The cell is the foundation of life, and biological science is clear on what our cells need to most efficiently generate the energy that runs our bodies. Gut, autoimmune, and hormonal issues all have underlying metabolic causes. Let us cut through the noise and remember how to eat to enjoy, nourish, and repair, and not for ideology.

Dive much deeper with Kymber’s online course Habitually Healthy.

Check out the two info-packed bonuses that accompany this episode at the Medicine Stories Patreon.

TOPICS:

Energy and structure are interdependent at every level
Metabolism is not what most people think it is
Removing major food groups limits your body’s ability to generate energy
Metabolic safety for women- the body can’t heal if it’s in survival mode
What disrupts a woman’s metabolism
Restrictive diets are metabolic-lowering stressors to the female body
Women’s “progress” in society has come with a metabolic price
Being overwhelmed by constantly changing nutritional information & how prometabolic is different
The problem with too much plant consumption
Nutritional rigidity and a look at raw, vegan, keto, and paleo/carnivore diets through a metabolic lens
The importance of carbs- when we don’t have enough glucose the body will start relying on stress hormones for energy production
Kymber’s past with extreme food intolerances and how she healed them
The few foods that should be avoided because of their metabolism-lowering, gut-destroying effects
What fear of food, and black and white nutritional thinking, does to us
PUFAs- what to know about polyunsaturated fatty acids
The story behind the post-industrial vegetable oil toxic sludge we’ve all been consuming for decades
The way our skin responds to the sun is largely contingent on the foods we’re eating
When the body rusts from the inside out- iron, PUFAs, estrogen, and internal oxidation
Everything you’ve learned about iron is wrong and you’re almost assuredly iron toxic (this is so important, especially if you or anyone you know has been diagnosed anemic)
The trade-offs of trying to get our nutrients from synthetic sources
Copper, magnesium, and remembering that minerals are elements that originated in stars
Technology cannot make us healthier
The nutrients in animal foods are vastly more abundant and bioavailable than those in plant foods
Eating this one food everyday has dramatically improved both my and Kymber’s health

RESOURCES (if listening on an app that doesn’t support embedded links, find these at https://mythicmedicine.love/podcast):

Kymber’s online course Habitually Healthy
Medicine Stories Patreon (2 info-packed bonuses for this episode)
Kymber’s website
Kymber’s ebooks Reparative Eating Guide & Nourishing Our Sanity
Kymber on Instagram
Real Food Gangstas on Instagram
Carnivore Aurelius on Instagram
This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah Hill
Jessica Ash on Instagram
Katya Nova on Instagram
An article on the debunked Ansel Keys study
Cure Your Fatigue by Morley Robbins (iron/copper/magnesium balance bible)
Cure Your Fatigue and Slow Down the Aging Process- Morley Robbins on the Wise Traditions podcast (amazingly helpful simplification of his book)
Mind blowing video of iron shavings in cereal (these are in all iron fortified processed food- you have consumed so much of this!)
Strong Sistahs YouTube channel
Heal Your Metabolism by Kate Deering
My website MythicMedicine.love
Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine?
Medicine Stories Facebook group
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

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