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Real Food Revolution: Unpacking the Food Industry | Courtney Swan (EP13)

Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, integrative nutritionist and host of the Realfoodolgy podcast, Courtney Swan, discusses her journey to becoming an advocate for healthy eating and food system reform. The conversation delves into her transformative experience at the Senate hearings, where she addressed significant health risks in the U.S. food supply. Courtney highlights the disturbing practices of conventional agriculture, including the widespread use of glyphosate and the FDA's lag in regulating food dyes linked to health issues. She emphasizes the importance of buying organic and supports for alternative farming practices like regenerative farming. Lastly, she sheds light on how consumers can influence food industry trends and the particular impact of harmful chemicals on women’s health, offering practical tips for mitigating exposure to toxins.


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Courtney Swan is an integrative nutritionist and "real foodist" on a mission to change the way America eats. She received her masters of Science (MS) in Nutrition and Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health, and her instagram “@realfoodology” educates people on the realities of the food industry and how to eat healthy with real foods.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I think there's this common misconception that if it's on the shelf, it's been bedded for and it's safe and healthy to consume.

0:06.5

And the deputy commissioner actually admitted that they are decades behind on food dyes and their studies compared to places like Europe and Canada.

0:15.7

They're finally starting to say like, hey, we're going to start looking at this again.

0:20.1

We need to be eating real

0:21.5

whole foods, not these ultra-processed packaged foods that have 30 to 50 ingredients on them. I was

0:27.4

horrified by this when I found out because you're never going to find this on a food label,

0:30.5

but it is pretty much guaranteed that if you're not buying organic, that it has been sprayed with

0:34.0

chlyphosate. We're concerned that the rise of infertility is directly linked to these thallates that are in plastic.

0:40.6

So it's estimated that on average, we're all consuming about a credit card's worth of plastic a week.

0:48.1

There was a report that just came out earlier this year that they're finding microplastics and testicles in breast milk and placenta.

0:55.0

This is every single person on this planet is affected by our food right now. In today's episode,

1:01.1

Integrative Nutritionist and host of the Real Foodology podcast, Courtney Swan discusses her journey

1:06.6

to becoming an advocate for healthy eating and food system reform. The conversation delves into her transformative experience at the Senate Committee hearings

1:14.6

where she addressed significant health risks in the U.S. food supply.

1:18.7

Today, Courtney highlights the disturbing practices of conventional agriculture,

1:23.1

including the widespread use of glyphosate and the FDA's lag in regulating food dyes linked to health

1:28.3

issues. Other topics in the episode include the importance of buying organic and supporting

1:33.0

alternative farming practices, and she also talks about the particular impact of harmful

1:37.7

chemicals on women's health. I personally learned so much in this episode, and I think that if

1:42.9

you're feeling overwhelmed right now,

1:44.6

that's okay. I was too. I think as with everything, you have to take these things slow and

1:51.0

steady. You're not going to make all the changes overnight. And to be honest with you, I've been

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