Nourishing Lives – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 15 of the Nourishing Lives Podcast see's Ineke and Laura Rudoe from Evolve Beauty catching up. As one of Ineke's own personal fave beauty brands this was a fantastic conversation, with both brands sharing the importance of natural products and organic certification.

What you put on your face, body, hair is so important for your overall wellbeing, but how much do you really know about why natural products are best, what do they do, what amazing ingredients do they harness? Find out the answer to this and much more in this episode.

What to expect?

• What created your passion for Natural Beauty?
• How did you get started with Evolve?
• You’ve created a huge range, but what was your very first product and why?
• Your products are certified Organic, but what started your interest in Organic?
• Skincare is traditionally packed full of ingredients like parabens and phthalates, how do you avoid using these?
• Tell us about your favourite natural skincare ingredients and what they do for your skin.
• Thinking ahead, what's next for natural skincare do you think?
• We love your regenerative mission, tell us more about that.
• We met through Buy Women Built, tell us a little about your experiences as a woman in business.
• If you had to pick 3 of your own products to take to a desert island what are you taking?

Show Links

Evolve Beauty Website

Nourishing Lives discount code for Evolve NOURISH20

Evolve Beauty Instagram

Laura's favourite product

Buy Women Built

Nourish website - discount code - NOURISHINGLIVES20

For Episode 14 we're digging into the hype behind Nootropics, spoiler alert...we love them! Their adaptogen coffee keeps our Nourish team fuelled through the busiest of days.

Zain, co founder of London Nootropics joins us to talk adaptogens, nootropics and shares how he and his fellow founder, Shez, got interested in the potential impact of nootropics on our health and wellbeing.

Their adaptogen coffee keeps our Nourish team fuelled through the busiest of days!

London Nootropics have been kind enough to share a 20% off code so that you can try their brilliant blends too, just enter the code - NOURISH - at checkout.

What to expect from this episode...

• What led you personally to find out more about Nootropics?
• Nootropics have been around a long time, why do you think it’s taken so long for them to become popular?
• Tell us a bit about what each of the Nooptropics that you use and what they actually do?
• Which Nootropic is your favourite?
• Can't we eat mushrooms instead to get the benefits, how do you access the active compounds?
• What about quality, does that make a difference with adaptogens?
• How do Nootropics work and will I get the coffee jitters from your products?
• Is there a limit to how much you should take each day?
• If I was just starting out with Nootropics, which one would you advise that I start with?
• How do you source your Nootropics?
• You’ve been on Dragons Den, you’re stocked in some amazing sites like Harrods, what’s next for the brand?

Georgia Symonds is founder of a plant-based delivery service called Greedy Vegan and host of a podcast called Catch Ups In My Kitchen. The Greedy Vegan is currently winding up, but watch this space as Georgia has some exciting projects in the pipeline. 

Georgia’s passion is in promoting a healthy diet and lifestyle through both her podcast and business. She shares on this episode some great insights into tackling food labelling and seeing the wood from the trees when it comes to eating for a clean vegan lifestyle.

Enjoy! Ineke

Links from the show

Join our Private Facebook Group and ask any questions this podcast has raised for you.

The Greedy Vegan greedyvegan.uk

Listen to Catch Ups In My Kitchen

Follow us on Instagram @nourish.growcookenjoy 

Check out our super snacks that will help support your health and wellbeing journey at Nourish-growcookenjoy.com 

Use the code - NOURISHINGLIVES - at checkout for 15% off your order.

Written by, Ineke Nutgeren, Georgia Symonds and Kate Morgan

Points covered

What does the term ‘clean vegan’ mean?

Realising that just because something is called vegan it doesn’t mean that it’s healthy. 

Understanding what’s really in your food.

Getting to grips with ingredients lists and what’s natural and what’s not.

Creating plant based variety in your diet for health.

How supplements can support your vegan journey, but aren’t always necessary if you’re eating a varied diet.

How challenging yourself to eat 30 plants a week can help to inspire you to eat well.

Taking time to swap to a plant based diet, not rushing it and why that’s important.

Karen Newby is a nutritional therapist with over 10 years clinical experience. She holds a BSc in Nutritional Medicine and is registered with BANT and CNHC. She runs a specialist menopause clinic, and hosts regular retreats, corporate talks and workshops on the subject. She has helped countless women on their road to midlife vitality and is very much a complementary practitioner, often working with GP menopause specialists and women on HRT. Her approach is highly practical, realistic and achievable as we deal with very low bandwidth in amongst our turbo charged, modern day world.

Karen’s book, The Natural Menopause Method is a complete one-stop guide to the perimenopause and menopause, covering everything from recognising symptoms to managing relationships and understanding which treatments really work. 

Enjoy! Ineke

Links from the show

Join our Private Facebook Group and ask any questions this podcast has raised for you and get your hands on the transcription to refer back to!

