Ep #19 | Recovering the Health of Your Gut Microbiome with Joy McCarthy
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Joy McCarthy is a Holistic Nutritionist and founder of JoyousHealth.com, an award-winning blog focused on healthy living. She is a two-time bestselling author of Joyous Health and Joyous Detox, a World Gourmand Cookbook Award recipient. Her third book, The Joyous Cookbook, comes out in 2019. A trusted nutrition expert, Joy has been featured in hundreds of publications both online and in print from CBC to CNN; and is a regular health expert on television including Cityline and CTV’s Your Morning. Co-founder of the Joyous Health Business Program and creator of the Joyous Health Natural Body Care Line. Joy lives in Toronto with her husband Walker and their daughter Vienna. Joy loves social media and shares her passion for food, family and fun as a way to channel positive energy into the lives of others.
Joy shares her passion about the relationship between the gut microbiome and your overall health. Recent research shows that we are more bacteria than we are human, that is why taking care of these bacteria has a vital importance.
The foundations of good gut health start with regular bowel movements which are essential for keeping hormone balance, as they directly contribute to hormone detoxification.
There are many key foods that are very effective at supporting the body’s natural detoxification process, like kale, cabbage, arugula, broccoli, cauliflower, and sea vegetables which protect the liver. A healthy diet should include vegetables and fruits rich in fiber like spinach, apples, pears and green beans. The variety of these healthy foods makes a difference in assisting the detoxification of your systems. If you’ve experienced problems digesting raw foods, Joy also gives her best tips on how to start introducing them back into your diet.
Joy shares how the skin, as the largest channel of elimination, can be cared in different ways:
- dry brushing,
- showering the right way in order to protect your skin microbiome
- and getting rid of the beauty products that are adding toxins and chemicals instead of enhancing your natural beauty and health.
Joy, as a mother and an entrepreneur, has to juggle and sort her way through the daily chaos to create space for her own health, and in this episode she is giving out the best tips for real, strong, loving, sensitive and creative women to live their lives in a joyful and healthy way.
Wishing you more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
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Quotes:
“On the gut microbiome: research shows that we are more bacteria than we are human.”
“Having a good bowel movement is a way of detoxing your hormones.”
“It is dangerous to go through a detox diet without having the elimination channels opened, like pooping, sweating and urinating properly”
“The skin is your larger channel of elimination.”
“If you can start to do one thing for your health, drink more water!”
Additional Information About Jenn:
Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium and Juice Plus.
Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.