Wellness For Wolverines – Mindful Nutrition
In today’s episode, Natalie sits down with Halli Lyman, an intern at UVU Wellness Program, to answer some questions from fellow students about diet and nutrition. They talk about all the programs to help at UVU as well as some day to day advice when it comes to physical health.
Here are some resources:
Website: https://www.uvu.edu/wellness
Instagrams: uvuwellness
Location: Student Life Center 211
Transcript:
00:00:06:08 – 00:00:21:09
Speaker 1
What’s up Wolverines. And welcome back to wellness for you. My name is Natalie and I am your host. And today we are talking all about diet, nutrition and the nutritional program here at UVU. And to do so, I have a guest with me.
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Speaker 2
Hi. I’m Holly Lyman. I am an intern with the wellness programs. I am studying public health and getting a minor in nutrition. So we do a lot of health coaching, a lot of classroom presentations. We do the “Munchy Mondays” and “Tasty Tuesdays”. And yeah, I’m preparing for getting my master’s and becoming a registered dietitian.
00:00:43:03 – 00:01:10:10
Speaker 1
That’s so awesome. Well, thank you for joining us here today. So this week I kind of put out a Instagram post on her Instagram. You’ve review if you want to follow it. And some people ask us questions just about general nutrition and about any program like what you guys can help with and everything. And I kind of want to just ask them to you to kind of just get some general information as well as how people can come and get help from your program as well.
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Speaker 1
And just a disclaimer for for everybody that was.
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Speaker 3
Very close to having with.
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Speaker 2
Robin.
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Speaker 4
And.
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Speaker 3
Helping you guys.
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Speaker 2
Just kind of.
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Speaker 3
Be like kind of.
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Speaker 2
Like, you know, if you think about it, it’s like you just get the noodles, you get your veggies, you get your broth, throw it all together. It’s pretty easy to make homemade and you can make a big batch. Yeah. And like, just store it in the fridge and just eat it throughout the week. So prepping.
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Speaker 4
Yeah, we prepping. We really do save our lives. Mostly during the week.
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Speaker 1
Yeah. Very versatile thing. And that’s super easy. And you can add anything. I think one of the things that I’ve tried recently is spicy ramen. Like, yeah, um, some different homemade, whatever it was called, but.
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Speaker 2
But different, like spices.
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Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. And adding like, some more spice, like heat. Yeah.
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Speaker 2
And stuff like. Yeah, different peppers for sure. Well, it’s good. Especially in the colder months, like when it’s starting to get colder soup and like, ramen, like the warmer things are so good for you. Like, it’s healing, honestly.
00:04:09:14 – 00:04:11:05
Speaker 1
And clearing out your sinuses. Yeah.
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Speaker 2
How does that ginger, turmeric, all that stuff.
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Speaker 1
Yeah. Good, good, good stuff to think about. Okay, our next question. Um, a healthy diet on a budget. That’s a big one for students, especially me. I’ve been trying to work with that as well. Um, just in general, we’re spending a lot of money for education, and sometimes this gets kind of put on the back burners because we’re trying to eat healthy.
00:04:35:18 – 00:04:41:18
Speaker 1
But typically, sometimes that means more expensive food. How would you suggest somebody go about that?
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Speaker 2
Yeah, um, there’s a lot of different ways to do this. Number one thing is make a budget. Like, really, like, separate, like, get your income. I mean, I’m not a financial major, but, like, get your income, see how much you’re actually making. And, you know, your car payment, your phone bills, you know, write all that stuff out and see where all your money’s going and then see what you have for groceries.
00:05:05:16 – 00:05:25:02
Speaker 2
And you might want to add some more in there if you can afford that extra like healthier food. You don’t have to go crazy and get like everything organic and all that stuff. But I would be picky about certain things like your fruits and veggies, your meat, your bread, like some some of the basic things you would definitely want to have like be a healthier option.
