Nutrient Deficiency and Optimal Wellness vs. Just Not Being Sick, with Needed Co-Founder, Julie Sawaya
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
EP299. Julie Sawaya is telling us what nutrients women are most commonly deficient in, what those nutrients do for us, and what happens when we're deficient. Renee and Julie discuss the difference between optimal nourishment (wellness) vs. just enough to prevent negative outcomes (not being sick). Julie Sawaya is the Co-Founder of Needed where they are improving the standard of perinatal nutrition.
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| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.9 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:49.7 | Welcome to Tuesday's episode. I am recording this before we head to the UK because I don't want to |
| 0:56.1 | be rushed when I get back. That's just how show business works. But I wonder if I'm going to have |
| 1:02.5 | an English or British accent when I get home. You think? Only time will tell. This is the perfect timing for this episode to come out because the other day |
| 1:13.9 | somebody sent me a DM and they were like, what does your husband think about all your |
| 1:17.8 | holistic medicine, naturopathic things, supplements and whatnot? And I explained that we don't |
| 1:26.0 | agree on a lot of things, but that's not his job. |
| 1:29.4 | Medical doctors are not in the business of wellness. They are in the business of fixing medical |
| 1:35.4 | issues. So if you're sick, you go see a doctor. But if you just want to feel better, what are they |
| 1:43.6 | going to do for you? For example, last year, |
| 1:46.3 | I was insanely constipated, was chronically constipated all the time. Went to the doctor, got a CT |
| 1:51.7 | scan. They were like, yeah, you're literally full of shit. And their recommendation was to put |
| 1:56.2 | metamusole in my coffee. So then I went and saw a naturopath and it was like a complete lifestyle change, |
| 2:04.4 | like focusing on eating certain things, not eating certain things, taking supplements, |
| 2:09.3 | drinking lots of water, having tea after dinner, like so many helpful lifestyle changes. And I poop |
| 2:16.5 | like a champion now. So that is the difference between being well |
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