Join me, Leila Lutz, for a solo episode on weight and body composition as I challenge the fitness industry's misconceptions around what it means to be fit and healthy. In this episode, I share where I am up to on my personal journey and why I have chosen not to lose body fat right now, even though I do want to. Get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about weight, body fat, and what it truly means to be fit.

• Introduction to the Health Journey 
• The Role of Muscle Mass and Organ Health 
• Body Fat Percentages and Industry Misconceptions
• The Impact of Dieting and Caloric Deficits 
• The Importance of Strength Training and Muscle Mass 
• Assessing Fitness and Recovery
• The Role of Nutrition and Caloric Intake 
• The Psychological and Emotional Impact of Body Image 
• Conclusion and Next Steps

Links to studies:

"Long-term persistence of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight" by Kevin Hall et al. in Obesity, 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989512/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568065/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.21538

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"Ever wonder why your body craves sugar when you're stressed? Or why cutting carbs might actually be messing with your metabolism? Join me and nutrition expert, Kate Deering, as we dive deep into the science of carbs, stress, and energy production. We're busting myths, challenging conventional wisdom, and revealing how your body never lies about what it truly needs. From the surprising truth about constant glucose monitors to why fruit might be your new best friend, this episode is packed with game-changing insights. Keep listening to discover how to read your body's signals and fuel it right. Your metabolism will thank you!"

• Carbohydrates and metabolism with a focus on nutrition knowledge and balance.
• How reducing carbohydrates can lead to weight gain and the importance of considering overall energy balance for health.
• How carbohydrate intake affects weight gain and insulin sensitivity. 
• How stress affects blood sugar levels and how to address it.
• How fuel and stress hormones affect the body's systems.
• Dietary approaches for improving insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control. 
• Carbohydrate intake and its impact on the body.
• Managing hormonal imbalances and stress through dietary approaches.
• Energy balance and stress response.
• Women's health and wellness, including stress, trauma, and self-care.
• Adrenal fatigue, stress, and sugar consumption.
• Adrenal fatigue, stress, and carbohydrate cravings.
• Carbohydrate cravings and weight gain after a deficit.
• How carbohydrates affect Candida overgrowth in the body. 
• How a lack of calories affects gut motility and overall health.
• Food and nutrition, including sugar and carbohydrates.
• Using sugar as a calorie source for compromised digestive systems.
• Using CGMs for blood glucose monitoring and their potential impact on mental health. 
• Using temperature and pulse to measure energy production.
• Exercise, adrenaline, and body temperature.
• The benefits of combining fruit with carbohydrates for blood sugar management. 
• Juice consumption and its impact on blood sugar levels.
• Personalized nutrition and accountability for health goals.
• How a poor diet leads to insulin resistance and weight gain. 
• Carbohydrates and their importance for thyroid function and energy production. 
• Balancing nutrition and flexibility in eating habits.
• Writing a new book on digestion and blood sugar, with insights on the writing process and procrastination.

You can find Kate Deering on Instagram as @katedeeringfitness.  Her book, “How to Heal Your Metabolism” is a must-read for anyone wanting to improve their health. Keep your eye out for her next book, coming out soon. If you would like to work with Kate, please go to www.katedeering.com.

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Are you struggling with unexplained weight changes, fatigue, brain fog, or other mysterious health issues? The problem may be with your thyroid - but the standard medical approach often misses the mark.

Today I’m sharing my experience and expertise on thyroid health. I have spent years uncovering the limitations of conventional thyroid testing and treatment, and I’m here to empower you to take control of your own wellbeing.

Today, we’ll go through just why the TSH blood test alone is not enough, and discover alternative methods like basal body temperature tracking that can provide crucial insights. And of course, we'll also dive into the critical role of nutrition, energy availability, and even emotional factors in supporting optimal thyroid function.

If you're tired of feeling unheard, or you simply want to gain a deeper understanding of this complex and often misunderstood issue, this podcast is a must-listen. My wealth of knowledge and personal experience will inspire you to become an advocate for your own health.

So, get ready to reclaim your energy, vitality, and overall wellbeing. Your thyroid will thank you.

• Understanding Thyroid Issues and Symptoms 
• The Role of the Thyroid and Blood Test Limitations 
• Cholesterol and Iron Panel Importance 
• Assessing Thyroid Function with Body Temperature and Pulse
• Lifestyle and Nutrition Impact on Thyroid Function 
• Environmental and Emotional Factors on Thyroid Health 
• Medical and Nutritional Approaches to Thyroid Treatment 
• Conclusion and Action Steps for You

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"From anorexia to world champion athlete: Hattie Boydle's journey will challenge everything you think you know about fitness, body image, and self-devotion. In this eye-opening episode of The Body Never Lies, Hattie shares raw truths about the fitness industry, busts myths about women's training, and reveals how she found freedom through flexible dieting. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or just starting your fitness journey, Hattie's insights on building a strong body and mind will inspire you to redefine your relationship with food, exercise, and self-love. Tune in for a dose of tough love, practical wisdom, and the motivation to become your strongest self – inside and out."

