Find Your Food Fit: Introduction to a Healthier You (Series)

In this episode, we're breaking down key nutrition concepts to help you better understand the terminology we'll use in our upcoming series, "Find Your Food Fit." This series is all about crafting a personalized eating plan that aligns with your lifestyle, health goals, budget, and preferences.

You'll also get a sneak peek of the various eating patterns we'll explore in the next 7 episodes, designed to help you discover what works best for you.

Please note: this podcast was originally released under a different brand name. As of September 16, 2025, the brand has been renamed.

Additional Resources: We've posted tutorial videos on how to calculate your daily caloric needs and how to read a nutrition label. Check out these useful tools:

Calculate your daily caloric needs

USDA Dietary Reference Intake Calculator

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Timestamps:

(00:00:32) Introduction to upcoming 7 episode series on "Finding your Food Fit"

(00:04:29) Dietary patterns coming up in Series 1

(00:11:00) Basic nutrition concepts, Calories

(00:13:57) Macronutrients: Fat

(00:16:45) Macronutrients: Protein

(00:19:02) Macronutrients: Carbohydrates

(00:22:05) Macronutrients summary

(00:23:30) Physiological response to macronutrients

(00:26:25) Micronutrients

(00:27:13) Calculating daily caloric needs

(00:30:05) Reading nutrition labels

(00:31:15) Closing

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