Whitney Crouch, RDN, CLT, United States (2026)

24/02/2024

I get it. You’re tired of feeling sick and tired. You have mystery symptoms and think your thyroid may be off, but your doctor says “your TSH is fine” 🤷🏼‍♀️

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21/10/2022

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 🖐🏻 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘑𝘖𝘔𝘖 (𝘑𝘖𝘠 𝘖𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘵!) 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?! Who's excited to stay IN tonight??⁣⁠
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You've probably heard of FOMO (fear of missing out), but who else is on the 𝐉𝐎𝐌𝐎 wagon!? 🤣⁣⁠
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💗𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 💗⁠
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𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐎 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ⁣⁠
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𝘐'𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴.⁣⁠
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𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦⁣⁠
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🧘🏼‍♀️Mind-body techniques are so valuable when you consider how many chronic diseases, autoimmune diseases included, are triggered by stress (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 🙇🏻‍♀️ )⁣⁣⁠
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📑One large review of studies found a high level of evidence showing that relaxation techniques significantly improve salivary IgA. Low IgA is linked to autoimmune diseases and can cause susceptibility to illness, asthma, allergy (food + environment), and sinus/lung/gut infections 🦠😷⁣⁣⁠
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👇🏻See comments for my fave FREE mindset reset activities!

17/10/2022

If this resonates with you, you are not alone + there is nothing wrong with you 🤍⁠
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If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, mood swings plus any other classic or seemingly unrelated issues, it's important that you work with a practitioner that truly hears you.⁠
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Women's health concerns are dismissed more often then mens. When you're living with an these numbers are even greater.⁠
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Advocate for yourself. FInd your voice, and find people who encourage your healing, growth, and expansion.⁠
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Do not accept living in your own personal hell, because we only get one life.⁠
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Get curious. Do your research. Challenge your brain, and then ask the big questions. The right practitioner for you will receive these questions with gratitude that you are committed to your journey, and will mirror your desire to get to the root of your health problems.⁠
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Doing "everything right"? If you have truly laid a strong health foundation and you're still struggling, consider that you may need to try a T4/T3 combination therapy, address your gut health, change your exercise routine, or deconstruct past trauma that is buried within. ⁠
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You deserve better 🤍⁠
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⁠Xx Whitney
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10/10/2022

𝘈𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 + 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵. ⁣
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Mismanaged thyroid conditions can cause anxiety and depression, and using medication to treat these symptoms of thyroid disease will not fix the root problem - your thyroid hormones.⁠⁣
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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐀$$ 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲.⁣
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If you’re struggling, whether you have thyroid thyroid issues or not, I hope you remember that you're not alone 🤲🏻⁣
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If you're suffering with mental health problems or feel like you’re constantly having “off days”, it's not all in your head, and there is help out there.⁣
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This year, get with building strong foundations to support your . Seek the help both a knowledgeable thyroid expert and mental health expert. You're worth it 💚⁠⁣
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🔹 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline: #988⁠⁣
🔹 Apps for Support: ⁠ ⁠⁣
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𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝-𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐚 ✋🏻𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 ⬇️! 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭? 𝐈’𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐃𝐌 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 🤍⁣
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09/03/2022

S T R O N G W O M E N 🦸🏼‍♀️

May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. - Ada Lovelace

No truer words and hopes for the future.

When Wonder Willa naturally strikes a pose, speaks her truths without hesitation and confidently pursues any activity (no matter how challenging it’s told to be), it makes me wonder what happens to women as we grow up.

Why are we reprogrammed to not speak up for ourselves? To always obey “authority”? To be less curious? To question our inherent strengths and to continue to challenge our weaknesses?

This conversation can (and should) go in so many directions, but to keep it short and sweet for now…it is not all in your head, you haven’t done anything wrong to deserve this, and you do not have to feel this way forever ❤️

Everyday is a new day to make decisions that change the trajectory of your life, and the lives of all whose lives you impact.

