The Homemade Health Podcast

Join Sydney and Lori as they dive into what nutritional therapy IS and how it is different from other approaches to health in today's episode. Special guest Kelly Worsencroft joins them and shares her personal experience in working with a Functional Nutritional Therapist to address her own health concerns. She shares what the process of nutritional therapy looked like for her, surprising things she learned, health issues resolved, and lasting changes that she made as a result of working with a Nutritional Therapist. 

Join Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners Sydney & Lori as they talk all things poop and the fascinating things that our bowel movements tell us. Learn what normal poop should look like, what different color bowel movements indicate, and so much more. They dive into signs of dysfunction in the body that our poop can indicate, as well as a functional approach to supporting the body to resolve common issues. Tune in and learn just how interesting poop really is! 

Join Sydney & Lori as the welcome special guest Kristen Smith to the show. Kristen is a trained herbalist and Certified Aromatherapist with multiple natural health certifications including Master Herbalist, Botanical Skincare, Aromatic Medicine, Holistic Wellness, and Professional Aromatherapy. In this episode we learn what an herbalist is, easy ways to start incorporating herbs into your daily life, safety concerns with herbs, top herbs for kids and moms, as well as some common misconceptions about herbs. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they discuss the hot topic of sun exposure! We have been so inundated with negative messages regarding sun exposure, but are those messages justified? Is the sun really bad for us, or is our fear of the sun and overuse of conventional sunscreen actually hurting us? Tune in to find out answers to these questions as we discuss benefits of sun exposure, commonly held beliefs and myths about the sun, UVA vs UVB rays, issues with sunscreens, natural sunscreens, natural sunburn remedies and more! If you enjoy this episode, we'd love to hear! Please take the time to leave us a review on iTunes, reach out to us on our Instagram page @homemadehealthpodcast or email us at homemadehealthpodcast@gmail.com.  

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into a topic that all should understand - how to read a food label and why it is important. They discuss how food manufacturers use buzz words on labels to make you feel good about the food you're buying, but how misleading those buzz words may be. Learn what to actually look for when reading a label, which words to ignore, and how to prioritize your spending to maximize the bang for your buck when trying to eat healthy. We also talk about good, better and best with eggs and dairy, and how grains should be properly selected and prepared IF you choose to include them (and how maybe you shouldn't include them in the diet, at least for a time).

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the important topic of sugar! In episode 16 they discuss fat and how dietary fat is NOT the cause of heart disease, this is like a part 2 to that because sugar IS a major contributing factor to heart disease. Tune in to learn how it's not just linked to heart disease, but ALL chronic disease including autoimmune diseases. Sugar is sneakily included in so many foods, you may not even realize how much you're having or just how it's impacting your health! 

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the topic of dietary fats and our culture's perception on fats. We examine the history, ambition and politics that led to our nation's low fat recommendation. Learn how science was twisted to support these recommendations. Hear common fat fears & myths and what science actually shows. We talk about why you NEED fat in your diet, and how quality fats support optimal health.

Sydney & Lori welcome special guest Jenny LaBaw to the show in today's episode. Learn WHY you want to include fitness/exercise/movement in your regular routine. We dive into the topic of fitness and using exercise to support optimal health. Jenny shares tips for those just getting started, helps us with mindset and motivation, and talks about appropriate exercises for different states of stress and adrenal health. We cover misconceptions about exercise and some things that you need to let go of to be able to be fit for the life that you want to live.

Why do we think painful cramps, PMS, and other "period" problems are normal? Typical is NOT normal. Join Sydney and Lori as they discuss common period problems, what your period may be telling you about your health, and some everyday solutions you can start implementing today to support healthy hormones! 

Join Sydney & Lori as they discuss their experience with Coronavirus quarantine. They share 5 very effective ways to help manage the stress of this crazy time and help mitigate the effect of that stress on your body: Drink Enough Water (Body weight/2=ounces to drink) Get outside for at least 30 minutes every day and move your body device free  Give yourself grace, and give grace to others Limit your time on social media (or on news or whatever makes you feel negative) Breathwork/meditation/prayers at least 10 min per day

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the topic of devices. They discuss how devices and social media are designed to be addictive and keep you on them longer. Learn how devices are impact on our health in serious ways and strategies that you can implement to effectively manage the use of devices in your own life. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they welcome special guest Shandy Laskey of Speaking of Health & Wellness, LLC onto the show. Shandy is an integrative speech-language pathologist, pediatric feeding specialist, functional nutritional therapy practitioner, and an Epidemic Answers Certified Health Coach. Through her own healing journey, she learned first hand the profound power of nutrition and lifestyle, and she has integrated this knowledge into her work with children and families. Shandy specializes in nutrition and mealtime coaching for parents of children with complex picky eating and neurodevelopmental disorders, offering online distance coaching to families around the world. In today's episode, we discuss how to incorporate new foods into your child's diet and how to overcome picky eating. We also dive into food addictions and sensitivities that may be undermining your efforts to get your child to eat a health diet while driving behavioral issues in your child. 

All About Sleep - Part 1 - is episode 7 of The Homemade Health Podcast. Due to technical issues, this episode got bumped a little so we reference part 1 as the last episode, but it's not.  If you haven't listened to part 1, that's ok! In this episode, Sydney & Lori focus on ways that you can improve your sleep. They discuss the circadian rhythm, blue light and how exercise impacts sleep. Learn how alcohol and caffeine affect sleep. Listen in as Lori & Sydney explain additional steps that you can take to optimize your sleep. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the topic of our immune systems. While everything discussed in the episode would benefit you should you encounter coronavirus, the focus of this episode is on building strong immune systems to fight anything that it might need to fight. We discuss factors that are hurting immune function. We get into foods, lifestyle choices and specific nutrients that can be utilized to build immune function. We also discuss concerns around antibiotics and fevers, and share our own personal immune struggles. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the topic of stress. In today's episode we talk about the unrecognized consequences of stress on your health including how stress wreaks havoc with your hormones, digestion and more.

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the topic of sleep. Sleep is something that almost everyone will struggle with at one point in their life or another, and is so important to how we feel and function. In this episode, we discuss attitudes around sleep and how our society doesn't value sleep. Learn how much sleep we actually need and how a lack of sleep impacts our health. We also discuss the connection between anxiety and sleep as well as what you can do to reduce anxiety at bedtime.  

Join Sydney and Lori as they discuss the normalization of alcohol consumption in our modern society, especially for women. They discuss their own histories with alcohol, some of the ways that alcohol impacts our bodies and how to tell when it's time to take a break from drinking to see how it's really impacting your health. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they discuss vegetarian and vegan diets. They discuss potential deficiencies that may arise with each and how you can best formulate a vegetarian diet to minimize risks of deficiencies. 

Sydney & Lori dive into the topic of intermittent fasting in today's episode. They discuss the health benefits of it along with some potential problems that may arise, and who it may not be a good fit for. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they dive into the ketogenic diet. Learn what it is and what some of the benefits of it may be, as well as if it's just a fad diet for weightloss or whether it could be a sustainable lifestyle choice. They will also cover some of the issues that may arise on it. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they discuss their experience with Paleo and Whole30 and how starting with whole food has to be the foundation to any changes you make to start improving your health. Lori goes off on a tangent about raw dairy and how some people could healthfully include dairy and have a paleo-ish diet with dairy. Dive into the topic of morality around food and issues that can be created by being too strict of a follower of any one way of eating when that becomes your identity. 

Join Sydney & Lori as they discuss their own health journeys and how they each got started on their holistic health journeys. In this episode, they discuss their own personal histories with dieting and why you should choose lifestyle changes over diets, along with how diet mentality can be really harmful.