Optimising Nutrition Podcast

It was such a pleasure to speak with Lisa about her journey through Data-Driven Fasting and the Nutritional Optimisation Masterclass.

In the past, Lisa said she made abysmally slow progress with Weight Watchers and got rejected from the super-expensive Spark People program for being too broken!  Then, after her husband suggested she was taking way too many supplements, she found us.

Once she learned to solve the puzzle of her nutrition and give her body the nutrients it needed to thrive, everything fell into place, losing 16 lbs (7.3 kg) or 13% of her body weight.  And most importantly, she feels great!

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Lori is one of the primary reasons that I created DDF.

One of the first articles I wrote on Optimising Nutrition five years ago detailed how to use your glucose as a fuel gauge to optimise your fasting routine.  Lori found this a couple of years ago and put it into practice.

Over the past few years, Lori kept contacting me to tell me how well it had worked for her.  I had had it in my mind to go back and develop the concept more.  Lori’s story and encouragement motivated me to develop DDF into a complete system to dial in your feasting and fasting routine.

While listening to Lori’s recent podcast with Gin Stephens, I had a lot more questions.  So, I thought it would be great to chat with her about her journey a little more and to share her wisdom from doing this for two years.

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Thanks again, Lori, for your support, encouragement and inspiration, leading the way for thousands of others to take up Data-Driven Fasting.

It has been such a pleasure to work with Saskia over the past two and a half years to create the NutriBooster suite of recipes,  books (and now meal plans)!

We now have 460 NutriBooster recipes catalogued in Nutrient Optimiser spread across 29 recipe books and meal plans, tailored for a wide range of contexts, goals and preferences.

Our end goal is to empower people to think in terms of getting the nutrients they require without excess energy.  We want to equip people with the knowledge they need to get the nutrients required to thrive from the food they eat.

I can’t wait for you to get to know this amazing woman who has successfully brought nutrient density to life with a vast suite of beautiful recipes!

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After struggling with her weight for decades, Jane topped the weight loss leaderboard in our January 30-Day Data-Driven Fasting Challenge with 17 lbs weight loss at a phenomenal rate of 2.5% per week!

She then followed up with the Nutritional Optimisation Masterclass and dialled in her macronutrients and micronutrients.

She dropped a fantastic 22.6 lb (15.3 kg) or 20% of her initial body weight between January and July!

I was excited to chat with her about her journey and share her tips for long term progress dialling in WHEN and WHAT to eat.

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Brian Sanders is like my nutrient density brother from another mother.

We spoke recently about a range of our favourite topics for his podcast, and he was telling me all about his trip to Tanzania to visit the Masia and Hadza people.

I thought it would be fun to get him on to hear more of his travel stories to understand more about our nutritional heritage.

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It was such a blast to chat with Kelli and Dan Buckley about their recent journey with Data-Driven Fasting combined and the Nutritional Optimisation Masterclass.

After seeing her dad battle diabetes and eventually die of complications, Kelli had had a VERY strong WHY.  

She just needed the HOW. 

Although she had lost some weight with fasting in the past (and her hubby Dan was sceptical about trying yet another diet), she threw herself into the Data-Driven Fasting Challenge followed by the Nutritional Optimisation Masterclass and saw some amazing results.

Once she dialled in both WHEN to eat and WHAT to eat, it all came together with an incredibly high Optimal Nutrient Intake Score!  

And as a bonus, her doting hubby Dan lost a ton of weight too! 

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Bett Lucas is a busy mom (of six), wife, and businessperson.

She works full time in the energy industry and has won numerous awards for her leadership and charitable projects.  Bett believes you can manage a career and home life and wants to inspire those juggling both—or hoping to.

“Women should be proud of who they are at home and in the workplace.”  A key balancing element is regaining and maintaining health. She challenges women to take back their health, reminding them that spending the time and effort required is not selfish… that by being healthier, they can contribute more fully at home,  work, and personal endeavours.

Women often put their own needs last to the detriment of their health and well-being.   But it doesn’t have to be that way.  I wanted to talk to Bett about her journey and how she learned to put herself and her health first to maximise the care of her family and achieve more of her goals.

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It was so much fun to talk to Dr Brian Mowll (The Diabetes Coach) about the topics in his The ProFast Diet Book, including:

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Mike Julian has been a great friend and taught me a LOT over the past six years or so! Shortly after I kicked it off the Optimising Nutrition Facebook Group, Mike was making so many insightful contributions I asked him to become an admin. Back in the day, we had a very unique group of people who would share their research and insights - Tommy Wood, Robb Wolf, Raymund Edwards, Luis Villasenor and a cast of people who were eager to learn more about nutrition and metabolism. It made for a unique learning environment. It was a great hive mind of sharing of ideas.

We all learned a LOT and were able to see things in a fairly impartial manner. You may or may not have heard of Mike Julian. But I think of him as like the Illuminati pulling the strings behind many of the biggest names in nutrition including Robb Wolf, Ted Naiman, Ketogains & Craig Emmerich’s recent book Keto.

I have learned so much about how human metabolism really works, and how to improve it, from Mike who has been a pioneer in digesting the research, joining the dots and sharing it freely. In this chat, we discussed many of the key concepts in Big Fat Keto Lies, including:  

- What are the biggest misunderstandings and misconceptions in nutrition and metabolism at the moment?  

- Why is the Personal Fat Threshold central to our understanding of diabetes and metabolic health?  

- What is ketosis?  How does it work?  What do you think is the biggest misunderstanding around ketosis?    

- Do fat calories matter?  Why is there so much confusion?    

- How are blood glucose and blood lipids interrelated?    

- What do people really need to know about lipidology?    

- What are the limitations of high protein % or MORE protein?  How do you know when you’ve had too much?    

- What are your hopes for the future in the realm of nutrition and metabolism?

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It was nice chatting with Bronson Dant about where to start on your exercise journey.  Lots of people find they have newfound energy to exercise as they start to lose weight after they dial in WHAT they eat and WHEN they eat.  We get lots of questions in the Masterclass and DDF about starting where to start on their fitness journey so I thought it would be great to get you on to give people some tips on where to start their journey.  

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