Spud Fit Podcast

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Kevin's laboratory investigates how metabolism and the brain adapt in response to a variety of interventions to diet and physical actvity. They perform experiments in both humans and rodents to better understand the complex mechanisms regulating macronutrient metabolism, body composition, and energy expenditure. A unique aspect of their laboratory involves the development of mathematical models to quantitatively describe, explain, integrate, and predict their experimental results.

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Irminne van Dyken is one of a rare breed in this world, she's actively trying to put herself out of business. It's so refreshing to me to hear from a surgeon who does not promote surgery as the best option in most cases. 

I've had the great privilege to hear her speak a couple of times now at different events and get to know her and her husband Russell too. As a result I thought I knew mostly how this conversation was going to go before we started, turns out I was very pleasantly surprised! Irminne is a wealth of information on all things health and wellbeing. We talked about their journey to the plant based lifestyle and how this has affected her practice as a surgeon, we talked about how to avoid the surgeon's knife as well as one of my favourite topics, how to cultivate a healthy microbiome. 

This conversation was refreshing and enlightening for me, I hope you enjoy it too!

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Rich Roll is a plant based ultra endurance athlete and host of the super successful Rich Roll Podcast. Rich has battled his own demons with addiction and not only lived to tell the tale but also inspire countless others to take back control of their lives. 

Rich has been a big influence on me for quite a while now. As a long time fan of The Rich Roll Podcast it was quite an honour to be invited to join him as a guest on his show last year. It was an experience I enjoyed so much that I wanted to do it more often which resulted in me starting my own podcast.

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I first came across Anna Weatherlake at World Vegan day in Melbourne last year, where we were both speakers. I've never had any interest at all in fashion, beauty, make up etc. until I heard her speak about them. I only heard 10 minutes of her talk before my boy Teddy dragged me away, but I knew I wanted to hear more of what she had to say.

Check the blog for more info and show notes - http://www.spudfit.com/single-post/2017/03/03/Anna-Weatherlake-Beauty-fashion-wellness-and-life-with-less-harm

I was lucky enough to be in the audience to hear Adam speak as part of the nutrition in health symposium in Melbourne last month. His journey from heart attack patient to iron man was incredibly moving and inspiring. He totally filled the room with his energy and passion.

Until I heard him speak that night I didn’t know much about him and of course when a bit of time opened up the following day I jumped at the chance to sit down with him. I hadn’t prepared a single question, talking point or note, we just decided to wing it and I really could not be happier with the conversation that followed. We laughed, we cried, we took a deep dive into addiction, mindfulness and emotion.

I’m now proud to call Adam a friend, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Spud Up!

Andrew

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I first met Anna last year when she invited me to appear on her podcast. It was the first podcast I’d appeared on and I really enjoyed the chance to have a long conversation where I could explain myself fully, rather than the 3 minute news grabs I’d done up to that point in time. Since that first conversation I’ve become really interested in doing more podcasts and in the end I decided to start my own , I have Anna to thanks for planting that seed in me.

Anna is much more than a podcast host. She’s a former social worker who has evolved into a health coach. She recognises that good health goes far beyond the plate, it’s about a wholistic approach to lifestyle and behaviour change.

In this podcast we covered a lot of ground. We talked about her evolution from a standard Australian diet to vegan and on to whole food plant based. We talked about her evolution from social work in hospitals to taking the risk and stepping outside her comfort zone to change careers and start her own business as a health coach.

I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Spud up!

Andrew

See the full show notes at my website www.spudfit.com

The D.I.Y. Spud Fit Challenge - https://goo.gl/5KJt1w

"There are two types of cardiologist, vegans and those who haven't read the data"

See the full show notes at my website www.spudfit.com

The D.I.Y. Spud Fit Challenge - https://goo.gl/5KJt1w

"You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf"