Romy Nelson: Ingredients for Life
Finding the Right Ingredients for Healthy Lives and Living!
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This week, Romy chats with Michael and Lorrie about their progress with completely eliminating processed foods from their diets, and Jeffrey calls in with an update on his eating habits in the face of long work hours and consistent cross-country travel.
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This week, Romy evaluates Michael’s recent changes he’s had to make in his diet because of the adjustments he made while recuperating from his hernia surgery, and how much better he and Lorrie have been feeling after having eliminated soy, corn, and red meats from their diet entirely.
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Sheryl’s Story: Romy’s client Sheryl joins the show to talk about how she got started on her weightloss journey, and learning about how much she needed to change her eating habits to get the results she desired.
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This week, Romy and Michael talk about how it seems like more and more people are less and less aware of their true body size and body composition, and discuss several factors that might be influencing this shift.
Do men lie about their actual weight as frequently as women do?
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This week, Romy and Michael talk about how meal timing affects physical performance, and Romy grills Mike on his food logging absent-mindedness.
Romy gives some tips on what to eat and the best things to eat before a workout, and how to balance the proteins and carbs before and after to get the best results.
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Listener Questions: Christine, a former student of Romy’s, wants to know more about the “omnivore’s dilemma” and the difference in Omega-3 and Omega-6 oils in farm-raised fish, and wonders if quinoa is a complete plant protein.
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Romy and Michael talk about the different types of training and eating that can affect weight loss and body composition, and some ways to find out what works best for you and your goals.
Listener Questions: Jeffrey calls in to ask a question about falling out of the good habits he’d begun, and how to control stress-influenced eating.
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Romy presents a review of the documentary Forks Over Knives, which focuses on the work and research of the China Study by T. Colin Campbell and Dr Caldwell Esselton, which supports whole food vegan diets that avoid all food products from animal proteins and dairy.
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This week, Romy and Michael break down a popular excuse for not eating healthy. The “excuse” that people can’t eat healthy because they’re either too busy with kids, or because healthy foods are more expensive is one Romy hears quite frequently from clients.
This problem also extends to affecting families, because the bad eating habits are being unconsciously taught to the kids, setting up patterns that might affect them for the rest of their lives.
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Jeffrey Willerth joins Romy and Michael to revisit the questions has has about why Jeffrey looks good first thing in the morning, and appears to look more bloated by the end of the day.
In addition to differences in hydration and sodium consumption, the body changes could be the result of food intolerances, and the best way to figure out what might be the culprit it to accurately food log your intake.
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