My hope for you is that you can reflect, or look in the mirror, and say wonderful things about yourself.

We only get one life, and if it’s not all that you’d hoped it would be so far, I promise you that you hold the power within you to change your trajectory ✨

Xx Whitney

18/02/2022

𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 “𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 🖐🏻 ⁣⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵 (and before/after lab testing, in some cases). I fully stand behind this. I do not fully stand behind all food sensitivity testing.

So if there is a gold standard for using elimination diets, how in the world does food not affect how you feel?? 🤔

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📆𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘: begin with transitioning to a more anti-inflammatory diet, which includes:⁣⁣
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𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆: ⁣⁣
- Leafy greens & other non-starchy veg (artichoke, asparagus, Brussels, cauli, etc)⁣⁣
- green bananas (the more yellow, the less resistant starch and the more sugar)⁣⁣
- Red apples, pomegranate, dragon fruit, and other red fruits⁣⁣
- Onions, garlic, and scallions⁣⁣
- “Enough” carbs from starchy veg⁣⁣
- “Enough” protein from healthy and humanely raised animals and fatty fish⁣⁣
- “Enough” fat from real fruits and vegetables, cold-pressed and organic (none of that canola crap and ultra processed business)⁣⁣
- seeds: chia, h**p, flax (freshly ground)⁣⁣
- Bone broth and miso soup⁣⁣
- Fermented veggies, kefir, and kombucha

❣️these foods support your entire body, gut very much included⁣⁣
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𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 (𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠):⁣⁣
- Gluten containing products⁣⁣
- Highly processed or fried foods⁣⁣
- Alcohol⁣⁣
- Low Produce Diet (aka cut the crap and rotate loads of fruits/veg throughout the week)⁣⁣
- Artificial sweeteners (I’m looking at saccharin, Sucralose, and stevia specifically!)⁣
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💌 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐨𝐨? 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞!⁣
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📱𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝘺𝘰𝘶?? Tap the link in bio to book a strategy call.

⁉️ 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 👇🏻

17/02/2022

𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈: 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬...which require leaky gut as a trigger.⁠
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𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥: genetic predisposition + leaky gut + other triggers stack up = genes are “turned on” = Hashimoto’s and/or other autoimmune diseases⁣⁣ 🧬 🤰🏻😫⁠
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𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.⁣⁣⁠
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💡𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐔𝐓 ⁠
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In addition to addressing diet and lifestyle factors that irritate your gut, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 “𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬” 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐭.⁣⁣⁠
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When I work with clients, these are some of the things we use and why:⁣⁣⁠
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✔️𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: digestive enzymes (sometimes with HCl), bitters, probiotics, probiotics⁣⁣⁠
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✔️𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: zinc carnosine, l-glutamine, probiotics⁣⁣⁠
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✔️𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL; note: this is not the candy licorice!), marshmallow, aloe vera⁣⁣⁠
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✔️𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞: vitamin D, probiotics, probiotics⁣⁣⁠
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* this is not a complete list; every person has individual needs and requires a tailored healing protocol⁣⁣⁠
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💀 What questions are you dying to know about gut healing? Drop them below!⁠
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𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯.⁣⁣⁠
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16/02/2022

🛑 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 (𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 🤚🏻 😅)⁣
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⚡️ ICYMI: your gut health is INSTRUMENTAL to your thyroid function, hormonal health + overall wellness

If you’re looking for the first step in improving your gut health, it’s to actually pay freaking attention to the food you’re putting in your body. 😳
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Yes, I definitely mean the quality of what you consume, but also while you’re warming it or prepping it, putting it on a plate, sitting down + looking at it. Smelling it. Appreciating it’s colors (hopefully not a plate of all brown food!).⁣
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👄 When you experience food with your eyes + nose, your brain sends signals to begin to produce saliva, which has digestive enzymes in it.

