The Science of Eating Better: Emily Swope on Nutrition for Health | The RollingThru Podcast Ep.3

In this episode of the Rolling Thru Podcast, I sit down with Emily Swope, MS, to break down everything you need to know about nutrition for performance, gut health, and overall well-being. Emily is a certified nutrition specialist candidate with a master’s in integrative & functional nutrition and is currently a nutrition intern with Clinicians Incubator.

We cover:

0:30 Introduction and Emily's Background

4:15 Why She Chose Nutrition

7:50 Dietician vs Nutritionist

10:30 Differing Fact from Opinion

15:00 GLP-1's (Ozempic)

18:45 Diet and Exercise and Obesity

21:15 Nature vs Nurture

27:20 Food Dyes

33:00 Aspartame and Artificial Sweeteners Study

36:50 Meat and its effects on Health

42:45 My experience with red meat

44:40 Supplementing Protein

49:20 Gut Health and Gut Microbiome

53:00 My experience with my gut health

54:40 How to improve gut health

58:10 Steps to take to improve nutrition

1:03:00 How to properly fuel as an athlete

1:07:40 Electrolytes and their role

1:12:00 My Experience with not fueling properly

1:15:00 Electrolytes and sweat

1:18:20 Auravitawellness

Whether you're an athlete or just looking to optimize your health, this episode is packed with insights you can apply right away.

For more of Emily's work follow her on instagram @auravita_wellness and check out auravitawellness.com

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