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621. How to Navigate a Corrupt Food Industry

Almost 30

Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik

Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

We are honored to welcome to Almost 30, Courtney Swan, an integrative nutritionist and "real foodist" on a mission to change the way America eats and its broken food system. She received her Masters of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health and now guides people about the real food and organic movement.  In this episode, Courtney reveals the dirty practices of the food industry and how to eat healthy, with real food. There’s more than meets than eye when food shopping and Courtney shares what to look out for when buying organic—plus, home products and more!  Get ready to take notes #Almost30Nation, Courtney has a plethora of knowledge that will rock your world.  We also talk about: Glyphosate + chronic disease Greenwashing + farming How to read food labels Birth control + hormonal health The truth about non-dairy milks How to stay healthy on a budget Food regulations in the U.S. vs. other countries Oils, pesticides + PUFAs Detoxifying your home + life Courtney’s personal health journey Resources:  Website: realfoodology.com  Instagram: @realfoodology TikTok: @Realfoodology The Realfoodology Podcast: realfoodology.com/podcast  Sponsors: Juneshine | Go to JUNESHINE.com/ALMOST30, text them a photo of your receipt, and they’ll Venmo you immediately. BetterHelp | This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/almost30 today to get 10% off your first month. Seed | Visit seed.com/ALMOST30 and use code ALMOST30 to redeem 30% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic.  IQ Bar | Get 20% off by texting ALMOST to 64000.  Nutrafol | Get $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to nutrafol.com and enter the promo code ALMOST30. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/Almost30.  Learn More: almost30.com/learn almost30.com/morningmicrodose almost30.com/courses  Join our community: almost30.com/membership facebook.com/Almost30podcast/groups Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: almost30.com/disclaimer.  Find more to love at almost30.com! Almost 30 is edited by Marielle Marlys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Almost 30 Podcast. I'm Lindsay and I'm Krista and we're your hosts, guides and friends on this path.

0:07.0

Almost 30 is not about your age, it's about the feeling. All of us are almost something, seeking community and resources to support the rumblings of transformation within us.

0:17.0

Our conversations are deep dives, shepherded by our insatiable curiosity and desire for connection and during inspiration and a sense of levity that we can all benefit from.

0:28.0

We're looking to find the magic in the human experience, buckle up baby, your evolution is waiting.

0:35.0

Hello, hello, welcome to Almost 30 Podcast. Hi everybody, welcome to the show. I'm Lindsay and this is Krista. We're so glad you're here every single week.

0:48.0

We have a new episode for you, health and wellness, relationships, spirituality and everything in between.

0:55.0

So, hi, hi, I was recording a solo episode the other day and I was kind of doing the intro for almost 30. I was like, we talk about everything in between and I was like, we actually don't.

1:06.0

So, don't ask us to talk about politics. Yeah, I was like, you can go someplace and some, some things in between.

1:14.0

I'm not a geopolitical expert if you cannot tell for my voice, I just, some things, I know I was like, actually it's some things in between because I don't want to be like, we talk about everything.

1:23.0

I'm open, but we, you know, kind of stick to spirituality, health and wellness and relationships, blah, blah, blah.

1:30.0

But we're so grateful you're here today is a really good one with our friend Courtney Swan.

1:34.0

Courtney is someone I see quite often in LA. I was just with her the other day at Soho House, just chilling, working.

1:41.0

It was so much fun and this is such a actionable episode because we talk about in a very digestible way.

1:49.0

Things to do to improve your life from a health perspective Courtney is known for her swaps.

1:54.0

She is someone that is studied and health and nutrition and she shares a lot 100 Instagram and TikTok and on her podcast about how to make yourself healthier and more whole by choosing the right products for both your home and your body.

2:09.0

What I love and I feel like this has been kind of her thing in the last maybe six to nine months just in terms of her content is where she is going into,

2:19.0

whether it's grocery stores, various grocery stores from like the high end to the grocery store that's like in every town to jack in the box.

2:29.0

After I hang out at Soho, I was like, what are you doing now? She's like going to Ralph's I was like, don't.

2:36.0

But you know, I love it because one, it's super accessible to it's I think it's more mainstream in terms of showing like what is exactly on our shelves that is literally in our face all the time and not healthy for us.

2:55.0

But then also in the same store finding healthy alternatives. I love what she wanted to check in the box.

3:02.0

And she was just like, I ordered two just patties. She's like, this is 100% beef and I ordered scrambled eggs on the side. It was 379.

3:14.0

I was like, amazing tip because like that's exactly what you would order if she was going there on the regular and actually two patties for an eggs for 379.

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