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Welcome to the Naturally Nourished podcast - your resource for cutting-edge food-as-medicine information! Functional Medicine applied with use of food-as-medicine. Join Ali Miller RD and her cohost Becki Yoo RD as they navigate you through nutrient deficiency, gut health, hormone balance, and optimizing metabolism through a keto reset. Each episode provides research supported approaches to optimizing your health and empowering you and your household.
Episodes

Monday Nov 16, 2020
Episode 215: Noah's Birth Story and Postpartum Recovery
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Are you considering natural childbirth? Want to know what the birthing center experience is like? If you followed Becki’s pregnancy, you’ll want to hear this special episode all about Noah’s birth! From eating dates and drinking red raspberry leaf tea to acupuncture and castor oil, learn what you can do to prepare your body for birth and kickstart labor.
In this episode, Becki details the story of Noah’s birth. Learn about recognizing signs of labor, natural induction techniques, and get the nitty gritty play by play (complete with audio clips) of the whole birth experience. This episode also covers postpartum recovery, foods and supplements you will want on hand to ease postpartum pain, as well as planning for lab work after breastfeeding.
Also in this episode:
- Past Episodes on Pregnancy
- Noah’s Birth Story
- Natural Induction Strategies
- Becki’s Birth Playlist
- Delayed Cord Clamping
- Skin to Skin
- Placenta Encapsulation
- Hormonal Cascades of Labor and Postpartum
- Postpartum Recovery
- General pain relief:
- Super Turmeric 6/day
- Inflamazyme 6/day
- Santa Cruz Medicinals CBD use code ALIMILLERRD
- Arnica Cream
- Magnesium Oil
- Cramping/After Birth Pains
- Wound care/tissue inflammation:
- General pain relief:
- Recovery Meals and Snacks
- Further Food Collagen & Gelatin use code ALIMILLERD
- Fond Bone Broth use code ALIMILLERRD
- Youtube: 4 Tips to Make the Perfect Bone Broth
- Simple Bolognese
- Labs at 1 Year Out
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is sponsored by FOND Bone Broth Tonics, Your Sous Chef in a Jar. FOND is slow simmered and lovingly tended from simmer to seal. They partner with organic farms and hand-pick and pair ingredients to optimize absorption and taste. Use code ALIMILLERRD to save at fondbonebroth.com

Monday Nov 09, 2020
Episode 214: Genetic SNP Review and Medical Autonomy
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
In this very important and timely episode, Ali reviews her 4 year old daughter's genetic panel, the 55 SNP by GxSciences. We discuss how to navigate the results and we cover considerations in diet and supplements as well as lifestyle which includes considerations of delayed vax@6ne plans or exemption.
In this episode, Ali and Becki discuss methylation, detoxification, mitochondrial, and inflammatory pathways in the body and highlight results identifying considerations in each category. We deep dive into supplement strategy and food-as-medicine solutions! Tune in, empower, educate, and consider arming yourself with your own medical data as we go into navigation of this season and mandates.
Also in this episode:
- Episode 176: Grab Bag Q&A
- Episode 69: Epigenetics and Methylation
- Episode 70: Dirty Genes with Dr. Ben Lynch
- Episode 188: Body Autonomy and Listening to Your Inner Wisdom
- What Genes Are and Why Consider Genetic Testing
- Stella’s Genetic Panel
- MTHFR Considerations
- MTRR
- Why Serum B-12 is Not a Good Indicator of B-12 Status
- B-12 Boost
- Behavior and Emotional Health
- COMT
- MAO & GAD1
- Mitochondrial Health
- Detox Pathways
- Inflammatory Pathways
- Digestion and Autoimmune
- FUT2
- HLA and Gluten Free Diet
- VDR
- Kids Essentials Bundle
- Considerations of V@ccines
- Dr. Sears Books
- V@ccine Protocol
- Tetanus Concerns and Wound Care
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is sponsored by the Naturally Nourished supplement line: these pure, potent and effective formulas have been hand selected to deliver profound health benefits. We price our formulas 2-5% below market industry standard and competitors and guarantee that our products will always be third party assessed to ensure they are free of mold, toxins, contaminants, and contain the stated active ingredients in dosages noted.
Use code ALI15 for 15% off your first Naturally Nourished Supplement Order!
This episode is also sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

