The Importance Of Eating Enough
by The Rooted In Resilience Podcast
Participants include Ashley Armstrong, Sarah Armstrong, Kathleen Stewart
Ashley and Sarah Armstrong are joined by Kathleen Stewart for this podcast series discussing the wide-ranging observations from the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, and their implications about the health consequences of a low-energy availability state.
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Episode 1: The Importance Of Eating Enough: Insights From The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Ashley, Sarah and Kathleen review the Minnesota Starvation Experiment's purpose and setup, as well as an overview of its findings and their implications on present-day ideas of health and proper nutrition.
Published on April 3, 2024
Episode 2: You're Not Fat, You're Starving
The women discuss how the MSE findings provide insight into our current calorie needs and how to change our eating patterns, and go into detail about some of the MSE participants' skeletal symptoms.
Published on May 22, 2024
Episode 3: The Low Energy Availability State
The discussion continues with a review of the impact of under-nutrition and low energy availability on the organs of MSE participants, including the heart, liver and spleen.
Published on May 29, 2024
Episode 4: How Your Metabolism Is Impacted By How Much You Eat
This episode focuses on the changes observed in the metabolic function of the MSE participants, and the calorie recommendations for people during the time of the MSE versus current recommendations.
Published on June 26, 2024
Episode 5: The Role Of Micronutrients In The Low Energy Availability State
Ashley, Sarah and Kate discuss the importance of micro nutrients for metabolic function, and how difficult it can be to get the appropriate micro nutrients if someone is eating a low-calorie diet.
Published on July 3, 2024
Episode 6: When Diets Become Starvation
This episode goes into more detail about the impact of a low-calorie, semi-starvation diet on organ function and hormones. The participants also discuss the benefits of insulin and the myth of insulin causing obesity.
Published on August 7, 2024
Episode 7: Not Eating Enough Is Killing Your Gut Health
Ashley, Sarah and Kathleen review the MSE findings regarding intestinal function and health, and how the widespread intestinal and digestive problems we see today might be due to calorie restriction and a low energy availability state.
Published on September 11, 2024
Episode 8: How Under-Eating Impacts The Heart
This episode focuses specifically on the loss of heart and circulatory function in a low energy availability state, and how to recover from an LEA state without putting additional strain on the heart.
Published on September 25, 2024
