Next Level Healing·October 28, 2026·50 min·1 min read
She Helps Elite Athletes Fuel Their Bodies. Her Advice for the Rest of Us May Surprise You | Julia Furlipa
With Julia Furlipa
Next Level Healing Podcast
She Helps Elite Athletes Fuel Their Bodies. Her Advice for the Rest of Us May Surprise You | Julia Furlipa, with Julia Furlipa
Chapters
10 marks- 4:31A Mother's Cancer Diagnosis and Nutritional Gaps
- 8:45Unlearning Childhood Eating Patterns
- 16:28Transitioning to a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet
- 21:34Fueling NBA Athletes for Peak Performance
- 27:09The Core Foundation: Sleep, Routines, and Hydration
- 28:52Adding Instead of Subtracting Foods
- 32:08The Calorie Restriction Myth
- 40:06Client Transformation: Restoring Mobility and Energy
- 43:20Mindset and Holistic Health Turnarounds
- 44:40Three Simple Habits for Immediate Vitality
In this episode
NBA nutritionist Julia Furlipa reveals why peak energy, sustainable weight loss, and healing happen when you add nutrient-dense foods instead of cutting calories.
Featured books
The 7+ Lifestyle
by Julia Furlipa
Crazy Sexy Diet
by Julia Furlipa
How Not to Die
by Julia Furlipa
Show notes
What if feeling stronger, having more energy, and getting healthier didn’t start with eating less—but with eating more of the right foods? Today’s guest helps fuel elite athletes, and her approach might change the way you think about taking care of yourself.
Julia Furlipa, plant-based nutritionist, wellness coach, author of The 7+ Lifestyle, and founder of Best Life By You, joins Dr. Tara Perry to challenge the most common assumption people make about getting healthy: that it requires eating less, cutting things out, and white-knuckling through willpower.
Julia is the nutritionist to two NBA championship-winning Knicks players, a plant-based power athlete known as the Pull-Up Princess, and a coach who has helped clients lose over 40 pounds, reverse infertility diagnoses, and reclaim energy they thought was gone forever — all by adding, never subtracting. She turned a deeply personal experience with illness and loss at 15 into a career dedicated to helping others find the version of health that actually works for their real life.
Key takeaways
- [04:31] Julia’s journey began at 15 after seeing her mother survive cancer without receiving essential post-treatment nutritional guidance.
- [16:28] Transitioning to a whole food plant-based diet overnight dramatically elevated Julia's daily energy and athletic recovery.
- [21:34] How Julia landed her first NBA client and proved that whole plant foods can optimize peak performance at the professional sports level.
- [27:09] Why successful health protocols start with foundational lifestyle habits like sleep, hydration, and routines before altering food.
- [28:52] The philosophy of addition over subtraction: adding greens, water, and nutrient-dense foods naturally crowds out junk food.
- [32:08] Overcoming the destructive myth of severe calorie restriction and learning to properly nourish your metabolism.
Transcript
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