Monday Nov 02, 2020
Episode 213: Becki’s Third Trimester
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
If you’ve followed Becki’s pregnancy journey, you’ll want to tune in for this jam-packed third trimester episode! Whether currently pregnant, thinking about baby-making or just curious about what happens during the third trimester, this episode is for you.
In this episode, Ali and Becki discuss Becki’s third trimester from body changes and prevention of stretch marks to Braxton Hicks contractions to blood pressure impact and beyond. Learn about preventing preeclampsia, testing group B strep negative and how to best support optimal position for babe. This episode includes creating a birth plan and how to advocate for yourself and your baby during the birthing process. Plus important considerations of coming into motherhood during COVID and medical autonomy.
Also in this episode:
- Past Episodes on Pregnancy
- Third Trimester Growth and Development
- Urb Apothecary Belly Butter
- Everyday Oil
- Further Food Collagen & Gelatin use code ALIMILLERD
- Fond Bone Broth use code ALIMILLERRD
- Youtube: 4 Tips to Make the Perfect Bone Broth
- OsteoFactors
- Thorne Phosphytidyl Choline 450mg/day
- Braxton Hicks Contractions
- Shortness of breath and High Blood Pressure
- Metagenics Hemagenics Iron Chelate
- CissyLaLa Masks
- GabaCalm
- Santa Cruz Medicinals CBD use code ALIMILLERRD
- Preeclampsia Prevention
- Pelvic Alignment and Baby’s Position
- Group B Strep Prevention and Strategy
- Birth Plan and Advocacy
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is also sponsored by FOND Bone Broth Tonics, Your Sous Chef in a Jar. FOND is slow simmered and lovingly tended from simmer to seal. They partner with organic farms and hand-pick and pair ingredients to optimize absorption and taste. Use code ALIMILLERRD to save at fondbonebroth.com.

Monday Oct 26, 2020
Episode 212: Finding Femininity and Fluidity
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Are you feeling rigid in your body or disconnected from your creative self? Want to tap into your feminine side and bring some fluidity into your daily life? It is thought that our consciousness can be broken down into masculine and feminine and that both are necessary for achieving our creative potential. Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss channeling the divine feminine and break down the importance of creativity, tuning into your intuition, creating community and exploring sensuality.
In this episode, Ali and Becki go deep on femininity and how to connect to your most authentic intuitive self which often means dissociating from the fear-centered amygdala of the brain and getting grounded to feel your way. Learn how connecting to the earth and channeling your inner goddess can support overall wellbeing, how exploring sensuality can help you get back into your body and the importance of movement as medicine. Plus get tips for bringing some feminine energy into your life and household from why you should do hip circles to burning incense to owning a plant and more!
Also in this episode:
- Defining Masculine and Feminine Energy
- Honoring Your Intuition to Feel Your Truth
- How Fear Impacts the Brain
- Adrenal Rehab Program -- use code ADRENAL99
- Collaboration and Creating Community
- Tapping into Creativity
- Connecting to Goddess, Earth and Seasons
- Exploring Sensuality and Passion
- Movement as Medicine for Tapping into Your Femininity
- Dr. Deb Kern (our dance guru)
- Episode 171: Movement as Medicine with Dr. Deb Kern
- Other Female Owned Businesses We Love
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is sponsored by the Adrenal Rehab Program. My Adrenal Rehab program provides the science and strategy to rebound your primary stress glands to support your body’s return to balance while mellowing the mind. The successful application of this food-as-medicine program can empower you to take back control of your health while gaining resilience to your daily stressors! Use code ADRENAL99 to save!
This episode is also sponsored by FOND Bone Broth Tonics, Your Sous Chef in a Jar. FOND is slow simmered and lovingly tended from simmer to seal. They partner with organic farms and hand-pick and pair ingredients to optimize absorption and taste. Use code ALIMILLERRD to save at fondbonebroth.com.

