Fueling a Healthier Life with Kelly Springer: Nutrition, Balance, and Empowerment
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this enlightening episode of REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser, registered dietitian Kelly Springer shares her inspiring journey into the field of nutrition, sparked by watching her aunt balance family life with a dynamic career in dietetics. Kelly walks us through her early exposure to the profession and her academic path, including degrees in nutrition and health education. She explains differences between a registered dietitian and a nutritionist, emphasizing the depth of training and evidence-based approach that registered dietitians provide.
Kelly and Dr. Ron delve into the importance of early nutrition education and the concerning trend of it being removed from school curriculums. They explore Kelly's efforts to address this issue through her new nonprofit, Nutrition Education for All, and her nationally recognized company, Kelly’s Choice. She emphasizes the power of real, minimally processed foods, the importance of balanced meals using the “Power of Five” food groups, and the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. Kelly also discusses how fiber supports gut health, immunity, and weight management, providing a compelling case for whole food eating at every age.
Her conversation with Dr. Ron, Kelly shares how her team of dietitians helps individuals, families, and companies nationwide make sustainable changes through personalized, evidence-based guidance. Kelly's mission is clear: empower everyone—from children to seniors—to take control of their health through smart, informed eating.
More info on Kelly:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyschoice/
https://www.pinterest.com/kellyschoicenutrition/
https://www.instagram.com/kellyschoice_nutrition/
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| 0:00.0 | 16 years old and my aunt, the youngest of 12 children, my dad's youngest sister, is a dietitian. |
| 0:08.0 | And I was her nanny at the time. |
| 0:11.0 | And so I was babysitting her three boys. |
| 0:14.0 | And I saw that she got to use her degree in the house, so by providing these healthy meals for her children. But also she got to do really cool things in the way of dietetics. |
| 0:24.4 | So she was working as a professor. She worked for a retail store, so like a grocery store. |
| 0:30.6 | She was able to do some TV spots and radio. |
| 0:33.6 | And I was like, this is such a cool profession. |
| 0:35.6 | I love that you can use this in your everyday life. |
| 0:43.7 | Welcome to rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. |
| 0:46.9 | This is a podcast designed to help you lead your life enthusiastically today, tomorrow, and every other day. |
| 0:55.2 | I am your host, Ron Kaiser, positive health psychologist, also keynote and TEDx |
| 1:00.1 | speaker and author of rejuvenating the art and science of growing older with enthusiasm. |
| 1:08.2 | As listeners to the podcast know, my goal is always to bring you interesting, informative, |
| 1:15.5 | sometimes entertaining guests who lead their own lives with enthusiasm and have different |
| 1:21.1 | ways of helping us to become better versions of ourselves. |
| 1:26.2 | And we are very fortunate in that regard, because today we have |
| 1:33.2 | someone who is going to help us become healthier and lead our lives not only with enthusiasm, |
| 1:41.3 | but with good health and longevity. |
| 1:45.0 | Kelly Springer is a registered dietitian who has her own national company. |
| 1:51.0 | She's a leading advocate and basically a person who gets out into the public, does keynotes, other kinds of speeches, |
| 2:04.2 | has a book out that we're going to hear about that really spreads the word of how nutrition |
| 2:10.4 | can help you become a better version of yourself. So we're really, really proud and happy. And I know Kelly, so I know |
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