About this episode

Dr. Vera Tarman interviews Chérie St. Arnauld about grassroots mobilization in the fight against ultra-processed foods and the impact of personal experiences on policy change.

What does it take to turn personal pain into policy change? In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Chérie St. Arnauld, Executive Director of Metabolic Revolution and a passionate advocate for metabolic health, to explore the power of grassroots mobilization in the fight against ultra-processed foods. Chérie grew up in a household shaped by economic constraints and ultra-processed food. It was her sister's cancer diagnosis, and the radical dietary intervention that gave her 10 more years of life, that forever changed how Chérie understood the relationship between food and healing. Today, she's channeling that lived experience into one of the most dynamic grassroots organizations in the metabolic health space. In this conversation, Vera and Chérie explore what the food addiction and metabolic health communities can learn from each other, and what it actually looks like to build a movement from the ground up. 🎙️ What We Cover: • Chérie's story: growing up on ultra-processed foods, her sister's illness, and the whole-food dietary shift that changed everything • How a ketogenic diet transformed Chérie's mental health and clarity • The founding of Metabolic Revolution and its…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Vera Tarman

Guest: Chérie St. Arnauld

Topics covered

• food addiction
• grassroots mobilization
• metabolic health
• policy change
• personal experience
• dietary intervention

Keywords

• food addiction
• grassroots mobilization
• metabolic health
• ultra-processed foods
• ketogenic diet
• policy change
• dietary intervention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metabolic Revolution

Products: ultra-processed foods, ketogenic diet

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