Health & Fitness
Alison Tierney is a registered dietitian, nutritionist, and board-certified in oncology nutrition and started her business, Wholesome LLC in 2015. Alison is multi-passionate in nutrition and her expertise goes beyond cancer and involves helping others with the management of chronic diseases such as: heart diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and autoimmune diseases. In this episode, we speak about some of the clear and obvious benefits of adopting a plant-focused or plant-predominant diet, how it can help with hormone regulation, fertility, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). We chat about what hormones and other compounds found in dairy and meat products are doing to our hormone balance, and clear up some of the confusion surrounding soy phytoestrogens. Finally, we discussed some of the benefits of the many thousands of plant compounds that are responsible for altering gene expression, and how that can make you live longer and healthier.