Gut Reaction: Getting to the Crux of Leaky Gut with Katrina Reeve
Is Gut Health on your New Year’s resolution list? If not, after listening to our podcast with Taryn Kennedy (In the Balance Associate Producer and Director of Online Media) and Katrina Reeve, a Naturopath from Brisbane, Australia, it will be!
Naturopaths want to understand the cause of your illness/pain - where does the imbalance in the body come from? Leaky Gut Syndrome - aka intestinal permeability - can have numerous symptoms; including digestive issues, acne/eczema, asthma, hormone imbalance, mood disorders. The causes can range from chronic stress, bacteria, chemical additives in food, infections, and/or medications.
Katrina walks us through simple and immediate ways we can improve our gut health; being mindful of our lifestyle choices that reduce stress - exercise, breathing, relaxation - being mindful of choosing foods that help our gut - bone broth, fibre, fermented foods. And in closing she gives us three simple tips to increase our gut health today: “Chew your food!! Eat slowly!! Don’t multitask while eating!!!” How simple is that?
Meet This Episode's Guest
Katrina Reeve
MSc, BHSc (Naturopathy), BA, Dip Opera, LTCL
Katrina is a qualified Naturopath, Lecturer and Researcher practising in Brisbane. Her interest in Natural medicine was ignited many years ago whilst forging a career as an opera singer, actress and teacher. In addition to lecturing and student mentoring at two universities, she runs a busy clinic in inner city Brisbane where she specialises in gastrointestinal health, stress management and fertility. Katrina holds a Masters of Science (Research), Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy), Bachelor of Arts and Post Graduate Diploma in Opera. She has presented at a number of National scientific conferences and has submitted a number of journal articles for publication.
Check out Katrina's FaceBook page for more information!
Adjunct Host
Taryn L. Kennedy
Taryn is the Associate Producer and Director for Online Media for In the Balance. She has been working with Susan in various capacities for 6 years and is honored and thrilled to be a part of the In the Balance team.
In addition to her work at In the Balance, Taryn is currently studying for her Bachelor's of Science specializing in Nutritional Medicine in Brisbane, Australia. She is also part of a pilot program in primary schools that teaches kids about food. Her interest in nutrition, how food is produced, and how food affects the body started over 11 years ago after reading the book, The Food Revolution by John Robbins.
Taryn also loves to travel and has lived in New York, Arizona, Chile, and Australia.
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A Note from Susan
Taryn Kennedy is now hosting her own mini-series as part of In the Balance: Connecting Mind, Body & Heart.
I feel lucky and blessed to have such a brilliant and fantastic team for In the Balance which is comprised of Walker Vreeland, my producer, mentor, and an incredible podcast host himself; Taryn Kennedy, my Associate Producer and Director of Online Media; and Megan Rose, the beautiful writer, editor, blogger, and support.
Taryn and I started brainstorming awhile back: what would it be like if we started to develop a mini-series on In the Balance that Taryn herself might host? I confess, it was my idea at first, and it was my idea because I find Taryn to be thoughtful, imaginative, creative, and full of emotional intelligence that is moving and evolving every day. Taryn not only supports In the Balance but is a formidable force in everything that we strive to do with this podcast - which is to reach many diverse groups of people with the notion that everything we do is somehow connecting us with ourselves and other people. Taryn makes our newsletters ring and shine, she created a website that gives you not only information about our guests and what we do, but resonates with clarity and humanity, and heart. As a collaborator, Taryn is supportive, yet has her own point of view. Taryn is resourceful, always thinking about what is going to work for people both creatively and logistically, and she is curious and a high level thinker in every way.
So I am thrilled to say that “Gut Reaction” is the first of many mini-episodes that Taryn will be hosting on In the Balance. Keep a look out and have a listen whenever you see her name.” ~ Susan