00:05:25:02 – 00:05:57:21
Speaker 2
But like canned vegetables are still good for you, you know what I mean? Like, and vegetables themselves aren’t super expensive depending on where you’re getting them. So. But I also wanted to say that you’ve you resources awesome like UVU pantries awesome I think you’ve interviewed them before right and then the I think the sustainability group they have the Grit garden and they do fresh food Fridays so just like getting like using your resources is what I’m trying to say, like just making your budget, making your plan and then where you need to.
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Speaker 2
You can use resources to help like compensate for that. So.
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Speaker 1
Sure. Yeah. Took the words right.
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Speaker 4
Out of my mouth. Yeah.
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Speaker 1
Good Call out for the UVU food pantry or other food pantries. Yeah, they are. There for you. And you can go anytime, get what you need. They don’t. They ask for your UVU ID and how much you take just for documentation. But they don’t track it. They they just want to help you. And that’s like a really thing.
00:06:24:23 – 00:06:42:15
Speaker 1
I think one of the most important thing that they said on my podcast is like, um, let us take care of your food. Take care of what you need. Like, if you if you have a flat tire this week, pay for the tire. We got your groceries and like, Oh, it gives me chills. Yeah, it makes me so happy that they are there for you.
00:06:42:15 – 00:07:05:09
Speaker 1
And like you said, like there’s so many other resources where you can get this are, like, organic, like more healthy food for cheaper prices. You just have to find the right places, even though it’s like super simple to go to Walmart or you know, your to go trade, um, names but there are some smaller markets that yeah pretty decent prices Yeah.
00:07:05:16 – 00:07:08:10
Speaker 1
And they’re not as process that’s what I found yeah.
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Speaker 2
For sure one some places like that offer student discounts too or like military from the military or you know they offer things like that and then plus the starving student card is also really good There’s like a bunch of food places there, which that’s more like eating out type stuff, but you can find healthy options on there as well.
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Speaker 2
So I definitely would look at that as well. Yeah.
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Speaker 1
Resources. Resources follow. Christian. That’s my personal one. Yeah. Do you guys help with budgeting for those diets at all or. Yeah.
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Speaker 2
Okay. So we have we have in our health coaching, we have different topics. It goes from like sleep to exercise to nutrition to, you know, anything. But we have a, you know, oh, I’m going to use the word intuitive eating group, but then also healthy eating on a budget. So and it would be a health coach like me, we there’s like 12 of us.
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Speaker 2
So depending on what day it would be one of us. And we can sit down for like an hour and kind of make a plan of like how to budget for the healthier options.
00:08:06:23 – 00:08:24:02
Speaker 1
Perfect. That’s yeah, that is also a really awesome resource because it can be really overwhelming and something that’s like just another thing to think about on top of school. So that’s really nice to kind of just have somebody sit down and give you to talk you through it. Yeah, bounce it off. So that’s a really awesome thing. Yeah.
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Speaker 1
Okay. Next question. Um, this kind of goes along with we just said of how to maintain a healthy diet in college. Mm hmm.
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Speaker 2
Yeah, this one’s. This one. In addition to it, I feel like the first thing you really need is to have, like, a desire and make it a priority to be healthy, which is hard because you have so many things you’re focused on. But if you don’t have that, like, motivation to eat healthy, you’re not going to do it right.
00:08:50:20 – 00:09:08:21
Speaker 2
And so you have to get that motivation and get that like routine of like, okay, I’m buying healthy groceries, I’m going to make my food. I’m only going to eat out twice a week or something, you know, like make a schedule for yourself and get in a routine of eating healthy and find recipes. You enjoy making. And then also try new things because cooking is fun.
00:09:08:21 – 00:09:30:08
Speaker 2
Like cooking is an art and it doesn’t have to be hard because I used to hate cooking. Honestly, growing up I was like, I’m the youngest. And so I just was used to just like my mom making food or us going out to dinner. And so growing up now I’m like, Cooking is fun. It really is like trying new things, just kind of like making it my own and then like meal prepping and stuff.
