Nutritional considerations for gender-diverse people - With Dr. Whitney Linsenmeyer - Ep. 11

How can hormone replacement therapy impact the health of a gender-diverse person? How do you know whether to use female or male reference values to calculate your caloric needs and other nutritional needs? Which nutritional principles would you benefit from basing your diet on as a gender-diverse or cisgender person? Dr. Whitney Linsenmeyer, a Registered Dietician, an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University in Missouri, and a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, joins me on the podcast to cover the answers to all these questions… and more! Resources: Dr. Whitney Linsenmeyer: https://www.slu.edu/doisy/faculty/linsenmeyer-whitney.php Dr. Linsenmeyer’s gender-inclusive handouts on healthy eating guidelines: https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/transgendernutrition/home More information on the sex-specific aspect of a nutrition assessment – “An Examination of the Sex-Specific Nature of Nutrition Assessment within the Nutrition Care Process: Considerations for Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners Working with Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients”: https://www.jandonline.org/action/showPdf?pii=S2212-2672%2822%2900106-X Harvard Health website for more information on the Mediterranean diet: https://www.health.harvard.edu WPATH Standards of Care: https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc University of California San Francisco Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People: https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines The DASH diet: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/education/dash-eating-plan The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025: https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/Dietary_Guidelines_for_Americans_2020-2025.pdf The EatWell Guide (UK) - https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-guidelines-and-food-labels/the-eatwell-guide/ Follow me on Instagram @nikias_fittotransform http://instagram.com/nikias_fittotransform/ Visit my website: https://www.fittotransformtraining.com Join the waiting list for Transformation Kickstart: https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/group-coaching.html Sign up for one on one coaching: https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html Sign up for my free newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/157389602fb0/mailinglist Sign up for the No Quit Kit email series on fat loss success: https://mailchi.mp/4b368c26baa8/noquitkitsignup