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The Art of Being Well

Dear Media, Will Cole

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Art of Being Well, Dr. Will Cole is joined by Courtney Swan, MS - Integrative Nutritionist, food activist, and host of the top-ranked podcast Realfoodology. Courtney shares her powerful personal journey with gut issues, how it led her to uncover the disturbing truth about the American food system, and why she’s now fighting for nationwide food policy reform. From the Kellogg’s protest to school lunch standards, they explore everything from glyphosate and artificial dyes to accessibility and SNAP reform. You’ll also learn grocery store tips, ingredient label red flags, and how to prioritize real food, even on a budget. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.3	Hi, it's Dr. Will Cole.
0:08.9	This podcast is the manifesto for a new breed of health seekers.
0:15.4	This is the art of Being Well.
0:28.5	What's up and welcome to the Art of Being Well?
0:33.0	We're giving way some free, healthy stuff right now for all the listeners of this episode. You have a chance to win free signed books.
0:35.8	You can pick which one you want of the ones I've written,
0:39.4	either a ketotarian, the inflammation spectrum, into fasting, or gut feelings, giving way free
0:45.4	supplement protocol stacks that we have at Dr. Wilcold.com. We have the Art of Being Well Supplement
0:50.4	line. We have hormone support, gut health support, brain health support,
0:54.3	inflammation support to check out the different options we have there. And we're also giving way
0:59.5	free functional medicine, telehealth consultations. For a chance to win, head on over to Apple
1:05.8	podcast and rate and review the art of being well there. Tell us what you love about the show. You can
1:11.7	leave your Instagram handle in the Apple podcast review itself or take a screenshot of your
1:16.7	review and message me on Instagram at Dr. Will Cole. And then my team and I will go through
1:21.9	the messages on Instagram as well as read all the Apple podcast reviews, randomly pick winners, and then my team will
1:29.5	reach out to you, and you can tell them which one you want, either the books, the protocol,
1:33.9	or the telehealth consultation. Good luck. All right, let's get to today's guest. She's a longtime
1:40.4	friend of mine. Her name is Courtney Swan. Courtney is an integrative nutritionist.
1:46.2	She's a passionate food activist working to fix America's broken food system.
1:52.7	As the host of the popular health and wellness podcast, Real Foodology, she challenges
1:57.8	misconceptions about nutrition. Our food sources, sustainability, food policy,
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