On this week’s episode, I am interviewed by Jeff Hoehn on the Mind Muscle Connection podcast. We discussed what my current nutrition and training goals are and my daily eating behaviours. We also talk about the importance of learning healthy eating habits and why tracking should be considered a tool but not a panacea for sustainable fat loss.

TOPICS
10:52 - What is different about MNU & why we regulate our graduates
23:47 - How I eat 95% of the time
37:25 - Why most people gain weight over time
41:44 - Why tracking is unsustainable in the long term

#112: GUEST APPEARANCE - Jeff Hoehn Interviews me on: The Reason Many People Gain Weight & Why Tracking is Unsustainable

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In this week's episode, I discuss how women can diet around their menstrual cycle and the importance of building healthy weight maintenance habits.

I also explain why hunger is reduced on aggressive deficits when compared with moderate deficits and how aggressive diets impact an individual’s relationship with food. 

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TIMEPOINTS
05:52 - How women should diet around their menstrual cycle


15:39 - Why aggressive deficits are better than moderate deficits for fat loss


21:37 - When you shouldn’t diet


28:24 - Does aggressive dieting negatively impact an individual’s relationship with food?


31:36 - How aggressive diets can actually reduce hunger!


37:15 - Why diets don’t have to be sustainable to be effective

#116: GUEST APPEARANCE - How Aggressive Dieting can Reduce Hunger, How to Diet Around Your Menstrual Cycle & Much More

In this week's episode, I am interviewed on how to become a qualified nutritionist without a degree, the science behind the efficacy of food intolerance tests, why quick-fix diets are so popular & why it can be harder for women to lose weight than men!


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TIMEPOINTS
10:30 - Why you don't have to go to university to become a nutritionist
16:40 - Are food intolerance tests all BS? 
35:16 - How the fitness and nutrition industry is failing and how MNU is solving this!
40:50 - Why are quick-fix diets so appealing to people?
45:07 - Why it's much harder for women to lose weight than men?

#115: GUEST APPEARANCE - Is it Harder For Women to Lose Weight Than Men & Are Food Intolerance Tests BS?

In this episode, I give my take on Eddie Abbew’s rise in popularity and discuss the research around his demonisation of insulin & various other things.
The link to the two Kevin Hall papers and the podcast I discuss in the episode can be found at www.Martin-MacDonald.com/Ep114 


TIMEPOINTS
00:20 - Is Eddie Abbew the new Tim Spector?
06:29 - What is the insulin hypothesis & why Eddie Abbew thinks you have to control insulin
15:05 - The two studies that disprove most low-carb thinking!
27:42 - Why some people lose more weight on a low-carb diet
34:51 - The fastest way to lose body fat that is ACTUALLY backed by science! 



#114: NUTRITION - Why Eddie Abbew’s Take on Insulin & Fat Loss is SH*T

On the second part of the Mind Muscle Connection podcast, I am interviewed by Jeff Hoehn on the things everyone should consider before starting a bulk! 

We discuss the factors that affect how someone adapts to bulking including gender, NEAT & genetics. 

References for the studies discussed can be found at www.Martin-MacDonald.com/Ep113 


TOPICS
03:04 - Why bulking is not the way to reach your ideal physique
21:54 - How to train for muscle gain & eat for fat loss
25:24 - Why people respond to bulking so differently
30:44 - The importance of understanding natural muscle gain when setting physique goals

#112: GUEST APPEARANCE - Jeff Hoehn Interviews me on: The Reason Many People Gain Weight & Why Tracking is Unsustainable

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