Monday Oct 19, 2020
Episode 211: Metabolic, Immune, and Cellular Health with Mike Mutzel
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Looking for some scientifically supported ways you can boost your immune system and metabolic health? Are you fed up with sensationalized science and illogical public policy? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki interview Mike Mutzel, clinical nutritionist and biohacker with a talent for disseminating medical journals into digestible messages and lifestyle recommendations. Mike speaks on navigating research studies and how to live while practicing wellness in a fear mongered world and he unpacks new literature on cellular aging and oxidative stress.
This episode will challenge you to take your metabolic health to the next level and may plant some seeds of how to discuss the pandemic at the dinner table with loved ones this holiday season. In his recommendations for mitigating inflammation and enhancing a robust immune response, he covers intermittent fasting, keto, cold plunges, and the importance of determining your epigenetic age! To round things out we cover food and nutrition in your own backyard and discuss Mike’s homestead and experience of raising pigs, chickens, turkeys, and growing food.
Also in this episode:
- Mike’s Story
- The Role of Immune and Metabolic Health in Pandemic
- Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome
- How Keto Regulates Oxidative Stress and Pathogen
- Keto and NADH
- Addressing Cognitive Dissonance
- Calorie Restriction vs Time Restricted Eating
- Considering Epigenetic Age
- Hormesis and Biohacking
- Cold Therapy and Sauna Use
- Mike's Favorite Compounds
- Berberine and Regulation of AMPK
- Probiotics
- Thoughts on Homesteading
- Where to find Mike Mutzel:
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is sponsored by the Naturally Nourished supplement line: these pure, potent and effective formulas have been hand selected to deliver profound health benefits. We price our formulas 2-5% below market industry standard and competitors and guarantee that our products will always be third party assessed to ensure they are free of mold, toxins, contaminants, and contain the stated active ingredients in dosages noted. Use code ALI15 for 15% off your first Naturally Nourished Supplement Order!
This episode is sponsored by FOND Bone Broth Tonics, Your Sous Chef in a Jar. FOND is slow simmered and lovingly tended from simmer to seal. They partner with organic farms and hand-pick and pair ingredients to optimize absorption and taste. Use code ALIMILLERRD to save at fondbonebroth.com.
About Mike Mutzel:
Mike earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University in 2006 and completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in 2015 and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP).
In April of 2014 Mike published his first book, Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat.
Mike regularly conducts workshops for health care practitioners, teaching leading-edge science in a concise format that can be utilized by progressive clinicians for the prevention of chronic disease. Often termed Translational Medicine, this bench-to-bedside approach is key to ensure the application of pioneering research and concepts in systems biology a preventative health care setting, optimizing patient outcomes.
Mike lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife Deanna, a Doctor of Chiropractic- with their daughter and two dogs Shasta and Rainier as well as pigs, chickens and more!

Monday Oct 12, 2020
Episode 210: Herxheimer Reaction and Coping with a Cleanse
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Have you attempted a gut cleanse or functional medicine treatment and felt terrible? So bad that you weren’t able to complete the protocol? In this episode we cover the topic of Herxheimer Reactions which are setbacks or symptom flares that occur during a treatment plan. In a gut cleanse, this is due to the endotoxins released by yeast and microbes when they break down during antifungal or antibiotic treatment. When the body becomes overburdened or overwhelmed by a sudden release of toxins the immune system goes on high alert, triggering systemic inflammation.
In this episode, Ali and Becki discuss how to cope with a gut cleanse as well as elimination diets and other functional approaches that can drive Herxheimer Reactions. They will cover the influence of the microbiome on disease and what can happen when pathogenic organisms are not regulated. Learn about the importance of anti-inflammatory and detox supporting compounds in supplements and diet as well as lifestyle support to aid in successful outcomes.
Also in This Episode:
- Past Episodes on Dysbiosis
- Symptoms of Dysbiosis and Candida Overgrowth
- The Beat the Bloat Protocol and how to level up if needed
- Breaking Biofilms and Reducing Inflammation
- Why Detox support is essential
- How the Microbiome Influences Hormones
- The Importance of Bowel Regularity
- Coping with a Candida Cleanse
- The Importance of Phase 2: Rebuilding the Gut!
- Check out our Gut Health Series on YouTube!
Sponsors for This Episode:
This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

Monday Oct 05, 2020
Episode 209: A Week of My Blood Sugar CGM Experiment
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Have you been curious about your blood sugar trends or thinking about investing in a CGM? Want to know what Ali discovered in her CGM experiment? Tune in to learn about the experience of wearing a CGM, from putting it on to gathering data to how it impacts day to day life. Hear about the trends Ali observed in her own body, how stress played a dynamic role and what impact margaritas and milkshakes had on her blood sugar!
In this episode, we cover Ali’s CGM experiment where she wore a meter that tracked blood sugar for 12 days straight. We cover in a real life detailed approach how stress, diet, supplements, and other lifestyle factors impact Ali’s blood sugar and where this may be hindering your wellness and weight loss goals.
Also in this episode:
- What is a CGM?
- Nutrisense.io use code AliRD for savings
- Interpreting Blood Sugar Trends
- Episode 196: Becki’s Second Trimester
- How Stress Influences Blood Sugar
- Supplement Tools for Mitigating Blood Sugar Spikes
- Calm and Clear
- GabaCalm
- Santa Cruz Medicinals CBD use code ALIMILLERRD for savings
- Relax and Regulate
- Adaptogen Boost
- Targeted Strength Probiotic
- GI Lining
- Metabolic Flexibility and How Diet Affected Ali’s Meter
- Berberine Boost (Ali uses with higher carb meals)
- Detox Packs (Ali uses when drinking alcohol)
- Food as Medicine Ketosis Program
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is sponsored by Nutrisense, providing Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) that provide you with real-time glucose data and an easy to use phone app that helps you combine and visualize your glucose data with all of your daily activities as well as personalized recommendations on how to improve your health. Use the code AliRD for $30 off your monthly subscription plan at nutrisense.io.
This episode is also sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