00:09:30:08 – 00:09:46:09
Speaker 2
It just makes life a lot easier. And I also think I added this on to but, um, making your like, recipes or like looking at recipes before you go grocery shopping can help a ton because if you like, sometimes I’ll just buy random stuff that I know I like, but then I’m like, What am I going to make with this?
00:09:46:09 – 00:10:06:12
Speaker 2
Do you know what I mean? So it’s like if you have recipes and know what you’re going to make, it helps like grocery shopping a lot easier. So yeah, but we also have a dietitian here at UVU who goes more in-depth into it. She is like a registered dietitian, and so she can also help us get into her routine of like eating healthy during college as well.
00:10:06:12 – 00:10:25:09
Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. I think it’s important. It is kind of a it’s a commitment to yourself. You know, I do think one of the things I’ve been trying to do a little bit better recently because like I’ve been a little bit more committed to it. But I do think one of the things that motivates me is how much more fills you up.
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Speaker 4
Mm hmm.
00:10:26:08 – 00:10:42:15
Speaker 1
Because I feel like I have so many, like, easy, quick, like, meals. But I always want more or like, I always eat, like, so much more. But as soon as I like, eat that, like good healthy portion that like, has all of, like the sides of, you know, the nutrition, I feel like I’m okay with just that. Like one meal.
00:10:42:15 – 00:10:45:06
Speaker 1
Yeah. So maybe you’re making it a little easier on.
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Speaker 4
Yourself.
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Speaker 2
To.
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Speaker 1
Not have to find food every like, every so often. Yeah, but just have that good, solid, healthy on the day.
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Speaker 2
Yeah. Especially like prioritizing breakfast, I feel like because not a lot of people do, especially as college students, it’s like either you have an alien class or something, so you’re like rushing, but like overnight oats, protein shake, like something like getting that solid food in the morning will make a big difference for your day. Like get enough protein, like you said, like getting the nutrient dense food.
00:11:16:02 – 00:11:19:10
Speaker 2
Then you also worry about it, you know? So that’s sort of the bars.
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Speaker 1
Yeah. My best friend.
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Speaker 4
Oh, yeah. Cause it’s like my breakfast.
00:11:25:07 – 00:11:27:13
Speaker 1
Which there’s healthier options.
00:11:27:23 – 00:11:34:20
Speaker 2
But hey, it’s it’s better than not eating though, because sometimes you don’t eat and then you’re it’s like one and you’re like, Wait, I needed something.
00:11:34:20 – 00:11:52:22
Speaker 1
So also call back to the food pantry. You’re really big on that. If you forgot something for one of your meals, just go pick something up from. Yeah, and that’s way better than you. Like debating spending all your money in, like, one of those fast food places. Yeah. Or not eating.
00:11:52:22 – 00:11:55:16
Speaker 2
Yes. Which we argue, of course. You definitely don’t.
00:11:56:07 – 00:12:08:20
Speaker 1
Yeah, for sure. All right, Perfect. Thank you. Yeah. Um, the next one lost my place. Am Next question. Restrictive dieting and how it affects mental health. Yeah.
00:12:09:17 – 00:12:30:10
Speaker 2
So same with the intuitive eating, the health coaching topics that we have. We have the intuitive eating one that talks about this, which I do want to say this could be controversial, but I do want to say some people do just need to cut stuff out cold turkey and that works for them. They just either cut out sugar and just say, I’m not having sugar and that’s great for them.
00:12:30:10 – 00:12:53:09
Speaker 2
And then other people need more of a mix, like having a little bit of a balance, which that’s more how I am. Like I don’t buy little snacky things or like little chocolates or treats or anything because I know if they’re in my house, I’m just going to like, munch on them. But if I go to like my parent’s house or a party or a friend’s house or something and there’s like a cookie or chips or something like, I’ll take a few, you know, I don’t say like, okay, how about right?
00:12:53:09 – 00:13:11:18
Speaker 2
So I feel like there’s it really comes to balance, which it goes back to learning like your relationship with food. Does that make sense? It’s like knowing yourself and knowing how you react to certain foods and like how it makes you feel or even like thirst all the time. It’s like you might feel hungry, but you’re actually thirsty.
00:13:11:20 – 00:13:29:05
Speaker 2
Yeah. Or like knowing your hunger cues because, like, sometimes if you missed breakfast, you had a huge lunch and a huge dinner and you feel gross after. So it’s just like learning. You’re learning your body and learning how it deals with food is going to help a ton, especially with your mentality of having that relationship with food.
00:13:29:05 – 00:13:48:02
Speaker 1
So yeah, and I think I mean, it is your relationship with food, like how you grow up. For me personally, like a lot of people were really trying like cold turkey with me. That never worked because like after a month I’d just be like, I give up and they never go back. But one thing that worked for me personally was slowly adding to it.
00:13:48:02 – 00:14:02:23
Speaker 1
Like I really just had to change one thing every day. Like, okay, like maybe I’ll just make a better decision about this meal, but like, the rest is like, fine. I go, Yeah, we’re like, I’m going to change this meal out. You know, you really had to kind of just trial and error. Yeah.
00:14:03:17 – 00:14:04:01
Speaker 2
Yeah.
00:14:04:01 – 00:14:08:22
Speaker 1
Because, like, I could just stop. Like, I feel like that one just wrecked me for some reason, you know?
00:14:08:22 – 00:14:09:12
Speaker 2
It’s so true.
00:14:09:12 – 00:14:11:05
Speaker 1
Because I would give up so much quicker.
00:14:11:07 – 00:14:25:06
Speaker 2
Yeah, because some people it’s like when you say, Oh, I’m going to cut sugar, all they can think about is sugar, right? Yeah. So it’s like all they want is sugar and then they have a little bit and then they just like go crazy where it’s like if you balance then. But I mean, for some people that’s how they are.
00:14:25:07 – 00:14:38:18
Speaker 2
Like some people just, just need to kind of Yeah. So everyone’s just different. So you just have that’s why I say like, learn yourself, learn your hunger cues, learn how your body reacts to food and things like that. And then you can kind of just be patient and gentle with yourself.
00:14:38:18 – 00:14:41:00
Speaker 1
So it’s all tied together. Yeah, that’s what I like.
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Speaker 2
Balances key.
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Speaker 4
Yeah. There you go. Like, everything.
00:14:44:02 – 00:14:54:04
Speaker 1
Works hand in hand. Like. Like you understanding your mental health understands this, this physical, like this nutritional help. Yeah. That you’re working on. Yeah.
00:14:54:05 – 00:15:11:15
Speaker 2
And the last thing I say about that is if it is serious, get help. Like there’s a therapist, there’s a dietitian here on campus. And so it’s like if you really have a bad relationship with food and you need a professor or a professional, do it like please get the help because you don’t want to just try and muck through it on your own, you know?
00:15:11:15 – 00:15:19:09
Speaker 1
Yeah, absolutely. Like it’ll change. And it’s hard because like, there’s so many things being pushed out through. Yeah, I’ll take a minute. Like, I will.
00:15:19:09 – 00:15:20:10
Speaker 4
Probably talk about that too.
00:15:20:11 – 00:15:41:09
Speaker 1
Yeah. Like it gets really heavy and like, you just need the help. That’s why it’s really nice to talk somebody to somebody else because if you’re figuring out what works for you, you are way less likely to develop some more or to develop worse habits. Yeah, or relation or worse relationship with food.
00:15:41:09 – 00:15:42:05
Speaker 2
Yeah, for sure.
00:15:42:05 – 00:15:48:20
Speaker 1
Definitely true. This kind of is what we were talking about this whole time. The question was, does UVU have access to nutritional.
00:15:48:20 – 00:15:52:00
Speaker 4
Is the basic answer. Yes. We’ve been talking about this whole time.
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Speaker 2
We definitely do.
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Speaker 1
Pretty simple.
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Speaker 4
Um, well, just one by one.
