Episode 37: Eat For Health, Nourishment, and Performance with Jorie Janzen
1 hour 20 mins
Jorie is an RD (registered dietitian) and the Director of Sport Dietetics at the Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba. She holds a Diploma in Sport Nutrition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is currently the lead for performance nutrition services for Curling Canada and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Jorie works with other professional athletes and high performers, including members of the Winnipeg Jets and the Faculty of Family Medicine at the University of Manitoba. She often sees links between nutrition counseling and other areas of life; she recently completed a Women in Leadership program at Cornell University and is a certified Life and Executive Coach through the Certified Coaches Federation (CCF).
Jorie’s approach to nutrition and food is grounded in curiosity, an open mind, meeting people where they are at, and helping people do the best they can with what they have:
Let's not get stuck on right and wrong around eating. And let's explore what works best for you right now; it doesn't mean that you won't change up things as you move along in your journey of this life. But I don't think that food should consume all of our thoughts and our mission.
Jorie provides us with real-life advice for eating for health, nourishment, and performance. She compares how we fuel our bodies to stoking a campfire and talks about fuelling for performance by comparing food choices to gassing up our cars through a discussion around types of fuel and how full our tanks need to be. We also discuss diets, sustainable eating, nutrition trends, and strategies to use and try with kids (yes, veggies are important, but everything in moderation can be best - so ice cream and candy are ok!) Jorie reminds us that we are all humans first, and performance of any kind only comes when we work directly with the human in front of us (and their reality).
Highly knowledgeable and deeply caring, we learned a ton in our time with Jorie and are sure you will too. Please enjoy our discussion with Registered Dietitian Jorie Janzen.
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