A major component of living a thyroid-friendly lifestyle is diet. When you consider making changes to your diet for your health it can feel completely overwhelming. What on earth will I eat? How do I cook? What about the rest of my family?

In this week’s podcast, I’m talking with Ginny Mahar, also known as The Hypothyroid Chef about all things thyroid-friendly food.

We cover:

Ginny's personal thyroid story
4 core principles of thyroid-friendly eating
Gluten free, dairy free, paleo and AIP
The best way to start with changing your diet.
3 pillars of what TO eat.
Rethinking breakfast foods
Mistakes people make when going gluten free
How to adapt cooking for the whole family
Meal ideas
Batching cook
Sweet treats.

Ginny Mahar is a thyroid health coach, cooking instructor, and patient advocate who teaches thyroid patients how to cook, eat, and live for optimal health. She has a 20+ year background as a Cordon Bleu-trained chef, food writer, and cooking instructor, but her life and career took a turn after her Hashimoto’s diagnosis. Through her own health transformation, she became a passionate advocate of supporting others on their own healing journeys. Ginny has been blogging thyroid-friendly recipes since 2015, at hypothyroidchef.com.

Ginny specializes in gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo, and AIP recipes for people who want to eat thyroid-healthy, without spending all day in the kitchen. Ginny’s background as a chef helps her elevate simple recipes with flavor-boosting hacks, time-saving techniques, and chef’s secrets that make delicious recipes accessible for any home cook. Ginny lives in beautiful Western Montana with her husband, son, and two scruffy dogs.

Connect with Ginny:

hypothyroidchef.com

@hypothyroidchef

Her podcast: Thyroid-Healthy Bites
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Let’s Talk Thyroid is a podcast where we explore different aspects of living a healthy thyroid lifestyle positively & practically to help you thrive and not just survive. I bring together my experiences as a Hashimoto's patient, interviews with real people thriving with thyroid issues and experts to give us the low down on different aspects of living a healthy thyroid lifestyle. Expect discussions on diet, energy, gut health, stress, holistic approaches, essential oils, sleep, relationships and more.

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