July 6, 2025 • 6 mins
- Harmony With Food's Mission:
- Providing proactive health insights. Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy provides insights via proactive testing: microbiome, food sensitivities, micronutrients etc.
- Shifting from reactive to proactive health care. Bridging the gap between traditional healthcare and modern personalized health care, treating the whole person.
- Promoting preventative proactive health.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
iHeartRadio Providence CEOs.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You should know.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
In this week we have got Meg Marie O'Rourke, the
chief executive officer of Harmony with Food.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
How are you, I'm wonderful. How are you today?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I'm good. I'm good. Thank you for coming on and
telling me a little bit about everything that you have
going on. I know right now is a really good
and exciting time for you. Tell me a little bit
more about the mission of Harmony with Food.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Well, the mission is basically based on the fact that
the conventional system is broken when it comes to preventative
or proactive health care. Now, if you need you know,
if God forbid, you get in a car accident or
you get diagnosed with a terrible diagnosis, yes you go
to conventional medicine because they're reactive. But with convention with
(00:44):
proactive nutrition, right we're doing testing to determine exactly what food,
drinks and supplementary shut or should not be consuming, which
is way different than conventional medicine. So we think of
it as proactive, being proactive about your health and not
waiting till you have a disease or a heart attack
or something to then decide you're going to change your
(01:05):
diet that really.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Is good, and I think a lot of people are
really on board with that. There definitely has been a
little bit more of a movement toward that in the
last couple of years. Tell me a little bit about
the uniqueness of the mission of Harmony with food.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
The uniqueness comes from the facts that after working in
conventional medicine for a long time and seeing what happened,
seeing people that get have a heart attack and then
have to go into the you know, into the husband
and wife. Usually it's a US. Usually it's a husband
that has the heart attack and the wife is like,
can you please come in here? You got to talk
(01:37):
to him. And I'm like, whoa, whoa. You cannot be
the food police, Like you cannot just you know, start
start starving the guy because he's going to end up
stopping at fast food before he gets home. You have
to let him make this decision, right. So it was
seen a lot of really sick people and they were
(01:57):
waiting till they got sick to do anything about it.
I always say, you know, I taught cardiac classes at
the hospital right after people had a heart attack, and
I was a very captive audience, which is sad but true.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Tell me a little bit more about how harmony with
food got started.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah, so again I was working. I worked in a
level three trauma unit where the surgeons turned to me
for their patients to get all their nutrition electrolytes, vitamins,
and minerals because when you aren't unfortunately, when you are
in a level three trauma unit, you're intubated, which means
all your nutrition has to come through the vein. And
(02:35):
so the surgeons knew that the patients that got what
is called total parental nutrition through the vein did much
much better than the patients who had very little just
IV fluids. So the difference of getting the carbohydrates, the protein,
the fat, the electrolytes that they needed made a huge
difference in their recovery. So the surgeons turned to me.
(02:58):
I was part of the team obviously to get people
the right nutrition that they needed. I also worked in
oncology for five years. As I mentioned, I work in
a cardiac unit. I worked on a GI surgery unit.
But it came to the fact that I was thinking
to myself that this education is in the wrong place
at the wrong time. You know, I would be in
(03:19):
patients rooms because the surgeon called and said, you need
to see them right now. They're leaving. They just you know,
they just had a heart attack and now they're being
sent home and all they want to do is go home.
In my business, how I run my business is you
never I hope nobody ever feels like I have one
hand on the door. I mean, I blocked two hours
(03:39):
for an initial consultation minimum an hour, and I always
block out an hour for every single patient. So I
don't want people to feel like they're ever, ever, ever rushed,
and that we can answer all their questions. So the answer,
actually long drawn out answer, is that I thought that
that system seemed broken to me, and I wanted to
(04:00):
do something that would be in a different setting and
a setting where people wanted to be there and that
they wanted the education. And so that's why I started
Harmony with Food Awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
And you know what, I know that you've had a
lot of growth. I know that your radio program has
entered syndication. I know you've got a lot going on
with the podcast. Tell me a little bit more about that.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah, So I actually know that I have a calling.
