Nutrition with Judy | Carnivore Diet

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What if chronic stress is the real reason chronically ill patients fail to heal, no matter what protocol they follow? Dr. Stephen Sideroff has spent decades researching exactly what happens to the nervous system under prolonged stress, and what he's found challenges how most practitioners think about root-cause healing. In this episode, he reveals what conventional medicine gets wrong about stress, why some people are wired to stay stuck, and what it actually takes to get the body back into a state where healing is even possible. Watch the full interview to find out.
Dr. Stephen Sideroff is a clinical psychologist, resilience researcher, and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is the founder of the UCLA Stress Strategies program and author of The Path: Mastering the Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success, a comprehensive framework built on decades of clinical research into stress, neurofeedback, and what separates people who heal from people who stay stuck.
We discuss the following: 
Nervous system Balance
The four horsemen of stress
Recognizing signs of poor stress management
Why recovery after stress matters 
Resilience, trauma, and childhood wiring
How to start managing stress 
Breaking the negative mindset cycle
Rethinking therapy and rumination
Why change is so hard
Getting chronically ill patients unstuck
Protecting your energy from social media
Judy's reflection and the Wholeness Method
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EPISODE RESOURCES
Wholeness Method Website
Dr. Stephen Sideroff's Website
Dr. Stephen Sideroff’s YouTube
Quantum Leadership Podcast
The Path: Mastering the Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success Book
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
📫 Tips and Weekly Updates

JUDY CHO RESOURCES
⛑️ Work with Us
🎙️ Podcast
📕 Inflammation Fix Book
📘 Carnivore Cure Book & Elimination Diet
📚 Articles
🎁 Free Resources
📗 Complete Carnivore Diet for Beginners

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*DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It should not replace professional medical advice.

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Anxiety is not just “in your head.” Sometimes the body is giving signals through blood sugar, caffeine tolerance, and how well your nervous system is being fueled.

In this episode, we talk about a simple shift that may help some people feel calmer and more stable, and why eating too lean may backfire.
Anxiety, blood sugar dysregulation
Fatty meats benefit
Anadamide
Caffeine
Egg yolks, fatty red meats
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EPISODE RESOURCES
Bellevue Stefansson Study
Anadamide
Anadamide 2
Arachidonic Sources
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
📫 Tips and Weekly Updates

JUDY CHO RESOURCES
⛑️Work with Us
🎙️ Podcast
📕 Inflammation Fix Book
📘 Carnivore Cure Book & Elimination Diet
📚 Articles
🎁 Free Resources 

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*DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It should not replace professional medical advice.

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Learn more at empowerfunctionalhealth.com
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Most people hear “blood sugar” and think the body has a lot of sugar floating around at any given moment. But the actual amount is much smaller than most people realize.

In this episode, I use a simple visual demo to show what normal, prediabetic and diabetic blood sugar levels look like. We also talk about insulin, the pancreas, and why repeatedly high blood sugar can create real stress on the body over time.
Sugar vs. seed oils
Risks of high blood sugar and insulin’s role
Blood levels and sugar levels in the body
Eating a banana or a soda
Risks to the pancreas
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EPISODE RESOURCES
- Dr. Robert Lufkin Interview
- Carnivore Diet and Modern Day Sugar Crisis:
- Personalized Health Plan
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
📫 Tips and Weekly Updates

JUDY CHO RESOURCES
⛑️Work with Us
🎙️ Podcast
📕 Inflammation Fix Book
📘 Carnivore Cure Book & Elimination Diet
📚 Articles
🎁 Free Resources 

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*DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It should not replace professional medical advice.

Get personalized root-cause care with Empower Functional Health.
Learn more at empowerfunctionalhealth.com
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Belinda and I dive into the hidden history behind our dietary guidelines, tracing how a 19th-century religious health movement helped shape the modern demonization of meat and the rise of fiber, breakfast cereal, and plant-based dogma. She breaks down how the Seventh Day Adventist Church, John Harvey Kellogg, and powerful food and academic institutions worked together to manufacture the "Blue Zones" longevity story, and why the real history of Sardinia, Okinawa, Ikaria, and Loma Linda tells a very different tale about meat, pork, and animal fat. Make sure to listen to the full interview to learn more.
Belinda Fettke is an independent researcher known for investigating the historical, religious, and commercial influences on modern dietary guidelines. After her husband, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary Fettke, was investigated for advising patients to reduce sugar and refined carbohydrates, she began researching the origins of nutrition policy and public health messaging. Her work focuses on the intersections of religion, industry, and dietary recommendations. The interview explores how these factors may have shaped modern views on meat, plant-based diets, and chronic disease. 
We discuss the following: 
Belinda Fettke’s background
Kellogg, fiber, and sexual repression
Birth of the dietetics industry
Religious roots of nutrition
Adventist studies and veganism
Debunking the Blue Zones diet
Okinawa longevity under scrutiny
Ikaria's fasting and snail diet
Loma Linda's "fifth blue zone" myth 
Harvard's role in dietary guidelines
Nutrition messaging in schools
Ellen G. White's hidden writings
Adventist influence on guidelines
The demonization of pork
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EPISODE RESOURCES
Nutritionist's Guide to the Carnivore Diet
EFH Carnivore Diet Resources
Exposing the Secrets of the Plant-Based Vegetarian Guidelines – Interview with Belinda Fettke
Unveiling the Corruption of Our Dietary Recommendations – Interview with Dr. Gary Fettke
Belinda Fettke's TruthZones Substack
Dr. Gary Fettke's Website
Supporting Dr. Gary Fettke

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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
📫 Tips and Weekly Updates

JUDY CHO RESOURCES
⛑️ Work with Us
🎙️ Podcast
📕 Inflammation Fix Book
📘 Carnivore Cure Book & Elimination Diet
📚 Articles
🎁 Free Resources
📗 Complete Carnivore Diet for Beginners

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*DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It should not replace professional medical advice.

If you want to try Dysbiocide, you can get a discount here: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/podcasts/

Get personalized root-cause care with Empower Functional Health.
Learn more at empowerfunctionalhealth.com
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PCOS has a new name: PMOS, or Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. The shift matters because PCOS was never really just about “cysts” on the ovaries. It has always been a broader endocrine and metabolic condition that can affect periods, ovulation, androgen hormones, insulin signaling, skin, mood, and long-term cardiometabolic risk.
In this short solo episode, I break down why the name is changing, what PMOS means, how diagnosis works, and why symptoms like irregular periods may be less random than they seem. I also touch on the deeper question: could some cases of PMOS be an early warning sign of broader inflammatory or biotoxin-driven dysfunction, including CIRS?
PCOS has a new name; symptoms and diagnosis
PCOS and Carnivore
Causes of PCOS (PMOS)
Insulin resistance
Loss of period, androgen hormones, LH, SHBG
Endocrine disruptors
PMOS and low mood
PMOS is CIRS?
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EPISODE REFERENCES
PCOS in Lancet 
Complete Wellness Panel
Test CIRS: (start here)
What is CIRS
CAC Founder interview on Pre Pre Diabetes 
Personalized Health Plan (symptoms)
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
📫 Tips and Weekly Updates

JUDY CHO RESOURCES
⛑️Work with Us
🎙️ Podcast
📕 Inflammation Fix Book
📘 Carnivore Cure Book & Elimination Diet
📚 Articles
🎁 Free Resources 

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*DISCLAIMER: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It should not replace professional medical advice.