The Wellness Mama Podcast

What’s Really in Our Food? How to Break Free From a Broken Food System with Courtney Swan


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Episode Highlights With Courtney

  • Why this conversation is so important right now, and why 74% of adults are obese or overweight and over 50% of kids are
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease didn’t even exist decades ago, and it's now rampant
  • Her own journey into health and wellness 
  • The biggest offenders and contributors to why we're seeing this drastic rise
  • 60% of Americans’ diets are coming from ultra-processed foods
  • The real problem with food dyes and the sneaky places they're hiding
  • Links between food dyes and behavioral issues, cancer, and why most countries have banned them
  • Why glyphosate is such a big problem
  • Misleading food labeling and the illusion of choice 
  • The real deal on vegetable oils and how these are impacting our food supply 
  • Look at what has changed so much in the last 50 years in our food supply- our genes don’t change that fast
  • 20% of Americans' calories come from seed oils
  • The role of big agriculture and government subsidies
  • Understanding GMOs and how they impact us
  • We're only as healthy as our soil is 
  • Count chemicals, not calories- why we are overfed and under nourished 
  • Two great films on this: Common Ground and Kiss the Ground 

Resources We Mention

  • Her Instagram
  • Realfoodology - Website
  • Realfoodology - Podcast
  • Common Ground Documentary
  • Kiss the Ground Documentary
  • My Health Forward - Regenerative Farms
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