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Everyday Health, Simplified
by Elisa M Pool
This is Everyday Health, Simplified. My name is Elisa Pool, an ex-school teacher turned health enthusiast. I love learning, teaching, and helping people move from where they ARE to where they want to BE. That’s what this show is all about. I’ll be helping you sift through the information and conflicting viewpoints out there, simplifying the main takeaways, and finding practices that you can begin implementing today!
Episodes
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Ep 74: What is Inflammation?
#5 in the Metabolic IQ Series Inflammation is indirectly related to insulin resistance, and impacts our metabolic function, too. You’ll learn how inflammation is supposed to work, and what happens when it goes awry in places like our gut, heart, and fat cells – and what you can do about it. Have…
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Ep 73: How Can I Fix My Insulin?
#4 in the Metabolic IQ Series This episode gives us the good news: we have the power to correct our insulin issues and revamp our metabolism! You’ll hear five ways to test whether or not you have insulin resistance, as well as four ways to take your health into your own hands, begin correcting…
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Ep 72: Are You Chronic?
#3 in the Metabolic IQ Series It turns out that insulin is connected to nearly all chronic diseases: obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease, hypertension, and even infertility. Chronic diseases take decades to develop, and this episode explains how that process happens, and...
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Ep 71: What Raises Insulin?
#2 in the Metabolic IQ Series This episode helps unravel why our weight cannot change until our insulin levels do. Your insulin is raised partly by poor stress management and lifestyle, and largely due to our nutrition. When we pay attention to our insulin levels, we can act proactively in order…
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Ep 70: What is Metabolic Syndrome?
#1 in the Metabolic IQ Series Currently, 6 of 10 adults in the US have one chronic disease. Four out of 10 adults have TWO or more, and even our YOUTH are becoming chronically ill. For the first time in history, the current generation will NOT outlive the past one - our life expectancy has now...
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Ep. 69: Know Your Tendency
The new year is often a time when people evaluate their lives, and decide on any changes they might want to make. Many people set intentions for the year ahead, choose words that focus their efforts, or make resolutions. That reflection can be helpful for us in our personal growth. What’s also…
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Ep. 68: What’s Your Love Language?
Have YOU ever had a conflict in a relationship? I’m not sure how many conflicts are created by misunderstandings and misinterpretations, but I’m guessing it’s a LOT, like over 90% of them. What's interesting is that most of us end up with partners and family members who speak different love...
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Ep 67: How to Maximize Holiday Eating
It’s arguably the most food-focused time of the year… Is there a way to maximize our body’s output for all the dietary input we do during the holiday season? Can we still indulge AND feel good about it? Yes! This episode offers you ten tips to serve as a compass for you to navigate the…
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Ep. 66: Might as Well Mentality
“I already ate a dessert tonight, so I may as well sample these other ones, too.” “I already had pizza this week, so I might as well have a beer and burger with my buddies.” “I already pressed snooze, I might as well press it again.” “I already skipped my workout this week, I might as well just...
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Ep 65: Wins of Gratitude
We’ve all heard how practicing gratitude boosts our mental health and happiness. It’s like nutrition for our minds. This episode shares two other practices that boost health and happiness, and take your gratitude to a whole new level. You’ll learn about “mental subtraction” and how easy it is to...
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Ep 64: Blue Zone Balance
Blue zones are the places around the world where people reach 100 years of age at rates that are 10x greater than they do here in the United States. They also tend to have low rates of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity rates. Blue zones are often considered examples of good health. Currently,...
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Ep 63: Fasting Falsehoods
I had heard of Intermittent Fasting long before I ever tried it. I was totally opposed to it at first, because I was someone who woke up hungry, ate about every 3 hours, and would get shaky if I didn’t. Reluctantly, as I read more from experts, I opened my mind to the possibility of fasting. I…
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Ep 62: A Day in the Life
A few listeners suggested it might be helpful to get an insider’s view into what I do on a regular basis. I was hesitant, because I am NOT saying that what I do is what YOU need to do, or what would work for everyone. This episode is NOT telling you what to do, or to be like me. What you could...
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Ep 61: The Sugar Shakedown
How much sugar do you eat every day? Would you know in grams? How about in teaspoons? The average American eats 17 teaspoons of ADDED sugar a day, not counting naturally occurring sugar. That’s 2-3x more than the daily recommendation for men and women. It’s a little tricky, because nutrition info...
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Ep 60: Human Swiss Army Knives
Swiss Army knives - they’re pretty useful, right? Well, did you know that humans are like the Swiss army knives of movement among animals? This episode unpacks what that means, and how we can cultivate “wildness” in our movement, our minds, and our lives. You’ll hear how to gain awareness and…
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Ep 59: Let’s Get Wild
What if we could move farther away from illness and closer to wellness by getting a little more wild? This episode talks about how our specialized brains and bodies need wild conditions to thrive - especially its food source! You’ll hear exactly what the acronym VPFC means, and how to apply it to...
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Ep 58: Do I Have to Exercise?
