42. Adding Nuance to Nutrition Noise: Why Dietary Restrictions Aren’t Always Restrictive, Loving Weight Loss, & Treating Anxiety and Gut Issues with Functional Nutrition with Michelle Shapiro, RD

In today’s episode of Thoughts on Thriving, I’m chatting with integrative/ functional registered dietitian Michelle Shapiro. Michelle has a virtual private practice where she helps clients reverse their anxiety, heal long-standing gut issues, and approach their weight in a loving way. Utilizing humor, nuance, and compassion, Michelle helps clients access their own liberating self-awareness. She is also the host of the Quiet the Diet podcast, where she empowers listeners to make health decisions autonomously, every single time they eat.

In this jam-packed episode, we chat about:

• Michelle’s personal 100 lb weight loss journey that led her to become a functional RD
• Integrative/functional nutrition vs. conventional nutrition
• The health consequences of losing weight too quickly
• How much protein you REALLY need & how to reach your protein goals
• Why it’s not always “restrictive” to have dietary restrictions
• Michelle’s experience being vegan for 10 years & the harmful effects of veganism on fertility & hormone health
• How to lose weight lovingly and sustainably
• The issues with the Body Positivity & Health at Every Size movements
• Why “all foods fit” may not be the best approach to food
• The importance of nervous system regulation for gut health and anxiety & tangible tools to regulate your nervous system
• How to deal with health anxiety
• The dangers of loneliness & the importance of community for healing

…and so much more!

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