Building Healthy Nutrition Habits for Your Best Life with Megan Lyons

On this informative episode of Talks with Dr Shafer, Dr Shafer is joined by Special Guest Megan Lyons, Functional Nutritionist and Founder of The Lyons’ Share Wellness. Megan Lyons shares her journey of how she became passionate about nutrition and wellness and pivoted from the corporate world to creating a space to teach and assist clients in leading a healthy lifestyle through her work as a Functional Nutritionist, including on her Podcast, Wellness Your Way. Megan emphasizes the need to clarify goals and unravel diet dogma when working with clients. She also highlights the significant impact of sleep on nutrition and provides actionable tips for optimizing sleep. Additionally, Megan explains how chronic stress affects cortisol and insulin levels, leading to blood sugar swings, cravings, and metabolic dysfunction. She also discusses the connection between stress and gut health.

Takeaways

• Shift the conversation around food from shame and blame to a more scientific approach


• Clarify goals and unravel diet dogma when working on nutrition and wellness


• Optimize sleep for better nutrition and overall health


• Chronic stress affects cortisol and insulin levels, leading to blood sugar swings and cravings


• Stress impacts gut health and digestion Understanding our food stories and emotional eating can help us make conscious choices about our nutrition.


• Alcohol can negatively impact both sleep and nutritional goals, and it's important to consider healthier alternatives.


• Setting goals and prioritizing fresh, nutritious foods can lead to a healthier relationship with food.


• Equitable access to healthy food is a social equality issue that needs to be addressed.


• Improving nutrition, especially in schools, can have a significant impact on neurological and psychological health

Sound Bites

• "Shift the conversation to a more scientific one and learn how to disengage from limiting beliefs and habits."


• "Clarify goals and unravel diet dogma to make sustainable changes in nutrition."


• "Sleeping with the phone in a different room facilitates mental ease and happiness."


• "Give them the tools they need before the stressor happens."


• "What I want is that metaphorical hug from my mom."


• "Finding out the why, always finding out the why."

Thank You Megan Lyons For Being On The Show!

Learn More About Megan Lyons  on her website,

 www.thelyonsshare.org

On Megan's website, you can find free meal plans, blood sugar tips, and challenges, and sign up for her weekly newsletter with product recommendations, discounts and tips. 

Social Media: 

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelyonsshare

You Can Find Megan Lyons' Podcast Here  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wellness-your-way-with-megan-lyons/id1531030448

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