In episode 77 Richard and Karen interview Chris and Heather about their health and diet journey

- Heather's big health scare - Transitioning to a keto diet - How they are helping others within their community - The carnivore diet experiment - Health over weight loss

and much more.............

UK Public Health Collaboration

In episode 76 Richard and Karen discuss why we should stop dieting

- why should you stop - how to change your mindset - what is intuitive eating? - stop self-sabotaging - is dieting stopping you from losing weight? - why you should listen to your body

and much more.........................................

In episode 75 Richard and Karen take a look a salt

• what it is it?
• what does it actually do in our bodies?
• why we have the dietary guidelines on consumption and are they correct?
• how much should we be having?
• the negative effects of low salt diets?
• types of salt

and much more.................

The Salt Fix Book 

In episode 74 Richard and Karen rant on about 

• so-called "healthy" processed foods
• processed vs unprocessed foods effect on body composition
• the cost of keto and paleo-friendly processed foods
• liquid vs whole foods
• exogenous ketones

and much more......

Food study link

In episode 73 Richard and Karen chat with Ryan Vandal about his keto diet journey over the last 11 months

• Why he chose the keto diet
• Why he uses the Keto-mojo blood ketone monitor
• The health benefits besides weight loss
• Clean vs dirty keto
• Social media keto police
• His daily keto diet regimen

and what surprisingly happened with Ryan's blood ketone levels when he went on a crazy food and drinking weekend in the US!

In episode 72 Richard and Karen discuss the 2 hormones that most contribute to weight gain if they're out of balance

• What are they?
• What do they do in our body?
• How we become resistant to them?
• How they tie in with other hormones?
• Factors that affect their levels
• How to lower them naturally to help reduce body fat levels?

and much more.............

In episode 71 Richard and Karen ask what are mitochondria and why should you care?

• What are mitochondria?
• what do they do in our cells?
• What is mitochondrial dysfunction
• What are the symptoms of mitochondrial dysfunction
• How do you improve your cells mitochondrial health

and much more.............

Supplement Study 

Wiki page

In episode 70 Richard and Karen take you on their recent camping trip and discuss 

• What they eat
• Staying active while away
• Relaxing
• Catching up on reading
• Mental rest
• Breaking bad snacking habits

and much more.............

http://healthyhalfhourpodcast.com/images/camping.pdf

In episode 69 Richard and Karen discuss how many calories we should consume and we cover the following 

• Calculating BMR
• Flaws in calorie calculations
• Metabolically active vs metabolically inactive tissues
• Caloric expenditure
• Where to start
• Variables the cause plateaus

and much more..............

Harris Benedict formula

Potato diet

In episode 68 we take a look at supplements 

• What classes as a supplement?
• Do we need them?
• Water vs fat soluble
• Quality vs quantity
• Protein Powders
• Fat Burners

and much more

Drugs.com - Pharmacutical contraindicators

Examine.com - Supplement resource