Mikkipedia

Mikki and Lola talk about

·      Her early years in the nutrition space, and how she developed the approach that she is well known for 

·      Her entrepreneurial activities, including the smoothie bar, Lola coffee, and her ambitions in acting

·      How she copes with self doubt and how her confidence has built over time

·      Her next steps in her career, including plans for America

·      Who inspires her

Lola Berry is a nutritionist, author, accredited yoga teacher, content creator, presenter, speaker, podcaster and entrepreneur. She’s an awesome Aussie chick who is genuinely interesting and interested in people, hence her podcast, along with being super funny and kind.

Lola’s has a Bachelor of Health Science she completed at Endeavour College of Natural Health, where she majored in Nutritional Medicine. She is the author of a number of best selling books including Inspiring Ingredients, The 20/20 Diet, The 20/20 Diet Cookbook, Lola Berry’s Little Book of Smoothies and Juices, The Happy Cookbook, The Happy Life, Lola Berry’s Summer Food, Food to Make You Glow, Beauty Food and The Yoga Body. She has another book that is to be released in September of this year which is a bit of a personal memoir and self development, so watch this space.

In addition to the above, she cofounded a successful smoothie bar before launching Lola Coffee, a mix of specialty instant coffee and lions mane (which is delicious, btw). For the last couple of years Lola’s love of acting and presenting has her honing in on further developing these skills through acting classes and, if that isn’t enough, she has just surpassed 100 episodes of Fearlessly Failing with Lola Berry – an interview podcast about failures with guests including Megan Gale, Georgia Love and Olivia White. Lola loves to interview people about the lessons and failures that have ultimately led to people's success. It’s the “not so shiny times'' that actually shape us and make us stronger. 

Contact; https://www.instagram.com/yummololaberry/?hl=en

Lola Berry https://lolaberry.com/

Lola Coffee https://lolacoffee.co/

Fearlessly Failing https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fearlessly-failing-with-lola-berry/id1478245620

Lola’s books: https://lolaberry.com/collections/for-shop

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Throughout our conversation we talk about Shaun's :-

Family and upbringing, and his early orienteering years
The benefits of an outdoor lifestyle
Extreme endurance events, including circumnavigating Auckland in 2020
The Revenant - (link: https://www.welcomerock.co.nz/the-revenant) including his nutrition approach leading up to and during the event.
Sleep deprivation, power naps and his hallucinations 
Mental training to manage pain and endurance training (https://rewirefitness.app/)
The next incarnation of the Hillary Ultra - 2022

Shaun can be reached on IG https://www.instagram.com/runningbeastnz/?hl=en
Lactic Turkey Events: https://www.lacticturkey.co.nz/ 

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Tommy Wood is part of the research faculty at the University of Washington (UW) in the Department of Pediatrics. His research focuses on ways to increase resilience of, and treat injury of, the developing brain. He has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. In addition to his role as a faculty at UW, he serves as President of Physicians for Ancestral Health, and is on the scientific advisory board of Hintsa Performance. Alongside his career in medicine and research, he has invested time in developing easily-accessible methods with which to track human health, performance, and longevity. He has published and spoken on multiple topics surrounding functional and ancestral approaches to health, including examining the root causes of multiple sclerosis and insulin resistance. He uses his experiences in coaching and competing in rowing, CrossFit, powerlifting, and ultra-endurance racing to inform his day-to-day interaction with clients looking to achieve long-term health and performance.

Tommy can be found at https://www.drragnar.com/

IG: @drtommywood

Studies

Sweden, linoleic acid and CVD: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334131/

Swedish study SAT v PUFA and muffins: https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/63/7/2356

Brisk walking and hippocampal volume: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425252/

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Kathrine Switzer has long been one of runnings most iconic figures. N0t just for breaking barriers as the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967, but also for creating positive global social change. Because of her millions of women are now empowered by the simple act of running.

