Vibrant-MD Podcast

Vibrant-MD Podcast

Hosted by: Heather Awad, MD

Weight Loss and Women's Health

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Episodes

37. Magical Resistant Starches

You may have been avoiding starchy food on your weight loss journey, but starches aren't created equal. I'll talk today about some resistant starches that don't cause insulin to spike, and about how you can convert...
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36. Losing weight in times of inflation

There's a serious pinch at the grocery store check-out line as prices rise these days. How can you eat delicious food and continue on a healthy weight loss journey? Let's allow our Wise Mind to help us with a...
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35. Naked Carbs

Naked Carbs are the buzz of the internet this summer. Naked carbs are when you eat the bread alone, or a piece of cake for a snack. Why should you avoid naked carbs while on your weight loss journey? I talk about this...
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34. Does Food Order Matter?

As we optimize our hormones for weight loss, it turns out that the order in which we eat our food actually matters. Is it good to eat out of the bread basket they bring at the restaurant before all the other food? It...
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33. Sleep, Hormones, and Weight Loss

Enjoy this conversation with Dr. Shelley Meyer, a family doctor with a specialty in Functional Medicine. We discuss the hormonal changes that happen when you don't get enough sleep, and how that affects your weight...
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32. Rethink breakfast food.

What do you think about breakfast food? Do you love something sweet, or bready? Are you more of an egg person? Today I talk about how what you eat for breakfast will affect your hormones for the rest of the day! I'll...
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31. Joyful Weight Loss for Summer

Not everyone wants to do summer weight loss, because they think it will take the fun out of summer. In today's episode I bring some ideas how you can make summer weight loss joyful! You can explore some new vegetables...
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30. Intermittent Fasting Is Not Dead

Did you catch the headlines? A New England Journal study came out looking at eating windows and calorie restricted diets. The group that ate all day lost the same amount of weight that the group who ate their...
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29. Can Small Amounts of Olive Oil Keep Death Away?

This 2022 article from the American College of Cardiology has some surprising results! Yes, we know olive oil is good for our heart health, but how about our brains? How about our lungs? I'll explain what the research...
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28. An Unstoppable Mindset

Author and coach Tony Robbins says that strategy is 20% of any journey, and the story you tell yourself in your mind is 80%. We have these stories about ourselves running on a loop in our brains 24/7. They speak to us...
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27. Can I lose weight eating "MAN FOOD?"

Someone in my program, who eats a Mediterranean style of eating, told me that her husband doesn't want to eat that. He wants to eat MAN FOOD. Nevermind that all the genders are eating Mediterranean style near the...
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26. Opposite Day

Be inspired by a woman in my program and how she has lost over 30 pounds with zero fear of it coming back. I also spill the tea about a day gone wrong, where I ate all the butter mochi cake. Yes, I finished the whole...
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