Ep. 65: Heal Your Body With Beans With Author & Integrative Health Coach, Unique Hammond

Bailey sits down with the wonderful Unique Hammond. She is a holistic nutrition practitioner, integrative health coach, bean protocol specialist, and author of “Your Tastebuds are A**holes”. Unique shares her childhood story of growing up in California and what happened in her life that lead her to where she is today. 

She tells her story of falling ill to Crohn's disease symptoms and the tough years she faced. Together Bai and Unique talk about what’s Crohn’s disease is, the symptoms, and the medications western medicine uses to fight it. Over time she was only getting worse and eventually was diagnosed with Crohn’s. 

They touch base on auto immune diseases, endometriosis, and how correlated many illness are. Unique became desperate for answers and began looking into holistic ways to heal. She shares her struggles with her doctors throughout her journey and they talk about the trauma people go through when accessing our medical system with a chromic illness. The toll it does on all our mental health and how tons are silently suffering. 

Unique shares her knowledge and history of the bean protocol. How beans helped change her life and helped her manage her pain & symptoms. Over 18 months of following an intense bean protocol, her Crohn’s went into remission. Her story is amazing, and inspirational for anyone who’s ever been told they cannot heal naturally. She lays out ways she stays in remission and the things to stay away from to keep the body functioning properly. 

Unique tells us what she’s up to now, which includes health coaching and helping people through the bean protocol. How she helps clients find ways to heal themselves through the power of beans. Beans are full of protein, fat, carbs, nutrients, and vitamins that work wonders with our body when eaten properly and in the right order. She helps breaks this down for us and teaches us how beans changed her life. Lastly, Unique shares information about her latest book, “Your tastebuds are a**holes” which talks more in depth on her journey healing herself of Crohn’s disease. 

This episode with Unique is inspiring, optimistic, and natural. We can’t wait for you to listen!
Want more info on Unique?  Check out her IG @uniquehammond

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