Wellness Women Radio

Why is it so important to pay attention to your diet if you have thyroid issues? Why do we always go on and on about gluten and thyroid function?
In this episode Dr Andrea and Dr Ashleigh unpack the science behind how gluten sensitivity exacerbates autoimmune thyroid conditions and everything you need to know heal this!
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We’ve all heard of post natal depression and how common it is but what about the changes one or two years later?
Postnatal depletion is a combination of deep, prolonged fatigue, emotional strain, hyper vigilance, nutritional deficiencies, overwhelm and sacrificing your own physical health that can also worsen any underlying medical conditions, and exacerbates poor immune function, lack of libido, anxiety and the list goes on. This episodes is for all pregnant women, new mum’s and friends and loved ones who are trying to support these women! Tune in to hear Dr Andrea and Dr Ashleigh dive into postnatal depletion and what you can do about it!
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Why are some people living much longer and healthier lives? We always want the elixir of youth and vitality and is it possible that some people around the world have found this?
The blue zones around the world include Okinawa (Japan), Sardinia (Italy), Nicoya (Costa Rica), Icaria (Greece) and Loma Linda (California, USA). These regions have the highest number of centenarians; a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100 years, the term is invariably associated with longevity.
On this episode Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh unpack and analyse these secrets of longevity and question whether or not this data is accurate, as well as, how you can include these tips in your life!
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On this episode of Wellness Women Radio, Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh go over some absolute fundamentals about your contraceptive choices that all women need to know! – this is all of the essentials that should absolutely form part of school education!
Tune in to learn more about the pros & cons of taking oral contraceptives. What information should be essential to giving informed consent? Things to consider when discussing oral contraceptives for yourself or your daughter, how to assess the risks, side effects and all the things you may not have even thought of.
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In an absolute coincidence Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh both had COVID, at the same time!
These are the exact things that Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh did to prevent long COVID and to ensure they had a very speedy recovery. Tune in to this latest episode of Wellness Women Radio to hear all about our experience with COVID, how we felt and what we did to fully support our body and immune system.
Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh discuss their experience with COVID, how everyone’s experience has been different and what you can do to best support yourself and your immune system.
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Dr Stacy Sims is an international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who is revolutionising nutrition and performance for women. You may have seen her on her famous “Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk as she challenges the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. Dr Stacy has just released her second book ‘Next Level, Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond. Tune into this incredible interview with Dr Stacy as she debunks myths around training fasted, women and carbohydrates and why we should be lifting heavy weights as we age… and much, much more!
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Hot flushes, or hot flashes, are one of the most debilitating symptoms that impact women during hormonal transitions but these don’t just occur in menopause. On this episode of Wellness Women Radio Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh dive into the mechanisms that cause hot flushes, the risk factors that will dramatically increase them and all of their best holistic solutions to address them!
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Supplementation of certain nutrients can be essential if we can’t get them from our foods anymore but should calcium be part of that? As women age, as our hormones change, our bone mineral density naturally declines and we’re at more risk of osteoporosis but does this mean we need to take additional calcium? Are there risks associated with taking calcium that outweigh the benefits? On this episode of Wellness Women Radio Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh unpack the science behind calcium supplementation and the best food sources to meet your needs.
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Weight loss is different for women! Do you know which hormones impact your metabolic set point and your ability to lose or gain weight? Tune into this episode to find out which hormones have the greatest impact on your metabolism, hunger, cravings and what you can do to balance them! Spoiler alert it’s all fixable!
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Have you started losing weight, you’ve been going along really well, you’re focused and making progress and then all of sudden you plateau and the weight starts to  climb again? The same tools that helped before are no longer affective and you wonder if you’ve just ruined your metabolism? You’re not alone! So many women experience this recurrent theme of weight loss, plateau and regain and this can be due to the body’s adaptive thermogenic mechanisms; the compensatory response that may resist weight loss and promote weight regain. In this episode of Wellness Women Radio tune in to hear Dr Andrea and Dr Ashleigh discuss the physics of weight loss and what you can do to overcome it!
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Have you heard of the period flu or menstrual flu?
Did you know that lots of health conditions are exacerbated by the menstrual cycle?
Menstrual flu can be described as complex interactions between the immune & endocrine systems, that triggers an onset/exacerbation of common medical conditions and common changes in the immune system. These changes can resemble – flu like symptoms, cyclical pattern of other symptoms (psychological, localised to the reproductive system, gastrointestinal)
In this episode Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh give you all the info about how hormones impact your immune system and what this can mean for you and COVID too.
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BMI – this is a great example of things we’re taught that are health indicators or good for us that are actually BS! 
It is a great tool for population based studies and understanding epidemiology, but it’s not useful for individual based assessments and ‘fat shaming’ patients! BMI was never intended to be used as an individual health tool indicating the healthy weight of an individual patient. 
BMI doesn’t account for bone density, muscle mass, fluid volume, fat mass, or any of the many factors that make up the composition of the human body! 
In this episode Dr Andrea & Dr Ashleigh dive into how antiquated BMI testing is and what are better alternatives! 
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