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4worldlovers: Hey there! I’m Sam Abbott, registered dietitian nutritionist. I help people with PCOS who are struggling with their relationship with food and their body manage PCOS without dieting. I incorporate intuitive eating principles into our coaching and practice using a HAES-aligned approach.

Ready to feel more peace with nutrition, hormones, and your body? Let’s get you there!

This FREE 28-page workbook will teach you how to become an intuitive eater even if you have PCOS!

Do you experience binge eating and yo-yo dieting and wish you could have a more peaceful relationship with food? But you just keep being told to “eat less” or “just lose weight”?

Have you been diagnosed with insulin resistance, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, and wish you had the tools to manage these with more peace around food, especially carbs and sweets?

Do you experience intense cravings, constant hunger, and low energy and you just want to feel better?

If you answered yes to these questions then the Nourished with PCOS group coaching program is for you! Nourished with PCOS can help you stop binge eating and end the yo-yo diet cycle while also learning how to manage hormones and address elevated labs. You can enjoy food while honoring your health and hormones. Let’s get you there!

Click below for information on how to apply for our June group!

Tired of being told to “just lose weight” to manage PCOS?

The Nourished with PCOS Podcast hosted by Sam Abbott, registered dietitian nutritionist, is your go-to resource for learning how to manage PCOS without a side of diet culture. Each week Sam welcomes nutrition experts, health professionals, and previous clients to chat about all things related to PCOS and having a healthy relationship with food and your body. You can manage PCOS and improve symptoms while enjoying food and respecting your body.

When you have PCOS and experience physical symptoms like acne or hirsutism, you probably have hit up google to see if there’s anything to help. And you’ve likely come across zinc for PCOS!

When you think of zinc, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. You might think of it as a nutrient that helps the immune system if you’re under the weather, or something that could help prevent you from getting sick in the first place. Also, in recent years, you may have heard about people taking zinc to help restore taste after an infection. While zinc is crucial for our immune systems and our sense of taste and smell, it also plays an important role in PCOS management!

What is zinc, where can I find it, and what does it do?

Zinc is a mineral that we need from food, because our bodies don’t make it on their own. This is what’s called an essential mineral. Some of the best food sources of zinc are oysters, beef, crab, and the dark meat of turkey and chicken. It’s also found in plant based foods such as fortified cereal, soybeans, nuts, and seeds, but the zinc from these foods are not absorbed as well as the zinc from animal foods.

Zinc has many roles in our bodies – beyond immune health and taste/smell! These roles include:

Lowers inflammation and acts as an antioxidant (which helps fight chronic diseases)

Improves insulin sensitivity/helps our cells use glucose (or carbohydrates) for energy

Helps maintain testosterone levels, and is involved with metabolizing other androgens

You may really relate to the last five points on this list if you have PCOS. With PCOS, irregular or absent ovulation, inflammation, insulin resistance, elevated androgens, and high cholesterol/triglycerides are very common. So while Zinc is important for everyone, it is especially important to get enough if you have PCOS.

We see in research that zinc levels in the blood tend to be lower in those with PCOS, which is why it’s a nutrient we want to pay more attention to for PCOS treatment and management.

Here’s a preview of what the research says about Zinc and PCOS:

Lipids: Zinc supplementation also helped lower triglycerides, total cholesterol, and LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol levels

Antioxidant & Inflammation: Along with Magnesium supplementation, zinc supplements acted as an antioxidant and lowered inflammation

4worldlovers: Are you overwhelmed and frustrated by conflicting information as to what you should eat? Tried so many different diets and just ended up feeling worse? I know how that feels. Before I discovered nutrition science in graduate school, I was overweight, had several chronic illnesses and no diets, gyms or doctors were able to help.

My name is Ali Brigham. I have spent the last 29 years researching the relationship between diet and health. My own personal journey to wellness was riddled with illness, anxiety and a constant battle with weight. After years of yo-yo dieting and struggling with chronic illnesses in my teens and 20's, it was an enormous relief to discover the key to life-long weight control and optimum health.