00:15:57:13 – 00:16:14:17
Speaker 2
I mean you can look it up on the like give you a website. There’s we as interns. Technically some of us I think are they have their certifications for like being a nutritionist or like health coach. Um, and then a few of us are working towards getting a dietitian sort of and then we have an actual dietitian here as well.
00:16:14:17 – 00:16:21:01
Speaker 1
So Okay. And then it will mention this again at the end of the episode, what is the website that they can find you?
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Speaker 2
Or so I would look up UVU wellness programs. Okay, perfect. Yeah. And then it’ll tell you you can go through it all, but it’ll have all the interns there. I think it’ll have, Yeah. As our director, Kelly and Carrie, they’re kind of in charge. And then Janine is the dietitian, so all their information should be on the website.
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Speaker 2
Perfect.
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Speaker 1
Awesome. We love website with all of them.
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Speaker 4
I know QR codes are the best, but. Right.
00:16:47:19 – 00:17:28:01
Speaker 1
And that should be links in the description of this episode as awesome. Okay, I’m kind of buying this next question, but, um, the two questions are natural probiotics versus synthetic and weight loss injections. So kind of talking about all these different trans fads, however you want to call them with, with vitamins and like supplementation. TATIAN Yeah, yeah. Um, general message again, do your own research, go to your doctors, talk to many different doctors, like everybody has different opinion, really depends on body type person and everything, definitely.
00:17:28:01 – 00:17:33:14
Speaker 1
But what information do you guys usually provide for people coming asking you about that?
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Speaker 2
Yeah. So we we don’t go too in-depth. That’s more this question’s more for the dietician Janice because she’s qualified to answer this question for her in my own opinion. Um, I would say natural is probably what I would prefer. Just trying to eat yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kombucha. You know, get your probiotics naturally. But probiotics. I’m just gonna explain a little bit.
00:17:56:09 – 00:18:27:13
Speaker 2
I don’t know if everyone knows what they are. So probiotics are the elements in our gut, in our intestines and stomach that are beneficial for us. Beneficial bacteria, that’s the living organism is the probiotic. The prebiotic is like the food that you feed the probiotic with. So people will hear like pre pro and post biotic things. And so the pro is the actual organism, pre is a food that it use and post is like the access like ways that the bacteria kind of get rid of.
00:18:27:13 – 00:18:51:15
Speaker 2
So yeah just I would say try and get like more fermented food. I mean synthetic isn’t bad necessarily but there is I feel like easier ways to get it if you’re eating the right way up in your fermented, you know, yogurt, kefir, kombucha, that all that kind of stuff that’ll help with that. So that’s my own opinion. But yeah.
00:18:52:04 – 00:18:57:14
Speaker 1
For sure, if you, um, in my I’ve been doing a ton of research on this.
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Speaker 4
This.
00:18:58:15 – 00:19:29:12
Speaker 1
Year, um, just kind of came up on a lot of topics. If you are like looking for those, you know, synthetic or like the injections that are being really popular right now, you know, I would like you said, like, try these natural ways like first, like, because doing that really, really starts the process anyway and you can see like what’s effective and if that’s like really not working again, like I said, like you have to kind of work with these new types of medications.
00:19:29:12 – 00:19:54:18
Speaker 1
The correct way, otherwise it’s not going to work. Or, you know, worse things can happen. Like you really have to do your research and be talking to somebody throughout, like the whole entire process to make sure that you’re eating the right way with the specific things, like if you do choose to go down that road, um, which, you know, everybody person like has their own body is your choice.
00:19:55:07 – 00:20:13:05
Speaker 1
Um, but you know, just make sure you’re doing that correctly and you’re doing that for yourself in the correct way. Yeah. Because, you know, with every thing that you’re putting into your body sometimes has consequences, whether that’s negative or positive really depends on how it’s being used. Yeah.
00:20:13:05 – 00:20:14:04
Speaker 2
So yeah.
00:20:14:04 – 00:20:15:01
Speaker 1
With careful out there.