Highlights of Kathrine’s iconic career

• Broke Gender Barrier at 1967 Boston Marathon
• Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in October 2011 for creating positive global social change
• Winner, 1974 NYC Marathon
• Emmy Award-winning TV commentator
• Author, Marathon Woman (DaCapo Press), Running and Walking for Women Over 40, the Road to Sanity and Vanity (St. Martin’s Press), co-author 26.2 Marathon Stories (Rodale Press)
• Founder, Avon Running Global Women’s Circuit
• Winner of Abebe Bikila Award for Global Contribution to Sport of Running from New York Road Runners
• First class of inductees into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame
• Named one of the Visionaries of the Century (2000) and a Hero of Running (2012), and Runner of the Decade (1966-76) by Runners World Magazine

Kathrine contact: https://kathrineswitzer.com/

261 Fearless: https://www.261fearless.org/

Marathon Woman: https://www.amazon.com/Marathon-Woman-Running-Revolutionize-Womens/dp/0738213292

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Mikki talks to Fleur about how she got in to the supplement industry, and what it is about NZ Blackcurrants particularly (as opposed to blackcurrants grown elsewhere) that makes them particularly special. They talk about the latest research in the performance arena (and why the likes of Dougal Allan, NZ Coast to Coast champion in 2021 (https://dougalallan.com/), swears by them) and their application for improving metabolic and immune health. 

Papers spoken about in today's episode can be found here: https://curranz.co.nz/blogs/research-papers

Curranz: https://curranz.co.nz/

Fleur Cushman is the Co-Founder (and a New Zealander) who grew up under the life-shaping influence of her father, natural health pioneer and pharmacist Mike Cushman, who developed the hugely successful 'Clinicians' range of vitamin and mineral supplements.

It was Mike who shared with Fleur the power of New Zealand blackcurrants and urged her to develop its incredible potential on the international stage.Fleur has lived in the UK for over 20 years and before launching CurraNZ, was a sports journalist and editor on a leading national newspaper

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This week Mikki talks to Dr Mark Cucuzzella, Professor, physician and Lt Col who advocates for healthier lives and the challenges and opportunities of preventing and treating obesity and type 2 diabetes with a low carbohydrate approach. 

Mikki met Mark at the Ancestral Health Society Conference in Boulder, 2016 where he presented on his work at the West Virginia Hospital with patients, using the approach popularized by Tim Noakes to help manage blood sugar excursions. 

In this episode, Mikki and Mark talk about 

·      His entry point to low carbohydrate diets and how it changed his running 

·      How his advocacy for lower carbohydrate approach is used with patients that he treats at the West Virginia Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health 

·      The development of the medical curriculum in health, exercise and food science (MEDCHEFs) at West Virginia University Eastern Division 

·      His paper that details how to adapt diabetes medications for a lower carbohydrate approach 

·      Adherence to a lower carbohydrate approach and his experience with his patients. 

Links in podcast: 

·  Tim Noakes Real Meal Revolution: https://realmealrevolution.com/ 

·  Tim Noakes on Trial: https://www.nmsociety.org/the-scene/noakestrial 

·      Adapting diabetes medication for low carbohydrate management of type 2 diabetes: a practical guide https://bjgp.org/content/69/684/360 

·      ACCORD trial https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/landmark-accord-trial-finds-intensive-blood-pressure-combination-lipid-therapies-do-not-reduce-combined-cardiovascular-events-adults-diabetes

·  ADVANCE trial details: https://www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/ADVANCE

·  HealthfitU continuing education with Phil Maffetone https://www.healthfitu.com/

·  Adherence to a lower carbohydrate approach: https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/30/88

·  Run for your life (Mark’s book): http://runforyourlifebook.com/ 

·      Sugar - the bitter truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&ab_channel=UniversityofCaliforniaTelevision%28UCTV%29

About Mark: 

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Mark Cucuzzella is a Professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine. As a US Air Force Reservist he designs programs to promote healthier and better running with the US Air Force Efficient Running Project.  Mark has presented running workshops on over 50 military bases. He has been a national-level Masters runner, having competed for over 35 years with more than 100 marathon and ultra-marathon finishes. Mark is a two time winner of the Air Force Marathon and has a marathon PR of 2:24. As well as being the race director of Freedom’s Run race series in West Virginia, Mark is director of the Natural Running Centre, an education portal designed to teach healthier running. He is also the owner of Two Rivers Treads – A Centre for Natural Running and Walking in his hometown of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Mark’s innovative work and story has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Outside Magazine, Running Times, Runners World, Air Force Times, the Washington Post, JAMA, and other medical and media outlets.