Monday Sep 28, 2020
Episode 208: Wild Fed with Guest Daniel Vitalis
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Want to take your real food journey a step further? Curious how you can level up and diversify your intake? Looking to reconnect with nature despite living in an industrialized society? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki interview Daniel Vitalis, host of the show WildFed, Registered Maine Guide, writer, public speaker and lifestyle pioneer who dedicates his work to helping others live healthier and more nature-integrated lives. Hear about Daniel’s journey from working in the natural health space to leading a wild fed life and how he has returned to a hunter gatherer lifestyle.
If you’re already eating a whole food based diet and living a Naturally Nourished lifestyle, this episode will challenge you to expand beyond the grocery store and farmers market and truly reintegrate into nature. In this episode, Daniel Vitalis shares a wealth of information from how nature can truly provide when we allow it, to how we ended up with orange carrots, to the history of red delicious apples and so much more!
Also in This Episode:
- Food as Medicine Ketosis Program
- Daniel’s Story
- How Humans Have Disconnected from Nature
- The Influence of Hormesis
- Diversifying Your Intake
- Antinutrients in Plants
- The Impact of Growing Conditions on our Nutrition
- Eating on the Wild Side - Jo Robinson
- How You Can Re-integrate with Nature
- The Importance of Getting Parasympathetic
- Daniel’s Favorite Compounds
- Berberine
- Where to Find Daniel’s Work:
- WildFed www.wild-fed.com
- Surthrival www.surthrival.com
More About Daniel Vitalis:
Daniel Vitalis is the host of WildFed.
For ten years he lectured around North America and abroad, offering workshops that helped others lead healthier, more nature-integrated lives. A successful entrepreneur, he founded the nutrition company SurThrival.com in 2008. Most recently, he hosted the popular podcast ReWild Yourself.
He’s a Registered Maine Guide, writer, public speaker, interviewer, and lifestyle pioneer who’s especially interested in helping people reconnect with wildness, both inside and outside of themselves.
After learning to hunt, fish, and forage as an adult, Daniel created WildFed to inspire others to start a wild-food journey of their own.
Headquartered in the Lakes Region of Maine, he lives with his beautiful wife Avani and their Plott Hound Ellie.
Connect with him at Wild-Fed.com, as well as on Instagram and Facebook.
Sponsors for this Episode:
This episode is sponsored by FOND Bone Broth Tonics, Your Sous Chef in a Jar. FOND is slow simmered and lovingly tended from simmer to seal. They partner with organic farms and hand-pick and pair ingredients to optimize absorption and taste. Use code ALIMILLERRD to save at fondbonebroth.com.

