Nutrition Matters Podcast

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134: What is Intuitive Eating? Sep 26, 2018

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I'm stepping outside the box on this podcast episode and bringing you a solo recording. This episode is full of the main things you need to know about intuitive eating. If you've been exposed to the idea of intuitive eating, but you are feeling unsure about what it actually is or how it actually works, this episode is for you! If you yourself understand intuitive eating, but someone in your life doesn't, consider sharing this episode with that person! Intuitive Eating is way more than eat what you're craving—there are powerful principles of IE that can enhance your wellbeing whether you're someone who has chronically dieted in you life, if you have a tumultuous relationship with food, or if you feel you've been a victim of diet culture in any way. Listen in to get a good foundational understanding of the principles of IE. Links mentioned:

Buy the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Join the waitlist for the 2019 Salt Lake City Body Image Resilience Group
10 days of Intuitive Eating Series on Instagram
Check out the Positive Nutrition blog for more about intuitive eating
Positive Nutrition 101 online course
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133: Exploring a Path to True Health & Happiness Sep 18, 2018

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Monica Mo, PhD is a brand and media strategist and business coach for health professionals. She shares her process of being involved in the scientific world with models and studies and how she evolved into her professional and personal approach to health. We talk specifically about the power of humanity in the work we do as health professionals. In this episode, Monica shares about her top three values she boils down her health and happiness to. We explore those values, what they mean to her, and why they are health and happiness promoting for her. We talk about how important our feelings are in driving our choices and our self-care and Monica shares her personal story of getting into this space of working with health professionals and why she's passionate about the work she does. We spend the last 15 minutes of this conversation covering nutrition and non-diet messaging and discuss how to convey our messages with more clarity and grace. Links mentioned:

Monica's website: https://wellseek.io/
Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!!
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132: We Are All Born to Eat Sep 12, 2018

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Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN came on the podcast to talk about her book Born to Eat. We talk about Leslie's guiding philosophy that each of us is truly born to eat. We talk about her unique approach to feeding infants that ultimately helps families find a pattern and rythmn with food and eating that promotes body positivity and food peace from the beginning. In this podcast, we talk about Baby-Led Weaning and self-feeding. We talk about fears and concerns parents have when introducing solids to their infant. We explore the common fear of judgment parents feel when navigating all the complexities of feeding and caring for their child and explore some common mistakes new parents make with feeding their kids. Leslie's guiding belief with food is that we are all Born to Eat and shares her powerful approach to infant feeding in this podcast episode. Links mentioned:

Leslie Schilling and Wendy Jo Peterson's book: Born to Eat
Leslie's practice website: https://www.leslieschilling.com/
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131: What It Means to Nourish Yourself Inside & Out Sep 05, 2018

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Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S just came out with a new book called Nourish: how to heal your relationship with food, body and self and she came on the podcast to talk about the question so many people have: how do I nourish myself? We talk about perfectionism, eating disorder recovery and why we both love the word nourish when talking about nutrition and health. We both believe language matters as we explore our relationships with our bodies and food. We also dive deep into the common questions we both get about troubleshooting intuitive eating. We talk about why structure isn't necessarily wrong or bad with trying to let go on the dieting mentality. I also wanted to remind you about my brand new project: an online course called Positive Nutrition 101—the art & science of nutrition without the gimmicks! I am so excited to bring you this brand new online course, complete with 12 lessons covering topics from why diets don't work, metabolism, macro and micronutrients, gut health, exercise, grocery shopping, meal planning, normal eating, mindfulness and more. The entire course is HAES-aligned and evidence-based and is intended to be a resource for those who are ready to engage in the gentle nutrition part of the intuitive eating paradigm. I am thrilled to offer this unique course diving into the science of nutrition without the typical gimmicks. Links mentioned:

Heidi's new book: Nourish
Heidi's practice website: https://www.anourishingword.com/
Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!!
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130: Why #nuancematters in Conversations about Gut Health & Nutrition Science Aug 29, 2018

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Jessie Hoffman, PhD (c) came on the podcast to talk about why nuance matters when it comes to nutrition, health and science. Jessie is an expert in gut health, so we take some time in this episode to debunk some common myths about gut health since it's all the rage right now. In this episode, she shares her personal story of suffering from an eating disorder. She shares why she initially went into the field of nutrition, but how she found a more balanced and ultimately health-promoting approach to nutrition through time, training and experience. She talks about how she has done her deep dive into the world of nutrition research, she has developed more of a critical mindset and nuanced perspective about food and nutrition. We talk about how powerful stepping away from binary thinking is in developing a healthy, positive relationship with food.We talk about why it's fine to care about nutrition and the science of it, but it can be taken too far. We talk about how to navigate balancing Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating and nutrition science. We promise, there's a way to marry all these concepts! We also are releasing our brand new collaboration: an online course called Positive Nutrition 101—the art & science of nutrition without the gimmicks! We are so excited to bring you this brand new online course, complete with 12 lessons covering topics from why diets don't work, metabolism, macro and micronutrients, gut health, exercise, grocery shopping, meal planning, normal eating, mindfulness and more. The entire course is HAES-aligned and evidence-based and is intended to be a resource for those who are ready to engage in the gentle nutrition part of the intuitive eating paradigm. We are thrilled to offer this unique course diving into the science of nutrition without the typical gimmicks. Links mentioned:

Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!! Purchase for $50 off through September 3 by using code: nutritionmatters at checkout
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Episode 81: Gut Health & Elimination Diets with Marci Evans
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129: When It's About the Food and It's Not About the Food Aug 22, 2018

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In this episode, Laura Thomas, PhD explores the concepts of weight stigma and weight bias in detail, and discuss how sometimes it's about the food but it's not about the food. Laura shares about the importance of not being complacent about how we communicate the science of weight and nutrition. We talk about the frequently-cited statistic that 95% of diets fail, and explore the nuance of the evidence. She gives an inside look into the research world including research bias and observation bias and gives some tips for critically consuming the science and the media around nutrition, weight and health. Laura also shares about her new book coming out in January (in the UK only) called Just Eat It so be sure to follow her on social media to hear about the release of the book near you! Links mentioned:

Laura's website: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/
Laura's podcast: Don't Salt My Game
British Medical Journal: Challenging Assumptions in Obesity Research (with the podcast Laura mentioned as well)
World Health Organization report about weight bias
Episode 113: Exploring Weight Stigma
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128: Beyond Halal—Understanding Muslim Practices and Eating Patterns Aug 15, 2018

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Rahaf Al Bochi is a registered dietitian and owner of Olive Tree Nutrition LLC. She specializes in diabetes prevention and management and intuitive eating. She also has a special interest in the Mediterranean eating pattern and shares about her experience as a registered dietitian and Muslim. In this episode, Rahaf gives insight into Muslim practices around food, culture and beliefs. She explains what the term halal means in terms of food and more broadly. She also talks about Ramadan and the cultural and religious meaning behind the altered food pattern during this time. We also discuss the implications of Ramadan on those with special eating concerns such as diabetes or eating disorders. Links mentioned:

Rahaf's website: https://olivetreenutrition.com/
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127: Tips for Shifting from Rigid Meal Plans to Flexibility with Food Aug 08, 2018

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Devrie Pettit, MS, RD is a registered dietitian who has gone through an interesting professional journey from selling meal plans online to supporting a message focused on Intuitive Eating, HAES, and restriction recovery. She and her best friend started an online business a few years ago selling meal plans where they did their best to promote flexibility within their programs. Soon they realized that people who were participating in their programs were rigidly obsessed with the meal plan and not taking the ideas as a framework and guidelines rather than rules and Devrie started to feel like she wanted to make a change with her offerings and focus. She eventually re-branded her business to be more in alignment with her personal philosophy around food and discovered the weight-neutral approach. She still has a soft spot for those who are wrestling with these concepts, and she came on the podcast to talk about her best tips for embracing flexibility with food. In this podcast, we discuss food plans: the good, the bad and the ugly. We talk about how to detect diets in all their sneaky forms and we talk about strategies for incorporating flexibility into your life with food. We discuss why food plans in all the forms can be so seductive and alluring and provide some ideas for moving forward without rigidity. Links mentioned:

Devrie's website: https://www.happilyfed.life/
Listen to episode 111: Breaking Down Weight Science with Fiona Willer
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126: The Intersection Between Addiction and Nutrition Aug 01, 2018

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Nutrition during addiction recovery is an often very misunderstood and mischaracterized element of healing. Healing from addiction requires a multi-faceted approach and nutrition can play an important role. However, it's not the end-all-be-all of wellbeing. In this podcast episode, Tessa Acker, MPH, RD and I talk about our work in the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) world where we both engage in nutrition groups for those in recovery. We talk about why this intersection is so tricky and how the structure of recovery is helpful in so many ways but can often be extremely challenging when navigating food. Tessa Acker is a registered dietitian with a Master's in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, where she focused on underserved and disadvantaged populations. She pursued this field with the belief that nutrition is the foundation for a healthy life and wanted to help others obtain, learn about, and enjoy healthy foods. She began her career working on international nutrition issues with the United Nations and Clinton Foundation in Peru and Malawi, but has since returned to the United States to work with her brother, Ian Acker, at Fit To Recover (FTR). FTR is a community center and gym for people in recovery from SUDs. Tessa is the founder and lead dietitian of the nutrition pillar, Food to Recover, where she aims to help people in recovery see the role nutrition can play during recovery and in their everyday lives, develop and maintain a healthy relationship with food, and gain skills and knowledge to feel confident making their own food and nutrition choices. Tessa is also a certified yoga teacher and enjoys all of the adventures that Utah has to offer. Links mentioned:

Fit To Recover website: https://www.fit2recover.org/
Listen to episode 94: Food Addiction—Fact of Fiction
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For RDs: take A Dietitian's role in SUDs online training.
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125: Resilience Through Loss Jul 25, 2018

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Laura Iu is a registered dietitian, intuitive eating coach and yoga teacher who is passionate about helping people heal their relationships with food and body. She lives and works in New York City and helps people heal themselves through food and joyful movement. Laura founded Nourish New York, where she offers private yoga and intuitive eating coaching. In this episode, Laura shares her experience of losing both of her parents early in her childhood. She talks about how the experience of loss affected her own relationship with food and how it affects the way she practices and helps others find a peaceful relationship with food. She talks about what resilience means for her and talks about how she's processing the loss she's experienced now in her adult years. If you've suffered loss of any kind, you'll love hearing about how you can take the things you've learned in your process of healing and use that strength toward your relationship with food, or vice versa. Links mentioned:

Laura's website: https://lauraiu.com/
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