Blasphemous Nutrition
The orthodox wellness industry keeps you in purgatory with vague, overly simplistic advice or plunges you into the depths of hell with restrictive commandments that are impossible to sustain. At this point you may be tempted to pursue hedonism instead, but at the end of the day you want to feel and age your best and you know a devil-may-care attitude won’t serve you.
ITS TIME TO LEAVE THE CHURCH OF WELLNESS AND GO TO HEALTH.
Double-degreed functional nutritionist and holistic health coach Aimee shares over 20 years of clinical experience and emerging research on the impact of lifestyle on our healthspan, offering a holy marriage of practical street smarts and relevant data that will empower you to take action.
She’s not just another preachy face looking to sell you on the latest superfood or baptize you into the latest health cult; she’s on a mission to give you balanced, nuanced, honest information to help you make informed, grounded decisions about how to achieve your health goals, whether you aim to lose weight, manage blood sugar, prevent Alzheimer’s or simply age like a bad-ass.
The best results don’t come from listening to what any one person has to say but being able to discard the bullshit, be open to experimentation and learn how to make the best choices for yourself.
When everything is a polarized extreme of vegan vs carnivore or cardio vs weights, tuning in to Blasphemous Nutrition will give you a scandalously nuanced perspective on nutrition and actionable tips that you can begin to implement immediately, so you can rescue yourself from the eternal torment of chasing one dietary savior after another.
Blasphemous Nutrition
Navigating Health Hype: Uncover the Truth in a Sea of Bias with Victoria LaFont
Episode Summary: Do you feel confused and mislead by all the information out there that claims to be backed by research but falls flat? In this episode, our irreverent host Aimee interviews Victoria LaFont to discuss the challenges of navigating biased content in the health and wellness industry. Victoria shares her journey of becoming more aware of her own biases and offers tips for listeners to become more discerning consumers of health advice. They emphasize the importance of looking for evidence that matches the claims made, questioning key aspects that are hidden in the literature, and seeking out diverse perspectives. By becoming more critical thinkers, listeners can make better-informed decisions about their health.
About the Guest(s):
Victoria LaFont is an opera singer turned nutritionist turned marketing expert. She is the founder of The LaFont Agency, a marketing agency that helps clinicians with medically-focused marketing copy, strategy, and clinical research support. Victoria is also involved in teaching and curriculum design for the Nutritional Therapy Association and the University of Western States. With her background in nutrition and marketing, Victoria is passionate about promoting evidence-based information and helping clinicians produce effective content that accounts for bias and seeks to counter it.
Key Takeaways:
- Recognize your own biases and be open to challenging them in order to seek accurate information.
- Be cautious of business-driven marketing in the health and wellness industry and look for evidence-based content.
- Understand the difference between relative risk and absolute risk when evaluating research findings.
- Engage with primary literature and reach out to authors for clarification or additional information.
- Strive for balance and avoid extreme positions when it comes to health and wellness recommendations.
Notable Quotes:
- "The more we can stay open to what we don't know or try to understand things more deeply, the better we're going to be at understanding what's actually happening." - Victoria LaFont
- "Accuracy is the ticket. Pretending something is happening when it's not actually happening is useful for our ego, and that's it." - Victoria LaFont
Resources:
- Photography by: Dai Ross Photography
Podcast Cover Art: Lilly Kate Creative
Blasphemous Nutrition on Substack
Work with Aimee - The LaFont Agency - Website
- The Statin Study Victoria references - Byrne P, Demasi M, Jones M, Smith SM, O’Brien KK, DuBroff R. Evaluating the Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2022;182(
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