Episode 179: Kristina Hess
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Kristina Hess is a health coach and clinical nutritionist. She attended Wesleyan University and obtained her Masters in clinical nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health. She is also a Certified Nutrition Specialist and is further certified in Mindful Eating, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Sport Nutrition, and Heartmath. She is currently in the process of becoming certified in Nutrigenomics as well.
In their discussion, Tro, Brian, and Kristina talk about the value of understanding the specifics of one's genetics for optimizing nutrition, how genetics can explain why certain diets work for certain people and not others, certain dietary guidelines that will generally work for all people, the pros and cons of including dairy in one's diet, and the importance of knowing when to use low-carb replacements for sugary/processed foods and when to cut them out.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:03.8 | No one is beyond help. |
| 0:05.8 | No one is beyond hope. |
| 0:08.5 | As we have always said, we are bringing you medical information and cutting-edge science, |
| 0:12.7 | but none of this is medical advice. |
| 0:15.7 | Please seek out input from your own doctor. |
| 0:24.8 | Hello and welcome to the Low-Carb MD Podcast, where we found another smart one. |
| 0:28.6 | First, I want to do a quick public service. |
| 0:30.6 | This is not a medical advice, but this is a public service. |
| 0:33.1 | Last night, I was cutting peppers, and I read my right eye, and I spelled my eye shut. |
| 0:36.9 | So don't do that. It's not a good idea. |
| 0:39.3 | Besides that, I think I'm doing all right, Jerome. |
| 0:41.1 | How are you, man? |
| 0:42.3 | Listen, I'm doing great. I'm doing great. |
| 0:44.2 | I'm really excited about this one. |
| 0:46.2 | This is some, another East Coaster, Brian, another East Coaster, who we're going to have on today. |
| 0:51.4 | Somebody smarter than us is going to tell us about genes and nutrients. |
| 0:58.6 | So I'm really excited about this one, and it's nice to have you back from Guatemala. |
| 1:03.4 | This is the second week in a row. |
| 1:05.4 | So it's nice to have you back. |
| 1:07.0 | Yeah, it's good to be home, but I love it there, too, but it's good to be home. |
| 1:10.8 | So today, we have this themed Christina Hess, who's got more letters after her name than I do. |
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