Best Thing I’ve Heard All Week – Favorite Podcast Episode

As I outlined in THIS post, I am an avid podcast listener. I think avid is a nicer way to describe someone rather than obsessive, crazy or junkie, right? Let’s go with avid.

I listen to anywhere from 8-15 hours of podcasts per week. Driving, washing dishes, folding laundry, showering, exercising, cooking, painting, any activity where my mind can focus while my hands do something else is a good time to listen. The topics of my favorite podcasts cover an extremely wide array of subject matters and style.

I am excited to share what I hope is a new weekly series, “Best Thing I’ve Heard All Week“. At the end of each week, I am going to recap my favorite podcast episode from the week. If you are looking for a podcast to listen to on your next walk or laundry session, you will have a source for road-tested episode to try.

Best Podcast Episode This Week:

Balanced Bites Episode #237 – “Adrenal Fatigue, Carbs & Calories“

I am pretty sure Balanced Bites was the first podcast I ever listened to and the one that got me hooked on “learning by listening”. In the years since then, my roster has grown to dozens of other podcasts.  But this week, my choice for favorite episode goes to Balanced Bites Episode #237.

I believe this is the first in what is going to be a multi-episode coverage of adrenal fatigue, which they say they get hundreds of questions about. Adrenal fatigue is a condition that affects the adrenal glands which are responsible for producing some pretty important hormones. Even if you have never heard of adrenal fatigue, I think the episode was super interesting. What I loved about it is that they spent the majority of it addressing something that I think most of us often forget. There is no “golden ticket” solution to fixing a health problem. If the health issue you are dealing with took years to creep in, then most likely it will take years to creep out. That is hard to accept in our instant-gratification culture.  They also address your “constitution”, which I think people do not take into consideration enough. Everyone’s threshold for chronic stress is different and what works for one will not necessarily work for someone else. The conversation was very enlightening.

I highly recommend taking a listen if you are interested in hearing a very holistic and multi-sided discussion on health that does not focus on medication or a laundry list of solutions to try. Diane and Liz were really on point with their approach to the topic on this episode.

PS: If this is your first time listening to Balanced Bites, please know that the first 10 minutes is usually banter before they jump into the episode topic.

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