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219: Creating Healthy Food Islands Part 2 with Erin Sparrold

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Helping You Understand Why To Create Healthy Food Islands:

Food Islands? Healthy or not so healthy, today we dig into ways for you to improve your healthy eating throughout the day. It doesn’t need to be a four course, gourmet meal to FUEL yourself.

Erin Sparrold, CN METS I, is a Sports Nutritionist with a passion for improving the nutritional health and performance of athletes. Erin’s focus lies in supporting her clients’ nutritional needs and their use of foods to help them build health while enhancing performance. She has over 20 years of nutrition coaching experience.

Erin holds a degree in Nutrition Science from the University of Arizona and a sports specific certification in Metabolic Efficiency Training™. Erin is actively involved with her alma mater’s continuing education professional development classes through its renowned Center for Integrative Medicine. A major focus of her studies is on nutritional interventions for the treatment of anxiety and depression, as well as using nutrition to help prevent heart disease and cancer. Additionally, she participates in a sports nutrition mentorship program with Bob Seebohar, a 2008 Olympic Team Dietician.

Erin works with a variety of high school and collegiate athletic teams, including Lehigh University Wrestling, Lafayette men’s soccer and women’s basketball, along with IronMan triathletes and other individual athletes at varying levels in their career. Her passion for helping people live healthier lives and compete at their best is evident through the time she spends with each of her clients and customizing their nutritional plans.

Erin’s curiosity into the science of nutrition began when she was a student-athlete. While competing as one of the top swimmers in her league, she credits her success to following her coaches’ recommendations for different nutritional strategies for training and competition cycles. Her success in swimming continued into master’s swim competitions and now into Ragnar Relay Races, Spartan Races, and Tough Mudders. Erin is currently training for her first triathlon. When it comes to testing out her sports nutrition wisdom, Erin literally puts into practice what she preaches to the athletes she serves today.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”09:10″] Red Wine.
[spp-timestamp time=”20:25″] Going to the butcher for fresh meat, slab bacon, plus other Healthy Food Islands.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:00″] Over-vilified dairy and other healthy fats. Lactose intolerance vs dairy allergies.
[spp-timestamp time=”42:00″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Create Your Own Healthy Food Islands. You Too Can LIVETHEFUEL! @erinsparrold @livethefuel “]

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Co-Host Links and Resources:

Mentioned Influencers:

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Past Appearances of Erin:

Final Words:

Leaving you with a stronger encouragement to simplify the process for yourselves, so you’re assembling easy meals. It does not need to be a four course, gourmet meal, everytime you need to FUEL yourself. Simplify the process and balance the nutrients.

Action Steps:

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159: Food Anxiety, Lists, and Life Balance with Single Mom Erin Sparrold

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Food Lists and Having Food Anxiety With Regular Co-Host, Sports Nutritionist Co-Host:

Today’s co-host is a foodie Sports Nutritionist that lives as a single mom foodie. She brings a lot of value to our audience around nutrition and healthy lifestyle encouragement, with a specialization in sports. All of this happens so she can talk to us today about food lists, food anxiety and much more!

Erin’s curiosity into the science of nutrition began when she was a student-athlete. While competing as one of the top swimmers in her conference, she credits her success to following her coaches’ recommendations for different nutritional strategies for training and competition cycles. Her success in swimming continued into master’s swim competitions and now into Ragnar Races, Spartan Races, and Tough Mudders. When it comes to testing out her sports nutrition wisdom, Erin literally puts into practice what she preaches to the athletes she serves today.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”40:00″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Create single mom success and healthy food lists with @ErinSparrold “]

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Dr. Megan Cannon PhD

Final Words:

FINAL WORDS…Pending

Action Steps:

Please Subscribe and Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review. The more reviews, the more people can find us. We love 5 Stars too!
Join our private Facebook Group community called THE FUEL TANK.
Visit our Resources page and a reminder to LIVE-THE-FUEL my friends!

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086: AHA, Coconut Oil, & Fat with Erin Sparrold, CN, MET

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Our Sports Nutritionist Co-Host Helps Address the AHA and Coconut Oil:

With the AHA publishing incorrect health guidance on Coconut Oil and Saturate Fat, our regular co-host Erin Sparrold returns! She’s a Sports Nutritionist with Mind of the Athlete and knows her body fuel!

