Episode Details

In this episode, Sam sits down with Vanessa Rissetto, a registered dietitian, Scorpio, and founder of Culina Health. They talk about the brokenness of American healthcare and how Culina is creating an inclusive nutrition economy before deep diving on all the buzzy topics we can't seem to escape in 2025. What are ultraprocessed foods doing to our bodies? Are seed oils really that bad? Are GLP-1s like Ozempic safe for aesthetic weight loss purposes?

Listen to this episode if you've ever asked yourself any of those questions, if you're struggling with food noise in the wellness space, or if you want to hear realness from someone who's highly trained and certified to advise you...instead of a healthtokker.

Key moments:

00:00:35 Guest intro

00:03:17 The couple that changed Vanessa’s career

00:06:11 The trend of protein-heavy diets and omitting certain food groups

00:08:53 Why registered dietitians are not historically accessible (+ some shade lol)

00:13:10 Sam’s functional health and supplements journey

00:14:43 How Culina makes registered dietitians accessible by leveraging insurance

00:16:56 How the nutrition and dietitian industries are not inclusive

00:19:20 Vanessa’s input on buzzy/trendy health and nutrition topics

00:20:32 Ultraprocessed foods

00:22:05 What ultraprocessed foods do to our bodies

00:23:49 How to easily identify which foods are ultraprocessed

00:26:05 Some foods that you wouldn’t expect to be ultraprocessed…but are

00:28:20 Food dyes

00:29:45 Getting in the weeds on small health things and losing sight of the big picture

00:31:41 SEED OILS!!! In CAPS LOCK bc I know you wanna know lol

00:31:59 Do seed oils cause inflammation?

00:32:38 The serving size conversation that we ALL need to hear

00:37:26 What are the worst foods??? Sugary cereals, processed meats, etc. PLUS a grocery shopping life hack

00:41:10 What kinds of foods should we actively seek out and add to our diets?

00:43:36 Why does it feel like even the healthy foods are unhealthy these days?

00:44:44 What words do you look for on food packaging?

00:48:58 Vanessa’s breast cancer story

00:50:22 Everything is a carcinogen SOS

00:52:21 How Vanessa changed her habits after beating cancer

00:55:21 Biggest nutrition myths

00:58:20 GLP-1s: What they are and how they work

01:01:51 Short-term effects of GLP-1s

01:02:41 Long-term effects of GLP-1s

01:05:00 Everyone is body positive until it comes to themselves: transparency and responsibility

01:09:45 Health tests (GI MAP, DUTCH Test, etc.) are kinda BS 🤐

01:16:55 The future of nutrition trends and the global health conversation

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