Most people treat anxiety as a mental problem when it's often a metabolic one.

My guest today is Ali Miller, a Registered Dietitian (RD), Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), and Functional Medicine Practitioner who has spent the last two decades connecting nutrition, blood sugar, and nervous system regulation in ways conventional medicine still overlooks.

Ali once pulled over on a Seattle highway during a panic attack she couldn't drive through. What she discovered in her own labs from there reframed how she treats anxiety, hormones, and chronic illness in every patient since.

Her framework: mismanaged stress is the Achilles' heel to wellness. That includes the toxins in your car, the endotoxins from your gut, the caregiving load you can't put down, and the slow simmer you don't realize you're sitting in.

We get into why the sympathetic overload most of us live in isn't caused by one big trauma but by a slow simmer. Ketones and their role in GABA production. Why protein deficiency makes you feel unhinged. The top three products from her supplement line she shouts out most, including Cellular Antiox for a climbing toxin and oxidative stress load. And the somatic tools she uses with clients that cost nothing and work in minutes.

Ali argues that chasing calm through mindset alone misses the metabolic driver, and this conversation will change what you reach for next.

You’ll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[4:50] How mismanaged stress becomes the Achilles heel to wellness

[8:09] Why everyday load counts as trauma to the body

[15:31] Better progesterone at 41 than a decade ago, without hormones

[18:40] Why humans were designed to run on both glucose and ketones

[24:07] Protein-sparing modified fasts for perimenopausal women

[32:05] Choline and why the anti-anxiety diet is hard to do vegan

[38:18] The word safe as a vagus nerve reset

[42:44] The human body as an antenna and piezoelectric bone

[48:41] Seeking God frequency through grounding and high-frequency fabrics

[56:44] Craving wellness once you reach optimal thrive mode

[1:00:45] Cellular Antiox as an insurance policy for a dirty world

Resources mentioned:

Force of Nature Ancestral Blends | Website

Get Ali’s FREE 1-Week Keto Reset Meal Plan here. You’ll also want these three supplements for your reset: Cellular Antiox, Calm and Clear, and Relax and Regulate.

Find more from Ali:

Ali Miller, RD | Website | Instagram | Facebook | Email

Naturally Nourished Supplements | Website

Naturally Nourished Podcast | Website

The Anti-Anxiety Diet | Book

The Anti-Anxiety Diet Cookbook | Book

Naturally Nourished Kids | Book

Find more from Michelle:

Revival Health & Wellness | Instagram | Facebook | Website

Cancer Proof Living | YouTube

Michelle Patidar | LinkedIn