Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
This week I welcome back Krista Scott Dixon to the Get Lean Eat Clean Podcast. Krista is a health and mindset coach, educator, speaker, and author. We discussed her new book - Applied Nutrition…
Krista Scott DixonGuest
Brian GrynHost
Yeah, I will say with AI, it's changed the game in a lot of different industries and definitely in health and wellness.
I don't know, human contact or human skills that like you would normally have or, you know, get.
So like in your book, what were, is this something you discussed? Like sort of what's been going on with AI and when it comes to like behavioral change and things like that?
I mean, the example I open with in the book, so I have a section on using technology effectively.
And I open with this idea of, okay, so when I was in high school, in, you know, grade nine or grade 10, 1985 or 86, I took typing classes, like on an actual typewriter.
And but obviously today, if I put typing as a skill on my CV, no one's going to hire me.
And so the metaphor is basically like we are embedded right now in a system where technology is always changing and There's all these ongoing cycles of promises made, some promises kept, some promises broken, right? So as we go through these cycles of emergent technology, it's really important for us to think about how we engage with them.
And so I talk about how to leverage technology as a tool, like any other tool in the book, but it really can't be a substitute for that human interaction.
So as a coach or as someone who's just interested in health and wellness, like there's all kinds of great technology tools, right? I'm literally wearing a step tracking, you know, I'm wearing a smartwatch that tracks my steps and my sleep and my heart rate and all this kind of stuff.
It's useful and it gives us insight into our own bodies and, in ways that we didn't have 20, 30 years ago, or that you'd have to be at a university lab to have.
At the same time, if we outsource our human relationships to AI, then we start to have problems.
Or if we get too fixated on what our tech is telling us, like people who have insomnia because they're worrying about optimizing their sleep because their watch is telling them they're not sleeping as well, then that's not as great a use of technology.
And so in the book, I talk about how to use your tools effectively so that they're helping you rather than, and also that they remain tools rather than becoming the boss of you.
Because I think that if you're, if you're anyone who's driven in any way, you've probably had the experience of feeling like you need to please the gadget.
Like, Oh no, my gadget's going to be sad or it's going to be disappointed in me.
Like, and it's funny, like even me saying this as a critic of technology, like I, the last several days because I'm cycling more, my step count is lower and I'm like not wearing my watch that my watch doesn't know.
So it won't tell me that my daily step goal based on my previous activity is like 6,000 steps.
Yeah, I will say with AI, it's changed the game in a lot of different industries and definitely in health and wellness.
I don't know, human contact or human skills that like you would normally have or, you know, get.
So like in your book, what were, is this something you discussed? Like sort of what's been going on with AI and when it comes to like behavioral change and things like that?
I mean, the example I open with in the book, so I have a section on using technology effectively.
And I open with this idea of, okay, so when I was in high school, in, you know, grade nine or grade 10, 1985 or 86, I took typing classes, like on an actual typewriter.
And but obviously today, if I put typing as a skill on my CV, no one's going to hire me.
And so the metaphor is basically like we are embedded right now in a system where technology is always changing and There's all these ongoing cycles of promises made, some promises kept, some promises broken, right? So as we go through these cycles of emergent technology, it's really important for us to think about how we engage with them.
And so I talk about how to leverage technology as a tool, like any other tool in the book, but it really can't be a substitute for that human interaction.
So as a coach or as someone who's just interested in health and wellness, like there's all kinds of great technology tools, right? I'm literally wearing a step tracking, you know, I'm wearing a smartwatch that tracks my steps and my sleep and my heart rate and all this kind of stuff.
It's useful and it gives us insight into our own bodies and, in ways that we didn't have 20, 30 years ago, or that you'd have to be at a university lab to have.
At the same time, if we outsource our human relationships to AI, then we start to have problems.
Or if we get too fixated on what our tech is telling us, like people who have insomnia because they're worrying about optimizing their sleep because their watch is telling them they're not sleeping as well, then that's not as great a use of technology.
And so in the book, I talk about how to use your tools effectively so that they're helping you rather than, and also that they remain tools rather than becoming the boss of you.
Because I think that if you're, if you're anyone who's driven in any way, you've probably had the experience of feeling like you need to please the gadget.
Like, Oh no, my gadget's going to be sad or it's going to be disappointed in me.
Like, and it's funny, like even me saying this as a critic of technology, like I, the last several days because I'm cycling more, my step count is lower and I'm like not wearing my watch that my watch doesn't know.
So it won't tell me that my daily step goal based on my previous activity is like 6,000 steps.
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