The Allsorts Podcast

You can’t see it. But it’s there. Coursing through your bloodstream just waiting to pounce...on unsuspecting microbes. Yep, it’s your immune system. Weird, misunderstood and probably my favourite perk of being human, aside from your gut of course. Here to chat everything immunity, is my friend Dr. Jennifer Gardy—a gifted science communicator, brilliant infectious disease epidemiologist, and the au...

For our first episode of the season, I’m super thrilled to announce a conversation with one of my gut heroes, the incredible gastroenterologist, Dr. Robynne Chutkan! In this episode, we cover what an integrative approach to gut health actually looks like. ( Spoiler alert : it means using nutrition, movement, and stress management in addition to appropriate medications—instead of shunning one for t...

You guys! I can not believe we’re at our FINAL EPISODE of the season! And for this very special moment, I am thrilled to bring you one of the most notable plant-based gastroenterologists in the world: bestselling author, and public health expert, Dr. Alan Desmond. I get, like, super nerd excited about speaking to docs who are into nutrition. As a dietitian who’s worked in digestive health for a de...

I’m speaking with Maia Wikler, who is an impressive force for climate advocacy and environmental justice. Maia is a PhD student in Political Ecology and journalist for outlets such as Teen Vogue and VICE . On this episode we chat about: The importance of access to nature on our health—and why we need to fight for it How early health challenges led Maia to understand how the health of the environme...

What does it mean to you to ‘eat well’...and where did those beliefs and ideas come from? I find myself asking these types of questions more and more as I realize that so many of my beliefs around success, happiness and yes, health, came from a very specific + one sided dialogue in our culture. And I am so consistently inspired by folks who embody a different way of being: one that feels abundant...

Something up with your gut? You’re not alone: gut issues seem to be plaguing more of us than ever before. Researchers have found that folks who are adopting “Western-style” eating patterns have lost specific gut microbiota niches that those who eat more traditional cultural diets haven’t. Tackling this problem on a daily basis is our next guest, Andrea Hardy . She’s encouraged by the fascinating s...

There’s so much more to health than what grabs our attention these days (I mean … when can we stop talking about weight!?). That’s why I’m thrilled to bring you this episode with Deanna Belleny Lewis who has spent most of her career working in food policy and directly within community health. She once tried to get rid of BMI as a measure for food program funding and places her efforts instead on t...

Did you know that fear of food might actually create intolerance? Now, no one is saying intolerance symptoms are “all in your head” because they’re not...but the nervous system is definitely involved. Fear is a full body reaction and the stories we hear about certain foods can imprint that fear on to our nervous (read: "limbic") system. Wendy Busse knows that well: In dealing with clients who fell...

Do you know what endometriosis is? If you’re like so many of us, you might not...even if you have it yourself (and don’t know it!). Which is why this episode with Jessica Murnane is so important. Jessica suffered from endometriosis for a decade before receiving a diagnosis: her condition took her to the emergency room on multiple occasions and left her in constant, debilitating pain. After living...

They say it takes a village...but these days, I feel like many of us are way more isolated IRL than ever before. I've always thought of myself as more of a lone wolf, cuz I'm an introvert who works alone most of the time. But in reality, I'm in community with some very amazing folks, like Zach Berman of the Juice Truck. Zach is one of the kindest and coolest humans ever, so I wanted to talk to him...

I may be a dietitian, but I still feel like feeding my kids is its own special brand of challenge. Whether dinner time feels like an uphill battle, you've got a new baby to feed or you're wondering how to help your kids have a healthier relationship with food, this is the episode for you. I'm talking to two dietitians (and moms!) who literally wrote the book on feeding kids, Sarah Remmer RD and Ca...

There is a gazillion-dollar diet industry trying to convince you that you need to go on a diet in order to be a better version of yourself. They set you up by telling you all of the things that are wrong with you and promise that if only you followed their very specific advice, everything would be better. These diets follow a very specific formula: choose a culprit, like gluten, lectins or oils. M...

The internet really gets its knickers in a knot about soy...but what about the actual science?  I've asked one of my favourite nutrition science communicators, Dr Matthew Nagra ND, to come and untangle the web of controversy about soy and serve some straight up science to help us eat with confidence. Dr Nagra is an amazing resource when it comes to evaluating the science of nutrition and I va...

Are you plant-curious? Wanting to eat a more plant-focused diet...or perhaps go completely plant-based or vegan? Then you don't want to miss this episode with the talented Catherine Perez, a registered dietitian and creator of the successful @plantbasedrd Instagram account where she shares the most flavourful - and actually doable! - plant-based meals. I knew Catherine was the perfect person to he...

Being a mom is full on. So is entrepreneurship. What if you're both?  I'm talking to my dear friend and colleague Tori Wesszer of Fraiche Living about entrepreneurship, motherhood and how she keeps it all in balance (most of the time!). Tori has created an incredible digital media empire that is dedicated to helping us find the joy, beauty (and deliciousness!) in the every day. Her recipes al...

Ever wondered why science seems to flip flop so hard on nutrition?  Like, why wine is good for you one day...and not the next? Or, how health professionals can have such different views on what makes for good nutrition? Nutrition isn't one size fits all, but that's how we've been trying to study it. Until now. I'm talking to rock star researcher Professor Tim Spector about how nutrition is in...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Allsorts Podcast!  As a dietitian, I have been dreaming of creating a space where we can hold meaningful conversations about nutrition and wellbeing in a way that is nourishing, generative and doesn't leave you feeling confused or lacking in some way. It's hard to get nutrition right in 30 second sound bites, so The Allsorts Podcast is our new home bas...

Welcome to the Allsorts Podcast! We're all about making nutrition and wellness actually helpful. No diets. No icky pseudoscience. Definitely zero guilt, shame and comparison. We live for science, lived experience and joy in equal measure. If you're a nutrition and wellness lover, you're in the right place. We'll be talking with inspiring folks from all over the world who are the very best at what...