Healing Trauma Through Food: Understanding the Nervous System with Luis Mojica

How does the food we eat impact our ability to heal from trauma? In this episode of Health, Harmony and Heather,  Heather sits down with somatic educator and holistic nutritionist Luis Mojica to explore the deep connection between our biology, our nervous system, and our relationship with food. Luis shares his powerful personal journey of growing up with an intersex condition in the 90s, the bullying and trauma that followed, and how he eventually discovered that his "food chatter" and binge eating were actually attempts to regulate a dysregulated nervous system. His new book Food Therapy is out now! In this episode, we discuss: The Intersex Experience: Luis opens up about his hormonal biology and the challenges of being misunderstood by the medical community as a child. Food as a Tool for Embodiment: Why food should be seen as more than just a health outcome, but as a way to process stress and trauma. The Glucose-Trauma Connection: How certain "health foods" like fruit juice or sushi can actually trigger a fight-or-flight response in a stressed body. Stimulants vs. Balancers: Learning to categorize food by how it affects your adrenals—featuring Luis’s top three "balancers". Hormonal Health for Men and Women: The impact of stress on estrogen and testosterone, and why "visceral fat" plays a role in hormonal shifts.   Connect with Luis Mojica: Website: HolisticLifeNavigation.com  Podcast: Holistic Life Navigation  Connect with Heather: www.heatherthomson.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/                               You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo Podcast: Health, Harmony and Heather  "Every four hours you have a new body, you never mess up. You can just four hours later do something new." — Luis Mojica  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices