Show Notes
How does a teenager pushed into a toxic diet culture by the modelling industry end up a three-time Number 1 bestselling nutritionist on a mission to make healthy eating feel normal again?
Em the Nutritionist aka Emily English, joins John Vincent live to make the case that nutrition has been made far more complicated, frightening and expensive than it ever needed to be. She shares how a single comment from a modelling agency sent her spiralling into an eating disorder as a teenager, how recovery led her to study nutrition at King's, and why she now believes "your body is not a maths equation."
In this episode you'll learn: ◼ Why "we don't eat nutrients, we eat food", and how to translate nutrition science into meals you'll actually look forward to ◼ The four everyday pillars she'd give anyone who wants to feel better, starting with sleep and a daily walk ◼ Why your body "isn't a maths equation", and how obsessive tracking can quietly take more from your life than it gives ◼ "Protein diversity is king": how to build meals that leave you fuller and more satisfied without just piling on meat ◼ What the Blue Zones get right that has nothing to do with what's on the plate, and everything to do with how, and who, you eat with ◼ Why she calls it "criminal" to prey on people's insecurities to sell health, and her take on the personalised-nutrition and glucose-monitor boom ◼ How pressure from the modelling industry led to an eating disorder in her teens, and the realisation that set her on the path to recovery and a career in nutrition ◼ Why nutrition should feel normal, joyful and unintimidating, not a source of fear
Key Moments: 0:00 Intro 01:02 Starting with the book: So Good Express, her third Number 1 in a row 01:31 The lost romance of cookbooks (and her mum's cocoa-dusted Nigella) 03:40 Recipes that actually work, and the chefs who sabotage theirs on purpose 05:00 Why nutrition doesn't need reinventing at every corner 05:34 Her own story: when food stopped being simple 06:56 The agency photoshoot that changed everything 08:18 Falling into toxic diet culture, and the eating disorder 09:25 "If your goals take more than they give, it's not health" 10:00 Therapy, King's, and turning pain into purpose 12:26 "We don't eat nutrients, we eat food" 14:03 Why nutrition research is so hard: we're all unique 15:27 Why she calls fear-based wellness marketing "criminal" 16:23 The four everyday pillars: sleep, move, whole foods, hydration 17:54 How food makes you feel, during and after 18:30 Being present at the table, and the Blue Zones 20:12 The most important ingredient in health: purpose 22:31 "Your body is not a maths equation" 23:00 The protein question: why "protein diversity is king" 26:29 Rapid fire: meat-only diets, fasts and "your body, your choice" 29:08 What she most wants people to remember: nutrition should be normal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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