This episode is the answer to the question I received: “I hate to exercise. Can I still be healthy?” This question is so important it deserves a full episode. You’ll learn the difference between exercise and movement, as well as the benefits of physical activity you really don’t get anywhere…
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Ep 57: What is Wellness, Anyway?
We're starting off season two with a broader understanding of what wellness really is. You could think of wellness as one end on the “Health” continuum (with illness on the other side), or use the analogy of your wellness as your body’s retirement fund. It’s important to make deposits while you...
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Ep 56: Know Your Limits & End of Season One!
This episode marks the official end of Season ONE of Everyday Health, Simplified. Season two will begin again in the fall. In the meantime, I would LOVE to hear from you: What do you want to hear about? What are you curious to learn? What is more helpful for you - topics on nutrition, or mindset?...
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Ep. 55: Managing Your Metabolism
What phase of metabolism are you in? Your metabolism is an integrated system of interconnected biochemical and cellular reactions, and together they coordinate ALL the functions in your body to keep you alive, and ideally, thriving! Many people, as they age, experience what they call a slowing…
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Ep 54: What’s the Deal with Dairy?
Is dairy healthy or unhealthy? People have been eating dairy for thousands of years, and now there are scores of alternative milks on the market because dairy is said to be harmful. What’s the truth? Is it good or bad for you? The answer is: neither. Like all the food we eat, dairy affects our...
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Ep. 53 - Regaining Hope
Last week, I shared eight signs of fearing hope. It’s in our best interest to take a look at our lives for signs of fearing hope, because as we gain awareness of where we do that, THEN we’re able to stop criticizing ourselves and, if we choose to, work to change. Fear of hope doesn’t mean you…
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Ep 52: Are You Fearing Hope?
Whenever we have a goal that includes a personal change in some way - weight loss, behavior change, ways of communicating, parenting style, our role in a relationship… no matter what it is, we are always taking a gamble on ourselves when we are trying to change that thing about ourselves. And...
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Ep 51: Hot & Cold
If you had to pick, would you rather be hot or cold? Turns out, being hot AND cold both have some great benefits for you! Chances are you’ve heard of cold plunging and ice baths. You’ve also likely heard of saunas and steam baths. Exposure to heat and cold is yet another example of how life is…
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Ep 50: My Top 5 Foods for Health
This is Everyday Health Simplified’s 50th episode!! To commemorate, the topic is one of my favorite things to discuss: FOOD I love to eat. In this episode, you’ll hear my top 5 foods for health - my Fab Food Countdown - and the reasons why. I wonder if you’ll be surprised by any of the choices! I...
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Ep 49: Understanding Anti-Nutrients
What are anti-nutrients and how serious are they? Anti-nutrients are chemicals/substances in a food that not only block your ability to absorb nutrients from the food you eat, but can even leech out the nutrients you DO have in your body. They can also cause digestive problems. Many plant foods...
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Ep 48: How to Fix an Inflexible Metabolism
Last week we explained that metabolic flexibility is when your body is able to burn both stored glycogen and stored body fat for energy. When it can do this, you are considered metabolically flexible. When it cannot, your body can only burn glycogen, which leaves your body fat ON your body…
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Ep 47: Is Your Metabolism Flexible?
So many people who wonder if their metabolism is broken, or if it can ever get better. Are you one of them? I am here to say, YES! Your metabolism CAN still operate efficiently. You CAN still have a very healthy body and hormones working correctly. Today’s episode is part one of a TWO-part series...
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Ep 46: False Causes
It’s not that we CAN’T succeed. It’s that we WON’T succeed as long as we are focusing on the wrong causes. This episode will teach you the difference between proximate causes and ultimate causes, and give multiple examples of how focusing on the short term cause is a recipe for disaster, relapse…
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Ep 45: How to Heal Our Gut
Since the gut is so critical to our health, this episode is going to be all about HOW we can mitigate the damage and start healing. You’ll hear 12 different ways you can heal your microbiome, and the surprising effect regenerative farms have on greenhouse gasses. The wonderful thing about mother...
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Ep 44: Gut Wreckers
Since the gut is where we bring in and metabolize ALL of our food - ALL of our fuel - the health of the microbiome makes a tremendous difference and has a huge influence on our health: metabolic, immune, brain and mental health. Because of the influence our gut has on our health, today, our goal…
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Ep 43: How Your Gut Health Impacts Your Immunity
Today, we are starting an important series for our wellness on understanding what we can do to increase our gut health, and therefore increase our immunity. With all the unknowns out there, this is a critical piece to you impacting your overall health and quality of life! Each episode will…
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Ep. 42: The Energy of Belief
You might not want to listen to this episode. Because if you listen to this episode, you’re going to have some serious thinking to do about how YOUR thoughts and beliefs are affecting YOU and how your life is turning out. As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. But once you hear today’s episode,...
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Ep. 41: The Why and How of Strength Training
Strength training, a.k.a. resistance training. It causes mental resistance for many people! What if I get injured? What if I don’t know how? What if I don’t have time? What if I bulk up? This episode addresses those concerns, explains WHY muscle matters so much, and explains HOW you can easily...