00:20:15:04 – 00:20:36:06
Speaker 2
Yeah, definitely. I didn’t say with the weight loss injections I definitely same thing start with a natural way because it really comes down to what you do daily. Well your daily habits day in, day out. What are you doing with your nutrition, with your exercise, with your sleep, with your stress? Like all those are factors and will affect your health, right?
00:20:36:06 – 00:20:50:09
Speaker 2
And so starting with those little changes day to day, you’ll start to see differences for sure for you. You know, everyone’s different. So it’s like individually, yeah, change little things here and there. But if you do need that extra help, then yeah, there’s ways to, to get that.
00:20:50:09 – 00:20:58:20
Speaker 1
So yeah. And I think with like all goes like all of these are or helps so it’s, it’s not just a magical solution and yeah.
00:20:59:01 – 00:20:59:15
Speaker 2
Exactly.
00:20:59:19 – 00:21:16:17
Speaker 1
Like a lot of these things have all the parts being put together in a puzzle piece and that’s like what you guys will go over anyways in like, you know how you’re helping or helping dietitian will just tell you how to kind of piece together. Yeah, that whole thing. Because it’s not just one.
00:21:16:20 – 00:21:21:18
Speaker 2
There’s, yeah, there’s no, yeah, there is a pill that could solve all our problems. I’m sure we would all be using.
00:21:21:18 – 00:21:24:00
Speaker 4
It right now. But we all, we.
00:21:24:00 – 00:21:44:01
Speaker 2
Don’t have that because everybody’s so different. It’s just so interesting because, like, we could both eat the same piece of broccoli and it will do different things in our bodies. Deal. I mean, so it’s it’s so health and nutrition is so personal. There is an overview for sure. There is like an overview of healthy habits, right? But it still comes down to a very personal thing.
00:21:44:01 – 00:21:52:10
Speaker 1
So and that’s why I really like this program, like where you’re meeting someone and talking through it. And that’s why I like coaching, especially when it’s a free resource.
00:21:52:13 – 00:21:52:18
Speaker 4
Yeah.
00:21:53:12 – 00:22:10:03
Speaker 1
Um, it’s kind of nice to really talk, get different ideas and especially with this, you have the opportunity to talk to a few different people as well. And I’m sure within there you guys all have different experiences and opinions that really kind of round everybody out. Definitely. That’s honestly kind of awesome.
00:22:10:11 – 00:22:14:09
Speaker 2
I really, yeah, it’s just a collaboration of thoughts and you should.
00:22:14:09 – 00:22:17:17
Speaker 1
Just take what you can ignore some others, you.
00:22:17:17 – 00:22:18:19
Speaker 4
Know? Yeah, I do that too.
00:22:19:22 – 00:22:31:18
Speaker 1
Um, okay. And then, um, a last question. Um, this is kind of a hard question. Yeah. And that one of them kind of is, uh, does red meat cause cancer?
00:22:32:08 – 00:22:34:02
Speaker 2
Yeah. I mean, they went straight to the point on.
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Speaker 4
Yeah, this is. I have to question you’re not medical professionals.
00:22:38:07 – 00:22:49:15
Speaker 1
But in your research and everything like that, um, do you typically suggest people stay away from red meat? Encourage it? What? What is your take on that?
00:22:49:15 – 00:23:14:17
Speaker 2
Yeah, how do I. Um, so a little background for this is my opinion and my experience. So I, my dad grew up on a cattle ranch in California and grew black Angus beef, and that’s what they did too, you know, so. Right. And so that’s how he was raised. And growing up, we’ve always had a garden and horses and goats and chickens and things, you know, we’ve always lived that kind of lifestyle.
00:23:15:11 – 00:23:33:07
Speaker 2
But then when I was about 14, I became a vegetarian and I’m an animal lover, so it was more of an ethical thing rather than a nutritional thing. Mm hmm. So I yeah, And my dad was really not I don’t I was a supportive he was supportive, but he, as a cattle rancher, was like, oh.
