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Ditch The Diet; Understand This Instead | Ep 311

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Melissa DeallyDitch The Diet; Understand This Instead | Ep 311
  1. Ditch The Diet; Understand This Instead | Ep 311 Melissa Deally 48:38

Ditch Diet Myths & Nourish Your Body with Jenn Trepeck ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŸ

In this powerful conversation, Jenn Trepeck shares her journey from struggling with weight and disordered eating to becoming a health coach and podcast host of Salad with a Side of Fries. ๐Ÿฝ๏ธโœจ

๐Ÿ”ฅ Key Takeaways:

โœ… The flaws of BMI and why calorie counting doesnโ€™t work โŒ๐Ÿ“

โœ… How diet impacts neurotransmitters, mood, and brain health ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’ก

โœ… The hidden effects of alcohol on Sleep and detoxification โ€“ itโ€™s not what you think! ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ˜ด

โœ… Simple nutrition hacks for better energy and long-term health ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿฅฆ

โœ… Why small, consistent steps are the key to lasting change ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽฏ

๐Ÿ’ก Jenn reminds us: You donโ€™t have to figure this out alone! Seek support and take action toward sustainable health. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’ช

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Episode Summary

Jenn Trepeckโ€™s background and journey @ 0:00

Jenn Trepeck shares her personal story of struggling with weight and disordered eating, and how she discovered a nutrition curriculum that transformed her life. She started health coaching on the side and eventually launched her own podcast โ€œSalad with a Side of Friesโ€ to share this knowledge with the world.

Limitations of BMI and calorie-counting @ 7:44

Jenn explains the problems with using BMI as a metric, as it does not account for body composition. She also debunks the โ€œcalories in, calories outโ€ approach, highlighting how it can lead to an unhealthy cycle of weight loss and regain.

The impact of diet on neurotransmitters and cognitive function @ 27:28

Jenn discusses how our modern diets, toxin exposure, and Lifestyle factors can lead to neurotransmitter imbalances, impacting our mood, energy, sleep, and cognitive abilities. She emphasizes the importance of nutrient-dense whole foods to support brain health.

The role of alcohol and its effects on the body @ 33:45

Jenn explains how alcohol primarily impacts the liverโ€™s ability to detoxify, leading to a cascade of health issues. She also discusses how alcohol disrupts sleep quality, further contributing to overall health and wellbeing.

Practical tips for improving nutrient intake @ 39:53

Jenn suggests a simple strategy of aiming for a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables at each meal to ensure adequate nutrient intake. She also encourages listeners to seek support and guidance when making sustainable lifestyle changes.

Closing thoughts and call to action @ 45:02

Jenn emphasizes that while we may already know what to do, itโ€™s the small, consistent steps that make the difference. She encourages listeners to seek support and guidance to make the process easier, rather than trying to figure it out alone.

 

About the Guest:

Jenn Trepeck has been described as a โ€œforce of natureโ€ in the wellness space. Sheโ€™s been recognized as one of Podcast Magazineโ€™s 40 under 40, nominated for the 2022 International Womenโ€™s Podcast Award for Visionary Leadership, and won Ear Worthyโ€™s first Independent Podcast Award for best health podcast in 2024. Currently, Jenn is a nominee for the 2024 Women in Podcasting Awards for best health podcast and best expert guest. She is an Optimal Health Coach, Podcaster, and Business Consultant. Jenn grew up the skinny one in a family of dieters which was awesome(!) until it went away. And so began her weight management saga. Ultimately though, Jenn learned the nutrition Education weโ€™re all supposed to know but no one ever taught us. This completely changed her life and allowed her to say she โ€œkicked her food issues.โ€ From then, Jenn set-out on a mission to pay it forward and help people help themselves. After over a decade of working with clients, Jenn started Salad with a Side of Fries podcast. Based on science, yet lighthearted, Jenn talks about living life while still making ourselves and our health a priority.

