Welcome to Proper Mental episode 57 and my guest this week is Rachel Philpotts, a registered nutritionist, health science writer and mental health expert.
Prior to becoming a nutritionist, Rachel enjoyed a successful 13-year commercial career. However, her career-girl lifestyle caught up with her in her 30s and left her a shadow of her former self. It took total burnout to make her realise something had to change.
It was during this time that she discovered the concept of functional medicine. The simple nutrition and lifestyle change she made transformed her health, and she was inspired to quit the corporate world and retrain.
She is now the founder of re:Nutrition, an online nutrition and lifestyle medicine clinic that helps other stressed-out career women to improve their mood naturally.
Rachel and I chat about all thing’s nutrition and lifestyle medicine. We cover hydration, protein, caffeine and alcohol and how these things affect our mood. We also chat about self-care, community and connection and Rachel takes me through her process of putting all these things together.
You can learn more about Rachel and her work via her website www.re-nutrition.co.uk or via social media @re_nutrition.
Rachel also writes for BBC Good Food which you can find here: Rachel Philpotts - BBC Good Food
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