The Party in My Plants Podcast: 104. Balance Your Blood Sugar, Balance Your Hormones & Say Bye to Periods From Hell! with Magdalena Wszelaki

104. Balance Your Blood Sugar, Balance Your Hormones & Say Bye to Periods From Hell! with Magdalena Wszelaki

Aug 30, 2018

My guest today knows first hand, and with her other hand too, just how much a personal crisis can be a catalyst for dramatic self and health discovery. Magdalena Wszelaki’s journey with hormone imbalance began with a diagnosis of Graves’ Disease, Hashimoto’s and Adrenal Fatigue. Yuck. 10 years later, doctors diagnosed her with Estrogen Dominance and a dangerously high level of heavy metal toxicity. Not fun. Magdalena Fed up with doctors who wrote her conditions off with a laundry list of pharmaceuticals, Magdalena left her career in advertising to focus full-time on understanding her body, her relationship to food, and develop a new way of eating that would repair and keep her hormones working smoothly. Now she is a holistic health coach who works with women to help them understand their health and get nice and comfy on their paths to wellness.

Some stuff in this episode:

- Covering the autoimmune disease spectrum and the symptoms

- Why teenagers in Papau New Guinea have amazing skin

- The seven foods to cut out if you're feeling like inflammation is a problem

- Bad news about avocados if you've got IBS (sorry!)

- Why you should care about hormones and inflammation

- How to listen to your body and know when it's sending you a message

- What happens when your hormones start going haywire

- The lie we're being told about our periods and PMS

- How to make your period NOT suck

- The three things that are key to your hormone health

- What to eat to support your liver