The Natural Menopause Method - order your copy here.

Find out more about Karen’s clinic, retreats and workshops here.

Follow us on Instagram @nourish.growcookenjoy 

Check out our super snacks that will help support your health and wellbeing journey at Nourish-growcookenjoy.com 

Use the code - NOURISHINGLIVES - at checkout for 10% off your order.

Written by, Ineke Nutgeren, Karen Newby and Kate Morgan

Topics covered,

• Did you know that Menopause happens in a day?
• Priorities for perimenopause from wellbeing to nutrition.
• What are the things you might want to consider giving up, or limiting during menopause?
• How to make yourself a focus again so that you have the energy for others.
• What you can do, naturally, to help ease the symptoms of perimenopause.
• How sharing your own journey with others can help to ease your mind.
• Supportive nutrition for this time of your life.
• Lifeload.
• Breakfast, why you should be spreading your nutrition throughout the day and rewiring your nutrition habits.
• Plant based, should you consider a heavier plants diet?
• How nutrition can help at this time.

Pauline Cox is a Functional Nutritionist, Mother, Entrepreneur with a vast depth of knowledge and experience in women’s health, hormonal balance and nutrition. Pauline is a regular columnist both nationally and internationally and she delivers regular online courses and speaking engagements. Founder of the groundbreaking store, Sow & Arrow she is also currently completing her Masters to become a fellow of the National Centre of Integrative Medicine. 

Pauline has been a friend of Nourish for some years, taking part in our Instagram Lives and stocking our products on the shelves at Sow & Arrow. With her new book, Hungry Woman, coming out in June it seemed like a great time for us to catch up!

Enjoy! Ineke x

Useful links

our Private Facebook Group to get hold of the transcript of this episode and ask any questions this podcast has raised for you and much more.

NEW Hungry Woman Book - pre order your copy here

Healthy Live TV 

Check out Sow & Arrow - Sow & Arrow on Instagram

Find out more about Pauline Cox and follow her on Instagram @paulinejcox

Follow us on Instagram @nourish.growcookenjoy 

Check out our super snacks that will help support your health and wellbeing journey at Nourish-growcookenjoy.com 

Use the code - NOURISHINGLIVES - at checkout for 10% off your order.

Written by, Ineke Nutgeren, Pauline Cox and Kate Morgan

The power of sleep and the impact it can have on dysregulating your hormones.

Finding empowering alternatives in food to help influence your mood and wellbeing.

How insulin can affect hormones issues and how to manage this effectively.

Giving up your food, 'best friends'.

Creating healthy habits around taking care of yourself during perimenopause.

Thriving in a world that doesn't support wellbeing and optimising our health.

Exploring hormones and their functions.

How hormones affect your brain function and your energy levels.

How you cycle changes over time, from teens to post menopause.

Navigating teenage hormone changes.

Inflammatory responses and how to help support your body to alleviate them.

How supplementation can support your women's health journey.

Your diet plays a huge part in determining your hormonal health.

The wide ranging benefits of supplementing with Magnesium.

What type of Magnesium would be beneficial for you.

Katie Jenson-Hull aka The Radiant Nutritionist is a BANT qualified Nutritional Therapist whose philosophy for eating and wellbeing is rooted in Seasonal Living. Passionate about showing women how to live healthy lives with simplicity, her advice is straightforward and easy to digest. This conversation opens up the opportunities that come from Seasonal Eating from both a health and wellbeing perspective. We delve into the costs, the hacks, the health benefits and the pitfalls, no stone left unturned. Katie and I share a love of real food, let us inspire you!

Get Nourished and enjoy!

Ineke x

Topics covered

What is Seasonal Eating?

Why is Seasonal Eating such a hot topic?

Isn’t eating like this expensive?

Katie and Ineke’s favourite places to shop for seasonal produce.

I don’t know where to start, what can I do that’s easy?

Advice on how to get more plants on your plate.

How does what I ate affect me at different times of the year?

Why is a colourful diet important for me?

What differences might I see in my health?

Find out what you could grow easily that will help superpower your diet.

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Find out more about The Radiant Nutritionist and follow her on Instagram @theradiantnutritionist

Follow us on Instagram @nourish.growcookenjoy 

Check out our super snacks that will help support your health and wellbeing journey at Nourish-growcookenjoy.com

Written by, Ineke Nugteren, Katie Jenson-Hull and Kate Morgan

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Join us and find out more about the woman behind Nourish-grow,cook,enjoy, Ineke. Founder, Nurse, Functional Medicine Practitioner and Mother of 3 with an enormous curiosity for helping others lead a more Nourishing Life. Ineke takes us on the journey from hospital ward and kitchen table, to commercial kitchen and achieving her Functional Medicine qualification.