Monday Sep 21, 2020
Episode 207: Diabetes Part 2: A Functional Approach
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Are you or a loved one dealing with insulin resistance? Want to know more about treating insulin resistance from the root cause? Curious about how this could be slowing your weight loss or causing other concerning symptoms? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki break down what insulin resistance is, what causes it and how it can be treated with diet and lifestyle modification. Learn about why high levels of insulin are harmful, how insulin resistance is treated in a functional medicine model and why this phenomenon is on the rise in the US.
In this Episode, Ali and Becki break down the nitty-gritty of insulin resistance, often considered the main precursor to diabetes. Learn about the function of insulin as a hormone as well as what happens with both excessive and inadequate response in the body. A diet high in carbohydrates, constant access to food as well as micronutrient deficiencies have all led to a rise in insulin resistance and diagnosis of diabetes in the US. Learn about solutions from a ketogenic diet to stress management to intermittent fasting that can reduce insulin resistance as well as practical tools of supplements to consider, foods to include and avoid and some of our favorite tasty recipes that incorporate these principles!
Also in This Episode:
- Virtual Food As Medicine Ketosis Program
- Episode 206: Diabetes Part 1: Where We Went Wrong
- Reversal of Diabetes
- Nutrients of Focus
- Vitamin K
- Chromium
- Carnitine
- Inositol and Magnesium
- Biotin
- Lipoic Acid
- The Influence of Endocrine Disruptors
- How the Microbiome Affects Insulin Resistance
- Ketosis as a Tool for Diabetes Reversal
- Intermittent Fasting
- Episode 147: Fasting and Time Restricted Eating
- How Non-Caloric Sweeteners are a Disservice to Diabetics
- Supplement Recommendations
- The Gluten Insulin Resistance Connection
- Research References in this Episode:
- Intermittent fasting dissociates beneficial effects of dietary restriction on glucose metabolism and neuronal resistance to injury from calorie intake
- Akt2 Is Essential for the Full Effect of Calorie Restriction on Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle
- Serum concentrations of cortisol, interleukin 6, leptin and adiponectin predict stress induced insulin resistance in acute inflammatory reactions
- Caloric restriction delays disease onset and mortality in rhesus monkeys
- Effect of calorie restriction with or without exercise on insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function, fat cell size, and ectopic lipid in overweight subjects
- Effect of 6-month calorie restriction on biomarkers of longevity, metabolic adaptation, and oxidative stress in overweight individuals: a randomized controlled trial
- Artificial sweeteners produce the counterintuitive effect of inducing metabolic derangements
- Reward, dopamine and the control of food intake: implications for obesity
- Intense Sweeteners, Appetite for the Sweet Taste, and Relationship to Weight Management
- Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: A Narrative Review of the Evidence
- A Review on Role of Microbiome in Obesity and Antiobesity Properties of Probiotic Supplements
- Gut microbiome and type 2 diabetes: where we are and where to go?
- Are Nonnutritive Sweeteners Obesogenic? Associations between Diet, Faecal Microbiota, and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Morbidly Obese Subjects
- Impact of Gut Microbiota on Host Glycemic Control
- Nonnutritive Sweeteners in Weight Management and Chronic Disease: A Review
- Effects of aspartame-, monk fruit-, stevia- and sucrose-sweetened beverages on postprandial glucose, insulin and energy intake
Sponsors for This Episode:
This episode is sponsored by the Naturally Nourished supplement line: these pure, potent and effective formulas have been hand selected to deliver profound health benefits. We price our formulas 2-5% below market industry standard and competitors and guarantee that our products will always be third party assessed to ensure they are free of mold, toxins, contaminants, and contain the stated active ingredients in dosages noted. Use code ALI15 for 15% off your first Naturally Nourished Supplement Order!

Monday Sep 14, 2020
Episode 206: Diabetes Part 1: Where We Went Wrong
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Have you or a family member been diagnosed with diabetes or told you are pre-diabetic? Want to know more about signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment and where things have gone off course? Curious about the influence of food subsidies and pharma funding for diabetes research? Tune in as Ali and Becki peel off the veil on Type 2 diabetes, exposing some serious room for improvement in the treatment of this preventable lifestyle disease.
It is estimated that 34.2 million people in the US or at least 10% of the population is diabetic and the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes in the US has more than doubled in the past 20 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has truly shone a light on the influence of insulin resistance on immune health with diabetes as one of the most common comorbidities leading to severe outcomes and death, exposing a pandemic within a pandemic. In this episode, Ali and Becki drill down on diabetes and insulin resistance, from risk factors to diagnostic criteria and focus primarily on where we have gone wrong with management of this reversible condition. Don’t worry, this episode is not all doom and gloom and part 2 will focus on functional approaches and solutions for truly getting diabetes into remission.
Also in This Episode:
- Food As Medicine Ketosis Program
- Naturally Nourished YouTube Channel - Subscribe Now
- What is Diabetes?
- The US Diabetes Epidemic
- Defining Insulin Resistance
- Risk Factors for Diabetes
- Diagnosis of Diabetes and Essential Labs
- HgbA1c (<5.6)
- Fasting Insulin (<8)
- Serum Vitamin D (50+)
- C-Reactive Protein (<0.8)
- Symptoms and Complications
- Conventional Approaches to Diabetes
- Impact of Food Subsidies
- Conventional Treatment and Commonly Prescribed Drugs
- Insulin Resistance and the Pandemic
Sponsors for this episode:
This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!