Katie Kirklin

What Katie talked about

Katie Kirklin discussed functional nutrition, arguing that health depends not only on what people eat but on whether their bodies can actually digest and absorb it. She described how years of low-fat diet culture led people to avoid healthy fats and cholesterol while unknowingly relying on heavily processed 'health' foods, and made the case for pairing protein, fat, and fiber at each meal to stabilize blood sugar and reduce cravings, hanger, and energy crashes.

She connected digestion, gut microbiome diversity, and nervous system regulation to mental health, immunity, and hormone balance, describing practices like pausing before meals to activate the early stages of digestion. She also outlined markers of healthy digestion, including bowel movement frequency and stool consistency, using the Bristol stool chart as a reference point.

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