Nicole Chenard

Mental Detox and Integration for Athletes starts with Elizabeth McIntire, of Boston Brain Integration.

Keywords: Kinesiology, Brain health, Brain integration, health, athlete, win, test, strategy, cutting-edge, psychology, voice, muscle testing, concussion, traumatic brain injury, TBI

Learn more about Elizabeth and Brain Integration here: Boston Brain Integration

Learn more about your host, Nicole Chenard, here: Nicole Chenard

How Foreign Mary Mastered The Guinness Book of World Records in Ireland

Keywords: St. Patrick's Day, National Nutrition Month, Ireland, County Cork, County Kerry, Waterford, Corned Beef, Cabbage, Guinness, Irish Step Dancing, World Records, Sports, Hurling, Football, Golf, Potatoes, Digestion, Irish, Nicole Chenard, Mary, Mother, Earth, Evolution, Nutrition Prescription

In this episode, Nicole Chenard discusses myth-busting military performance optimization with nutritional biochemist Dr. Rachele Pojednic.

Dr. Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM, is an Associate Professor & Program Director of Exercise Science in the Department of Health and Human Performance

She is also the Director of Scientific Research & Education at Restore Hyperwellness, a research associate at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an award-winning faculty member at the Harvard Extension School.

Previously, she was a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Nutrition Department at Simmons University in Boston, MA. 

For the past decade, Dr. Pojednic’s work has examined nutrition, supplementation and physical activity interventions on muscle physiology, performance and recovery, as well as muscle related chronic disease.

https://www.rachelepojednic.com/ <--- More background info, research, and education

https://strongprocess.com/ <--- Courses mentioned in the show

https://www.instagram.com/rachelepojednic/ <--- Amazing myth-busting updates

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelepojednic/ <--- Keep it professional

Host: Nicole Chenard, MS, RD, LDN

Founder of Major League Nutrition

https://www.instagram.com/majorleaguenutrition/

E-Mail: [email protected]

Keywords: myth-busting, military, performance, optimization, nutritional, biochemist, cryotherapy, restore, strongprocess, majorleaguenutrition, nutrition, athletes, sports, temperature, health, hormones

In this episode, Nicole Chenard breaks down carbohydrates and the basics of sugar.

Hidden names for sugar. Is fruit bad for us? Where do carbohydrates fit in when I'm counting macros? How much sugar is in my wine? And more...

This is a quick, unedited Q & A episode. Did you like it? Let us know! Reviews are the best way to pay it forward and help us create and publish more content.

Write to: [email protected] or DM @majorleaguenutrition on Instagram for requests and comments! Book one on one nutrition counseling sessions and order your own personalized meal plan today at majorleaguenutrition.com

Hilery Hutchinson's contact info & where to book a retreat in El Salvador: 

Website: https://www.healingwithhilery.com or https://www.elsalvadorretreat.com 

Email: [email protected] 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elsalvadorretreat  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healingwithhilery 

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To book a one on one nutrition consult or a nutrition or wellness presentation with Nicole Chenard, MS, RD, LDN go to https://nicolechenard.com

Hilery Hutchinson's contact info & where to book a retreat in El Salvador:

Book a package or 1:1 nutrition education session with Nicole TODAY here: https://nicolechenard.com

In this episode, Nicole Chenard, MS, RD, LDN explores the often ignored link between inflammation and depression. The COVID-19 pandemic uniquely impacted our ability to work, gather, and communicate, and subsequently heightened feelings of fear, anxiety, and loneliness. While many medical professionals have turned to prescribing anti-depressants to treat these symptoms, Nicole dives into reasons why this may not be an effective first approach for everyone. Fear, stress, and anxiety can stimulate an inflammatory response in the body, and the solution may not lie in pharmaceutical prescriptions, but in activities we can plan to do every day, like eating an anti-inflammatory diet and planning consistent physical activity, to help alter our body's pH and our nervous systems. Tune in this week to learn how to take steps to notice and decrease inflammation in YOUR body today.

