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74 | Nourishing Our Bodies and Making Healthy Eating Equitable with Dr. Akua Woolbright

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Balancedblackgirl, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedles, Business, Entrepreneurship, Lesalfred, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Today we’re talking about nutrition for better health and dismantling food inequality with Akua Woolbright, PhD. Dr. Woolbright is an expert in plant-based nutrition who specializes in teaching people how to harness the healing power of foods to prevent and reverse disease, feel great, look younger, and live longer.

In 2009, Dr. Woolbright joined Whole Foods Market to help create and implement the company’s signature healthy eating program, blending science and evidence-based recommendations with a back-to-basics approach.

In this episode we talk about…

  • The difference between rural and urban poverty and farming
  • Nourishing our bodies and making healthy eating equitable
  • Getting rid of biases and stereotyping in health education spaces
  • The importance of nutrition education
  • How to break through the barriers of food accessibility

Resources:

  • Dr. Akua Woolbright’s email: akua.woolbright@wholefoods.com

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0:00.0

Welcome to Balance Black Girl, a podcast dedicated to mental, physical and emotional health from the black woman's perspective.

0:13.0

Tune in to hear from black woman health and wellness experts giving the

0:17.3

approachable advice you need to help you feel your best.

0:20.5

I'm your host Lestrandra Alfred. Let's dive in.

0:29.3

Thank you so much for tuning into this week's episode of Balance Black Girl Podcast. I am your host Less, and

0:35.8

Balanced Black Girl is a space dedicated to conversations about Black Health, joy, vitality, and well-being from the perspectives of black women.

0:48.8

And I am so happy to have you here. So first and foremost, can we just all take a collective breath in, big inhale,

1:01.3

and exhale. How is your heart today?

1:07.6

Maybe if you're not driving, take a moment, put your hand over your heart and just send some love and energy to your heart center because we all need it.

1:20.2

For a lot of us, stress has been everyone is doing the best they can to continue pressing on and if that's you I see you I hear you

1:32.0

A few months ago we released an episode on Stress Management featuring Nadine Joseph of

1:37.4

Peak in Valley and it has actually become one of our most popular episodes to date which is not surprising because it was released back in March of 2020, right as COVID-19 was really picking up steam here in the states.

1:51.0

And in that episode, we talked about the science of stress and how

1:54.9

adaptogens can help our bodies adapt to stressful situations. At the time that

2:00.4

we recorded that podcast we did not know how stressful the coming months would be.

2:06.7

However, I am so glad that we had that conversation because it has also been incredibly helpful for me and for so many of you who have been listening.

2:15.9

Pekin Valley blends are a huge part of my daily self-care routine.

2:19.7

The balance, my stress blend helps me keep my nerves in check the brain blend helps me stay

2:24.4

focused and sharp so I definitely recommend checking out that episode if you're

2:28.7

interested in learning more about the science behind stress and heading to the show notes to get our special coupon code for Peak and Valley.

2:39.3

However, in addition to using adaptogens, I found that stress management really takes daily action, as well as a lot of mindset work.

2:49.6

Those are two things that I am incredibly passionate about because those practices have really changed my life,

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