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Habits and Hustle

Episode 303: Ashley Koff: Personalized Nutrition Expert on Diet, Nutrition, and Supplements

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5818 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In a world saturated with health information, how can we discern reliable sources from unreliable ones?  As we navigate a sea of health information, it’s essential to be discerning, understand your body's unique needs, and make informed choices about your health and wellness. In this episode, Ashley Koff, a registered dietitian, cuts through the clutter and provides clear, valuable insights and strategies to optimize your health through diet, nutrition, and supplements. Ashley discusses the importance of quality fats, mindful eating, hydration, and vitamin D, warns against the dangers of over-supplementing, and emphasizes the value of personalized health approaches. She also explains the role of GLP-1 agonist medications for diabetes and weight loss, and offers a guide to managing the overload of health information, or 'infobesity'. Ashley Koff RD is a personalized nutrition expert, founder and CEO of The Better Nutrition Program, consultant, and speaker. What we discuss: (0:04:31) - The importance of quality fats in diet and nutrition, and how they contribute to better health and wellness (0:09:41) - The effectiveness of GLP-1 agonist medications, such as OZEMPIC, for diabetes and weight loss (0:19:17) -Personalized health and the importance of looking beyond lab tests and supplements for managing health (0:28:03) - The importance of hydration for overall health and the role of vitamin D in our bodies  (0:31:03) - The importance of knowing one's vitamin D levels and taking a targeted approach to supplements (0:43:41) - The concept of mindful eating and the challenges that can arise when trying to implement it in a busy lifestyle (0:49:17) - The concept of infobesity and how to navigate the overwhelming flood of health information Thank you to our sponsors: Pendulum: Head over to www.pendulum.com and use code JENCOHEN for 20% off. OneSkin: Head over to oneskin.co and use code HUSTLE15 for 15% off. Find more from Jen:  Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen  Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Learn more from Ashley Koff, RD: The Better Nutrition Program: https://thebetternutritionprogram.com/infobesity/ Website: https://ashleykoffrd.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleykoffapproved/

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0:00.0

Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

0:07.6

This will be a very information-loaded, informative podcast because we have a friend of mine who is

0:15.4

probably one of the most knowledgeable dieticians in the country. And I'm not just saying this because I think she is.

0:22.7

It's because she's been recognized and renowned to be. The girl is brilliant. And whenever

0:28.0

I have questions about anything, diet, nutrition, technically overall health, I come to her. Her

0:34.3

name is Ashley Koff. Thank you, Ashley, for being here. Thanks so much for having me. This is so fun. I love the IRL. No, this is amazing. Ashley and I first met on a TV show that we did called Shedding for the Wedding. I was the fitness trainer. She was the diet person. And we met, how many years ago is that? So before kids for you, I feel like 20 plus, like 20? No, are you kidding me? No, no, no. My kids aren't 20. No, no, no, I was thinking how long ago? I know, no, I think I, I think I, a year or two before I had kids, probably 15 years ago. 15 years ago, we did a show on the CW called Shetding for the Wedding. And it was hilarious. And we became

1:12.7

fast friends then. And I mean, like I said, the vast amount of information this girl knows and can

1:18.9

spew out at a, like at any note at given time. It's amazing. She actually, recently, you put me on to

1:27.0

green fat, which I love. It's amazing. And I, ever since then, we were kind of, now I'm like, I'm a huge, of course, wellness supplement person. And Ashley is always like, no, that's not good for you because of this. This is really good for you because of that. And it's made a huge difference. So thank you so

1:44.3

much. Yeah. No, I love it. And I do want to say two things. One is information as we're going

1:50.3

to talk about may not be actually better. So the quality of information is really important.

1:55.5

Yes. And the second one is I loved turning you on to green fat because it was such a great solution for you.

2:03.1

And as we'll also talk about, you know, just taking more supplements isn't the answer.

2:07.2

Totally.

2:07.8

That was my problem.

2:08.8

Yeah.

2:09.0

So like that was a thing.

2:10.2

Like I don't understand.

2:10.9

Like every time I, I kept on like over supplementing myself.

2:14.8

And I think a lot, let's talk about this because I think a lot of people just take supplements because they think, they know it's, they know it's a good supplement. So then they start taking it. And it may not be the right thing for them. Right. It's not an individual. It's like people just, you need to be much more individualized and personalized. And we'll talk about that. But like I was taking like everything, omega-3s, vitamin D. I was taking NAC. Do you know what NAC is? Absolutely. I barely know what that is. I mean, I don't even know. I was taking like glutamine. And like every morning, I'm taking like 40 supplements. And I'm like, do I even need all these supplements? So can you tell, Okay, because we just mentioned green fat, just talk about why did you think it was good for me?

2:50.9

Because it has been really good for my, for me. So just you're the expert. So I think one of the key things is that, so the omega three was a great, like, directionally, you were going in the right place. You're like, you know, I've heard of omega three is I want to make sure I'm turning off inflammation or trying not to, you know, not have inflammation start. And I'm saying to myself, all right, this is a good fat for me. But there's actually no food in nature that is an omega-3. So nature gives us the information, especially when it comes to plants, which is what animals eat to produce the fats in our body, et cetera. When we look at that, there's a variety of different fats. So there's omega three, there's omega six, there's omega seven, there's omega nine. And when I looked at your diet and when we compared that to your goals, especially from an aging standpoint and all the exercise that you get in and what you care about cognitive function, family history, everything, I was like, Jen, we got to make sure you're getting in all these fats. And so this concept of a multi-fat, something that like our multivitaminor, could give us all those essential fatty acids, essential. We have to get them in daily at one time. It was like a no-brainer for you. I wasn't going to give you 30 new things to take. No, of course. So then what is the difference between taking an omega-3 and like a multi-fat vitamin, like a multi-fat vitamin? Yeah, exactly. And it's not a vitamin, so it's a fat, right? A multi-fat. So there's a couple of things to consider. The first thing is, is that in this instance, when we look at an omega-3, green fat actually has omega-3s. It has omega-3s from plants. And it has a variety of omega-3s because without making people infobes, which we'll talk about in a moment, too much information. There are many different omega-3s. So we actually want to get in all of those. So when we get in those,

4:32.8

what we wanted to do is make sure that you're also getting in omega-6, omega-7, omega-9. So think of

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