I'm known as the anti diet dietitian and I was
put on this earth to change the way you think
about food. And you know, you may think I'm crazy,
but I was told by higher power that I needed
to help more people. And that same day that that
(04:41):
happened to me, which I know sounds very odd. It's
nothing like that has ever happened again to me in
my life. MTV called, and so I was actually eared
for a show on MTV where they needed a dietitian.
And from that point on, I'm going, like, I need
to help more people. I need to help more people,
like and then I got interviewed on a different radio
(05:01):
on a radio station, and then from there and like,
I mean, I know it's a skill set, and it's
a skill set I really. I didn't go to school
for or anything like that. And people do go like yourself.
I'm sure, you know, go to schools for the skill
set that you have. I never did, but I just
learned as I went. I was probably absolutely terrible the
first time I did a show, I'm sure, but the
(05:23):
point is that I needed to get the word out.
So everybody loves social media. I like radio. I've always
loved radio. I've loved talk radio even when I was
a child, So I go with radio. Everybody else. You know,
if I could tell you how many gurus and how
many coaches have told me over the year social media,
social media, social media, and I just stay in my
(05:45):
lane with radio. Radio has worked wonders for me.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
That's awesome. It's great to hear. How can somebody finds
out a little bit more about harmony with food?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Well, I make it. I'm very consistent. Everything's harmony with food.
The website's harmony with food. Duck all my handles. I
do have handles on social media, Facebook and Instagram harmony
with food, all harmony with food. So that's the easiest way.
Just go to the website to contact me, or you know,
direct message me on social media, or you can listen
(06:19):
to all my podcasts that are up on my website
under the radio tab and you can listen anytime when
you're exercising, when you're cleaning the house. Hopefully you're moving
while you're listening and not just listening. But you know,
I'm just trying to get the word out about health nutrition,
being your own healthcare advocate and being proactive.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Absolutely. Well, that is awesome, and thank you for coming
on CEOs. You should know Meg Marie O'Rourke, Chief executive Officer,
Harmony with Food. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Thank you
iHeartRadio Providence CEOs.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You should know.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
In this week we have got Meg Marie O'Rourke, the
chief executive officer of Harmony with Food.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
How are you, I'm wonderful. How are you today?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I'm good. I'm good. Thank you for coming on and
telling me a little bit about everything that you have
going on. I know right now is a really good
and exciting time for you. Tell me a little bit
more about the mission of Harmony with Food.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Well, the mission is basically based on the fact that
the conventional system is broken when it comes to preventative
or proactive health care. Now, if you need you know,
if God forbid, you get in a car accident or
you get diagnosed with a terrible diagnosis, yes you go
to conventional medicine because they're reactive. But with convention with
(00:44):
proactive nutrition, right we're doing testing to determine exactly what food,
drinks and supplementary shut or should not be consuming, which
is way different than conventional medicine. So we think of
it as proactive, being proactive about your health and not
waiting till you have a disease or a heart attack
or something to then decide you're going to change your
(01:05):
diet that really.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Is good, and I think a lot of people are
really on board with that. There definitely has been a
little bit more of a movement toward that in the
last couple of years. Tell me a little bit about
the uniqueness of the mission of Harmony with food.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
The uniqueness comes from the facts that after working in
conventional medicine for a long time and seeing what happened,
seeing people that get have a heart attack and then
have to go into the you know, into the husband
and wife. Usually it's a US. Usually it's a husband
that has the heart attack and the wife is like,
can you please come in here? You got to talk
(01:37):
to him. And I'm like, whoa, whoa. You cannot be
the food police, Like you cannot just you know, start
start starving the guy because he's going to end up
stopping at fast food before he gets home. You have
to let him make this decision, right. So it was
seen a lot of really sick people and they were
(01:57):
waiting till they got sick to do anything about it.
