Hello there and welcome to the Nutrition Diva podcast.

I'm your host, Monica Reinagle.

Today, I have some advice for those who want to help their friends and their family eat

healthier and also some tips for those who are just starting out on the healthy eating

journey.

I frequently get emails from readers and listeners asking for advice on behalf of someone else

who they care about.

A young lady is worried about her brother's horrible eating habits.

How do I convince him to take better care of himself, she wants to know?

Or Alyssa, who wrote,

There are some folks in my life that think they're eating healthy and exercising well,

but they're not.

And it shows what are some good tips for those just starting out on the healthy eating journey?

And how might we present these tips to them?

Another wrote for advice on how to help her husband, who needs to lose a lot of weight.

Really, what you wanted to know is how to get her husband to take my advice instead of

listening to his mother, who apparently is pushing some pretty extreme diet fads.

And you know, that's not my style.

I want a friend to get professional help for weight loss and related health issues,

wrote a third person, do you offer private consultations?

All of these folks have really good intentions.

They're motivated by a sincere concern and a desire to help.

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