3 Best Health & Wellness Podcasts

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Have you tried listening to a health and wellness podcast? These podcasts are motivating and informative. They cover topics like nutrition and fitness and answer questions you’re likely to have about your body and health. Because podcasts are usually available as a series, once you find one you like, you’ll have several episodes to enjoy. Here are three health and wellness podcasts that are informative and inspiring. 

1. Dishing Up
Topic: Nutrition
Hosted by the licensed dietitians and nutrition experts at Weight and Wellness, a large clinical nutrition practice in Minnesota, this podcast focuses on helping you make the connection between what you eat and how you feel. Lively conversations take place when the hosts are joined by experts in various nutrition-related fields. Listen along as they answer questions from listeners. To start, try the episode entitled The Happiness Diet. 

Topics covered on the various episodes of this podcast include:
    •    Food and anxiety
    •    Food and medical conditions
    •    Benefits of particular foods

2. Katy Says
Topic: Fitness
In this podcast, experts Dani Hemmat and Katy Bowman team up to teach you how to eliminate your aches and pains through natural body movement. Dani focuses on helping you to realign your body and exercise through natural movement. Katy is the author of Move Your DNA, a book that explains the science behind our need for movement. This podcast provides helpful solutions for all ages. To start, listen to the episode entitled We Got Your Back.

With over 80 episodes, topics covered include:
    •    Moving better with age
    •    Benefits of sitting on the floor
    •    Medical conditions and movement

3. The One You Feed
Topic: Spiritual/Mental/Emotional Health
This podcast made the Best of 2014 iTunes list. The title refers to a Buddhist parable about wolves. The story talks about two wolves that compete within the human spirit. One represents negativity and the other represents positivity. The wolf you feed is the wolf that lives. Episodes on this podcast talk about habits, meditation, mental health, psychology and motivation. Terrific speakers are one of the best features of this podcast. They include CEOS and spiritualists. For your first episode, listen to The One You Feed.

Topics covered across the more than 100 episodes include:
    •    Willpower
    •    Getting back back on track
    •    Dealing with negative emotions

Ready to Get Started?
Podcasts offer a refreshing and educational break from music. Structured like a radio talk show, podcasts are an affordable way to gain access to expert advice. Many podcasts are free. Though, some charge you per episode or ask you to subscribe. As a digital audio file, podcasts are downloaded to your device from iTunes. Start with these 3 podcasts, they are free to download and are worth a listen.