or the Roxia would be like really either fear of how foods

gonna make me feel or it is just like fear of falling off of

whatever my diet plan is or what my container is at the foods that I eat.

And it's not necessarily related to fear of getting fat or like physically on the outside,

like what I look like. It can be related to control or lack thereof

and seeking that through food. Food is always a metaphor. I would say 90

percent of the time at least. Food is a metaphor. The way we eat and what we decide to eat.

I'm like how we feel inside too. And so if I'm feeling out of control and at other areas of my life

or I have in the past, I may turn to like say a ketogenic diet list and like it's super easy

and helps me fill dialed in. And if I stray from that then I may get anxiety that occurs.

You're listening to She with Jordan Lee Dooley, a personal development podcast for the

everyday woman. Come invited, leave ignited. Here's your host, Jordan Lee Dooley.

Hey Lauren, welcome to She. Hey Jordan, I'm so excited to be here.

I am thrilled to have you. I am really looking forward to chatting about this topic because I think

it's such a necessary conversation in the just wellness space in general and then in the healthy

living kind of pursuit of wellness area of life. And so I really think this is going to be super

valuable. But before we dig in, I would love if you can share with those who aren't familiar with

you and your work what you do and how you went from being a TV news journalist to a nutritionist

and functional medicine practitioner. Yeah, great question. It seems like a very round about

career path right there. I've sometimes called myself a health detective and just really big on

helping. I'm probably women. I do work with guys but I really solve unsolved health problems

getting to the root cause. So they can really just optimize their potential and a lot of that

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