Aaron Day is an Accredited Nutritional Therapist, Advanced Sports Exercise Nutritional Adviser and Clinical Weight Loss Practitioner in Brisbane Australia. He's a musician, a cyclist, a runner, a ketogenic food blogger, recipe developer, food photographer, and videographer.

He shares his generous work on Quick and Simple Keto Meals, Flexible Recipes for the family, and Keto Comfort Food on his FatForWeightLoss platform across the web, podcast, YouTube and Instagram. And he is the author of four recipe books, the most recent being: 100+ Keto Recipes Everyone Will Actually Eat.

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His early life in music (2:39)

Why people struggle with moving away from their early passions (4:45)

A 28-hour drive through the night across Australia from Adelaide to Brisbane (6:02)

Challenges living on a musician salary and learning to eat healthy with limited income (10:03)

Micronutrients are the key to keeping you fuller for longer (15:43)

Macronutrients are the first step on a ketogenic diet (16:18)

It's not enough to focus on macronutrients (16:50)

Everyone is leaking out magnesium and it's a challenge on low-carb diets (17:24)

Cycling led him to studying sports nutrition (19:40)

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Jeff S. Volek and Stephen D. Phinney (20:29)

Some people thrive as high-carb athletes, but not everyone (20:51)

Rode through Europe on his bicycle with only a tent (21:30)

The importance of tapping into fat storage for endurance sports (21:42)

He started FatForWeightloss at the end of 2016 while working as a software developer (22:47)

The secret to growing to 100k subscribers in two years (23:50)

Carbohydrates are the most important thing to track when going Ketogenic (26:08)

How to lose fat on the ketogenic diet (27:48)

The 8-week transition to become fat adapted (34:03)

Track macros at the beginning of transition into ketogenic diet (37:44)

The keto version of a protein sparing modified fast to lose fat in a healthy way (39:16)

Measure blood glucose instead of ketones 41:55

Reversing illness with elevated ketones levels (43:33)

Blood glucose profile before and after fat adaptation on the ketogenic diet (45:00)

Low Carb Down Under and reversing diabetes with low-carb diet (49:50)

Documentary: The Magic Pill (50:57)

The Hashimotos Road To Recovery Interview With Mum (Kathy Svenson), an amazing interview with his mom (a Naturopath) on adrenal and thyroid (I took copious notes) (52:10)

How to instill a good sense of nutrition into kids (54:17)

The most important thing for kids: learn the trials and tribulations of sugar (56:11)

Learning about magnesium for a headache (59:03)

The food we eat doesn't have the nutrients it should (59:48)

Cold and flu tablets are masking the illness (1:02:34)

The electrolyte stack is the most crucial thing to supplement on the ketogenic diet (1:03:39)

Cronometer to track micronutrients and diagnose your own deficiency (1:04:24)

OligoScan to measure micronutrient deficiencies (1:06:51)

Adrenal fatigue and thyroid health (1:10:44)

Why he quit a formal study of music and how it relates to food blogging (1:16:42)

How he transitioned from music to software to food blogging (1:21:30)

The first meal he cooked for his partner was terrible (1:24:25)

The $100 bet that started the business (1:26:10)

The origin of the recipe book from a collection of his blog posts (1:27:10)

Good food photography starts with delicious food (1:28:11)

Origin of 100+ Keto Recipes Everyone Will Actually Eat (1:28:33)

Why repackaging free information is worth money (1:31:19)

His cooking philosophy is about making things that are simple (1:33:03)

What a ketogenic diet should look like on a plate (1:33:46)

His dad taught him: "the problem was always simple to fix, you just had to know what the simple fix was" (1:36:20)

Routine is the enemy of time, how travel keeps his perspective fresh (1:37:48)

Erin Kenney is a registered dietitian, nutritionist and the founder of Nutrition Rewired. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Nutrition at the University of New Hampshire, Masters in Nutrition Science at Framingham State University, and completed a dietetic internship through Simmons University in Boston.

She has worked with a range of clients from adolescents to seniors in many different environments, including sports performance clinics, high-end recovery and rehab facilities, long-term care facilities, severe trauma and burn units, medical weight loss clinics, and Fortune 100 companies.

She sits on the board of the Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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The experience of a lifetime climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro

The homemade video got her into the program of her dreams

Challenges growing up with a father with mental illness

How a passion for customized wellness plans started from an encounter with a little old man in the produce section

The many uses and benefits of Cannabidiol (CBD) oil

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