead an Amazing Life

18. What I...

Other Episodes Mentioned in the Podcast

How to Eat 30g of Fibre a Day

Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease With Diet by Dr Zarrin , Cardiologist.

Everything You Need to Know About Sleep

Meditation for Beginners

What is the Menopause?

Menopause is a progression and starts with “perimenopause”. Perimenopause can start in your mid to late 30s, or early 40s.

Hormones begin to change their normal patterns.

Progesterone levels fall as women aren’t ovulating every month. This means you don’t make as much progesterone. So there’s more estrogen (or "oestrogen" if you're from the UK).

Estrogen stimulates growth. It stimulates growth of the uterine lining, of the breasts.

This can lead to flooding periods and painful breasts and weight gain.

“Menopause” is a day that marks a year after your last period.

Perimenopausal Symptoms

Common perimenopausal symptoms include new anxiety, new insomnia and weight gain. Fatigue, changes in periods.

Low Progesterone Causes Symptoms

Anxiety and insomnia can be attributed to low progesterone.

Rising and Falling Estrogen Levels

Erratic estrogen levels are responsible for flooding periods.

High Cortisol Levels Lead to...

Can you believe that the Fit and Fabulous podcast is over 6 months old? Part of me feels like I've been podcasting forever. The other part feels like it's only been 2 minutes.

Why Fit and Fabulous?

The "reason" behind the podcast is to show you that what you do influences your health and wellness. We have it in our hands to lead a healthy and amazing life.

Many people think that it's "too difficult", or they'll "get to it another day".

I want to inspire you to start now!

I want to show you that what you do does affect your health. And that you can make changes that are EASY and FUN!

I'm all about "easy", especially when it comes to cooking for my 4 kids! (None of them like the same things. In fact, it feels like some of them don't like anything.)

Top Take Home Messages of Fit and Fabulous

Here are the things that I like to chat about.

1. Specific illnesses and how we can avoid them.
2. What is a healthy life? We look at nutrition, exercise, sleep and mindfulness.
3. Weight loss. Many people...

Interview with Dr Joanna Bayley on osteoporosis. Dr Jo explains what osteoporosis is and how to avoid it.

How to Avoid Osteoporosis Podcast

Further Resources

NHS website on osteoporosis.

Royal Osteoporosis Society

Keep in Contact with Alexis

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Check out her website.

Transform Your Life Today. Work with Dr Orlena

Find out more about the "Getting Started Package" mentioned in the podcast: Getting Started with Weight Loss

You can book a free 30 minute call  here. (If you can't find a time that works for you, email me [email protected])