00:23:33:15 – 00:23:35:06
Speaker 4
I don’t know about that. So yeah.
00:23:35:17 – 00:23:52:15
Speaker 2
It was definitely a different but I’ve seen both sides. What I’m trying to say is I’ve seen both sides, I’ve seen the vegetarian side, and then I’ve seen the what meat is, you know, what animals are used for kind of a thing. So I did it for a year. Being a vegetarian, which I don’t love meat in general, naturally as an individual.
00:23:52:15 – 00:24:12:16
Speaker 2
So it wasn’t really hard for me, but I did notice I was lacking vitamin B12 and, you know, some nutrients and I was only 14, so I still was not like fully grown or anything. So I still was probably lacking on some nutrients. But then growing up, now I eat meat, but I’m not I’m not eating like a steak every day or anything like that.
00:24:12:16 – 00:24:31:06
Speaker 2
And I’ve seen people, you know, the carnivore diet and all these things where people are just eating like meat and salt, which I don’t know if that would be super sustainable just for my own research. Um, so honestly, what I wrote down is you just want to have a balance of all different types of food. Yeah, that’s really what it comes down to.
00:24:31:14 – 00:24:50:20
Speaker 2
I know there’s been research about too much red meat can cause blocked arteries and all that kind of thing. So but I don’t know if it actually causes cancer or not. So but I think too much of anything can be bad, right? So it’s like if you’re going to eat red meat every day, that might not be great if you ate only bananas every day.
00:24:50:20 – 00:25:10:11
Speaker 2
That’s also not going to be good either, right? You know what I mean? So just a balance. Just eat, you know, fish turkey, you know, and you don’t have to eat meat either. It’s like that’s not a requirement to be healthy to, you know, it’s like you can eat tofu and, you know, different sources of non meat products that will give you protein, rice and beans or a complete protein.
00:25:10:11 – 00:25:30:23
Speaker 2
So, you know, it’s like there’s ways to to have balance. If you don’t want to eat meat, you don’t have to. But if you want to, that’s great. Just make sure you get a variety salmon, turkey, fish, you know, all sorts of stuff. So that’s what I say. That’s I like I was like just kind of eat everything or I just kind of have a balance of fruit, vegetables, grains, meat.
00:25:31:12 – 00:25:32:14
Speaker 2
Yeah. So yeah.
00:25:32:14 – 00:25:34:13
Speaker 1
That is a question that’s kind of like, yeah.
00:25:34:22 – 00:25:35:07
Speaker 2
Yeah.
00:25:35:10 – 00:25:57:18
Speaker 1
It’s a kind of research still in progress, you know, there’s so many variables when it comes to all of this. Like it’s where it’s sourced. Yeah, just reacting to it. Allergies, like there’s, like tons upon variables. Every single person about, like, what it is because it very well could be a catalyst to someone. Yeah. Where another person, they’d be completely fine.
00:25:57:19 – 00:26:28:20
Speaker 1
It’s the same thing. Exactly. You and I could do the same exact same exact meals for a month and we’d have totally different results and like, you know, so it is really a conversation where what’s working and not and, you know, if you’re noticing like some problems or like you’re you were talking about like some vitamin deficiency, that’s when you go in and you talk to a dietitian or you just talk to some help or anything to kind of give you ideas to maybe change that, see how it’s affecting you and stuff like that.
00:26:29:12 – 00:26:32:18
Speaker 1
Um, and again, do your own research. Like, that’s.
00:26:32:18 – 00:26:33:20
Speaker 2
Like, that’s individual.
00:26:34:05 – 00:26:41:08
Speaker 1
Biggest thing about diet is as much as we wish it was kind of a mindless part of our lives.
00:26:41:22 – 00:26:42:04
Speaker 4
Where you.
00:26:42:04 – 00:26:53:03
Speaker 1
Constantly kind of have to apply and you know, like I said, make it a part, a mindful thing to that, make it your whole entire existence.
