EPISODE 83
Nutrient Density Chat with Dr. Sarah Ballantyne
Almost all of us are walking around with nutrient shortfalls.
In the health and wellness community, we define diets based on what foods they consider good or bad. The problem is that it often leads to an increasingly restrictive approach focused on avoidance and moral judgments instead of nutrition.
Recognizing these issues, today’s guest Dr. Sarah Ballantyne decided to create a resource that would help people push back against diet culture simply and logically. That’s how Nutrivore was born.
Award-winning public speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and world-renowned health expert, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, PhD, believes the key to reversing the current epidemics of chronic disease is scientific literacy. She creates educational resources to help people regain their health through diet and lifestyle choices informed by the most current evidence-based scientific research. With Nutrivore, Dr. Sarah seeks to create a positive and inclusive approach to dietary guidance based on science and devoid of dogma, using nutrient density and sufficiency as its basic principles: nourishment, not judgment.
In this conversation, Dr. Sarah and I talk about why most of us are likely to have nutrient insufficiencies, how you can apply Nutrivore principles, what Nutrivore Scores tell you, whether we should be concerned about the sugar in fruit, the importance of making sustainable changes, and more.
I’ve been following Dr. Sarah for a long time, and she’s been someone I have wanted to interview since I started this podcast. I was absolutely thrilled to have this conversation, and Dr. Sarah shared many valuable insights you can apply. Enjoy the episode!
About Dr. Sarah Ballantyne
Award-winning public speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and world-renowned health expert, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, PhD, believes the key to reversing the current epidemics of chronic disease is scientific literacy. She creates educational resources to help people regain their health through diet and lifestyle choices informed by the most current evidence-based scientific research.
Dr. Sarah began her career as a science communicator and health educator when she launched her original website, ThePaleoMom.com, in 2011. On this platform, Dr. Sarah combined her background in medical research with her experience using diet and lifestyle to mitigate a dozen diagnosed health conditions to create a wealth of educational resources and amass an audience of millions.
Since then, Dr. Sarah has continued to follow the science—diving deep into immune health, metabolic health, gut microbiome health, nutritional sciences, and the compelling evidence for health at any size—while also observing the harm of healthism, diet culture, dogmatic misinformation, and predatory marketing. With Nutrivore, Dr. Sarah seeks to create a positive and inclusive approach to dietary guidance, based on science and devoid of dogma, using nutrient density and sufficiency as its basic principles: nourishment, not judgment.
During this episode, you’ll learn:
- The problem Dr. Sarah addresses through Nutrivore
- Why most of us are likely to be nutrient deficient
- How you can apply Nutrivore principles
- Why Dr. Sarah created The Nutrivore Score https://nutrivore.com/start-here/nutrivore-score/
- Insights from Nutrivore Scores
- How to use Nutrivore Scores when thinking about your diet
- Nutritionally distinct food families
- All-cause mortality and whether we should be concerned about the sugar in fruit
- The importance of making sustainable changes
- Nutrient insufficiency versus deficiency
- The most common nutrient insufficiencies
- Nutrient deficiencies more common in people with hypo- or hyperthyroidism
- Nutritional benefits of sea vegetables
- What you need to know about selenium toxicity
- Dr. Sarah’s recommendations for organ meats and supplements
- The balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids we consume is critical
- The best sources of omega-3 fats
- Non-dairy sources of calcium
Connect with Dr. Sarah Ballantyne
- Nutrivore.com
- ThePaleoMom.com
- Dr. Sarah Ballantyne on Instagram @ThePaleoMom
- Dr. Sarah Ballantyne on Facebook
- Dr. Sarah Ballantyne on YouTube
- Dr. Sarah Ballantyne’s Book | The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body
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