Debunking Nutrition Myths, How Much Protein You Actually Need, and the Truth About Ozempic with Vanessa Risetto, RD [BONUS]
Balanced Black Girl
She's So Lucky
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Feel confused about all of the conflicting nutrition and wellness information out there? You’re not alone! It can be really overwhelming and confusing to figure out what will work best for you. Thankfully, nutrition can be a lot simpler than we think.
In today’s bonus episode I’m sitting down with registered dietitian and CEO of Culina Health, Vanessa Risetto for pro tips on how to make nutrition simple.
From protein intake to gut health issues, Vanessa and I get to the bottom of nutrition trends, and discuss ways you can improve your eating habits and relationship with food for a healthier lifestyle.
We Also Talk About…
- Vanessa’s experience as a Black woman running a venture-backed startup.
- Why working with a dietitian is more accessible than you think
- How to understand and alleviate common gut health issues through diet
- The pros and cons of taking weight loss medications like Ozempic
- How to avoid falling into the trap of fad diets and nutrition trends
- How to get health and nutrition assistance at a lower cost
Resources:
- Shop limited-edition Balanced Black Girl merch
- Follow Vanessa on Instagram @vanessarissettord
- Follow Culina Health on Instagram @culinahealth
- Visit start.culinahealth.com to sign up for insurance-covered nutrition care! If your insurance does not cover Culina, mention Balanced Black Girl for a special discount.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.0 | Thank you for tuning into balance black girl. |
| 0:12.0 | My name is Les, I am your host I appreciate you |
| 0:14.6 | tapping in and it's a fun day because I'm coming at you with a bonus episode if you |
| 0:20.7 | listen to the show you know we usually come out with episodes on Tuesdays this week we have a treat |
| 0:25.2 | We have a bonus episode coming at you Friday and we're going to talk about something that is very pillar to wellness and that is nutrition. So I am very excited to |
| 0:36.3 | sit down with our amazing guests today. Vanessa Rosetta Rosetta |
| 0:38.8 | who is a registered dietician. She is also the CEO of Kaleena Health. We're going to do a little |
| 0:43.8 | nutrition myth busting and simplify it for all of us because we get so much |
| 0:48.5 | conflicting information about nutrition that makes it more complicated than it needs to be. |
| 0:53.2 | So Vanessa, welcome. |
| 0:54.3 | Hi, thank you for having me so fun. |
| 0:56.3 | I'm so excited to have you. |
| 0:57.5 | Nutrition is something I nerd out about and love talking about. |
| 1:00.7 | Nice. |
| 1:01.2 | And we have a lot to get into today. |
| 1:02.3 | Yeah, let's hit me with it. I'm ready. |
| 1:04.0 | Perfect. Okay, so first off, you are a career change dietician. Yes. Can you tell us more about |
| 1:10.0 | what you were doing before and what made you become an R.D. |
| 1:12.8 | Literally don't know what I was doing before. |
| 1:14.4 | I mean, I make this joke all the time, but I'm my parents' biggest disappointment because I'm not |
| 1:19.5 | a doctor and they're immigrants. |
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