Laura Bennett, Atavia Minoudis | Reg. Nutritional Therapist
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Listen to the BRAND NEW show, Gut Reactions: Overcome Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Master Your Gut Health, here:(or wherever you get your podcasts):SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/4vL6X2bj0dyJgmWuMPpLPI?si=5262f5bacb6c485bAPPLE PODCASTS:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gut-reactions-overcome-irritable-bowel-syndrome-ibs/id1726651851Why is it that women are still experiencing breakouts, gut problems, and debilitating anxiety?With so much information on health, why do we feel more confused than ever?We're Atavia, a Nutritional Therapist and Laura, an aspiring singer/ songwriter, who hounds Atavia for nutrition tips in her free time. Frustrated about the confusion...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Atavia's explanations and Laura's persistent follow-ups make the links among skin, anxiety and digestion easier to examine.
Teaching My Friend Nutrition turns acne, anxiety and gut trouble into a conversation between Atavia, a registered nutritional therapist, and Laura, whose questions keep the explanations tied to everyday confusion.
Atavia explains gut inflammation while Laura makes you wonder how caterpillars got into the lesson.
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A practical warning against treating gut symptoms as a guessing game.
The episode pushes back on treating IBS and related gut symptoms as a guessing game. Atavia and Laura make the case for finding the cause first, so people are not stuck cycling through diets, supplements, and internet tips that may miss the mark.
A clear myth-bust on why prebiotics can help some guts and aggravate others.
This segment makes a steady case that prebiotics are not a universal fix for IBS or gut health. Atavia and Laura keep the focus on how prebiotics can ferment and, for some people, bring on or worsen gas, bloating, and flatulence.
A lively look at how hormones, serotonin, and supplement-medication interactions can feed anxiety.
The episode treats hormone-linked anxiety as a real chain of cause and effect, moving from low or high oestrogen to serotonin and then to mood regulation and anxiety.
A grounded take on bone broth hype that keeps acne advice tied to evidence.
The episode treats bone broth as an acne cure and sticks to the question that matters: whether the hype has any real mechanism behind it. It keeps the tone light while drawing a clean line between what might support general health and what would actually clear skin.
A blunt, practical take on hormone basics that keeps the talk grounded.
This episode treats hormone balance as something concrete, not mystical, and keeps pulling it back to acne, anxiety, and gut health. It is chatty and blunt in a way that makes the point land.
A clear, unvarnished starting point for why psilocybin keeps resurfacing in anxiety discussions.
The episode takes magic mushrooms seriously without turning preachy, tracing psilocybin from recreational use and government pushback to its earlier role in conversations about anxiety.
IBS is treated as a whole-life issue, with plainspoken support and a clear promise of more to come.
IBS is treated as more than a gut problem. Atavia speaks plainly about the daily drag of food anxiety, the awkwardness of eating out, the sprint to the toilet in restaurants, and the way it can complicate dating.
A brisk turmeric discussion that threads through acne, anxiety, gut health, and reflux without pretending to have the last word.
This episode treats turmeric less like a cure-all and more like a possible helper for acne, anxiety, and gut health. It moves quickly, but not so quickly that it loses the thread, drifting from brain chemicals and the HPA axis to acid reflux with a casual, slightly scrappy pace.
Practice ownership without the performance mask.
Creative lives, community care, real talk.
Hosts Atavia and Laura debunk the myth that acne is only a skin issue, explaining in detail how gut health—specifically the microbiome, inflammation, and leaky gut—directly regulates breakouts.
This episode segment introduces how probiotics, typically associated with gut health, can significantly impact hormonal regulation and balance, affecting conditions like acne and anxiety.
The hosts explore the history, therapeutic benefits, and political suppression of psilocybin mushrooms for treating anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.
This episode critically examines Roaccutane (isotretinoin) as an acne treatment, explaining why acne often returns after stopping the medication and exploring alternative approaches.
Hosts Atavia and Laura explore the science behind turmeric's active compound, curcumin, and its potential benefits for acne, anxiety, and gut health.
Atavia and Laura open by asking whether emotions and past experiences can get held in the body and later show up as physical symptoms.
Atavia and Laura open loud.
Lab testing takes the lead.
Atavia and Laura open by asking why pharmaceuticals often seem to manage acne, anxiety, and gut health without fully solving them.
Atavia and Laura start by asking what a healthy gut even is.
Host Atavia introduces Gut Reactions, a podcast for women with IBS, sharing her personal journey as a nutritional therapist and IBS warrior.
Hosts Atavia and Laura explain why modern lifestyles disrupt hormones and offer three simple, actionable steps to rebalance them: eating cruciferous vegetables, engaging in regular movement, and practicing stress reduction.
Hosts Atavia and Laura explore three surprising hormonal pathways that can trigger anxiety: how oestrogen fluctuations impact serotonin, how testosterone imbalances affect neurotransmitters, and how chronic cortisol production can hijack your body's ability to feel calm.
Hosts Atavia and Laura bust common myths about probiotics, explaining four key reasons why they might not work for you.
This episode explores how non-hallucinogenic mushrooms may help reduce acne and gut health issues by addressing inflammation and other symptoms.
Hosts Atavia and Laura critically examine the common recommendation to use prebiotics for IBS and gut health.
Hosts Atavia and Laura explore whether non-hallucinogenic mushrooms like lion's mane and reishi can help reduce anxiety, discussing their mechanisms on neural plasticity, cortisol regulation, and the gut-brain connection.
Hosts Atavia and Laura debunk the myth of using generic, anecdotal advice for gut health issues like IBS.
Hosts Atavia and Laura critically examine the trendy claim that bone broth is a miracle cure for acne.