Unpacking Wellness Trends and Health Norms with Laura Ligos
Older & Wilder
GGW Media
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Navigating Women's Health: Rants, Reality Checks, and Reliable Advice with Laura Ligos, the Sassy Dietitian
In this episode of 'Older and Wilder,' hosts Joy and Claire welcome back Laura Ligos, the Sassy Dietitan, to discuss the complexities of diet culture, the importance of advocating for women’s health, and the necessity of realistic health advice. Laura shares insights on the current state of social media's influence on fitness and health, debunks myths about supplements, and offers practical tips for navigating medical appointments. The trio also explores the controversial topic of weight loss injectables like Ozempic and emphasizes the need for collaborative care in healthcare practice. With a blend of humor and expertise, this episode provides valuable perspectives for anyone invested in women's health and wellness.
00:00 Technical Difficulties and Introductions
00:46 Welcoming Laura Legos: The Sassy Dietician
01:53 Diet Culture and Social Media Pressures
05:02 The Struggles of Women's Health Advocacy
11:23 Navigating Midlife Health Challenges
14:33 The Gender Disparity in Medical Treatment
22:25 The Importance of Self-Advocacy in Healthcare
27:10 The Vitamin D Dilemma
28:35 Navigating the Healthcare System
29:29 The Role of Functional Health Services
32:15 The Ozempic Debate
39:40 Supplements and Dietary Gaps
46:11 Parenting and Nutrition Challenges
52:24 Collaborative Healthcare
55:42 Conclusion and Contact Information
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, everybody. It's Older and Wilder with Joy and Claire. And we have Laura Legos with us today because we love Laura Legos, the sassy dietitian. |
| 0:27.4 | If you know, you know, if you don't know, we've had Laura on for years and years and years. |
| 0:31.8 | We always like to drop her in every once in a while with like a good dietitian reality check. |
| 0:37.2 | So here we are. We're going to talk all things just kind of rants. But, you know, we also like to talk about things that are helpful. But every once in a while, we have to just be like, all right, why is this still happening in the zeitgeist? The year of our Lord 2025, we are still worried about these things. Like the world is burning and we are still. We're still doing cuts. We're still worried about these things. The world is burning and we are still. |
| 0:54.5 | We're still doing cuts. |
| 0:56.0 | We're still doing diet challenges. |
| 0:58.4 | We're still challenging each other to diets. |
| 1:01.0 | Yes. |
| 1:01.5 | A lot of the world is not in fact wiser. |
| 1:04.1 | They might be older, but not wilder. |
| 1:07.2 | Not wilder in the way we want them to be wilder. |
| 1:09.8 | Wilder and like a, like this is not what we meant when we said stay cool, never change. |
| 1:14.4 | Yes, correct. |
| 1:15.3 | For people who don't know you, do a quick introduction of yourself, your dietitian, the real, real, real, real RD. |
| 1:21.2 | So I'm Laura, but everyone calls me sassy still. |
| 1:24.6 | Registered dietitian for, I don't know, 12 years now. And mom of two boys, I work mostly |
| 1:30.9 | with women all throughout the life cycle. And we're working so hard to combat all that diet |
| 1:35.8 | culture while also optimize their health because a lot of women, as we know, are not heard in the |
| 1:41.4 | medical space. And a lot of times their needs and their symptoms are dismissed. |
| 1:46.5 | So that's become a really big passion of mine of advocating for my clients and having them |
| 1:51.2 | advocate for themselves in a world that doesn't advocate for them and not in a weight-based way, |
| 1:56.2 | more in a health-based way. |
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