00:26:53:03 – 00:26:55:17
Speaker 2
Yeah, you definitely don’t want to hyperfocus on that.
00:26:55:20 – 00:26:59:17
Speaker 1
Yeah, I feel like I’ve definitely done that before. It’s sometimes very.
00:27:00:13 – 00:27:08:11
Speaker 2
Hard, like for your mental state and just the. Yeah, yeah. Definitely don’t hyperfocus but also keep aware of what you’re putting in your body.
00:27:08:15 – 00:27:33:09
Speaker 1
Sure Yeah that that will be my encouragement for all of you guys to go try out coaching and everything like that. Especially for my mind. Like that would make it so much easier just to kind of put aside a little bit of that stress. Yeah. Um, to have somebody be thinking about that with me where it’s not just like, Oh my gosh, I have to do this, have to do this, I have this, you know, where you can kind of go and be like, Oh, I have a plan, so I’m okay.
00:27:33:15 – 00:27:37:09
Speaker 1
Yeah, here. And so that’s what’s really nice. And like you said before.
00:27:37:20 – 00:27:39:02
Speaker 2
Free pre.
00:27:39:12 – 00:27:40:02
Speaker 1
Move, you were.
00:27:40:05 – 00:27:50:06
Speaker 2
So there’s so many topics to it’s like not just nutrition, there’s sleep, there’s exercise, there’s relationships, there’s anything covered in health. We go over or so perfect.
00:27:50:06 – 00:27:54:10
Speaker 1
And then one more time, um, what is the website that we can find you on.
00:27:54:10 – 00:28:00:16
Speaker 2
UVU wellness programs. Okay, that’s, I don’t know the exact like URL, but, but you just type in, you.
00:28:00:20 – 00:28:01:04
Speaker 4
Know, if.
00:28:01:04 – 00:28:06:20
Speaker 2
You type in UVU wellness programs, you’ll find a Yeah, and the room is SL 211 so.
00:28:07:06 – 00:28:11:04
Speaker 1
Student Life Center 211 which is just right down the hall from us.
00:28:11:20 – 00:28:12:11
Speaker 2
They were neighbors.
00:28:12:11 – 00:28:12:19
Speaker 4
Yeah.
00:28:13:09 – 00:28:15:04
Speaker 1
And then do you guys have any social media.
00:28:15:04 – 00:28:18:13
Speaker 2
That we can follow? We have UVU on. This program’s perfect.
00:28:18:13 – 00:28:26:13
Speaker 1
And we’re all on there and I’m assuming that will keep everybody up to date with guys. The programs you’re talking about, um, like Monday and Tuesday you guys have.
00:28:26:23 – 00:28:48:18
Speaker 2
So Mondays we it’s munchie Monday where the Monday team they do a little snack it’s usually like fruit or vegetable and that people haven’t tried very often I think they did like purple potatoes once and like kind of random like, hey, come them random stuff that you haven’t tried very often. And then Tuesdays, which I’m on the Tuesday team, we do like a little sample of a meal, kind of like I did Soup for mine.
00:28:49:03 – 00:28:58:14
Speaker 2
Someone did like a little non pizza, just different variety of like chips and salsa kind of random stuff, but just a little snack to get you through the day.
00:28:58:14 – 00:29:19:09
Speaker 1
Yeah, well, I encourage you guys to go look out for what they have going on at their program, even if it’s just a simple question going to go ask or if you want me to do this again to ask more questions, send me those questions will either bring you out or somebody else from your program to kind of go over some more and just answer the questions.
00:29:19:09 – 00:29:25:12
Speaker 1
That’s what I’m here for, to kind of introduce you to this program as well as answer and make your experience livable.
00:29:25:13 – 00:29:26:15
Speaker 4
Yeah, for sure.
00:29:27:01 – 00:29:39:12
Speaker 1
You will. Thank you again so much for coming on and sharing your knowledge and research with us. Thank you. And, um, thank you for joining us Wolverines. And we will see you next time. Have a good one.