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Dec 2022
44m 29s

Eating To Support Your Hormones & Blood ...

SHAYLA QUINN
About this episode

Today's guest is Francesca Alfano, MS, CDN, CNS, IFNCP whom is a board certified functional medicine Dietitian-Nutritionist. She holds a masters degree in Nutrition and Integrative Health, is a board-Certified Nutrition Specialist, and has received advanced training in functional nutrition from the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy.

Francesca helps women who are struggling to lose weight implement simple, sustainable food and lifestyle habits so they can support a healthy metabolism, balance hormones, increase energy levels, improve fertility, and permanently lose weight without counting calories or following restrictive diets.

In this episode we chat about eating to support your hormones and blood sugar, how what we eat, affects our hormones and blood sugar, tapping into hunger cues, how to mindfully eat throughout the holiday season and beyond, as well as the power of listening to your body and honoring what it needs!


Connect with Francesca Alfano ✨
Website: https://francescaalfano.com/
Instagram: @sproutingfromthesoul 


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Website: www.shaylaquinn.com
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