Pet Sitter Confessional4 Touko 2022

281: Fueling You with Alex D'Elia

What fuels you? Dog walking and pet sitting is hard grueling work that takes a toll on our bodies. If we are not eating the right foods or finding the right balance, we are potentially signing up for a lot of health problems. Alex D'Elia, owner of Olox Nutrition, joins the show to talk about how to fuel our bodies well with the right nutrition. While it depends on your lifestyle, activity, and genetics, there are basic principles we can all follow to lead a healthier, more balanced lifestyle.

Main topics:

Impact of a bad diet
Are all calories made the same?
Recovery foods
Resilience through diet
Gut health

Main takeaway: A healthy diet and lifestyle starts with being mindful about what you eat and how it impacts you.

About our guest:
Alex is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with extensive experience nutritionally treating emotional eating, chronic illness, mental health, PMS, and weight management. Her practice focuses on reducing stress and restoring balance; Alex understands that health and wellness are best approached from a whole-person perspective. Alex hopes to empower those who seek healthy change in their lives by providing evidenced-based counseling, empathy, and consistent feedback. In her spare time Alex loves irritating her boyfriend, hiking, panicking about her next instagram post and learning how to cook so she can help others.

Links:
Email: alex@oloxnutrition.com
Website: https://oloxnutrition.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/oloxnutrition
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oloxnutrition/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1256440514727510

Give us a call! (636) 364-8260

Email us at: feedback@petsitterconfessional.com

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