Ep347: From Wild Child to Functional Nutrition: Addiction, Alcohol, Hormones & GLPs

In this episode, Tina sits down with Samantha Lander about the numerous ways alcohol can affect women’s health particularly hormones, gut function, nutrient status, mood, and metabolism. Drawing on Samantha’s personal shift from her “wild child” years to her work in functional nutrition, they look beyond the immediate effects of a drink and explore what can happen hours later: disrupted neurotransmitters, depleted minerals, impaired methylation, estrogen clearance, brain fog, and changes in the gut microbiome. They also dive into addiction, GLP-1 medications, and how the two may be connected.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

- From allergies and being sick as a kid to discovering functional nutrition, her health story is anything but straightforward.

- How recreational drug use in college escalated into selling drugs, getting arrested, and spending time in jail

- Why addiction needs to be viewed as a disease and how changing that perspective can change the way we approach recovery

- The turning point that finally made her question everything she thought she knew about her health and her relationship with alcohol

- What happens inside the body when you drink alcohol, and why the effects can go way beyond the hangover

- The elephant in the room for women in perimenopause who are struggling with hormones, weight loss, sleep, and energy

- The emerging conversation around GLPs, alcohol cravings, and addiction

- Why peptides and bioregulators became part of her health journey

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