That is the transcript of an interview hosted on Ruth’s Really feel Higher. Dwell Free. podcast.
Ruth Soukup: In the event you’ve listened to this podcast for any period of time, you’ve in all probability heard me speak about intestine well being no less than a few times, and perhaps much more than that. However there’s a superb purpose it’s just about inconceivable to speak about well being and weight reduction with out finally speaking in regards to the intestine as a result of it’s so central to our total well being and the way we really feel.
However in terms of really therapeutic our intestine, there are not any easy solutions. The truth is, it’s not only one factor, as as we speak’s visitor is gonna clarify, it’s not even at all times simply in regards to the meals. So let’s dive in.
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As we speak we’re gonna be chatting with Hannah Ward, who’s a girl on a mission to assist individuals really feel genuinely at house of their our bodies by reworking intestine well being from the within out.
Hannah has guided tons of of purchasers to lasting wellness by addressing the basis causes of their digestive struggles. Because the founding father of Hannah, a practical 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, should you’ve been listening to this podcast for any period of time, you in all probability 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 as we speak’s visitor and so excited to have the ability to introduce you to as we speak’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 sort 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 circumstances too. So persistent pimples, eczema, numerous that stems from the intestine. We actually simply sort of dig deeper to take a root trigger strategy and deal with like repairing the intestine via extra of a root trigger practical lens.
And I actually received into all of this as a result of, you understand, I used to be fighting these points myself. I had, um, persistent digestive points for years. You recognize, I might appear to be six months pregnant with stomach bloating after maintaining a healthy diet meals. I used to be consuming very wholesome, I used to be exercising usually. I knew so much about well being.
I used to be quote unquote doing all the proper issues. I used to be. Like younger, I used to be energetic. 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 way to assist me. You recognize, it was sort of like, nicely, you’re younger and also you’re wholesome and also you’re on no drugs, 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 at all times, you understand, really feel that approach. Then additionally I simply, I used to be like, I, I ought to have extra vitality than this. I ought to be capable to eat these meals, you understand, with out sort of like quote unquote paying for it for a very long time afterwards. And it received 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 mates, 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 aware of claiming, like, embarrassing. I don’t suppose anybody ought to be embarrassed of what they’re experiencing, however. It didn’t, it didn’t assist, proper? So it was sort of like hitting my confidence. It was hitting my belief with my physique. It was hitting how I confirmed up on the earth.
Um, and it was actually closely impacting my life and my, my relationship. So, you understand, I, I 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 probably not in regards to 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 fighting it too. And it wasn’t simply me. Ladies had been attempting a great deal of issues and probably not getting any outcomes being instructed.
They only had IBS being instructed, you understand, every part 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 in the end like
Hannah Alyward: determine what was the issue? Tons of analysis after which extra practical testing.
So, um, like we love practical testing. I’ve received a staff of practical 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 practical drugs physician will run them. You simply wanna actually make sure that should you’re gonna put money into the labs like.
You’re working with somebody who actually is aware of the way to work with the lab. ’trigger they’ll get a bit dear. However I used to be, you understand, I used to be sort of seeing that within the practical 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 sort of this layer deeper in terms of intestine well being.
So that you’ll begin reacting to all types of various meals if in case you have these underlying intestine imbalances. And as soon as I sort of. Discovered that I used to be like, oh, I wager you I’ve a few of this, one thing right here must 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.
Every part is smart right here. Um, I had some like mildew toxicity and I additionally had numerous intestine imbalances, like sluggish abdomen acid and intestine dysbiosis and low intestine immune perform. 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 sort 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 feel there’s numerous misconceptions about intestine well being, proper?
’trigger that’s what I’ve heard too, proper? Simply lower out dairy and lower out gluten after which you need to be tremendous. And that’s what you’re saying is there’s all types 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 superb query. And you understand, I feel the, like taking out gluten and taking out dairy and all of that, it’s, it’s stemming from like your.
Like elimination weight-reduction plan, proper? Like a standard elimination weight-reduction plan. 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 customary in some instances to sort of like, see yeah. What meals sensitivities do you will have, proper? Um, however I feel that on this like wellness area, numerous this data has simply.
Been like despatched out to everybody, like broadcasted on social media and all of that sort 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 feel if you’re simply getting began taking a few of these meals out of the weight-reduction plan to see should you really feel any higher, like.
It’s fairly low value. It’s, it’s easy to do. So should you needed to trial that at house first, like, you understand, go forward and try this. We simply wanna keep away from conserving these meals out like without end, 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 superb place to start out. 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 recognize, 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 recognize, consuming a bunch of meals with mates on a Saturday night time, no matter, a bit bloating after that.
