
Nutrition For Mortals
The podcast that says that life is too damn short to spend your time and attention worrying about your food choices. So join us, two Registered Dietitians (and friends!), as we explore the world of nutrition with a special focus on cultivating a healthy and peaceful relationship with food.
Latest episodes

Sep 19, 2024 • 7min
The Ancestral Diet Trend [TEASER]
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Sep 18, 2024 • 56min
The Raw Milk Movement
Over the last few years sales of raw, unpasteurized milk have skyrocketed. Raw milk advocates claim that pasteurization destroys key nutrients in milk and reduces important health benefits. But beyond the health claims, raw milk has become a symbol of consumer choice and a protest against government oversight and intervention. It may seem like a simple beverage, but it has become so much more! So join us, two registered dietitians, as we dig into the story and the science of the raw milk movement.
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Things we talked about and additional reading:
Effect of Pasteurization on Milk Vitamins
GABRIELA Study
Raw Milk Farm Outbreak
Raw Milk Consumption: Risks and Benefits
A History of Milk Hygiene
The Raw Milk Revolution
For feedback or to suggest a show topic email us at nutritionformortals@gmail.com
Feel free to contact our real, live nutrition counseling practice
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

Sep 4, 2024 • 42min
No Seriously, How Dangerous Are Ultra-Processed Foods?
Ultra-processed foods are an ultra-hot topic currently in the world of nutrition. Headlines abound suggesting that any consumption of ultra-processed foods will destroy our health and cause a multitude of chronic diseases. But what makes a food ultra-processed? And does current research on ultra-processed foods and health risks support these extreme declarations? Join us, two registered dietitians, as we separate fact from fiction in the world of ultra-processed foods.
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Things we talked about:
Gyorgy Scrinis on “Nutritionism” and UPFs
UPF Umbrella Review
Obs. Study #1 on Metabolic Syndrome and UPFs
Obs. Study #2 on Diabetes and UPFs
Obs. Study #3 on Colorectal Cancer and UPFs
RCT on UPFs
Kevin Hall Interview on Chasing Life Podcast
For feedback or to suggest a show topic email us at nutritionformortals@gmail.com
Feel free to contact our real, live nutrition counseling practice
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

Aug 21, 2024 • 47min
N4M Best Of: Can You Hack Your Metabolism?
This is a re-release of an episode originally shared 11/01/2023
Jen and Matt are on summer break drinking Mai Tais on the beach. Or wait, no, I think we said we're floating around on the International Space Station. We're losing the thread at this point! In reality we're working hard on future episodes and seeing clients. New main feed episodes return in September!
If you'd like to support us and hear monthly bonus episodes all summer, join our Patreon!
If you, or someone you know, is looking to work with a registered dietitian, feel free to reach out to us. We see clients virtually and in our Newburyport, MA office.
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

Aug 13, 2024 • 12min
Jordan Rubin & His Biblical Diets [TEASER]
What a rollercoaster!
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Aug 7, 2024 • 45min
N4M Best Of: Plant Panic!! (Anti-Nutrients & Seeds Oils)
This is a re-release of an episode originally shared 7/26/2023
Jen and Matt are on summer break drinking Mai Tais on the beach. Or wait, no, I think we said we're floating around on the International Space Station. We're losing the thread at this point! In reality we're working hard on future episodes and seeing clients. New main feed episodes return in September!
If you'd like to support us and hear monthly bonus episodes all summer, join our Patreon!
If you, or someone you know, is looking to work with a registered dietitian, feel free to reach out to us. We see clients virtually and in our Newburyport, MA office.
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

Jul 24, 2024 • 38min
N4M Best Of: Let's Talk About Optavia...
This is a re-release of an episode originally shared 11/15/2023
Jen and Matt are on summer break drinking Mai Tais on the beach. Or wait, no, I think we said we're floating around on the International Space Station. We're losing the thread at this point! In reality we're working hard on future episodes and seeing clients. New main feed episodes return in September!
If you'd like to support us and hear monthly bonus episodes all summer, join our Patreon!
If you, or someone you know, is looking to work with a registered dietitian, feel free to reach out to us. We see clients virtually and in our Newburyport, MA office.
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

Jul 17, 2024 • 10min
William Davis’ "Wheat Belly” [TEASER]
Do ya’ll remember Wheat Belly?!
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Jul 10, 2024 • 47min
N4M Best Of: Nutrition on Social Media (Navigating the Chaos)
This is a re-release of an episode originally shared 09/20/2023
Jen and Matt are on summer break drinking Mai Tais on the beach. Or wait, no, I think we said we're floating around on the International Space Station. We're losing the thread at this point! In reality we're working hard on future episodes and seeing clients. New main feed episodes return in September!
If you'd like to support us and hear monthly bonus episodes all summer, join our Patreon!
And if you, or someone you know, is looking to work with a registered dietitian, feel free to reach out to us. We see clients virtually and in our Newburyport, MA office.
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

Jun 26, 2024 • 33min
Nutrition in Space!
Space, the final frontier! Have you ever wondered how the nutrition needs of an astronaut change when they enter space? Or whether or not Matt Damon really could survive on potatoes grown in Martian soil? How about making cricket bread and cultured meat in space? Well join us, two Registered Dietitians and NASA Nutritionist Dr. Scott M. Smith as we answer these questions (and more!) and learn all about how nutrition in space actually works.
And just a quick reminder, this is our last new main feed episode until September, but don’t worry, we’ll be back in the fall!
Want to support the show and get bonus episodes? Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nutritionformortals
Don’t want to miss any episodes in the future? Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!
Dr. Scott M. Smith’s book
For feedback or to suggest a show topic email us at nutritionformortals@gmail.com
Feel free to contact our real, live nutrition counseling practice
**This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**