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Women on Fire® Podcast Presents...

Why You’re Having Thyroid (+ Bloating, Craving) Issues With Functional Nutritionist, Vinka

Vinka Women on Fire Interview
Vinka is a functional nutritionist, whose mission is to help everyone feel their best.

She uses modern and traditional diagnostic tools including blood work analysis, genetics, hormone testing and the symptoms of the body to diagnose root cause issues for her clients.

Vinka's a self-professed science geek who loves learning about the human body. She says she gets a buzz helping her clients set and reach their health goals by learning how to implement realistic diet and lifestyle changes.

Podcast Interview

On this episode, we talk about:

  • What is a functional nutritionist? (1:47)
  • Let’s talk thyropause (4:02)
  • What a thyroid test should encompass (5:04)
  • Breathwork tools (14:50)
  • Signs and symptoms of thyroid disorders (16:04)
  • Perimenopause is a window of opportunity for health (20:50)
  • How to look after your thyroid with food (24:23)
  • The importance of soil for our food (28:18)
  • You are what you absorb (30:28)
  • How’s your poop? (31:37)
  • Fermented foods for your gut (32:25)
  • About bloating (36:15)
  • Do you have food sensitivities? (37:54)
  • Cravings, what gives? (39:57)
  • Cholesterol (41:42)

Episode Resources:
The Thyroid Debacle
Wild Fermentary
Turmeric Soda recipe
Seaweed Chips
40+ Club For Ageless Goddesses

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Welcome to the Women On Fire® Podcast. We’re on a mission to help you have your best menopause and rest of your life.

I’m your host, Jenna Moore. I’m an accredited integrative health and menopause coach and I’ve studied nutritional awareness, women’s hormones through a functional medicine lens and explored various modalities including breath work, mindset and positive psychology.

Join me and my guests as we discuss how to navigate the natural life transition of menopause and growing older. From waistlines, waning libidos and what to wear now we’re over 40 we discuss it all.

Women On Fire® is sponsored by MenoMe®, a New Zealand based company by women for women. MenoMe® specialises in evidence-based, all-natural supplements so you can experience freedom in menopause.

Disclaimer: Our Mini Pause’s are for information purposes only. They come from a holistic vantage point and from collating (often conflicting) scientific data if it’s available. They should not take the place of medical advice.

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Post-menopause


This is the time when menstruation is well and truly over, the ovaries have stopped producing high levels of sex hormones and for many ladies, perimenopause symptoms subside.

Estrogen has protective qualities and the diminished levels mean organs such as your brain, heart and bones become more vulnerable. It’s also a key lubricant so your lips may become drier, your joints less supple and your vagina might be drier. In addition, your thyroid, digestion, insulin, cortisol and weight may alter.

At this juncture, a woman might experience an increase in the signs of reduced estrogen but she should have a decrease of perimenopause symptoms. That said, some women will experience symptoms like hot flushes for years or even the rest of their lives.

Perimenopause

Peri = ‘near’

Most females begin to experience the symptoms of perimenopause in their mid-forties. Your progesterone levels decline from your mid-30s but it’s generally from around 40 that the rest of your sex hormones begin to follow suit. 

Perimenopause is a different experience for every woman and some women may barely notice it. The first indicators are usually changes to the monthly cycle. This means that for some ladies, this can be accompanied by things like sore breasts, mood swings, weight gain around the belly, and fatigue as time goes on.

For those with symptoms it can be a challenging time physically, mentally and emotionally.

Importantly, perimenopause lasts – on average – four to 10 years. The transition is usually a gradual process and many women enter perimenopause without realising.