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5: Quitting Sugar, Natural Parenting, & Pregnancy Tips

Published: June 10, 2014, 10:32 a.m.

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I\\u2019m so happy to introduce Genevieve from MamaNatural.com. Genevieve is mom to two children and she and her husband Mike work together to run the Mama Natural blog and their wildly popular YouTube channel. She\\u2019s a also a Wellness Media featured contribute.

Mama Natural on Quitting Sugar

As her name suggests, Mama Natural is an expert at all things natural parenting, natural pregnancy and breastfeeding. She is also the mind behind the hilarious video Sh*t Crunchy Mamas Say:

In this episode, Genevieve and I discus:

1:28 Her health struggle and how she came to real food
2:25 Her lightening bolt moment and how she made lasting changes
3:15 Her \\u201clast supper\\u201d
5:23 The factors that helped her with quitting\\xa0sugar, lose 60lbs, and keep it off for over 15 years
6:16 How accountability helped her
7:23 How long it takes to detox from sugar and how to do it
8:20 Why she has hope for the health of future generations
10:45 Natural pregnancy, parenting, and birthing tips
16:00 The crunchy thing she can\\u2019t do and the crunchiest thing she\\u2019s ever done
16:45 The thing she recommends to help have a natural birth \\u2013 Hint: it starts in the 2nd trimester
17:46 Why Fermented Cod Liver Oil\\xa0& exercise\\xa0can improve birth
18:00 Tips to help baby\\u2019s position before birth
19:00 Crunchyest thing she\\u2019s ever tried, and what weird foods she ate after she gave birth
21:28 Her best advice for listening to your body
23:00 Number one health step to take now
24:07 The book she recommends everyone should read

Posts we Reference

Please join us for a listen and to learn all things natural and organic when it comes to quitting sugar, pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Read Transcript

Katie: Hi. This is Katie from wellnessmama.com. Welcome to episode 5 of the \\u201cWellness Mama\\u201d podcast where I provide simple answers for healthier families.

This episode\\u2019s interesting fact is that people who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don\\u2019t. Dr. Lee Berk at the Lorna School of Public Health in California found that laughing lowers the levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. In fact, six-year-olds have it best. They laugh, on average, 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

But today\\u2019s guest has improved my health by making me laugh many times with her funny yet always informative videos at mam

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