It preps more stomach acid. It gets your gallbladder excited to excrete bile salts (to digest fats)…all this before food hits your mouth.⁣

🤓Pro tips 👇🏻
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💦 Hydrate mostly between meals, so as not to dilute your digestive enzymes, but feel free to sip at the meal (no choking 😅)
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🧘🏼‍♀️ Take deep breaths before eating to calm your nervous system, which improves stomach acid levels
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💨 Get gassy with some veggies? Cook them first, just a gentle steam will do. And work to consistently eat all the colors of 🍎 + 🥦 to feed those gut microbes who work so hard for you 🌈
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This list could really go on quite a bit longer, but these are fundamental. We are so rushed and distracted in our modern world that the simplest needs are ignored.⁣

More tips coming soon, so stay tuned 🤍
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𝗪𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐮𝐭?? 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ⬇️⬇️⁣

14/02/2022

𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 “𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 🤣)?⁣⁣
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𝐘𝐀, 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 🥱 so you’re in luck! Don’t forget to Luke, save + share this recipe so you can come back to it later!⁣⁣
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❤️ Happy Val/Galentine’s Day, my lovely little 🦋. Now who loves a good high fat chocolate treat?? 🙋🏼‍♀️⁣⁣
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When it comes to treating yo’self, I’m all about mindfulness and intention over restriction and “diet” foods. Things get super cringey for me when restrictions are placed on nutrition intake for all the wrong reasons, but I can’t lie, I do love foods that multi-task so I get a lot of nutritional bang for my buck. The buck being effort and literal 💰 with no flavor compromised 😝⁣⁣
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This chocolate avo pudding is packed with nutrients, and naturally and , and the fatty 🥑 lends that lovely, luxurious creamy mouthfeel while filling you up and flattening that sneaky blood sugar curve that we all want to avoid.⁣⁣
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𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝:⁣⁣
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🥄 2 avocados⁣⁣
🥄 6 tbsp cacao⁣⁣
🥄 4-6 tbsp maple syrup⁣⁣
🥄 1/2 tsp sea salt⁣⁣
🥄 1 tsp vanilla extract⁣⁣
🥄 squeeze of 🍋 juice⁣⁣
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Blend all ingredients in a food processor or blender, and keep refrigerated for up to 3 days…but I doubt you’ll want to 🤤 ⁣⁣
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𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩-𝘚𝘜𝘗𝘗𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 👇🏻⁣⁣
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𝘹𝘰,⁣⁣
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘺 ⁣⁣
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01/02/2022

Life has little meaning without death. While emotionally painful, it gives purpose to this one life we have 🌹

Taking a moment to honor my grandmother, who was reunited with my grandfather this past weekend, the love of her life since she was 7 years old 🤍

When we were little, my mom would drop my brother, sister + me off at my grandparents house on her way into work at the hospital. We’d get in bed with my grandparents + fall back to sleep, then wake up to Mickey Mouse waffles before my grandparents walked us to preschool down the street from their house.

Some of my best memories were made with my grandparents + siblings 💖

I’m taking this week to process, grieve, be with family, but I’ll return to my usual, authentic self next week, supporting my thyroid warriors on their often winding journeys.

Remember that sitting with your emotions, truly processing them and expressing them in a way that releases you from them is what allows healing…from difficult moments in the present + from the past.

Accepting the this process, the challenge, + the vulnerability is a huge part of your thyroid + autoimmune healing journey, too 🦋

Xx Whitney

28/01/2022

When you read every blog, follow every influencer, and are still confused AF about what will make you look 6 months less pregnant after every meal.

You’re not alone, and there are so many different reasons why you’re experiencing the gas, bloating + irregularity 💩 and this is why I TEST and don’t guess what the hot mess is goin on down there 😜

❤️ Like + give me 🖐🏻 if you can relate, then tag a friend who gets it!!

Have a great weekend,lovelies!!

Xx Whitney

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