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Janice Newell Bissex is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, cookbook author, speaker, and Holistic Cannabis Practitioner.
After her dad found relief from his pain using medical marijuana it became Janice’s mission to help others suffering from chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, autoimmune diseases, IBD/IBS, and other debilitating conditions find relief with cannabis/CBD. She completed training at the Holistic Cannabis Academy, and now advises clients on access, proper cannabinoid ratios, dosing, best consumption methods, and cooking with cannabis at Jannabis Wellness. She partnered with a Colorado manufacturer of organically-grown medicinal grade hemp to provide phytocannabinoid-rich hemp/CBD products for her clients under her Jannabis Wellness label.
Janice spent much of her career creating recipes and educating families about healthy cooking and eating at Meal Makeover Moms and Janice Cooks. A 2015 recipient of the Media Excellence Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Janice has authored five books, including Color and Eat the Alphabet: Healthy Eating from A to Z, an educational coloring book for kids of all ages.
Janice is past president of the Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and past chair of the Food & Culinary Professionals practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. A mom of grown daughters, Janice lives outside of Boston with her husband and miniature dachshund, Ella. She enjoys kayaking, hiking, travel, yoga, and cooking and hosting events in her recently renovated kitchen.
Mathea Ford: [00:00:26] Hey there it’s Mathea. Welcome back to the Nutrition Experts Podcast. The podcast featuring nutrition experts who are leading the way using food starts today right now with our next guest. It’s great to have Janice Bissex on the show today. Janice welcome to Nutrition Experts. I’m excited to have you on the show and share your expertise with my tribe.
Janice Bissex: [00:00:49] Well, I’m excited to be on your show as well. Thanks for inviting me over Mathea.
Mathea Ford: [00:00:53] Well, I just love this topic because it’s something that dietitians I think don’t know a whole lot about. And honestly even here in Oklahoma we just approved medical marijuana. We’re going to talk about cannabis today and even just talking to my doctor like “How are you thinking about implementing this type stuff?” There is a little bit of fear still a little bit. So…
Janice Bissex: [00:01:18] Absolutely!
Mathea Ford: [00:01:20] I would love you just to start with telling my listeners a little bit more about you and what you do.
Mathea Ford: [00:01:24] Okay. Well, let’s see. I’ve been a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist for a few decades and I’ve done everything from cardiac rehab to selling nutrition software, working at a luxury hotel. And then I co-founded Meal Makeover Moms with a nutrition colleague for almost 15 years. We wrote five books and we taught busy families how to eat a healthy diet. And that was all great. I enjoyed that and being the sort of family nutrition experts. And that was good. And then a couple of years ago my dad was sick he suffered multiple spinal fractures and he was in a lot of pain. And he was put on the traditional pain meds and they had terrible side effects. They made him a zombie. He became excruciatingly constipated that required hospitalization. So, finally I said to his doctor “you know isn’t there anything else that we can do for him to help manage his pain?” And I said “What about medical marijuana?” Now, Mathea, I honestly knew nothing about medical marijuana or cannabis in general. It just never really crossed my radar. I tried once in college because I felt like I should do that before I leave. But that was it. That was my… That was my biggest you know experience with cannabis. So, the doctor looked at me and he said I think that’s a great idea. And I thought “oh boy! Well, now I need to learn about it.” So, I started to learn about it. I took my dad to get certified to a doctor, he got a vape pen with medical marijuana and we came home. He was in a lot of pain and he took two puffs and he said “wow!” And I said “Are you okay?” And he said “I’m not in pain.” And right then I said this is it. I am completely changing my career focus. I am going to go back to school to learn about cannabis and find out why does it work. I had no idea why it worked. And that’s what I decided to do. And I basically haven’t looked back since.
Mathea Ford: [00:03:39] Wow! That’s an excellent story to see in that personal moment to say it worked that quick.
Janice Bissex: [00:03:47] And it was just so surprising to me because I wasn’t… I wasn’t in tune to that and didn’t want to say I was angry but I thought here’s something you can help people without all those terri
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