This week, I’m breaking down why clean eating isn’t enough to heal your gut and your hormones and what might actually be keeping you stuck.
So many women are eating healthy + avoiding “bad” foods, but are still dealing with bloating, fatigue, hormone imbalances, and frustrating symptoms that won’t go away.
In this episode, I’m calling out the biggest gaps I see when it comes to nutrition and why what you’re not eating may be the real problem.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why clean eating alone won’t fix your symptoms
- The biggest mistakes women make with their eating
- How undereating can slow your metabolism and digestion
- Why carbs are essential for hormones, thyroid, and stress
- The truth about fats and hormone production
- How low calorie intake impacts gut health and motility
- Why relying on protein supplements isn’t enough
- The connection between blood sugar, cravings, and energy
- How restrictive diets can backfire on your health
- What balanced, nourishing nutrition actually looks like
If you feel like you’re doing everything right but still not seeing results, this episode will help you understand how to truly start supporting your body through adequate nutrition.
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What is Radiate with Rita?
Radiate with Rita is an empowering, real, and unfiltered women's gut and hormone health podcast hosted by Rita Utterback— a Functional Nutrition Practitioner who has helped over 300 women get lasting relief from miserable periods, brutal PMS/PMDD, gut issues, and symptoms of endometriosis inside her online practice and has lived it herself.
This show is for women who have been misunderstood, dismissed, are done settling and are finally ready to take back their health and their lives. In each episode, Rita breaks down the why and shares, real practical tools to help you get relief— think sustainable nutrition, habits and functional testing— without the BS that no one has time or energy for.
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