 

Contact:

https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/saladwithasideoffriespod/ @saladwithasideoffriespod

https://www.instagram.com/jenntrepeck/?hl=en @jenntrepeck

https://www.facebook.com/Saladwithasideoffriespodcast @saladwithasideoffriespodcast

https://www.facebook.com/JenniferTrepeck @jennifertrepeck

https://x.com/jenntrepeck?s=20 @jenntrepeck

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifertrepeck/ @jennifertrepeck

www.youtube.com/@jenntrepeck @jenntrepeck

https://www.tiktok.com/@jenntrepeck @jenntrepeck

About the Host:

Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner and a Board Designated Trainer of NLP, Time Line Therapyยฎ, Hypnotherarpy, and NLP Results Coaching, helping people get to the root cause of their health issues and then get lasting results. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your โ€œtoxic loadโ€ and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab testing that helps you โ€œsee insideโ€ to know exactly what is going on, and then provides a personalized wellness protocol using natural herbs and supplements.  Melissaโ€™s business is 100% virtual โ€“ the lab tests are mailed directly to your home and she specializes in holding your hand and guiding the way to healing so that you donโ€™t have to figure it all out on your own. 

Melissa has launched Amplify Impact Academy, with business partner, Billie Aadmi and together they train other coaches, practitioners and counsellors in the 4 mind-body healing modalities mentioned above, giving them powerful tools to use with clients to get results with greater ease, speed and grace. These courses teach life skills and anyone can take them, if you wanto be a better leader, parent, partner, be empowered in your own life, these courses are for you!

Melissa is the winner of the 2024 Women in Podcasting Awards in the โ€œinspiration & motivationโ€ category and the 2021 & 2022 Quality Care Award by Business From The Heart and is also the recipient of the Alignable โ€œLocal Business Person of the Year โ€œAward 2022, 2023 & 2024 for Whistler.

Melissa has been featured at a number of Health & Wellness Summits, such as the Health, Wealth & Wisdom Summit, The Power To Profit Summit, The Feel Fan-freaking-tas-tic Summit, the Aim Higher Summit and many more!  She has also guested on over 90 different podcasts teaching people about the importance of prioritizing our health and how to get started.

 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/yourguidedhealthjourney

 

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Melissa Deally Integrative Health Practitioner & Registered Health Coach

Melissa Deallyโ€™s mission is to heal the world. Chronic illness does not have to be a life sentence, and when Melissa realized the body is designed to self heal, she set about getting trained so that she could truly help people heal and then train others to do the same. Melissa is an Integrative Mind-Body Health Practitioner, a Trainer of NLP and Hypnotherapy and a Master Practitioner in Timeline Therapy. Sheโ€™s dedicated to helping others heal by addressing and removing the toxins in all 4 bodies โ€“ the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. Melissaโ€™s business is 100% virtual, and she works with the entire English speaking world.
Melissa also uses the power of functional medicine lab tests mailed to your home, while offering a very high level of support, to ensure her clientsโ€™ success, as we navigate the path bringing the bodies back into balance, while creating new lifestyle habits to ensure lasting results.

Melissa is an international speaker, five time best-selling author, and has been named to the 2022 CREA Global Award list, and the winner of the Alignable 2023 & 2022 Local Business Person Of The Year Award for Whistler. She is also the recipient of the 2022 & 2021 Quality Care Award by Businesses From The Heart. Melissa is the host of the โ€œDonโ€™t Wait For Your Wake Up Call!โ€ podcast, a podcast offering practical education around health, which ranked in the top 5% of Global podcasts by Listen Notes in the first 3 months of launching.

When not serving her clients, Melissa can be found on her paddle board, backcountry hiking & camping with her daughter(s), downhill or cross country skiing, or planning her next trip for her Girl Guide unit or working on her passion project, Girls Matter, helping keep girls in school in Uganda, breaking the poverty cycle, one girl, one family, one village at a time.

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