{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Plant Powered Collective","title":"Healthy Eating Has a Marketing Problem: Supplements, Ultra-Processed Foods & What Women Really Need","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1436,"description":"Healthy Eating Has a Marketing Problem: Supplements, Ultra-Processed Foods & What Women Really Need\nHealthy eating has become incredibly complicated.\nOpen Instagram or TikTok and it can feel like we all need creatine, collagen, greens powders, electrolytes, probiotics, prebiotics, adaptogens, protein snacks, gut-health products, and a supplement stack just to get through the day.\nBut do we?\nIn this episode of the Plant Powered Collective Podcast, Lori Willinski, Integrative Nutritionist and founder of Plant Powered Collective, looks at the growing wellness-marketing machine and asks a simpler question:\nWhat do we actually need to support our health?\n\nPull up a chair at Lori’s table for a practical, non-judgmental conversation about supplements, ultra-processed foods, clean products in the home, healthy convenience, and how to tell the difference between something that is truly useful and something that is simply being marketed well.\nIn This Episode Lori talks about:\n• Why healthy living has become increasingly complicated\n• The difference between minimally processed convenience foods and ultra-processed products\n• Why “processed” and “ultra-processed” are not the same thing\n• What research tells us about ultra-processed foods, weight, appetite, and eating behavior\n• The landmark NIH study, “Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain”\n• The 2025 Nature Medicine trial comparing ultra-processed and minimally processed diets that both followed healthy-eating guidelines\n• Why creatine is getting so much attention, especially for women in midlife\n• What a 2026 meta-analysis found about creatine, lean mass, and leg strength in postmenopausal women\n• Why the benefit of creatine appears strongest when it is paired with resistance training\n• Where collagen may fit, and why it should not replace the foundations of good nutrition\n• Why not every wellness product is unnecessary\n• Lori’s conversation with Aiste Magitman, founder of Best Gut Forever, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/m2cQX15G4OBVwYhoNlq8JcB0Nvfy6CcbdhOu7TLDPbs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83N2Qx/MGJiOGRmNjYyZjQz/MGQzYjI3NWM2NTAy/Nzg1MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}