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Ep. 40: How to Respect Your Soul
When we die, three pounds immediately disappears. Nothing has changed physically. We haven’t lost blood, or muscle, or an organ. What we have lost is that life force that makes us who we are. Our energy. Our soul. Your brain also has 200 specializations unique to YOU. YOU are truly a gift. YOU…
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Ep. 39: Every Single Lady
Every single woman - single or not - needs to hear this message. Knowledge is NOT power. APPLIED knowledge is power. Currently, people ages 24 to 65 are dying 8 - 15 years younger than prior generations, and these are all from preventable diseases. This is alarming, don’t you think?? What is…
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Ep. 38: Strategies for Working With Your Fat
Last week we learned all sorts of fascinating things about the fat on our bodies, including the fact that it makes seven hormones our bodies need, that it’s part of our endocrine system, that it affects our immune system, AND that it can make itself. If our fat has a mind of its own, and…
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Ep 37: Everything You Didn’t Know About Fat
What if your fat was not just a blubbery substance on your body? What if your fat had multiple, highly important functions in your body - including your metabolism? This episode shares ten surprising truths about your fat that you will want to understand so that you can become more strategic and...
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Ep 36: The Top Five Fundamental Truths You Must Come to Terms With For Your Health
Like them or not, there are five truths you MUST accept - and prioritize - in your life for you to reach your wellness goals, and keep them. This episode will break down each of the top five truths, and offer suggestions on how to apply them to your life. #5: Take preventative measures. #4. Think...
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Ep 35: Me, Myself & I
You can have the greatest support system in the world, but if you don’t have your mindset right, you’ll never be happy. Today’s episode is about how to cultivate a relationship with yourself that will actually serve you this year. Let’s not sugar coat things. It will take hard work and focus. It...
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Ep. 34: Christmas Miracles are Possible
Power is possible. Change is possible. Health and choice and vitality are all possible. For everyone. And one day, you’ll reach a point where you experience a miracle. Here’s what it might look like for you. Text me “I’m ready!” at 727-591-4959 for a chat about how to make this possible.
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Ep. 33: Maintaining Motivation in Low Moments
What do we do when our motivation just isn’t what it used to be? When our intentions and goals haven’t turned out the way that we had hoped? When it seems pointless? This episode shares three simple actions that regain motivation, focus, and practice self-compassion towards our current feelings…
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Ep 32: The Ups & Downs of Insulin - and Why They Matter To You
Some people understand that insulin impacts our metabolic health and weight gain, but many don’t understand how much it influences our inflammation, fat, cognitive function, heart health, and more. This episode will educate you on everything you need to know about this highly influential hormone,...
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Ep 31: Moderation is Key. Or is it?
A study recently revealed that people who use the expression “everything in moderation” actually eat fewer vegetables and more desserts and soda than those who don’t adhere to that phrase. As someone who used to practice “everything in moderation”, that was definitely true for me. While some…
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Ep 30: Veggie VIPs
If I could give you one piece of health advice for you, it would be this: Focus on upping your fresh plant intake until you reach 6-8 servings a day. Mix and match, find different colors and sources, and eat up! I am guessing that you cannot OVER eat veggies. Ultimately, you want to eat as many...
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Ep. 29: The Benefits of Stress
Stress actually can bring some incredible benefits, if we let it. This doesn’t mean we discredit our stress, or hope for more - it means we learn how to manage stress in a way that instead of breaking us down, builds us up to experience: strengthened social connections rearranged priorities....
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Ep. 28: Reharmonizing Your Hormones
Hormones, the chemical messengers that control almost every single bodily process you have, might be THE most important balance of your body. Your hormonal system is a finely tuned, balanced machine. When it works well, we work well. And when it’s off, WE are off. And because our body is so...
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Ep 27: The Stress Blueprint and How to Balance It
Today’s episode explains HOW stress works in our bodies, and WHY it can cause so much havoc on your entire hormonal system, which then impacts your gut, immunity, weight, and more. You’ll learn how the physiological response of your body creates an incredibly beneficial response to immediate...
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Ep 26: Blood Sugar & Weight Loss
It’s not really the calories that impact your weight loss - it’s whether or not you are able to burn the fat you have stored on your body - and THAT is dictated by your blood sugar. What is the relationship between blood sugar and weight loss? How does blood sugar work? What is it? What does it...
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Ep 25: Winning Over Worry
Stress is a normal part of life, and worrying is, too! The problem is that when we chronically worry, we may be increasing our risk for all sorts of adverse health effects, like heart disease, anxiety, weight gain, and many more. This episode explains the body's natural response to stress, why...
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This is Everyday Health, Simplified. My name is Elisa Pool, an ex-school teacher turned health enthusiast. I love learning, teaching, and helping people move from where they ARE to where they want to BE. That’s what this show is all about. I’ll be helping you sift through the information and conflicting viewpoints out there, simplifying the main takeaways, and finding practices that you can begin implementing today!
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