Ep #86 | Real Health for Real Women With Dr. Beth Westie
Dr. Beth Westie is the author of the Best Selling book, The Female Fat Solution, the creator of the 12 Week Female Fat Solution Challenge, and the host of The Female Health Solution Podcast. She has made it her mission to change the way women view their health. Travelling the country to educate and empower women to take their health into their own hands, she uses nutrition to help women work with the natural cycle of their bodies to achieve lasting weight loss results.
Dr. Beth shares her story, how she grew up, started a family, a career and a practice, and found herself with three young children and suffering from ovarian cysts that prevent her to keep on with a hectic and overwhelmed life. Dr. Beth discovered that health was mainly run by men and the female body was not approached properly, that was the beginning of her research and healing.
Here are the main topics of an eye-opening conversation:
- Dr. Beth Westie talks about her personal and professional journey.
- Dr. Beth shares how she suffered from ovarian cysts which burst every month for over one year and a half.
- Dr. Beth discovered how female bodies were viewed differently in different cultures.
- The cyclical approach to female health.
- The hormonal phase for the woman’s body lasts three months.
- How Dr. Beth Westie started The Female Fat Solution.
- Losing weight is not about calories but about regulating your system.
- You go through different bodies in your lifetime.
- Dr. Beth shares the top lifestyle shifts that helped her lose weight.
- Dieting can cause Post Traumatic Stress.
- What is seed cycling?
- Dr. Beth talks about her cookbook.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Our female bodies are unique and changing along with our cycles and lives, be gentle and loving with yourself, and keep on seeking for the answers and solutions your body is asking for. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
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Quotes:
“The hormonal phase of a woman’s body lasts three months, so if you are going to heal your hormones, that is at least the amount of time you should give your body in order to see results.”
“Losing weight is not about calories, it is not about restriction and cutting things out, it is about getting your system regulated and functioning well, and then you get to the healthy weight your body is supposed to be at.”
“You go through different bodies in your lifetime.”
Additional Information About Jenn:
Jenn studied and graduated with honours 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.