Navigating the Conflicting Messages of Weight Loss and True Health with Dr. Sarah Ballantyne

In today's episode, Kelley sits down with Dr. Sarah. Ballantyne, founder of Nutrivore, a platform designed to educate people about the nutrition that comes from our food. Dr. Sarah believes the key to improving our health as a society is having more access to knowledge and research. With Nutrivore, she is 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. Dr. Sarah seeks to create a positive and inclusive approach to dietary guidance, based in science and devoid of dogma, using nutrient density and sufficiency as its basic principle: NOURISHMENT, NOT JUDGEMENT. Today, Dr. Ballantyne shares her expertise in improving diet and lifestyle choices for longevity. Together, Kelley and Dr. Ballantyne discuss the dangers of restrictive eating patterns and the importance of meeting nutritional needs to prevent chronic diseases. The two get into specifics on the difference between plant protein and animal protein and which is better, what diet you should be eating for your long term health and vitality, the danger of thinking that supplements can fill all your nutritional gaps and so much more.