#309 Courtney Swan (Real Foodology) Unpacking Our Food System
The Gabby Reece Show
Dear Media
4.8 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 97 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Gabby Reece and Courtney Swan, founder of Real Foodology, discuss the critical importance of food in our lives and the corruption within the food system. Courtney shares her personal journey from a music career to becoming a food advocate, emphasizing the impact of nutrition on health. The discussion covers the role of agriculture, the dangers of glyphosate, the benefits of organic food, and the power of consumers to drive change. Swan also highlights the importance of political advocacy and the future of farming through technology and regenerative practices, while maintaining a hopeful outlook on the resilience of our bodies and the potential for systemic change.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The Importance of Food in Our Lives
00:51 Unpacking the Food System and Its Corruption
03:13 Personal Journey to Food Advocacy
06:11 Understanding Nutrition and Its Impact
09:00 The Role of Agriculture in Food Quality
12:06 Glyphosate and Its Health Implications
14:53 Navigating the Organic Food Landscape
18:01 Consumer Power and Political Advocacy
21:07 The Future of Farming and Technology
23:55 Hope and Resilience in Food Advocacy
37:14 The Dangers of Desertification and Soil Health
39:11 The Connection Between Food and Well-being
40:37 Facing Pushback in Advocacy
43:42 The Importance of Food in Our Lives
46:47 Navigating Food Choices While Traveling
50:58 Understanding Seed Oils and Their Impact
53:01 Common Sense in Nutrition
58:05 Detoxing and Supporting Our Bodies
01:02:54 Cooking at Home and Dietary Changes
01:06:20 Choosing Clean Products for Health
01:07:52 The Importance of Clean Water
01:11:05 Health Impacts of Modern Living
01:12:02 Empowerment in Health Choices
01:18:09 Navigating Parenting and Health Decisions
01:21:06 Informed Consent in Health
01:22:42 Diversity in Nutrition
01:25:27 Getting Involved in Food Policy
01:27:17 Balancing Career and Motherhood
For more Gabby:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial
The Gabby Reece Show Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEINLNlGvIceFOP7aAZk5A
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It so fascinates me where we've lost the importance of food. |
| 0:06.0 | I mean, our food is quite literally the building blocks of our body of our being. |
| 0:11.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.0 | And it's wild to me that we've seemed to have lost this connection. |
| 0:14.0 | It's almost like we don't understand what food does to us and how it's literally sustaining our life. It's the foundation of our entire being. |
| 0:23.6 | It's the difference between being sick and being well. |
| 0:27.6 | And you know, I hear this all the time. |
| 0:29.6 | It's like a person who's sick, literally the only thing in the entire world that they want is to be well. |
| 0:34.6 | So my mission in life is to do everything I possibly can. Can't do avoid being sick. |
| 0:39.4 | This is something that you can. You largely have a lot of control over what you bring into your home |
| 0:43.6 | and what you put into your body. Why wouldn't we consider that to be the foundation of one of the |
| 0:47.6 | most important things that we can do for ourselves? |
| 0:51.0 | Hi everyone. Today we're going to be tackling a topic that affects every single one of us, |
| 0:56.4 | and that's our food. And to help me break it all down, I'm joined by Courtney Swan, and she is the |
| 1:01.6 | founder of real foodology, and she's also an integrative nutritionist who's on a mission to |
| 1:07.6 | fix our broken food system. Courtney has dedicated her career to exposing the corruption |
| 1:12.6 | within the food industry and advocating for real nourishing food. Can you imagine? And last year, |
| 1:18.5 | she even traveled to Washington, D.C. to testify to the United States Senate about the corruption |
| 1:24.4 | of the U.S. food and agricultural industry. |
| 1:31.6 | In this conversation, we get into the truth about where our food comes from, |
| 1:34.5 | why organic and regenerative farming really matters, |
| 1:37.5 | and how each of us, with our dollars and through our choices, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dear Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dear Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.