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Unscripted with Raygan

Unscripted with Raygan

Instant Noodles Are Destroying Your Heart, A Dietitian’s Warning

May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 11 segments

What if everything you thought you knew about food was wrong? In this episode of Unscripted with Raygan, we sit down with Nana Ama Dwamena, a registered dietician and founder of Diet with Dee, whose…

What if everything you thought you knew about food was wrong? In this episode of Unscripted with Raygan, we sit down with Nana Ama Dwamena, a registered dietician and founder of Diet with Dee, whose mission is to make nutrition accessible and relatable for everyone. She's worked in clinical settings, managed ICU patients, seen children come in with diabetes, and watched people die from completely preventable diseases.We talked about Ghanaian diets, addressed some nutrition myths, shared practical eating advice for busy creatives and corporate workers, and she also shared some heartbreaking stories of health situations that could have been avoided. If you read to this point, this is your reminder to like this video and leave a comment Every Wednesday, we bring you stories from the people shaping Ghana's future in business, culture, and life. Join us by subscribing if you haven't already. Connect with Nana Ama Dwamena (Diet with Dee): Website: dietwithdee.org Instagram https://www.instagram.com/diet.withdee LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanaamadwamena/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@dietwithdee Support the Show: https://buymeacoffee.com/rayganofficial CONNECT WITH RAYGAN: https://linktr.ee/rayganofficial CONNECT WITH UNSCRIPTED: https://linktr.ee/unscriptedwithraygan JOIN THE UNSCRIPTED COMMUNITYhttps://tr.ee/HZsqNl

What if everything you thought you knew about food was wrong? In this episode of Unscripted with Raygan, we sit down with Nana Ama Dwamena, a registered dietician and founder of Diet with Dee, whose…

Speakers: Nana Ama DwamenaGuestRayganHost

Top entities: Nana Ama McBrown×6 The Who×5 Malcolm Gladwell Kenkey×4 God×6

Making Nutrition Accessible & The Healthy Plate2:23 – 4:45

R

RayganHost

2:23

The mission w- with Diet with Dee is to make nutrition accessible.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:28

Yeah.

R

RayganHost

2:28

Can we get into that? When you say nutrition accessible, what does that mean? People are eating, so-

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:31

Yeah, so nutrition education-

R

RayganHost

2:33

Okay

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:34

... more accessible, more relatable.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:37

Like, usually one thing I've noticed is health content creators-

R

RayganHost

2:41

Mm-hmm

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:42

... we like to put out the whole textbook.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:45

It's usually rigid.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:46

It's not relatable.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:48

It's just boring.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:49

So I wanted to bridge that gap.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:51

I wanted to make it more exciting for people and more interesting for them, so...

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:07

So nutrition is basically food, the science of food, so getting to know what food is, how it helps the body, w- how it can harm the body.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:18

It's just a holistic thing.

R

RayganHost

3:20

Okay, but then if we are being too complex about it, how then can people eat without failing? You mentioned you ate waakye this morning.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:27

Yeah.

R

RayganHost

3:28

Do you have the mindset of, okay, I need to have this, this, this in the right portions? But then it makes the point of eating very stressful.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:37

So it's not really stressful.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:38

So I, I go with the healthy eating plate.

R

RayganHost

3:41

What's that?

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:42

Healthy eating plate.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:43

So when you take your plate-

R

RayganHost

3:44

Uh-huh

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Making Nutrition Accessible & The Healthy Plate2:23 – 4:45

R

RayganHost

2:23

The mission w- with Diet with Dee is to make nutrition accessible.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:28

Yeah.

R

RayganHost

2:28

Can we get into that? When you say nutrition accessible, what does that mean? People are eating, so-

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:31

Yeah, so nutrition education-

R

RayganHost

2:33

Okay

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:34

... more accessible, more relatable.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:37

Like, usually one thing I've noticed is health content creators-

R

RayganHost

2:41

Mm-hmm

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:42

... we like to put out the whole textbook.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:45

It's usually rigid.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:46

It's not relatable.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:48

It's just boring.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:49

So I wanted to bridge that gap.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

2:51

I wanted to make it more exciting for people and more interesting for them, so...

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:07

So nutrition is basically food, the science of food, so getting to know what food is, how it helps the body, w- how it can harm the body.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:18

It's just a holistic thing.

R

RayganHost

3:20

Okay, but then if we are being too complex about it, how then can people eat without failing? You mentioned you ate waakye this morning.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:27

Yeah.

R

RayganHost

3:28

Do you have the mindset of, okay, I need to have this, this, this in the right portions? But then it makes the point of eating very stressful.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:37

So it's not really stressful.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:38

So I, I go with the healthy eating plate.

R

RayganHost

3:41

What's that?

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:42

Healthy eating plate.

Nana Ama DwamenaGuest

3:43

So when you take your plate-

R

RayganHost

3:44

Uh-huh

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