{"podcast":{"title":"Salad With a Side of Fries  Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss","slug":"salad-with-a-side-of-fries-nutrition-wellness-weight-loss-91254","podcast_index_feed_id":91254,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/saladwithasideoffries/","website_url":"https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/17090c4b-20bf-4d1b-8143-8fd3d4ad9151/salad-with-a-side-of-fries-artwork.jpg","author":"Jenn Trepeck","episode_count":694,"summary":"Nutrition tips that actually work. Real-life healthy eating, balanced diet tools, and weight loss tips you can use today with coach Jenn Trepeck.* If you have searched for nutrition tips, tried to keep a healthy lifestyle, or felt stuck following popular weight loss tips, this podcast is for you. Get straightforward wellness advice that works in real life, plus strategies for a balanced diet, sustainable healthy eating, and a smarter approach to fitness and nutrition. Is your diet making you hungrier, crankier, or less healthy? Tune in and find out.* Free gift: Schedule a 15-minute curiosity call with Jenn to explore what is possible for you. https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/contact/ Welcome to Salad with a Side of Fries, where wellness meets real life. Award-winning host Jenn Trepeck, health and lifestyle coach and author of Uncomplicating Wellness, cuts through the noise with clear answers you can trust. Ranked in the top 1.5% of podcasts worldwide, the show won Ear Worthy’s Best Health Podcast in 2024 and 2025 and was nominated for Best Independent Podcast both years. Jenn also won Women Who Podcast’s Stellar Interview award in 2025 after being named one of Podcast Magazine’s…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:17:49.361648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salad-with-a-side-of-fries-nutrition-wellness-weight-loss-91254"},"episode":{"title":"April Fools: These Healthy Foods Aren’t as Healthy as You Think","slug":"april-fools-these-healthy-foods-aren-t-as-healthy-as-you-think","published_at":"2026-04-01T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salad-with-a-side-of-fries-nutrition-wellness-weight-loss-91254/april-fools-these-healthy-foods-aren-t-as-healthy-as-you-think","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/salad-with-a-side-of-fries-nutrition-wellness-weight-loss-91254","url":"https://saladwithasideoffries.captivate.fm/episode/april-fools-these-healthy-foods-arent-as-healthy-as-you-think","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e8fd5c00-d574-44ca-af0d-65fa686ca825.mp3","summary":"Your grocery cart full of “healthy” food labels might be lying to you. The foods you reach for because they sound clean, light, or natural may be doing very little, or worse, working against your health goals. This episode is the April Fools reality check nobody asked for, but everybody needs. Jenn Trepeck, host of Salad with a Side of Fries and certified health and lifestyle coach, walks through four categories of foods marketed as healthy that are anything but: breakfast staples, popular snacks, trendy drinks, and wellness-washed products. Backed by real-food labeling lawsuits and honest nutrition breakdowns, Jenn helps you see past the clever packaging so you can make choices that actually serve you without throwing out everything you enjoy. What You Will Learn in This Episode: ✅ Why beloved breakfast options like granola, acai bowls, and avocado toast often fall short as complete, balanced meals and what to do instead ✅ How popular snack foods, such as veggie chips, rice cakes, and trail mix, use smart packaging to appear nutritious while delivering mostly empty carbohydrates ✅ The truth behind drinks marketed for health, including green juice, vitamin water, and plant-based milks, and how misleading marketing has shaped what we put in our bodies ✅ How major brands, including Naked Juice, Kashi, and Halo Top, have faced food labeling lawsuits over sugar content and natural claims, and what this means for how you shop The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics, debunking myths, misinformation, and flawed science surrounding nutrition and the food industry. 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