Okay. Um, however should you’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 analyze. So peeling a few of these meals could be useful a bit briefly. Quickly. That’s like un underline, underline briefly, proper?
Mm-hmm. Then, you understand, to take it a layer deeper. That is the place the practical testing, I feel actually comes into play. So we will see what’s going on within the intestine microbiome that might 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 nicely. It’s not like only one singular meals. It’s fat as a complete. So could that might embody wholesome fat. That might be avocado, that might be, you understand, olive oil, it might be cheese, it might be, you understand, fried meals, no matter.
And there’s an underlying purpose for that, proper? Being fats maldigestion, which then stems from the liver and gallbladder. So we are available and we might 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, should you’re on this journey like o by yourself, it may be a bit tough to select up these patterns.
Um mm-hmm. However typically, you understand, should you needed 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 may give us extra perception as nicely.
Ruth Soukup: Hmm, fascinating. So what are a number of the shocking root causes to intestine well being points that folks don’t essentially at all times take into consideration?
Hannah Alyward: So many issues. Um, now you me talked about mildew, which was fascinating. 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 at all times say like, I by no means ever needed to develop into, um, uh, a practitioner within the mildew area. It was by no means a need of mine. However we, like, if, should you’re working in practical intestine well being, you principally like need to realize it since you’ll see it.
Um, it’s a giant purpose why individuals don’t get higher. Um, it’s a, it may be a giant purpose for like weight reduction resistance too. Um, advanced 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 feel it’s like 90% and you’ll 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 mildew ranges, like mycotoxin ranges, um, actually. Yeah, it’s a giant, it’s a giant quantity. So, um, you understand, mildew primarily, you understand, it will probably develop in water harm buildings. We do get some publicity via meals.
Personally, I’m not like tremendous nervous about small quantities of publicity via meals. I, I don’t take the, like me and my staff, we actually don’t take the strategy 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 need 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 mildew in it, proper? However sure, we will get some publicity via meals, and so we simply decrease 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 sizzling they usually’re humid they usually can develop mildew, um, corn, grains, peanuts, issues like that.
However as soon as once more, that’s probably not 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, should you’re like dwelling in a. Mould ridden constructing. So that you’re getting tons of publicity on a regular basis that I might put in a distinct 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 absolutely 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 so much too as a result of because the weight-reduction plan has like. Westernized and modernized. You recognize, we’re getting much less variety in via the weight-reduction plan sort of naturally.
Um, so you will need to eat like plenty of selection in your wholesome complete meals to assist 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, pimples, persistent bloating, um.
Constipation, diarrhea, histamine overload it. It might actually get a bit extra advanced, however so individuals can actually perceive it. We, we principally simply have an overgrowth of not, not so good intestine micro organism which can be contributing to many various signs. So once we work with purchasers, you understand, we wanna dig deeper into like, what even prompted that.
However I don’t suppose we’ve ever seen a consumer that hasn’t had some little bit of intestine dysbiosis.
Ruth Soukup: Fascinating. So what about like way of life components, sleep, stress, how does that play into your intestine well being as nicely?
Hannah Alyward: Massively. Yeah. So I imply, stress is large. And going again to what I used to be saying with like digging deep as to love why do we have now this intestine dysbiosis within the first place?
I feel numerous the time is. Due to the persistent stress that so many people have endured. You recognize, like life, life hits us and it’s sort of like, um, a bit tough by nature. You recognize, it’s by no means, nothing actually totally settles down for an extended time period and issues occur that we don’t see coming.
After which we simply have like, particularly ladies, like sort A ladies, perfectionist leaning ladies, um, very pushed, hardworking ladies that perhaps don’t like. Care for themselves earlier than they deal with 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 a giant stressor. Um, yeah, pulling out tons of meals is a giant stressor. Experiencing persistent stress is a giant stressor and primarily underneath stress, digestion is an afterthought, proper?
So we’re not. Your physique isn’t set as much as correctly digest your meals. If you find yourself experiencing numerous stress, you’ll mechanically produce much less abdomen acid, fewer pancreatic enzymes. Cortisol will enhance, cortisol will trigger points along with your intestine lining. So I at all times 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 wired 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 feel then like then you definately suppose like we like. This, it virtually 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 are you aware you’re doing it proper? After which in case you are a sort An individual, you’re like attempting to test all of the bins and never getting all of the bins 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 burden. 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 feel I wish to put stress in virtually like completely different buckets. ’trigger we’ve received like emotional psychological stressors, then we’ve received bodily stressors after which we have now like environmental stressors.
’trigger I agree. I imply, I feel the subject of stress alone, it’s like individuals are like, cut back your stress. And it’s like, yeah, I, duh. Proper. Like, I get it, however how do I try this as I’m attempting to love perform in society? So, you understand, it’s actually like what’s inflicting probably 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 have now some overlap as like enterprise house owners 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. In the event you take two minutes and get actually radically sincere 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 bit. Um, for a few of us, it’s like we’re on our telephone an excessive amount of, you understand, so it’s like, can we have now higher boundaries with our telephone?
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 sort of fall into the like, um, bodily stressor bucket, proper? In order that’s probably not like I’m pressured at work or, uh, I misplaced a cherished one or something. That psychological and emotional stressor, it’s extra of a bodily one.
So can we enable you to steadiness 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 enhance your stress, your stress resiliency. So if you do encounter this stress, or perhaps in one other bucket over right here, you sort 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 recognize, my first suggestion could be, learn to steadiness 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 a giant 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 view to increase your blood sugar ranges.
Cortisol is that, that stress hormone that so many people are conversant in. So that you could be doing the meditation or the, you understand, mindfulness follow or no matter, however should you’re not regulating your blood sugar, you’re working on these stress hormones with out even. Like being conscious of it, proper? So can we get you consuming sufficient 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 sort of stuff, um, to assist to manage 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 sort 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 an incredible place to start out. Um, then I might say what we will additionally do is like study to optimize digestion.
So I feel there’s numerous discuss within the practical 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 can be in there once they’re speaking about that.
We have now to ensure you’re really digesting your meals nicely earlier than the meals even will get there, proper? So underneath stress, we gained’t digest our meals as nicely. Um, so how can we assist to optimize digestion a bit bit too? ’trigger that’s gonna actually assist to reduce bloating, decrease 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 struggle 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 protected, we will digest our meals. We’re not working 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 resistant to that. I, and I’m a really sincere with my purchasers.
I’m like, hear, I’m on this with all of you guys. I don’t wrestle like I did earlier than, however you understand, life occurs to all of us. Um. So Sure. And being current along with your meals. I imply, even cooking your meals will assist since you’re like smelling it. You’re, as quickly as you scent the aromas from the meals, your physique actually begins producing extra digestive problem, 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 scent the garlic and you’ll like scent 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 absolutely like innate, proper? We’ve simply gotten a bit far faraway from it.
Ruth Soukup: Properly, it’s, I imply, it’s fascinating when you concentrate on it as a result of it’s not identical to listening to you speak about this.
It’s not simply our tradition of consuming customary American weight-reduction plan, which is in and of itself not nice due to all of the crap that’s that’s in our weight-reduction plan. 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 prepare 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 nicely. It’s, that’s actually fascinating. Which I’ve by no means, I’ve by no means really heard anyone say, take deep breaths earlier than you eat earlier than, like, and that can support 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 try this.
However that’s one thing that it’s really 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 approach 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 suppose 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 recognize, 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 do 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 can actually begin, like as we speak or tomorrow, is getting some solar publicity. And also you don’t need to 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 recognize, with exposing your, whereas, exposing your eyeballs to the solar, that’s gonna assist your circadian rhythm, which can assist your sleep later that night time. It’ll assist a wholesome rise in cortisol. Our cortisol ought to be going up very first thing within the morning, um, that helps like give us vitality to get up and get the day going and all of that.
Which can then assist with, you understand, us winding down at night time too. However you understand, we will’t actually anticipate the physique to really feel nice once we’re like, get up, we take a look at the telephone, we by no means go outdoors. We’re taking 5 steps all day after which we’re like dashing in between every part. Proper? So merely simply stepping outdoors and getting that solar publicity very first thing within the morning, after which should you can at night time 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 night time. So there’s a lot wonderful, like free stuff that we will begin with.
Ruth Soukup: Yeah, like nature. That’s fascinating. So I don’t know should you even know the reply to this query.
It’s sort, it’s sort of unrelated, however I’ve, I’ve been interested in this, ’trigger I’ve heard this in regards to 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 canines 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 recognize? I feel as if you will get outdoors as quickly because the solar does come up, that’s gonna be useful. Um, do you’re feeling nicely rested if you’re waking up that early?
Ruth Soukup: Yeah, I imply, I’ve at all times been an early morning individual. Like I don’t even set my alarm. I simply get up each day-after-day. In order that half isn’t, that’s probably not the problem, however, um, however I’ve been interested in that.
’trigger I don’t even know the way 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 pressure myself to return to sleep or one thing. However I’ve puzzled like, is that really, is, there’s, so there’s. For years, proper? Everyone’s like, you gotta stand up early, you gotta stand up early, you gotta stand up early.
