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Realfoodology

189: What NOT to Eat, Exposing Nutrition Fallacies + Body Positivity | Michelle Shapiro RD

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Leave Me a Message! Have you ever been caught in the whirlwind of nutrition advice, spinning between "eat this, not that" and "everything in moderation"? Michelle Shapiro, a registered dietitian, joins me to uncover the truth behind the mixed messages in dietetics. We shed light on the dangers of normalizing hyper-processed foods and dissect the implications of the body positivity movement on personal health, all while unpacking the influence of social media on nutrition science. Topics Covered: 0:12:39 - Navigating Nutrition Information and Misinterpretation 0:17:44 - Corporate Influence on Public Health 0:23:19 - Food Labeling in Food Deserts 0:33:07 - Healing Food Relationship Through Liberation 0:41:04 - Healing Relationship With Food Through Intuition 0:51:58 - Purposeful Sharing of Health Information 0:59:30 - Understanding and Applying Krebs Cycle Information 1:03:53 - Debunking Myths About Omega-6 Fats 1:09:08 - Principles of Health and Self-Confidence Check Out Michelle: Online Instagram Podcast Sponsored By: Organifi Use REALFOODOLOGY for 20% off at www.organifi.com/realfoodology LMNT Get 8 FREE packs with any order at drinkLMNT.com/realfoodology BiOptimizers MagBreakthrough Get 10% off at bioptimizers.com/realfoodology with code REALFOODOLOGY Needed Go to thisisneeded.com and use code REALFOODOLOGY for 20% off your first month Check Out Courtney: @realfoodology My FREE Grocery Guide Leave Me a Message! Air Dr Air Purifier AquaTru Water Filter Produced By: Drake Peterson Edited By: Mike Frey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On today's episode of the Real Foodology Podcast,

0:03.0

There is always something you can do for your health.

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That I am certain and I would bet my life on it that no matter what,

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there's always something you can do.

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There's never a too late, there's never to the last minute we are here. There's

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something we can do and I believe that fully and wholeheartedly.

0:18.3

Hello friends, welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology

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Podcast. I'm Courtney Swan, your host, and

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today's episode I sat down with a registered dietitian, Michelle Shapiro, and I really

0:30.3

love her information. She is such a great follow on Instagram so go check her out

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at Michelle Shapiro RD. She is a registered dietician by trade but she is also speaking out a lot

0:41.1

right now about what is happening in her industry and how a lot of

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dietitians not all but there's this strange trend online of dieticians essentially giving people excuses to eat highly processed foods.

0:57.0

It's really, I don't know how else to say it, they are essentially giving people permission

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that it's okay to eat everything in moderation and I'm not

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arguing against that statement per se but I think that statement has really gone

1:09.6

off the deep end and now there are many people advocating for people to just eat processed foods and like for example

1:18.4

integrating craft macaroni and cheese into a quote-unquote healthy diet.

1:23.0

And Michelle and I really got into this conversation.

1:25.3

It's great to hear from her perspective because she is a trained dietician.

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And she's speaking out right now about what is kind of happening in this world.

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And again, I want to be careful and say that we're not saying that every single dietician is doing this.

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