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31. Natalie Rizzo (Greenletes)
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- The Fueling Forward Podcast
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- May 1, 2026
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- 3115
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Summary
This episode is an interview with NYC based RD, Natalie Rizzo. Natalie is the owner of Greenletes, a plant-based sports nutrition company, and she works primarily with plant-based athletes to help them learn how to fuel for health and performance on a plant-based diet. She has her Master's in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from Columbia University and is the author of the cookbook Planted Performance. Natalie has been a vegetarian herself for over 15 years, and has completed 2 marathons and over 20 half marathons. She's also a mom to 2 boys. In this episode, we talk about: How Natalie found running later in life and caught the bug after finishing her first race Natalie's winding path to finding nutrition as a career after originally going into sales Her decision to become vegetarian and how she learned about plant-based sports nutrition through her own experiences Myths around plant-based eating for athletes How to navigate fiber intake as a plant-based athletes, and ideas for lunches for runners training in the afternoon/evening Top nutrition recommendations for plant-based runners and tips for anyone who is interested in becoming plant-based If you're interested in working with Natalie, you can learn more on her website https://greenletes.com/ and you can find her on Instagram @greenletes