I am on a mission to free people from the ineffective diet mindset and the useless cycle of calorie restrictive dieting and extreme exercise, so they can get back in touch with their bodies, enjoy food, and let the excess pounds melt away, without feeling a drop of deprivation. My approach is simple, proven, and realistic. ​

I am trained to help you achieve optimum health. I have made it my life's work to BE THE SOLUTION for you! My job is to identify the areas that are lacking and causing you discomfort. My holistic approach of teaching you how to nourish your body with whole foods, remove toxins, manage sleep and stress, and balance hormones, is the key for 'forever' weight loss and keeping you healthy for years to come.

To see how I was trained, and to learn more about the importance of a health coach, CLICK HERE.

Get started with your free 20-30 minute phone consultation. Here we'll discuss a bit about your current situation and background, and what your desired outcomes would be from working with me. I will explain how I can help you reach your goals and go into more detail about the process. If I feel we are a good fit to work with one another, we will conclude by scheduling your initial session.

Your first session will last approximately 60-90 minutes. I will ask you very key, poignant questions, which will allow me to build a custom plan for YOU! Before you leave, you will have a starter program in hand, which will allow you to get going when you walk out the door! Over the next 3-4 days, I will build your detailed, personalized plan, which we will review together at our next visit.

4worldlovers: Our comprehensive approach addresses the entire individual and their needs. We start with an extensive interview, evaluation and assessment. This is followed by a custom-built nutrition plan and exercise guidelines ensuring it fits both your lifestyle and dietary objectives. Our clients succeed because our nutrition plans are totally customized to your unique physiology, lifestyle and dietary behavior. We are with you every step of the way, ensuring focus is maintained and results are achieved.

“I thought I would always be “fat”. I thought I was destined to be overweight and i just had to accept it. I would watch all of these athletes on IG losing weight and getting stronger and I felt overwhelmed and jealous. Like legit jealous. What were they doing that I was not? Eating better for one. Then TNT jumped right in and helped dial in nutrition. I obviously could be better and that’s why I love my check ins, especially during this crazy time.

Just know if you’re getting started, you don’t have to do this alone. People who are stuck in toxic habits will not understand your decision to change. They will not support you. DROP THEM immediately. You need to find your way to people who believe in you and KNOW that with a lot of sweat and hard work, you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. I promise. You got this. If this Oreo loving girl can make changes (and still eat Oreos ?) then so can you.” – Brooke Trogdon – Charlotte, North Carolina

I truly could not have done this without your advice and guidance. We spent months finding the right combinations of food and supplements to support my running, even tweaking mid-run fueling. Every time we met, I learned something new and kept adjusting course to optimize my intake. Success!! “Those people are crazy,” I muttered as I laced up my Brooks running shoes for another training run around Creve Coeur Lake. Who and why and HOW would anyone run a 5k, 10k, half, and full marathon over four days at Disney World?! My first Princess half seemed daunting enough. I swigged another gulp of red Powerade. > Six years later and…

> And the highest Disney World Marathon temp on record (in 28 years!)… I did it!

The heat was brutal (upper 70s, felt like 80s with 90% humidity) so my times were all off (11 min/mi for the half, 12:20 min/mi for the full). They even shortened the full course because it got too dangerous for folks to be out that long. But, I marched one foot in front of the other, fueling every four miles of course, and kept grinding to the end. – Laura Beth – Charlotte, North Carolina

“In December of 2018, I came to the TNT office to talk with Brianne weighing 330lbs. Overweight and out of shape, unhealthy with a DOT physical coming up in March 2019. Brianne showed me how to get healthy safely, eat smart, drink water and lose weight the right way! 1 year anniversary just came by and I’m now 255lbs, 75lbs down & I have 25lbs to go for my goal weight. Thank you TNT & Brianne.” – Steven – Charlotte, North Carolina

“For several years I seemed to be gaining weight. My body was hurting, and nothing I did seemed to help. Then, two years ago my stomach and ovary was hurting so bad that I couldn’t eat. An ultrasound revealed that my intestines were very swollen.

When I met with TNT, I was working at a hotel. Each Tuesday, my dietitian was meeting with a few clients, and I would try to listen to what she was talking about. For a year, I did this!! I believed she could help me, so I went over and spoke to her.