Nov 12, 2019
What should athletes eat to optimize every aspect of their health? How can nutrition give you a competitive advantage? Why do we attach an emotional value to food? How can you eat more produce? The first guest of season 2 of the Food Bullying podcast can help.
Leslie Bonci is a registered dietitian and a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics. She is the nutrition consultant for the Kansas City Chiefs, Carnegie Mellon University athletics, and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre – and helps power a wide variety of athletes with smart nutrition. Listen in, and learn how Leslie’s food insight can help you make smart eating choices.
Key Points:
- Who is a sports dietitian?
- How do we find common ground when it comes to food?
- Dealing with the boredom factor
- Is canned or frozen food good?
- Why do we attach emotional values to food?
- Plant-based diet for athletes
- Food waste
- Common food labels
- Tips to overcoming food bullying
The Conversation:
(01:55): Leslie’s introduction
(02:51): Who is a sports dietitian?
(05:55): Finding common ground with food
(07:32): Preventing boredom factor
(10:11): Canned and frozen food
(11:41): Why do we attach emotional value to food?
(15:51): Food wastage
(19:36): How long should we keep food in the freezer?
(20:51): Common food labels
(25:40): Tips to overcoming food bullying
Fabulous Quotes:
- “Take the fright out of your bite.”
- “All of us can manufacture enough guilt in the course of any given day. It certainly doesn’t have to be derived from the foods that we’re eating.”
- “Take advantage of the freezer. That why it’s there.”
- “It is time for all of us to get back to the idea of nourish, not torture.”
- “As long as you’re eating the produce, that’s what matters at the end of the day.”
- “People always say they want variety, but the reality is that most people have a fairly narrow circle of their go-to foods.”
Links:
- USDA
- Leslie’s website
- Leslie’ LinkedIn
- Food Bullying: How to Avoid Buying BS by Michele Payn
- Embrace your Heart with Eliz Greene