Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Food Medical podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Hazel.

So I've got a question for you. Do you want to live in a way that not only supports your health

and fitness goals, but also supports the planet? Yes, me too. As liquid have it, I know a guy. Ryan D. Andrews.

Ryan is a sustainable food systems advocate, dietitian, yoga instructor and strength and conditioning

specialist. He currently writes and speaks about health and sustainability, is an instructor

at Purchase College, is an expert reviewer for insider,

and is an advisor with precision nutrition. He's recently released the e-book Swole Planet,

How to Build a Better Body and a Better Earth. And that's exactly the topic that we're going to

dive into today. If you could just start by telling us a little bit more about

who you are, what you do, and what you're passionate about. I have been involved in the world of

nutrition and health and wellness for most of my life. And I kind of think of my life in different chapters.

So in my teens, I was really focused on competitive bodybuilding.

And that was my gateway into the world of nutrition and health.

In my 20s, I was a lot more focused on going to school, going to graduate school, completing my

dietetic internship and starting my career. So it was a very intense time. And then in my late

20s and early 30s, the next chapter switched into really immersing myself in the food system

and learning about all the different angles of the food system. And I've done that

through kind of traditional learning, reading the latest journal articles and reports, but I've

also really made an effort to spend a lot of time on farms, working with food recovery,

nonprofits, school lunch programs. So when I'm reflecting upon my life and what I've

done, I think of those kind of chapters. And it more than anything, it really started off as like

I had a very narrow view on nutrition. And it just continued to widen over the years. So yeah.

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