Episode 1
Metabolic Syndrome Is Not a Willpower Problem: Weight Gain Is a Symptom
In the first episode of The Doctor Nadia Podcast, I address the often-misunderstood symptom of weight gain. Instead of blaming willpower we should consider why people feel so hungry. This episode covers: weight gain as a symptom, the biology of hunger and cravings, metabolic syndrome, the ineffectiveness of blame, advancements in obesity science, and the importance of understanding your biology for healing. My goal is to help you fight smarter, not harder.
Episode 2
Building Your Healthcare Team
Episode 2 - Building Your Healthcare Team | The Doctor Nadia Podcast In this episode, discuss tackling metabolic syndrome alongside infertility by assembling a collaborative healthcare team. We'll explore my role, the of complementary medicine, and how to choose the right professionals while emphasizing accountability. My goal is to help you understand your biology for fighting strategies. Visit DoctorNadia.com for more resources. If you enjoyed this episode, please like, subscribe, share.
Episode 3
What is Metabolic Syndrome
Most people have heard the term. Few people know what it actually means. Metabolic syndrome isn’t one disease—it’s a collection of signs that your metabolism isn’t working the way it should. And one of its most visible symptoms is weight gain. For too long we’ve treated weight as the problem. What if it’s actually a symptom? In this episode, I explain what metabolic syndrome is, why it develops, and why understanding the biology behind hunger, cravings, food noise, and insulin resistance changes everything. Because when you understand the cause, you stop blaming yourself—and you can finally start treating the problem. 🎙️ Listen now on The Doctor Nadia Podcast.
Episode 4
What My Culture has Taught me about Eating
I have a mixed heritage, raised in Canada, in a Portuguese household. My Portuguese culture taught me a lot about eating. Still today, most Portuguese people in Portugal, mostly eat whole, one-ingredient foods, at a table, in front of a plate. They start their meals with a soup or salad and leave the higher-palatable, sweeter foods for the end of the meal. This culture has shaped the way I teach and many of my Therapeutic Eating strategies and courses. Visit DoctorNadia.com
Episode 5
What I Bring to the Table
What do I bring to the table? I’m a doctor, yes. But I’m also a mother, a wife, a daughter, a woman who has lived through PCOS and menopause, and someone who has lived across four countries and four continents. I bring science. I bring clinical experience. But I also bring culture, history, anthropology, food traditions, lived experience—and an autistic brain that needs to turn complicated things into systems, plans and patterns that actually make sense. Because none of us comes to the table as just one thing. And maybe the better question isn’t “Who has the perfect answer?” Maybe it’s: What do you bring to the table? 🎙️ Episode 5 — What I Bring to the Table Available now on The Doctor Nadia Podcast.
Episode 6
TAMING MY OWN INSULIN BEAST
It’s the cravings for me, that made me wonder why I could know exactly what I should eat… and still feel pulled toward the things I did not want to eat. The cravings that eventually sent me looking for answers — and played a part in why I became a naturopathic doctor. More than 20 years later, after treating women, teaching, writing books and living through PCOS and menopause myself, I understand those cravings very differently. They weren’t a character flaw. They were a clue. And learning to understand what was driving them changed the way I eat, the way I practice, and the way I teach women. I have two places to start: My Insulin Page and The Recovery Plan 7-Day Reset.
Episode 7
We've Removed the Traffic Lights
What if the problem isn’t that we’ve forgotten how to eat… but that we’ve removed all the traffic lights? Imagine driving in a world with no traffic lights. No stop signs. No right of way. No speed limits. You’d probably still get where you were going — but there would be a lot more chaos along the way. I think something similar has happened with eating. We’ve removed the beginnings and endings. We’ve removed the pauses. We’ve made eating available everywhere, all the time. And then we wonder why it feels so difficult to stop. In Episode 7 of The Doctor Nadia Podcast, I’m talking about what our grandparents understood almost automatically: eating had structure. Not punishment. Not deprivation. Not obsessively tracking every bite. Just boundaries. Meal. Gap. Meal. Sit. Pause. Eat. End. And yes — when you’re accustomed to highly rewarding things being available all day, putting those boundaries back can initially feel boring or restrictive. But maybe the answer isn’t more willpower. Maybe we just need to put the traffic lights back.