Contact Mark: https://www.drmarksdesk.com/

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Mikki and Jamie discuss

• His entry point into ancestral thinking and living
• Impact of light at night and dark during the day
• Light intensity during the day and impact on body's circadian rhythm
• Melatonin as our darkness hormone
• How we can optimise our light environment for optimal health

Jamie Scott is a Registered Nutritionist (BSc, BPhEd), Professional Mountain biker coach with postgraduate degrees in Sports Medicine and Nutrition Medicine from the University of Otago. He spent the first decade of post-grad life working as a personal trainer, rehabilitation assistant, and as a nutrition consultant, working with a range of individuals and groups. After leaving the fitness industry, Jamie became a health researcher, writer, and presenter for one of New Zealand’s largest organisational health and well-being companies. He has consulted privately to a number of large New Zealand organisations on health and longevity, and concentrates his time working with clients through his company p3athletica, helping them optimise their health and performance.

You can find Jamie at https://p3athletica.trainingtiltapp.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/p3_athletica/

Four Season Solution https://www.amazon.com/Season-Solution-Groundbreaking-Powering-Always/dp

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Cliff Harvey, PhD, is New Zealand’s expert on the effects of a ketogenic diet in a healthy population, but so much more than that. He has been  helping people to live healthier, happier lives, and to perform better since starting in clinical practice (way back...) in the late 1990s. Over this time he has been privileged to work with many Olympic, professional, Commonwealth and other high performing athletes. He has also worked with many people to overcome the effects of chronic and debilitating health conditions. Along the way he has founded or co-founded many successful businesses in the health, fitness and wellness space, including the Nutrition Store Online and Holistic Performance Institute, NZ’s leading certification and diploma for health, nutrition, health coaching and performance that has many of the world experts teaching on the course, so students are learning from the best.

Cliff has  over 20 years experience as a strength and nutrition coach and, in addition to his PhD research, he is a Registered Clinical Nutritionist, qualified Naturopath (Dip.Nat – NCNZ) and holds a diploma in Fitness Training (AUT) and Health Coaching in Patient Care.

You can find Cliff over at https://cliffharvey.com/

Lion's Mane Mushrooms: https://cliffharvey.com/why-i-love-lions-mane-mushrooms/

Nutrition Store Online: https://www.nutritionstore.online/ 

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Sara Lake is a New Zealand Registered Nutritionist with a Health Science degree in Psychology and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition, both from Massey University. She has completed the 'Psychological Approaches for Weight Concerns' module with ACFED (making her a bronze level practitioner) and is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She also has qualifications in Personal Training and have been working in various sectors 'health and fitness' for nearly 25 years.
For most of her working life she has been heavily involved with the food and supplement industries, working in product development, regulation and health and nutrition claims. Through this work, she has in depth knowledge and understanding of nutritional supplements, which allows her to take a targeted approach with clients where required.

Sara can be reached at www.nznutritionist.com and also on instagram @nznutritionist

Intuitive Eating: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/

Evelyn Tribole: https://www.evelyntribole.com/

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James is a cardiologist and Medical Director of the Charles and Barbara Dubok Cardio Health & Wellness Center at Saint Luke’s Mid American Heart Institute, an enormous practice of more than 60 cardiologists. He is also a Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. James has authored best-selling cardiovascular books for health professionals, including the Complete Guide to EKGs, Dyslipidemia Essentials, and Diabetes Essentials. He has also authored over 300 academic studies in the broad area of lifestyle and disease.

This week we talk specifically on:

how James has ended up basing his cardiology practice on lifestyle intervention 

who is at risk of experiencing heart issues with too much exercise (and who isn't)

his recommendations for supplements to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease (for athletes and non-athletes)

his lifestyle recommendations for optimal health

His own daily practice for overall health.

Studies discussed:

Training for longevity: the reverse J curve for exercise: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32848273/

A Pesco-Mediterranean Diet With Intermittent Fasting: JACC Review Topic of the Week 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32943166/

Physical Activity, All-Cause Mortality, and Longevity of College Alumni

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm198603063141003

You can find Dr O'Keefe at: https://doctors.saintlukeskc.org/provider/James+H+O'Keefe+Jr./1458597

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