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The Number One Food For Maintaining Fat Loss And How To Sustain A Healthy Weight And Body Composition With Michelle Shapiro


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The weight loss journey isn’t always based on healthy and sustainable habits. Often, the pressure to lose weight can lead to drastic actions that can be harmful. Today’s guest is on a mission to share her weight loss journey, which she does not recommend to others, and provide guidance on how weight loss for better overall health can happen with compassion, empathy, and long-term healthy habits in mind. 

Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Michelle Shapiro to discuss weight loss, the myths and misconceptions, and the healthier way to lose weight. Michelle shares her weight loss journey and the symptoms she suffered through. She also shares her thoughts on diet culture and calorie tracking, the importance of individualization, her hot take on intermittent fasting, and the importance of exchanging ideas for growth.

Michelle Shapiro, Integrative/Functional Registered Dietitian from NYC. Michelle has supported over 1000 clients to reverse anxiety, approach their weight with love, and heal digestive issues. Utilizing humor, nuance, and compassion, Michelle helps clients access their liberating self-awareness.


In this episode, Dhru and Michelle dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

  • Misconceptions about weight loss that are damaging (0:00:53 /0: 00:53)
  • Scarcity Mindset (1:41 / 1:41) 
  • Protein for weight loss and body composition (3:10 / 3:10)
  • Metabolism changes in response to weight loss journey (8:00 / 6:07)
  • Michelle’s weight loss journey and the symptoms she suffered (11:00 / 9:13)
  • Gut health for body composition (20:25 / 18:25)
  • Michelle’s Losing Weight Lovingly Protocol (24:57 / 22:57)
  • Weight loss as a symptom and diet culture (29:00 / 25:57)
  • Is calorie tracking important and helpful (39:00 / 35:33) 
  • The importance of individualization (50:00 / 46:47)
  • Foundations that apply to all humans (54:00 / 50:00)
  • Anxiety and panic attacks as a fire alarm for the body and how to treat them (55:00 / 51:34)
  • Intermittent Fasting and who should avoid it (1:01:00 / 57:00)
  • Eastern medicine and the importance of exchanging ideas (1:17:000 / 1:13:30)
  • Back to the basics (1:21:00 / 1:17:17)

  • Also mentioned in this episode:

    Quiet the Diet, Michelle’s Podcast


    To learn more about Michelle, follow her on Instagram, Facebook, or her website

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