Welcome back to State of Mind! This episode covers everything to do with WATER.    We start off by discussing water structuring, an amazing concept that details how water in its natural state (i.e. moving, never still) organises itself to actually be more hydrating for our cells.    We discuss water filters and compare the best on the market, fluoride, minerals, the pitfalls of reverse osmosis, alkaline water (fad?) and much more.    Thank you to Matt for chatting to me! Matt is the founder...

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind, with me Grace Kingswell    Today my guest is the amazing Kate Pope. Kate is a Nutritional Therapist, GAPS practitioner and the founder of Regenerative Cooking School and Mama Baby Biome, the online course that teaches you to reconnect with your local and ancestral food systems in order to heal and support your baby through conditions such as eczema, leaky gut, allergies and intolerances, and teaches you how to introduce solids, how to prepare and...

Hello and welcome back to state of mind with me, Grace Kingswell. For those of you that are new to the pod - hello hi, I’m Grace, a Nutritional Therapist and new Mum! Hence, this is the first episode I’ve released in a while because time is limited these days with a nearly 9-month old in tow. Today I’m chatting to one of my great friends and colleagues, Natasha Evans. Tash is a Nutritional Therapist specialising in fertility and gut health, and this episode focuses on the relationship between...

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind with me, Grace Kingswell.    This is the last episode in the 5 episode mini series I’ve been running pre-baby, and actually by the time it airs I will probably already have that baby - eek! The podcast will be taking a little break whilst I adjust to motherhood, but I will be back with more episodes in the future! I’d love to know if there are any topic Is haven’t covered that you’d like me to look into, or guests that you’d like to hear on the pod -...

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind with me, Grace Kingswell.    Today’s episode is on the topic of reflexology for fertility and pregnancy and my guest is Karen Hooton, reflexologist, Nutritional Therapist and Homeopath. I met Karen because we’re both currently doing Sandra Greenbank’s fertility nutrition training and Karen always has so much to add of value to our weekly calls, that I just had to get her on the podcast.    In this episode we cover how you might use reflexology as an...

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind, with me Grace Kingswell.    Today’s episode is on thyroid health and my guest is the sensational Tanya Borowski. Tanya is a Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and her list of accolades and qualifications is as long as my arm when it comes to health, nutrition and in particular thyroid health. She’s completed advanced Hashimotos and thyroid training with the world renowned Dar Datis Kharrazian (who let’s be honest, if you’re a Nutritional...

Hello and welcome back, finally, to the podcast. I’m so sorry it’s been so long!   Today I have the wonderful Sandra Greenbank on to talk about fertility. As you will hear, Sandra is incredibly well-respected in this field and her main role these days is to train other Nutritional Therapists, myself included, to be specialists in fertility nutrition as well as seeing her 1-on-1 clients.    In this episode we cover diet, of course, but also fertility testing (eg vaginal swabs, DNA...

Hello and welcome back to the LAST episode in series 7 of State of Mind, with me Grace Kingswell.    Today I'm joined by Alex Manos (Nutritional Therapist) and Alex Higham (founder of Exhale Coffee) today to discuss the pros and cons of everyone's favourite drink and to finally get an understanding as to whether coffee is good or bad for us.    We discuss brewing methods, decaf and decaf processes, the literature and studies that have been done on coffee and lots...

Welcome back to State of Mind Podcast.    Have you ever been confused about saturated fat? Wondered how many eggs you can eat per day, or per week? Worried that your cholesterol was too high and have no idea what to do about it? Tried a low fat diet and felt worse? Counted calories? Not understood what trans-fats are? Or hydrogenated fats?    In this episode myself and @_jadeleighton discuss what ACTUALLY is the deal with saturated fat, and why the mainstream messaging is based on...

Hello and welcome back to State of mind with me, Grace Kingswell. I’m really excited about today’s episode because as soon as I had finished recording it I just KNEW that it was going to help so many of you.    My guest today is Debbie Cotton from InVivo Healthcare. Debbie is Naturopath and a vaginal microbiome expert. InVivo are my favourite supplement and testing company and their range of targeted nutraceuticals is superb and they have some of the niftiest tests on the market, the...

Hello and welcome back to state of mind, with me Grace Kingswell. Today I’m welcoming Matt Jarosy back to the podcast to talk about iron. I love this episode because I also learnt SO much from Matt. I hope you are prepared to have what you thought you knew about iron challenged, and are ready to learn and delve deeper into this very complex topic.    We also discuss how the mass fortification of our flour with inorganic iron is harming our health.    Hope you enjoy this one...

Today I’m talking to Karen O'Donoghue, founder of The Happy Tummy Co, and her journey from chronic IBS and PMS to none of the above, by way of a high fibre diet, her magic poo bread and an intense exploration into truly healthy baking. I learnt a lot in this episode and it was such a joy to chat to Karen.    And on the topic of gut health, I’m beyond grateful to have Ki Kefir sponsoring this episode again. Have you tried their kefir yet? If not, you must! I regularly put kefir on the...

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind with me, Grace Kingswell. Today I’m diving into the topic of histamine with Nutritional Therapist, Matt Jarosy. You might have only heard fo histamine in relation to anti-histamines, typically taken for hay fever. But histamine is an important neurotransmitter, and can play a part in pretty much any reaction in the body form the obvious itchy, scratchy scenario, to brain fog and fatigue. We’re going to break it all down for you today and I hope you find...

Welcome to State of Mind podcast hosted by Nutritional therapist, Grace Kingswell.   Today I am discussing Fertility and pregnancy nutrition with Registered Nutritional Therapist, Cara Redpath. Before you begin listening I will say that if you’re planning on trying to conceive then this is a truly useful episode, and that if you’re pregnant then there’s a lot of good info in here about supplements to take during pregnancy, diet, lifestyle and so on. Slight trigger warning however, we...

Today I have a really fantastic episode for you with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of the fantastic must-read book Staying Alive In Toxic Times. Jenny started her career as a medical doctor but became completely disillusioned with the methodology of purely treating symptoms and not offering any preventative medicine. She then found Ecological Medicine, which is very similar to Functional Medicine and Nutritional Therapy where we look at the body as one whole system and try to get to the root cause...

Hello and welcome back to Series 7 of STATE OF MIND podcast with your host, Nutritional Therapist @gracekingswell   We’re going to be kicking things off today with an episode on Intuitive Eating, but coming up over the next few weeks we have an interview with Dr Jenny Goodman, author of the incredibly book, Staying Alive In Toxic Times, fertility nutrition, histamine intolerance and iron metabolism, the vaginal microbiome and so on and so forth.    As ever if you enjoy this podcast...

Welcome back to STATE OF MIND podcast hosted by Nutritional Therapist, Grace Kingswell.    In this episode we're taking a look at the true meaning of regenerative agriculture, why 'grass fed' isn't always what you think, and how vegans have a vital role to play in the future of farming (believe it or not!)    We also talk about how feeding animal grain (such as in organic meat) is really bad for the animal, the soil health, the planet and the environment.    This is a NOT TO BE MISSED episode...

Hello and welcome back to STATE OF MIND hosted by Nutritional Therapist, Grace Kingswell.    Today's guest is Mehlaqa Khan; dentist, periodontal specialist and follower of nutritional therapy and functional medicine principles. She takes an innovative 360 degree approach to her dental patients, incorporating the functional medicine principles of systemic health.   In this epidote we’re talking about the oral microbiome and why it’s the number one step to maintaining good health overall. Your...

Hello and welcome back to STATE OF MIND with me, Grace Kingswell.    Today’s episode has been highly requested by you listeners, so I hope it’s going to provide a lot of insight and value for you all. My guest today is Abby Foreman, a female hormone and endometriosis specialist working under the same discipline as myself, Nutritional Therapy.    In this episode we talk about thyroid function, the sex hormones, PMS, period pain, endometriosis, fasting and why it’s not always beneficial for...

Hello and welcome back to STATE OF MIND with me, Grace Kingswell.    Today my guest is Abby Rose of Farmerama Radio and Vidacycle. Abby is an independent, influential female voice within the regenerative farming world, and in particular she’s really clued up on the role of soil in determining the future of our health from what we put in our bodies, to building resilience against extreme weather and climate change.    Abby is actually a physicist by trade, but comes from a farming family and...

Hello and welcome back to STATE OF MIND with Nutritional Therapist, Grace Kingswell.     Today I’m welcoming  Robyn Puglia back to the podcast, as there was simply no one better to speak to about gluten than a professional that also happens to be a coeliac, with years of experience dealing with complex cases of gluten sensitivity and autoimmune gluten reactivity.    Robyn Puglia is a Nutritional Therapist and IFM Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. She specialises in Autoimmune...

Today, my guest Alex Manos and I are talking about a VERY important topic in Nutritional Therapy and Functional Medicine - Mould and Mycotoxins.    This might be new terminology for you but don’t switch off, mould allergy or mycotoxicosis is increasingly becoming one of the biggest players in the chronic health game. When you’ve tried everything from gut work to hormonal treatment to dietary changes and looking at stress and lifestyle and you still have no answers, then it’s worth thinking...