284. Ask a Dietitian: Maya Feller Answers Your Nutrition Questions & Talks Dry January, Whole 30 & More
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
New year, new eating habits? For many, the turn of the calendar means trying to clean up their diet. Enter dietitian Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN. She's here today to answer your most popular nutrition questions, including topics like Whole 30, Dry January, and more.
WHAT YOU GET IN THIS EPISODE
Positive ways that we can self reflect (8:30)
The difficulty that comes with tracking food and an alternative way to monitor what you are putting in your body (10:45)
How to think about protein in your daily meals (it's not necessarily about quantity!) (16:08)
The importance of tuning into your personal 'why' when making big nutritional shifts (21:03)
Two tactical actions to help with shiny hair, healthy skin, and whiter eyes (24:02)
How to safely accomplish weight loss while increasing fuel to support training (26:36)
A different perspective on moderation and the '80/20 balance' (32:17)
Alcohol reduction, Dry January, and sober curiosity (35:22)
Why who is in your community really matters (40:17)
The two free things Maya recommends to implement this month to better your health (43:25)
What to keep in mind when taking on a modification diet (i.e. Whole 30) (47:19)
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| 0:00.0 | Think about however old you are and take six months away from that. |
| 0:03.2 | That's when most people begin to eat food. |
| 0:05.5 | You have a long-term relationship with it. |
| 0:08.6 | And the question is, what does it look like given your finances, your access, your emotional |
| 0:16.5 | bandwidth, your health literacy and desire? |
| 0:34.4 | Yeah. bandwidth, your health literacy and desire. Hey, hey, Emily, Abadi here. |
| 0:36.9 | You are listening to episode 284 of hurdle. A wellness-focused podcast where I talk to inspirational people about everything from their highest, highs, and toughest moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. We all go through our fair share of hurdles. |
| 0:56.9 | My goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours |
| 1:00.8 | and move with intention so that you can stride towards your own big potential. |
| 1:05.8 | And of course, have some fun along the way. |
| 1:10.3 | Y'all, I had such a fun time kicking off the year with our Turning the Page series. |
| 1:15.6 | I think it's safe to say that there is a whole lot of good vibes here in the feed for us all |
| 1:22.7 | to start 2024 with. And of course, to no one's surprise, it is continuing on today. I'm bringing you |
| 1:30.9 | my conversation for episode 284 with Maya Feller. She's a registered dietitian based here in New York, |
| 1:40.4 | and she is coming in hot to answer all of your diet and nutrition questions at the top of this new year. |
| 1:49.0 | I myself am indulging. |
| 1:51.2 | That feels like the wrong word to use here, but we'll go with it in Whole 30 this month and |
| 1:56.7 | learning a lot about what I otherwise typically put into my body and how to navigate my day-to-day |
| 2:04.1 | when it comes to my fueling strategies. We talk about Whole 30 in today's episode, as well as so |
| 2:10.5 | many other topics, ranging from how to navigate tracking your food intake without being |
| 2:16.4 | restrictive. The best way to maintain a calorie |
| 2:20.4 | deficit while making sure you are fueling your body for whatever training you have on deck. |
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