And that was by no means onerous for me. However now I ponder like, is it really, is that really 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 matter.
In the event you don’t wanna reply it, you don’t need to. However I’m simply curious if that, if that makes the distinction.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, it’s a superb query. You recognize, I’m attempting to suppose if I do know, like, the precise information to love, assist what you’re asking me. No, I imply, I, I don’t suppose that instantly getting display screen time, very first thing within the morning is good.
Um, my larger query could be like, how do you’re feeling? You recognize, like how, how are your hormones? How’s your vitality? How’s your digestion? If all of these issues are feeling fairly tremendous, then. I feel we in all probability 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’re feeling in your everyday? And should you, if one thing’s off, then let’s shift one thing. But when not, then. Nice. Properly 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 occupied with well being stuff and speaking about well being stuff.
So I’m in all probability not the, I’m in all probability not the typical individual, so perhaps all the opposite great things that I’m doing is like counteracting this one factor that I’m doing. That’s. Actually dangerous for me. I don’t know. Possibly I want to check it. Discover out.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, you would at all times take a look at 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 take a look at your cortisol awakening response and primarily see like what your.
What your ranges appear to be very first thing within the morning. However then once we take a look at cortisol, we wanna do like a 4 level take a look at sometimes as a result of your ranges change all all through the day. So it’d be a saliva take a look at for anybody , um, not a blood take a look at 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 sort 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 be trying good, then I imply, I wouldn’t actually be too nervous. Huh. Fascinating. I don’t suppose
Ruth Soukup: I’ve ever had a cortisol take a look at.
That might be, that might be fascinating. Yeah. To search out
Hannah Alyward: out
Ruth Soukup: as a result of Yeah.
Hannah Alyward: I’ve at all times 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 bit for that very same purpose.
I’m like,
Ruth Soukup: typically, typically it’s simpler to stay in our, in our bubble.
Hannah Alyward: Yeah. I’m like, should you discover out something that like is new that we didn’t already know, let me know. However apart from that, I feel I’m good.
Ruth Soukup: That’s hilarious. Okay, so, to this point we have now. Stabilize your blood sugar. Mm-hmm. Then age your digestion.
Take deep breaths, prepare 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’re 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 sort of instance of that motion. I imply, clearly it has so many unbelievable 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 transferring their physique, you understand? Um, so getting in some mild day by day motion.
I wish to say motion versus train as a result of typically I feel once we’re like speaking about train, we like stress ourselves out that it must be excellent and we’ve gotta get in an hour class. Six days per week or no matter. It actually doesn’t should be like that. I simply need you transferring, I need you want getting up out of your desk.
I need 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, every day. I imply, it’s been proven to love enhance ranges of excellent intestine micro organism. It helps intestine motility, will help get the bowels transferring. In order that’s one other like actually, um, fantastic factor which you can 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 feel I’ve, I’ve had this dialog earlier than and in reality 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 concept of train is that it must be depressing or it doesn’t rely, proper?
If we’re not like principally dying by the point we’re carried out, then you definately didn’t get a superb exercise in. And I feel she, like, she has that too and, and it’s such a tough factor to get previous it and notice that really simply going for a stroll within the morning is okay, proper? Like I stroll, I do like 10 minutes round my property with holding my cup of espresso.
I’m sporting boots and my pajamas half the time as a result of I’m like nonetheless sofa. It’s nonetheless a stroll. So it simply will not be like. I feel that has helped. However is there a perfect, like if you will get previous this concept that it must be exercised and hardcore for it to rely? Is there nonetheless a perfect quantity of like variety of instances you must 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 instances, like what’s the, what would the best quantity be? Or is that even a factor?
Hannah Alyward: Yeah, it’s a superb query and I do suppose it will probably differ a bit bit, like all through. The completely different phases of life.
Ideally I want to see individuals strolling like 20 to half-hour every day. Um, however you may also break that up. You recognize, you would do your 10, quarter-hour should you made it quarter-hour within the morning and then you definately do quarter-hour within the night, then there, there you will have 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 have to do it like seven instances per week to get outcomes. You are able to do it like two to 4. 4 could be like, you understand, you actually received your follow going. I. Occasions per week for like half-hour.
And that may be so helpful for constructing muscle, which is rather like, it’s so essential as we grow 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 beyond 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 lady must be energy coaching, you understand, only a couple instances per week, um, to construct that muscle. And it can also actually assist with insulin sensitivity. So, you understand, that additionally we, numerous ladies wrestle with that, proper? Insulin sensitivity, which might then, if we have now 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 virtually 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 night time and also you’re like celebrating with your folks that then you definately eat a meal that perhaps isn’t like, you understand, perfect in your way of life, however then you definately placed on weight from that instantly.