Find out more about what drives this energetic and inspiring Founder, Entrepreneur, and now Podcast host! Come with us on our quest to embrace a more Nourishing Life. Over the coming episodes we'll meet many of Ineke's friends from the world health and wellbeing, as well as fellow Founders of other fabulous foodie businesses.

Our mission as a brand is to 'Nourish the Nation' not just one super snack at a time, but also by empowering and inspiring listeners to make Nourishing choices in their health and wellbeing too.

For more information about our Super Snacks head to Nourish. Want to buy some for yourself then just listen to the episode for a special discount code!

In this 13th episode Ineke catches up with Mel Lawson. Mel is the founder of Bare Biology and mum of three and she discovered the incredible health benefits of high quality omega-3 fish oil when she researched a natural approach for her postnatal depression, anxiety and OCD. She identified a big gap in quality omega-3 supplements in the UK and decided to launch her own brand in 2013. The range of pure omega-3, marine collagen and Vitamin D has a cult following among Nutritional Therapists and health practitioners, with an estimated quarter of all sales coming from professional recommendations.

What to expect:

• Mel shares her own experiences that led her to learn more about Omegas.
• Is Omega 3 a low hanging fruit from a supplement perspective? And should it be part of our daily routine?
• Which Omegas do we actually need?
• What conditions can Omega 3 help with?
• What dosage should you be looking for in Omega 3?
• Women's health benefits of Omega 3 throughout their lifetime.
• Understanding your own Omega 3 status and what this can mean.

Find out more about Bare Biology here.

Website

Instagram

Check out their loyalty scheme

Learn more about Nourish snacks, some of which include Omega 3, including our Raspbounty and Peppermint Bars!

Check out our blog on why you need Omega 3.

Enjoy,

Ineke

This week I'm joined by Lauren Windas. Lauren is a renowned registered Nutritionist, Naturopath, Author, and co-founder of ARDERE.com, a holistic wellbeing company, specialising in a private wellness clinic and natural self-care products.

Lauren has extended a couple of generous offers alongside this recording too, see below.

Offers:

10% off any ARDERE nutrition package throughout 2024 when quoting ‘Nourish’ upon booking.

20% off ARDERE’s natural self-care products (including Lauren’s debut book: ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Your Route to Recovery’), when using the code ‘Nourish’ on ARDERE.com. Valid up until 1st July 2024.

You can also find her at,

Website - https://www.ardere.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ardere/

Instagram - Lauren - https://www.instagram.com/laurenwindasnutritionist/

Enjoy!

Ineke

Written by Ineke Nutgeren, Kate Morgan and Lauren Windas

Talking points

What is CFS, and what’s the difference between CFS and normal lifestyle fatigue?

How is CFS diagnosed? 

What were your own symptoms that caused your diagnosis?

What were your first steps as a healthcare professional once you had your diagnosis?

Does CFS go hand in hand with other issues happening within the body?

Are there particular circumstances in which CFS is most likely to develop?

We all get fatigued, but lifestyle fatigue is very different, can you explain for people what this looks like?

While our bodies are dealing with the seasonal shift how can we alleviate and manage symptoms of normal tiredness? 

Are there supportive practices that work particularly well with fatigue in general, especially as we head towards spring?

From a nutrition and supplement perspective are there specific things that you’d recommend for anyone struggling with CFS? Would you recommend the same things to people affected by normal lifestyle fatigue?

5 favourite foods to support your gut when you’re fatigued.

You’ve written a book about CFS, tell us more about how this came about and how it can help people.

Nick is a classically trained osteopath who is cofounder of CBD 1 alongside his brother Alex. 

He has a health food store in the lovely market town of Garstang alongside a natural health clinic there. He also has another practice on the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire, in the hidden gem that is Barnoldswick. 

Nick is a passionate advocate of good health and an expert in all things related to CBD, even offering a free health advice line at their website www.cbd-one.co.uk for any questions you might have.

Use the code - NOURISH - for 20% off at checkout at CBD1

You can also find them at, 

Website https://cbd-one.co.uk/

Twitter https://twitter.com/cbd1uk

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cbd1uk/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cbd1uk/

Garstang Natural Health Centre

Enjoy!

Ineke xx

Written by, Ineke Nutgeren, Kate Morgan and Alex Tofalos

Talking Points - How to show your mind and body a little love this month

Tell us more about what a naturopathic Osteopath focuses on with regard to health and wellbeing.

How did your own CBD journey of discovery begin and what made you start CBD1?

As an Osteopath in what situations might you suggest CBD usage?

From a pain perspective how can the body learn to minimise, or deal with pain?

Is there a mind/body connection to anxiety that you’ve seen in your own practice?

Are there specific mind/body conditions for which you might suggest that people try CBD? 

If someone knew nothing about CBD and its usage what are the top 3 things you’d tell them about it?

What do you think are people’s preconceptions about CBD?

Can one become addicted to, or reliant upon CBD?

There are so many CBD products on the market, what are the differences between them?