Episode 020: Better Nutrition Simplified w/ Ashley Koff

Today’s guest is Ashley Koff, the international renowned registered dietitian who has over 40,000 followers on Twitter! And it’s no surprise so many people are hanging onto her every word because her insight into what makes nutrition better for everyone is definitely going to change your perspective on what it means to eat well and live healthy. We all suffer from what Ashley calls “nutrition whiplash”, this back-and-forth between the hottest diets and the newest powerfoods. But how can you find the one diet that’s right for you? And the one that still tastes good? Ashley breaks down the 4 principles of her Better Nutrition Simplified Program and teaches you how to align them with how your body works and digests food. Only by focusing on your lifestyle, your body, and your health goals will you uncover what makes for your better nutrition. 

ABOUT ASHLEY KOFF, RDN…

Ashley is an internationally-renowned registered dietitian who believes better nutrition is simple, but isn’t typically explained that way. To that end, Koff created a tool-kit: “The Better Nutrition Simplified Program” which offers several tools to make better nutrition, simple and accessible for everyone.The Better Nutrition Simplified program includes easy meal planning tools such as “The Better Nutrition, Simplified Plan”and “Better Nutrition Simplified Pit Stops,” as well as a tool for food and supplemental foods selection “The AKA (Ashley Koff Approved) Personal Shopper.” Koff also offers Better Nutrition Simplified Quick Start video consults and the opportunity to arrange personal consults.

Koff shares her message with millions, regularly, as a go-to expert for the country’s leading media outlets. She appears regularly on local and national television including The Dr. Oz Show, Fox DC, The Doctors, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, Fox & Friends, and is a guest of Naturally Savvy’s program on RadioMD twice monthly. Koff lends her expertise to and writes articles for national publications, including Dr Oz The Good Life, The New York Times, O!: The Oprah Magazine, First for Women, InStyle, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Redbook, and Women’s Health. She is currently a contributing editor for Prevention and on the Advisory Boards of Fitness and Prevention magazines. She created and was the lead expert for Huffington Post Living’s“Total Energy Makeover with Ashley Koff RD” which aired monthly on “Good Morning America Health,” and was the featured dietitian for Deepak Chopra’s YouTube show, “30Days of Intent.” In addition, Koff’s been the featured on-air dietitian for several reality shows including the CW’s“Shedding for the Wedding” and Lifetime’s “Love Handles.”

Koff began her nutrition career as a practitioner and continues to maintain a high-profile, international nutrition practice providing personalized nutrition recommendations with an integrative nutrition approach. She enjoys working collaboratively with other healthcare practitioners to optimize patient outcomes. She’s a member of several Scientific Advisory boards and serves on the faculty of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Koff was educated at both Duke and New York Universities and trained at LA+USC and Columbus Children’s hospitals. She completed coursework for Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) and continues her education with online integrative medicine modules and conferences.

 “I realized that the core of better health is better nutrition, and I want to teach that message to people.” – Ashley

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN TODAY’S EPISODE…

1:33 Ashley breaks down the variety of reasons that inspired her to become a dietitian

4:41 Ashley talks about her ‘Better Nutrition Simplified Program’

5:55 Ashley’s Mid-Professional-Life Crisis

10:04 Ashley created a virtual toolkit to help you implement better nutrition

13:14 Media is to blame when it comes to over-simplifying nutrition

14:20 What happens when we read something new in the health food world?

20:40 Ashley’s favorite Tony Robbins quote

22:24 Ashley’s famous Pit Stop Recipes from her program

23:45 The best body to race car metaphor you will ever hear

26:36 How to use the Better Nutrition program with your unique dietary needs

27:12 What inspired Ashley to start her own podcast (as well as a few of her favorites!)

33:35 What kinds of excuses do we make when we eat badly and how to overcome these excuses?

35:44 Ashley’s secret to weight management

“It’s not about weight management. It’s really about your health and pursuing better health.” – Ashley

38:01 The role your digestion plays in weight management

41:24 Ashley’s foodie heroes (she has a ton!)

44:18 What resources does Ashley reach out for?

46:25 Some weird foods Ashley loves to eat (especially for breakfast)

48:49 Ashley’s favorite pre-workout snack

49:19 Why broccoli is so great for detoxing

49:53 Follow Ashley on Twitter @ashleykoff and Facebook

“This is just one of those unique areas in life where we can be doing everything… that is working for us…and we can be thrown off and influenced by that shiny car, that new idea, that promise.” – Ashley

SOME OF THE RESOURCES DISCUSSED…

Don’t forget to check out Ashley’s website to get a hand on her recipes at her Better Nutrition Simplified program

You can also tune in to Ashley’s podcast with Robyn O’Brien on iTunes

And visit Ashley’s own page on Beauty Counter

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