Working Through Anxiety - Part 3, with Jules Galloway

Welcome to Episode 12 of Quirky Cooking Chats (Season 2), with Jo Whitton: "Working Through Anxiety - Part 3 (with Jules Galloway)"

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Naturopath and functional health practitioner, Jules Galloway, joins Jo in this episode to talk about ways to work through anxiety from a practitioner perspective.

Jules talks about:

• the increase in anxiety and depression over the past couple of years due to pandemic stress and isolation
• how stress affects gut health, and gut health affects stress levels - it can be a downward spiral!
• gut health as a part of the picture, plus other root causes
• low nutrient levels that can affect anxiety
• blood tests and supplements that may be helpful
• the importance of balancing the bacteria in the gut
• looking at your health history, and the many variables that contribute to health issues
• the importance of keeping blood sugar levels stable to reduce anxiety
• the importance of balanced meals: protein + slow-burning carbs + fats
• what it means if you're craving snacks and how to reduce cravings
• “But I don’t want to go off my favourite foods!”
• “What about caffeine?”
• “What about intermittent fasting?”
• action steps to help you stabilise mental health
• keeping the ‘big picture’ in mind!

If you want to contact Jules through her clinic, you can find her at https://www.julesgalloway.com/

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