I always say, you know, I taught cardiac classes at
the hospital right after people had a heart attack, and
I was a very captive audience, which is sad but true.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Tell me a little bit more about how harmony with
food got started.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah, so again I was working. I worked in a
level three trauma unit where the surgeons turned to me
for their patients to get all their nutrition electrolytes, vitamins,
and minerals because when you aren't unfortunately, when you are
in a level three trauma unit, you're intubated, which means
all your nutrition has to come through the vein. And
(02:35):
so the surgeons knew that the patients that got what
is called total parental nutrition through the vein did much
much better than the patients who had very little just
IV fluids. So the difference of getting the carbohydrates, the protein,
the fat, the electrolytes that they needed made a huge
difference in their recovery. So the surgeons turned to me.
(02:58):
I was part of the team obviously to get people
the right nutrition that they needed. I also worked in
oncology for five years. As I mentioned, I work in
a cardiac unit. I worked on a GI surgery unit.
But it came to the fact that I was thinking
to myself that this education is in the wrong place
at the wrong time. You know, I would be in
(03:19):
patients rooms because the surgeon called and said, you need
to see them right now. They're leaving. They just you know,
they just had a heart attack and now they're being
sent home and all they want to do is go home.
In my business, how I run my business is you
never I hope nobody ever feels like I have one
hand on the door. I mean, I blocked two hours
(03:39):
for an initial consultation minimum an hour, and I always
block out an hour for every single patient. So I
don't want people to feel like they're ever, ever, ever rushed,
and that we can answer all their questions. So the answer,
actually long drawn out answer, is that I thought that
that system seemed broken to me, and I wanted to
(04:00):
do something that would be in a different setting and
a setting where people wanted to be there and that
they wanted the education. And so that's why I started
Harmony with Food Awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
And you know what, I know that you've had a
lot of growth. I know that your radio program has
entered syndication. I know you've got a lot going on
with the podcast. Tell me a little bit more about that.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah, So I actually know that I have a calling.
I'm known as the anti diet dietitian and I was
put on this earth to change the way you think
about food. And you know, you may think I'm crazy,
but I was told by higher power that I needed
to help more people. And that same day that that
(04:41):
happened to me, which I know sounds very odd. It's
nothing like that has ever happened again to me in
my life. MTV called, and so I was actually eared
for a show on MTV where they needed a dietitian.
And from that point on, I'm going, like, I need
to help more people. I need to help more people,
like and then I got interviewed on a different radio
(05:01):
on a radio station, and then from there and like,
I mean, I know it's a skill set, and it's
a skill set I really. I didn't go to school
for or anything like that. And people do go like yourself.
I'm sure, you know, go to schools for the skill
set that you have. I never did, but I just
learned as I went. I was probably absolutely terrible the
first time I did a show, I'm sure, but the
(05:23):
point is that I needed to get the word out.
So everybody loves social media. I like radio. I've always
loved radio. I've loved talk radio even when I was
a child, So I go with radio. Everybody else. You know,
if I could tell you how many gurus and how
many coaches have told me over the year social media,
social media, social media, and I just stay in my
(05:45):
lane with radio. Radio has worked wonders for me.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
That's awesome. It's great to hear. How can somebody finds
out a little bit more about harmony with food?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Well, I make it. I'm very consistent. Everything's harmony with food.
The website's harmony with food. Duck all my handles. I
do have handles on social media, Facebook and Instagram harmony
with food, all harmony with food. So that's the easiest way.
Just go to the website to contact me, or you know,
direct message me on social media, or you can listen
(06:19):
to all my podcasts that are up on my website
under the radio tab and you can listen anytime when
you're exercising, when you're cleaning the house. Hopefully you're moving
while you're listening and not just listening. But you know,
I'm just trying to get the word out about health nutrition,
being your own healthcare advocate and being proactive.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Absolutely. Well, that is awesome, and thank you for coming
on CEOs. You should know Meg Marie O'Rourke, Chief executive Officer,
Harmony with Food. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Thank you
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