Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

We are a Minnesota-based company that specializes in real food nutrition, education, and counseling,

helping people make the connection between what

they eat and how they feel.

My name is Brandyboro.

I've been working here as a registered and licensed dietitian for over three years now.

And I am very excited for today's show because we are talking about a topic that is basically

an intersection of everything that I love about the world of food and nutrition.

So I'll get to tap into my experience not only as a clinical dietitian, but also my experience as a cooking class instructor, a personal chef, and somebody that advocates and supports local

sustainable farming. Because today, we have a very special guest joining us, and we're going to

touch on all of these aspects of eating well. And I'm going to be introducing them in just a moment.

But if you've been with nutritional weight and

wellness for any part of the last 35 years that we've been teaching about the magic of real food,

you know that a foundational aspect of our curriculum and our meal plan is eating animal protein.

Getting enough quality protein is essential for so many of our bodily functions.

It plays a really big role in our metabolism and our energy, our mental health and neurotransmitter

production, healing from illness and injuries, and of course, building muscles. So if you're

interested in learning more about protein and all that it

does for us, please check out the many articles and podcasts on our website. There's tons of

information there on why protein is so important, how much protein you need, and of course,

recipes on how to prepare great tasting protein-rich meals.

So you can find all of those resources on our website at weight and wellness.com.

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