Podcasts Health & Fitness Alternative Health The Wellness Mama Podcast 4: Canola Oil, Gelatin, & Balancing Hormones

4: Canola Oil, Gelatin, & Balancing Hormones

Published: June 6, 2014, 1:39 a.m.

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It was wonderful to interview Lauren of EmpoweredSustenance.com who is a rising star in the blogging world and an incredibly smart researcher.

Lauren and I talk about several topics that we are both passionate about, including the problems with canola oil, the benefits of gelatin and the importance of balancing hormones.

In This Episode, We Cover

  • Why canola oil is so dangerous and how we are both working to spread the word. (Read my full explanation here and check out Lauren\\u2019s campaign to get Whole Foods to remove it from pre-made foods)
  • What foods are a \\u201cfreak of nature\\u201d in both good and bad ways
  • Why gelatin is an amazing superfood and how to consume enough
  • Lauren\\u2019s own journey with debilitating autoimmune disease and how she overcame it
  • Natural beauty care options and why it is important to avoid many conventional beauty products
  • The unexpected factors that contribute to hormone balance
  • How you can \\u201cQuit PMS\\u201c
  • Lauren\\u2019s simple step for better health
  • The advice she wishes she had gotten about health
  • Her favorite health resources

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Read Transcript

Katie: Hi, this is Katie from wellnessmama.com. Welcome to Episode 4 of the \\u201cWellness Mama\\u201d podcast, where I provide simple answers for healthier families. Today\\u2019s interesting fact is that, while blondes may or may not have more fun, they definitely have more hair. Hair color helps determine how dense the hair on your head is, and natural blondes top the list. There are about 100,000 hair follicles on the average head, and each follicle produces about 20 individual hairs during the person\\u2019s lifetime. Blondes average 146,000 follicles, where people with black hair tend to have about 110,000. Brown hair are right on target with about 100,000 follicles, and redheads have the least dense hair, averaging about 86,000 follicles.

Today\\u2019s guest has actually written quite a bit about natural hair care and has become the expert in natural and holistic hair and body care as part of her journey towards recovery. Lauren writes at empoweredsustenance.com. She\\u2019s a quickly rising voice in the blogging community as she writes about her recovery from ulcerative colitis, her own healing regimen, and all of the great natural tips and lessons she\\u2019s learned along the way. Welcome, Lauren. Thank you so much for taking your time to b

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