Such as you shouldn’t really feel that approach. Proper. We must always have extra metabolic flexibility than that. Mm-hmm. It is best to be capable to have like a donut on a Saturday morning each from time to time and never stress it. Yeah. Proper. So, however if you, if you really feel like, like if ladies say. Oh my gosh. I take a look at a donut and I acquire 5 kilos.
Proper? That’s like metabolic. We have now like metabolic um, dysfunction there, proper? That shouldn’t actually be the case. So an incredible 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 bit, proper? Not too too lengthy. Doesn’t need to be like loopy quick or something like that. 20, half-hour a day. After which doing energy coaching, like should you’re model new, begin with two instances per week.
In the event you’re within the center, begin with 3 times per week, you understand? And it’s received ebb and stream with how your life goes in that second in time too. However that might be like perfect. I find it irresistible. So some other steps that we missed with the way to heal the intestine? These are, I might say like these are nice locations for individuals to start out.
Um, after which for anybody who’s. Desirous to take it the subsequent layer. Such as you’re like, wait, I’ve carried out, 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 practical testing is, identical to, it’s a complete sport changer.
Um, so we run practical 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 attempt 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 sooner 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, however it additionally scares the crap outta me. Like actually, or perhaps not actually as a result of I haven’t carried out 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 in all probability, however it does freak me out. So how do you, how do you take a look at this?
Hannah Alyward: No worries. It doesn’t have to scare you, however sure, it’s a stool pattern, proper?
So we use, um, primarily we ship testing kits to our consumer’s house. So that you simply carry out it at house and it’s very, it’s very like, easy. I say it’s easy, however it’s not probably the most glamorous. So sure, you’re primarily 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 really 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 end result. Proper.
Um, however to me it’s like second nature. I’ve, however I, like, I like this take a look at. I’ve. All my mates have carried out this take a look at. My members of the family, it’s, I feel it’s so essential for like preventative care and every part ever. So I’m like, everybody I do know and love, I’m like, you have to get this take a look at. 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 so much. And she or he was like, you have 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 interested in 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 feel it might be so fascinating and engaging to search out out precisely what’s occurring.
Like I feel my intestine is fairly wholesome at this level, however it’d be good. It’d be good to know for certain. So. Yeah. And it, and you’ll, and so you are able to do that. So inform us a bit bit about how we, how we contact you and the way we get to go take a look at our poop.
Hannah Alyward: Sure. Um, I do know, oh my gosh. I get texts from mates 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 received a gaggle 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 applications and in every and in. Each applications, we at all times run practical stool testing as a result of that’s going to tell like your total 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 applications, I don’t have to get into like specifics, however primarily you p you pair with a practitioner they usually’re gonna take a look at your lab outcomes and construct out protocols from there that embody issues like diet, focused supplementation, way of life changes, issues just like the deep breaths and that sort of stuff, and the circadian rhythm work.
So we pull all of this in. So regardless that 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, regardless that, you understand, western drugs likes to place all of them in numerous buckets. So, so yeah, we, you understand, we assist tons of of purchasers in these applications yearly.
So should you needed to get testing and work with knowledgeable via this. Like we, we’d love that will help you. Um, my web site is simply hannahaylward.com/. After which my Instagram, you could find me at hannahaylwardhhc. Um, after which we’ve received a free, like root trigger quiz too. That may be a pleasant place to start out for anybody that’s like taken with taking the subsequent 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 might be occurring with, along with your physique. After all, testing is like. The extra official step, we at all times 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, along with your reply primarily based on what you get.
So that may be one other like, um, good place to start out for individuals.
Ruth Soukup: Oh, excellent. Properly, we are going to make sure that to hyperlink to all of that within the present notes. So should you wanna get your poop examined otherwise you simply wanna take the quiz, both approach, should you’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 speak about all of this for for much longer, however we’re out of time. So thanks a lot for being right here as we speak. Any ultimate, ultimate ideas?
Hannah Alyward: Oh my gosh. Remaining ideas would simply be like, do not forget that you need to really feel actually good in your physique. And I feel individuals sort of throw that round and also you’re like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
However I feel that girls particularly as nicely simply normalize feeling like, eh, okay. We’re simply used to sort 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 you must, and also you’re, you’re price taking that point and investing in your self, whether or not it’s like financially, but additionally identical to your time and vitality and all of that.
And don’t normalize, identical to pushing via the day. Um, you’ll be able to really feel so much 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 can see the hyperlink to Hannah’s web site in addition to the entire different sources that we talked about within the present notes.
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