Keywords: Inflammation, fear, anxiety, depression, emotion, COVID-19, pandemic, physical activity, exercise, PTSD, stress, isolation, cytokines, anti-inflammatory, diet, mood, mental health, neuropeptide-Y, serotonin, body, nutrition, wellness, connection, medicine, military, athlete, nervous system

To Perform Better Now, as always, head to majorleaguenutrition.com  To submit questions, send them to [email protected] or DM us on instagram @majorleaguenutrition  Thanks for listening! To support the creation of this content, all we ask is that you "like", share, listen and repeat! A special thanks to Michelle Severs, MS for editing!

It's Suicide Prevention Month, so don't hesitate to learn more and/or connect to a professional from NAMI: https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Suicide-Prevention-Awareness-Month-(SPAM) 

Call the NAMI Helpline at 800-950-6264 Or text "HelpLine" to 62640

Referenced Research: 

https://neurofitlab.ca/ "Move the Body, Heal the Mind" Dr. Jennifer Heisz

Blog and podcast episode referenced (amygdala): https://majorleaguenutrition.com/category/nutrition/

Allison, D., Nederveen, J., Snijders, T., Bell, K., Kumbhare, D., Philips, S., Parise, G., and Heisz, J.J. (2019). Exercise training impacts skeletal muscle gene expression related to the kynurenine pathway in older men. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology.

Lucibello, K., Parker, J., and Heisz, J.J. (2019). Examining the impact of chronic training on the state anxiety response to an acute bout of aerobic exercise in low and high anxious individuals. Journal of Affective Disorders, 247, 29-35. 

Paolucci, E., Loukov, D., Bowdish, D.M.E., and Heisz, J.J. (2018). Exercise reduces depression and inflammation but intensity matters. Biological Psychology, 133, 79-84. 

Heisz, J. J., Tejada, M.G.M., Paolucci, E.M., and Muir C. (2016). Enjoyment for High-Intensity Interval Exercise Increases during the First Six Weeks of Training: Implications for Promoting Exercise Adherence in Sedentary Adults. PLOS ONE,11(12): e0168534.

Paolucci, E., and Heisz, J.J. (2015). Investigating the protective effects of high and moderate intensity cycling on psychological stress and depression in young adults. Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport. 47(1). 

https://www.who.int/news/item/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/03/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-reveals-how-he-beat-years-of-depression.html

Schmeltzer SN, Herman JP, Sah R. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A translational update. Exp Neurol. 2016 Oct;284(Pt B):196-210. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.06.020. Epub 2016 Jul 2. PMID: 27377319; PMCID: PMC8375392. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8375392/

On this episode, Nicole Chenard interviews Nick DiGiovanni, a chef on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram with 14 million followers. He was selected to Forbes 30 under 30, a finalist on MasterChef Season 10, and has several business ventures including Osmo Salt. Nick DiGiovanni is one of TikTok's top U.S. food creators with 8 million followers and more than 250 million monthly views. He was the youngest-ever finalist on MasterChef and finished third during Season 10. He’s worked in several restaurants including a 3 Michelin Star restaurant called Benu in San Francisco, CA. The Harvard graduate is currently deferring his enrollment in Harvard Business School's 2+2 program so he can focus on growing his brand and several ongoing projects.

Nicole has personally known Nick since he interned for her while she was creating nutrition programs for Massachusetts General Hospital and serving as the Wellness Director at the John Nagle Co. As an outstanding intern, he also helped her with the Boston Fisheries Foundation's Boston Seafood Festival several years back. Since Nick is such a big star now, Nicole likes to joke around that she produced his first video, which is on YouTube. Nick and Nicole produced their own nutrition video without the help of professionals (we've come a long way!) and had a lot of fun recording it. Created for 9/11 veterans and their families, the video, "Improve Your Mood with Food," describes the benefits of specific foods and nutrients for emotional wellbeing, as in decreasing depression and anxiety and increasing calm and happy. If you haven't checked it out yet, it's on YouTube, listed on the Nicole Chenard channel. We hope you like it!

For more information, visit: https://nicolechenard.com

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