Gut Health

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Jeffrey Gladden sits down with Autumn Calabrese, BeachBody Super Trainer. She shares her journey in the fitness world and her difficulties with weight loss while having a healthy way of life. She also shares her struggles with anxiety and depression, talks about gut health, and the importance of knowing thyroid genetics to understand our body.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Jeffrey Gladden introduces Autumn Calabrese, BeachBody Super Trainer (2:42);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Autumn shares her journey into fitness and health since her younger years through her family and her passion, dancing (3:43); </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Changes in Autumn’s life through puberty, struggling with weight and unpleasant with her body (5:06);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Autumn explains how she became a fitness competitor and the change that this had in her relationship with her body (7:09);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Autumn developed her Portion Fix nutrition program (8:27);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Gladden speaks about the importance of exercise, knowing your limits, and injuries of the body (10:45);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Autumn shares more about her competitions and how she trained for all: periods, nutrition (11:48);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Gladden speaks about healthy living and performance, and Autumn’s sense of confidence about healthy life goals (13:11);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Autumn shares how her body changed in her 30s, and the rise of her anxiety and depression (14:18);</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Depression and anxiety are related to genetic predisposition and past experiences. Autumn shares one critical moment in her life (17:25 );</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: