Courtney Swan
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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?
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?
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?
And so that really ignited a passion in me. And then I just could not get enough information. I found Michael Pollan back then when he was writing about food. I found Dr. Mark Hyman. I think I read one of his very first books. Love him. And he introduced me to this world of functional and integrative medicine, which is root cause, disease protocol.
And so that really ignited a passion in me. And then I just could not get enough information. I found Michael Pollan back then when he was writing about food. I found Dr. Mark Hyman. I think I read one of his very first books. Love him. And he introduced me to this world of functional and integrative medicine, which is root cause, disease protocol.
And so that really ignited a passion in me. And then I just could not get enough information. I found Michael Pollan back then when he was writing about food. I found Dr. Mark Hyman. I think I read one of his very first books. Love him. And he introduced me to this world of functional and integrative medicine, which is root cause, disease protocol.
Um, where you're looking at the root cause and you're looking for the root cause and trying to mitigate symptoms with diet and lifestyle changes. So that really affected me a lot. I was in school or sorry, I was actually touring at the time. Um, I finally decided on the music industry. Exactly. So I was with the music industry.
Um, where you're looking at the root cause and you're looking for the root cause and trying to mitigate symptoms with diet and lifestyle changes. So that really affected me a lot. I was in school or sorry, I was actually touring at the time. Um, I finally decided on the music industry. Exactly. So I was with the music industry.
Um, where you're looking at the root cause and you're looking for the root cause and trying to mitigate symptoms with diet and lifestyle changes. So that really affected me a lot. I was in school or sorry, I was actually touring at the time. Um, I finally decided on the music industry. Exactly. So I was with the music industry.
Um, I decided to quit that and I went back and I got my master's of science in nutrition and integrative health. Wow. And then actually during that time, I got pulled back on the road and I ended up being a nutritionist for four years for a pop star. Really? Yeah, which was pretty amazing.
Um, I decided to quit that and I went back and I got my master's of science in nutrition and integrative health. Wow. And then actually during that time, I got pulled back on the road and I ended up being a nutritionist for four years for a pop star. Really? Yeah, which was pretty amazing.
Um, I decided to quit that and I went back and I got my master's of science in nutrition and integrative health. Wow. And then actually during that time, I got pulled back on the road and I ended up being a nutritionist for four years for a pop star. Really? Yeah, which was pretty amazing.