Episode 99

Health is a Family Affair (feat. Julie Revelant)

Published on: 23rd June, 2021

It's hard. Getting kids to eat healthfully is not easy and when we're busy, it's even harder. But raising healthy people is potentially one of the greatest responsibilities and greatest challenges of parenthood. This week Jenn talks to Julie Revelant who has spent years in health journalism and communication with a focus on families. Ever wondered what to do with your picky eater? What do we do so we don't cause disordered eating later in life? It's all here for the taking! Plus a bit about how we got into this conundrum. Whether you're a parent now, a grandparent or may be a parent one day in the future, you won't want to miss this.  

Outline:

  • Welcome back 
  • How to be featured on our 100th full length episode
  • Intro today's topic & meet Julie Revelant, today's featured guest
  • Julie's story - growing up in the '80s, gained more than the Freshman 15 in college, after college it was Chinese food every Friday, found her way to a healthy weight and way of eating, then had two daughters to raise
  • Why this is so challenging, raising healthful kids
    • The media & food marketing
    • "Food" prevalence & food rewards
    • Food culture
    • Pediatricians
  • When you're concerned about a kid's weight, do you turn to the pediatrician? 
  • The challenge of who is in control of what kids eat & the resources available
  • When does it start? Earlier than we think!
    • Kids naturally, developmentally get picky around age 2
  • Healthful family dinners & getting kids excited about healthy eating
    • Eating as a family, even if not dinner
    • Get kids cooking (choose your day wisely)
    • Look at cookbooks together
    • Bring kids to the grocery store or Farmers' Market
    • Kabobs
  • Spices for kids
    • Parsley, oregano, paprika, onion, garlic, cinnamon
  • Alternative chips & getting kids to eat more veggies
  • Picky eaters & trying new foods
    • the self-fulfilling prophecy of what we say
    • the food environment
    • trying foods many times, starting with tiny portions
  • Re-think what we're teaching as food culture
    • Non-food-related rewards, minimizing rewards
    • System-wide overhaul
    • Structured meal & snack time
  • Balancing encouraging & forcing healthful choices to not create disordered eating
    • What you say & do
    • How you view yourself, your habits, your own body
    • Exploring food & the food experience
    • Teaching mindful eating
  • Food insecurity - what we need to know & what we can do
  • Final thoughts from Julie

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Julie's Website, IG, FB & Podcast

Quotes:
"I can turn this around for my kid! They don't have to grow up on processed food...this is one of my biggest responsibilities as a parent." - Julie Revelant
"A study from 2020 in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research found that children who don't already have strong preferences for certain foods tend to choose a couple of foods, rather than just one and when asked to choose all of their snacks for the week ahead of time, instead of choosing one snack everyday, they chose a wider variety of options, including fruit."  - Julie Revelant  
"We want to give our kids choices, within reason."   - Julie Revelant 
"It has to be parents leading the way with healthy eating habits." - Julie Revelant 
"Food preferences start in utero, so what we eat during pregnancy is just as important as what we feed them after birth." - Julie Revelant 
"Let's not remind them that the last time they tasted something they didn't like it." - Jenn Trepeck
"A non-food-related reward can be quality time." - Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!