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Jessica Knurick

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
413 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Yeah, just in general.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Yeah, I think we're getting there.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

I think you're right.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

For a long time, testing was just done in men on many things, and they just assumed that women were small men.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Yeah, I mean, what the drug really does is it helps people to eat less, right?

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Because it kind of suppresses appetite a bit for people.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

And so there's nothing inherent in that that says you have to choose high quality foods now when you choose what foods to eat.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

But there is some understanding.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

I think when I have just, and this is just anecdotal, when I've talked to people on these drugs, it gets them into the mindset of eating more healthfully.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

And so that's what they do.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

They'll opt for more health.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Well, I would argue that probably the most important thing, if I had to choose the most important thing, is the amount of food that someone eats.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

And so I think that it is addressing- Eat your pie hole, shut your pie hole.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Yeah, it is addressing that aspect of it, which I think is probably one of the more important aspects.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

And so if someone can be on it, and then they kind of get a sense of what that feels like to be eating that amount of food.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

And also trying to, obviously, we always want people to improve their diet quality, but it is addressing kind of one of the more important things.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Yeah, I think that it really speaks to this idea that we see the wellness industry flourishing right now and supplements, right?

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Because people are just, they want something that is flashy, exciting, but also kind of easy to do, right?

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

Taking a supplement, taking a medication is pretty easy.

StarTalk Radio
Busting Nutrition Myths with Jessica Knurick

I think it's one of the more difficult things.