Courtney Swan

Yeah, it was a journey for me to get there for sure. We had talked about this earlier off camera, but I started out working in music actually. My mom had really planted the seeds for me when I was a kid because she was buying organic and natural food before it was even a movement or a thing. And when I was a kid, like most kids, you don't realize how good you have it, right?

I was watching all my friends eating Dunkaroos and getting Burger King every night for dinner, and I was upset. And then I was going home to my amazing, organic, home-cooked meals that my mom would be in the kitchen almost for two hours every night making everything from scratch.

I was watching all my friends eating Dunkaroos and getting Burger King every night for dinner, and I was upset. And then I was going home to my amazing, organic, home-cooked meals that my mom would be in the kitchen almost for two hours every night making everything from scratch.

I was watching all my friends eating Dunkaroos and getting Burger King every night for dinner, and I was upset. And then I was going home to my amazing, organic, home-cooked meals that my mom would be in the kitchen almost for two hours every night making everything from scratch.

Yeah, I was like, I want the McDonald's. Like, I want a happy meal. And now, I mean, obviously, I am so beyond grateful. I went to college. I started eating fast food. And I don't even recognize who that person is anymore. But, you know, I was eating in the dining hall, which is, you know, Cisco and Shamrock Foods catering. And I gained a bunch of weight. I got acne I never had before.

Yeah, I was like, I want the McDonald's. Like, I want a happy meal. And now, I mean, obviously, I am so beyond grateful. I went to college. I started eating fast food. And I don't even recognize who that person is anymore. But, you know, I was eating in the dining hall, which is, you know, Cisco and Shamrock Foods catering. And I gained a bunch of weight. I got acne I never had before.

Yeah, I was like, I want the McDonald's. Like, I want a happy meal. And now, I mean, obviously, I am so beyond grateful. I went to college. I started eating fast food. And I don't even recognize who that person is anymore. But, you know, I was eating in the dining hall, which is, you know, Cisco and Shamrock Foods catering. And I gained a bunch of weight. I got acne I never had before.

I was fatigued. And it wasn't until I took a nutrition course. And also, my mom had sent me a book on nutrition. It was literally just called You Are What You Eat.

I was fatigued. And it wasn't until I took a nutrition course. And also, my mom had sent me a book on nutrition. It was literally just called You Are What You Eat.

I was fatigued. And it wasn't until I took a nutrition course. And also, my mom had sent me a book on nutrition. It was literally just called You Are What You Eat.

And because I was looking for answers. Right. But I was looking in all the wrong places. I was eating slim fast bars for breakfast and thinking that I was going to lose weight and like get healthy, which is so ironic. Right. And I found this book. It's called You Are What You Eat. And it really just it was talk about a light bulb moment for me. It made me really understand. Oh, wow.

And because I was looking for answers. Right. But I was looking in all the wrong places. I was eating slim fast bars for breakfast and thinking that I was going to lose weight and like get healthy, which is so ironic. Right. And I found this book. It's called You Are What You Eat. And it really just it was talk about a light bulb moment for me. It made me really understand. Oh, wow.

And because I was looking for answers. Right. But I was looking in all the wrong places. I was eating slim fast bars for breakfast and thinking that I was going to lose weight and like get healthy, which is so ironic. Right. And I found this book. It's called You Are What You Eat. And it really just it was talk about a light bulb moment for me. It made me really understand. Oh, wow.

The things that I'm putting in my body, the food that I'm eating is quite literally building my cells. And it's going to either determine whether I have good energy and I'm going to be at a healthy weight and I'm not going to be inflamed all the time or it's going to drive all of that.

The things that I'm putting in my body, the food that I'm eating is quite literally building my cells. And it's going to either determine whether I have good energy and I'm going to be at a healthy weight and I'm not going to be inflamed all the time or it's going to drive all of that.

The things that I'm putting in my body, the food that I'm eating is quite literally building my cells. And it's going to either determine whether I have good energy and I'm going to be at a healthy weight and I'm not going to be inflamed all the time or it's going to drive all of that.

And it's so funny looking back to that now thinking how much of a light bulb moment that was for me. But it really lit a fire under my ass because I quite to be quite frank, I was pretty mad that I had not learned that sooner because I was probably 20 at that point. And you were in college. And I was thinking, why aren't we teaching small children this? Why doesn't every human know this?

And it's so funny looking back to that now thinking how much of a light bulb moment that was for me. But it really lit a fire under my ass because I quite to be quite frank, I was pretty mad that I had not learned that sooner because I was probably 20 at that point. And you were in college. And I was thinking, why aren't we teaching small children this? Why doesn't every human know this?

And it's so funny looking back to that now thinking how much of a light bulb moment that was for me. But it really lit a fire under my ass because I quite to be quite frank, I was pretty mad that I had not learned that sooner because I was probably 20 at that point. And you were in college. And I was thinking, why aren't we teaching small children this? Why doesn't every human know this?

And I was also thinking, too, looking at all my parents' friends and older generations, and a lot of them still hadn't figured it out. And I was so flabbergasted, for lack of a better word, because I was like, this is so simple, right? It's so simple. The things that we're eating and we're putting in our bodies are either fighting disease or fueling it, you know?