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:40″] Welcome back Erin and her recent Ragnar Race completion.
[spp-timestamp time=”03:00″] The AHA confusing the public.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:30″] Vitamin deficiencies fuel depression.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:45″] Often if you’re addressing lifestyle and nutrition, you’d reduce the need for medications.
[spp-timestamp time=”07:45″] Erin drops the bomb on Coconut Oil and the American Heart Association relating to irresponsible journalism.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:20″] Often journalists don’t know what they’re writing about.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:50″] The incorrect article: “Coconut oil isn’t healthy. It’s never been healthy.”
[spp-timestamp time=”10:00″] Erin’s vents on the fact that the American Heart Association is still focused on Saturated Fat being the problem.
[spp-timestamp time=”10:50″] This is where the population gets confused.
[spp-timestamp time=”48:15″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Make positive changes in yours & other people’s lives in 2017 @LIVETHEFUEL “]

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Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Dr. Jack Wolfson

Final Words:

People get so afraid of food. It’s Erin’s passion and her goal to change that from fear to the power that food has. Teaching to build health into our bodies and to help people to understand how to use food to do that. Let’s get away from all of this fear-based messaging. We need to take a step back from that and learn how to empower ourselves and not to be afraid of it.

Action Steps:

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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038: 2017 Nutrition Balance with Erin Sparrold

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Nutrition Powered Co-Host for 2017:

Over the years we have been bombarded with fear-based messaging around nutrition and misinformation about body image. It’s around this time of year people decide to make fitness goals but begin on a foundation of this wrong information. Leading to poor results coupled with failed goals. Starting with your nutrition will help give your body the balance it needs to begin building your health and wellness. Helping us understand nutrition in 2017 is today’s Co-Host Erin Sparrold. Erin has over 20 years experience in the nutrition field, and is the Nutrition guru at Mind of the Athlete.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:28″] Erin originally majored in Political Science because she wanted to go on and work with the Government and become a Legislator. After taking a few courses in Political Science she realized it was not her thing. She felt she wasn’t assertive enough to be in the political world. Erin, being an athlete throughout College, always had a fascination with nutrition.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:34″] Competition changes your nutritional focus from your regular, non-athletic lifestyle nutrition. Erin has been at Mind of the Athlete for two years.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:49″] The pressures of Body Image.
[spp-timestamp time=”07:10″] The Secret Life of Fat by Dr. Sylvia Tara PhD and the dietary effects on women. When you have a women that has become too lean, it can have a negative impact on her hormonal cycling and her health.
[spp-timestamp time=”09:52″] Progesterone is one of the hormones in our bodies that stimulates and regulates various functions. There is so much fear based messaging around nutrition, but people do not understand the power nutrition has to building health and wellness.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:19″] Get yourself off of the magazine diet. There is so much misinformation in them.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:49″] Visiting a professional vs getting your information out of a magazine. Trying to sort through the noise.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:50″] Don’t knock it until you try it. Remove what is bad in your diet. Let your body balance and clean up then try to reintroducing it and see how your body reacts.
[spp-timestamp time=”18:09″] Behavior and food are really intertwined.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:49″] When you cut excess sugars out of your life, your energy curves start smoothing out. Your body is such a powerful machine, it will communicate with you.
[spp-timestamp time=”22:35″] Listening to your body. Learning how to nurture and take care of your body. Make the empowered choice to take care of your body.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:42″] The benefits of consuming healthy fats.
[spp-timestamp time=”27:39″] The Egg. One of the most perfect foods.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:08″] Using scales creates a really unhealthy relationship with your body.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:32″] Intermittent fasting and inflammatory weight.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:51″] Toxins that surround us and cleansing the right way.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:54″] Our bodies are really good at detoxifying ourselves. The unfortunate thing is we are exposed to so many more toxins now, our bodies can get overwhelmed. We cannot separate ourselves from our environment.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:41″] There is no standardized protocol for a cleanse. You do not want to be fully starving your body during a cleanse.
[spp-timestamp time=”37:05″] Lack of education. Always go for Nutrient density
[spp-timestamp time=”38:37 “] NSNG and Ketogenic
[spp-timestamp time=”41:00″] Metabolic Efficiency Training
[spp-timestamp time=”43:03″] Carbohydrates. Nutrient dense carbohydrates.
[spp-timestamp time=”44:54″] Nutrient quality. UnDenatured Protein
[spp-timestamp time=”48:08″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”2017 #Nutrition #Balance with @MindOfAthlete @ErinSparrold on LIVETHEFUEL”]

Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Final Words on Balance

Right now Erin and Dr. Megan Cannon of Mind of the Athlete are working hard to bring about some change in how people approach their bodies and their health. They are starting a program and launching a group that is meeting at Mind of the Athlete, starting January 9th 2017 called BALANCE. It is all about approaching your body image and your nutrition from a healthy place to build health. More than focusing on trying to lose weight. A lot of people miss the boat trying to make the number on the scale smaller. They make themselves much less healthy. Sometimes they just don’t know how to do it well.

Action Steps

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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