Follow This Food Plan and Never Diet Again!!!

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2021 and super excited that Kelly LeVeque joins us on the show today!

One of the struggles of many people of this generation is choosing what diet they should be following. Most of them get stressed out just because of the strict diet they are into.

If you are one of them, this episode is for you! You will learn so much from here, and you will be enlightened that improving your health shouldn’t be that difficult.

My guest today is Kelly LeVeque -- is a holistic nutritionist, wellness expert, celebrity health coach, and the best-selling author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day and host of the Be Well by Kelly podcast.

Her deep desire to help her clients, her passion for human nutrition, and her curiosity about how and why the body works drive Kelly to diligently study the latest research, evaluate competing theories and use this information to make individualized recommendations for her clients. Some of her clients include Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Chelsea Handler, Molly Sims, Emmy Rossum and many others.

Most importantly, Kelly’s practical and always optimistic approach to nutrition and wellness helps her readers improve their health, achieve their goals, and develop sustainable habits to live healthy and balanced lives.

Kelly’s website serves as a resource for her readers to find the latest research and rationale behind important nutrition principles, as well as delicious recipes and recommended products to fuel them well. In 2020, she launched the Be Well By Kelly Podcast to further provide listeners with her nutrition and wellness wisdom, and to introduce them to other health professionals with a wide array of experience and insights.

With the desire to provide her coaching expertise to the public, Kelly developed the Fab 4 Fundamentals course, in which she simplifies the science of nutrition and empowers participants to confidently take charge of their health. She has expanded her nutrition curriculum to include a second course, Fab 4 Pregnancy, to provide moms-to-be with the wisdom, encouragement, and thoroughly researched recommendations they need to nourish themselves before, during, and after pregnancy. Additionally, Kelly released the Be Well by Kelly Protein Powder to round out the Body Love toolkit. This protein powder harnesses the power and benefits of simple yet wholesome protein and can easily be used in one of Kelly’s favorite tools, the #fab4smoothie. Through all of these resources, Kelly seeks to provide men and women with the tools they need to transform their health and their lives through nourishing whole foods and body loving practices.

Kelly’s Backstory:

Kelly is the eldest among her siblings. Her father is an entrepreneur and was always teaching them to be able to fend for themselves. He is afraid of his daughters relying on him or someone else and he really wanted them to be independent.

Kelly went to USC and was an undergrad in business like her dad, then she took her science courses in her junior year -- nature of human health and disease and biology.

Fast forward, Kelly ended up in an eight year career in cancer, in genetics. She worked for big Fortune 500 companies like Johnson & Johnson, Whole Logic, and Stryker. She was always in cancer, the end of her career was really in the genetics of it.

She spent so much of those eight years reading PubMed research, and always went back to nutrition just was in love with it. Every year, she thinks to herself that she’s too old to go back to school, but her heart was always in nutrition and it was what she spent her time reading studies.

She decided to go back to school and took her job full time. Kelly was so thirsty for the knowledge and was really excited to share tools with people. And because it was her side hustle, she didn't have the pressure of earning money from it. She’s just having fun doing what she wants, but then it just kept growing and growing.

Topics discussed:

-The idea behind the Fab Four (protein, fat, fiber, greens)

-Fab Four explained

-Where did the whole “Body Love” thing come from?

-Kelly’s thoughts about people stress themselves out so much about what they're going to eat

-How was it for Kelly getting started in her own business and how did she end up coming across some of the amazing people she works with?

-What it really takes on the stunning celebrities’ end to look the way they do.

-Kelly’s courses, what they entail, and what people can expect to get out of them

-The Fab Four and Fab Four Pregnancy

-Kelly’s book, Body Love Everyday

-Kelly’s Swedish Grass-Fed Beef Protein Powder

-Kelly’s tips about what ingredients people should stay away from

-Other supplements Kelly recommends her clients aside from the protein powder

-The types of magnesium people should take and how it should be taken

-Kelly’s advice to her younger self

The Fab Four and Fab Four Pregnancy:

The Fab Four fundamentals is like all of the science that Kelly shares in her books. And the Fab Four pregnancy is all about how she’s using the Fab Four throughout her pregnancy to maintain an appropriate amount of weight gain, which can be a really touchy subject for women when they're pregnant.

Takeaways:

-We need to get essential amino acids or proteins from our food, whether you're raw vegan or carnivore, you have to get amino acids from your food.

-When it comes to healthy fats, you have essential fatty acids as well, those are your omega.

-The microbiome is the first barrier of defense.

-It's not about perfection. It's literally about consistency. It's about habits. And it's about feeling good about yourself and confident about your food choices.