• Athlete's journey from gymnastics to fitness industry, including struggles with anorexia
• Overcoming mental health struggles through fitness and resilience
• Eating disorder origins and struggles with self-control
• Eating disorders, parts model, and disassociation
• The impact of social media on body image and self-esteem, with a focus on personal responsibility and growth
• Self-doubt and perseverance in the face of adversity
• Self-motivation, discipline, and enjoyment in fitness journey
• Body image, self-comparison, and self-acceptance
• Individualized approaches to eating disorder recovery
• Tracking nutrition and fitness data for self-improvement and flexibility
• Self-improvement through fitness and nutrition, with a focus on personal growth and self-awareness
• Self-improvement, discipline, and devotion
• Bodybuilding as a spiritual journey, self-improvement, and skill acquisition
• Fitness, nutrition, and building muscle through weight training
• Training and competing in bodybuilding with a partner, communication challenges, and mutual support
• Fitness journey, natural vs. enhanced progress, and genetics
• Natural vs. enhanced athletic performance
• Natural bodybuilding, nutrition, and training
• Controlling variables for muscle growth and fat loss through nutrition, training intensity, and recovery
• Natural bodybuilding, training discipline, and recovery.

You can find Hattie on Instagram as @hattieboydle where you will also find links for her FLEX Method coaching program, her Ultimate Fat Loss Guide, Training the Female Athlete and her podcast, the Hattie Boydle Podcast.  Hattie is an exceptional coach and I highly encourage you to check out her programs.

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I have worked with many people with chronic health issues that have had a huge impact on their life in a negative way.  Their illness, disease, lack of function has meant that they have had to miss out on their life in some way or meant they could not participate in life in the way that they wanted to.  From being in chronic pain and unable to sit at a desk to work, to having chronic fatigue and being unable to get through the day. Many of them will tell me that they do not know who they are anymore and that they are but a shadow of their former self. 

Along with that comes a lot of feelings of despair, unfairness, hopelessness and a lot of time searching for the root cause or the next protocol to heal them.

Of course I have felt like this too and so this episode is very personal to me.  

To get better, from whatever we want to, we have to find a place in our mind to get us into a different state.  We have to flip a bit of a switch from despair into a place of hope, so that we can take action.  And not the action of spending more time on google trying to find a solution, but the action of being a part of our life.

Theresa Piela is an independent health researcher and brain rewiring coach. Theresa focuses on supporting the most complicated cases with “chronic illness” & trauma patterns that may have lost hope and the ability to connect to joy, as a result of their conditions. 

I am super excited to have Theresa on the show today for a few reasons.  She has profoundly changed the life of a dear friend of mine, Kitty Blomfield, with her work; She has some tools that I don’t use with my clients but have always been super curious about because I have seen the benefits of them in clients; AND she and I both recovered from mold illness.

In this episode Theresa is so kind as to do a demonstration so that you can have something to help shift out of that state straight away.  We have put together a video for you, so you can see it and you can find that video here:

https://youtu.be/hn7nAnzjsTM

You can find Theresa Piela on instagram as @livingrootswellness She also has an app, Tapping with T.  Her website is www.livingrootswellness.com

Theresa and I would love to know if you got something out of this episode.  Please let us know by sharing on instagram and tagging us in your stories. 

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We’re going a bit off the topic of myths this week, because so many of you have been asking me, in terms of fitness, health and recovery, what is the long way home?  What does that really mean?  And I get that, because a goal needs to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely otherwise it's just this obscure, arbitrary, vast unattainable thing way out in some time in the future, maybe never.

My guest today, Amy Kate Bowe is a Strength and Conditioning Coach who was once like me and many of my clients, followers and listeners.  She found herself at the bottom of the pit and had to get back up.  You might see her on instagram doing all these completely amazing things with her body.  Hanging, rope climbing, handstands, beautiful clean and snatches and with this beautiful athletic body, but one day she got injured and she had to start all the way from the bottom.  What happened to her was not able to be overcome in a 12 week transformation or by setting an aesthetic goal. She had to take the long road home.  

Now in her Warrior School, she coaches women all over the world, to do just that.  I have had the pleasure of working alongside Amy with some of her clients and I have seen first hand, their leaps and bounds forward in not just making aesthetic changes to their bodies, but first and foremost increasing their capability, capacity and performance for life, like no other.

In this episode, we discuss.

You can find Amy Kate Bowe on instagram as @amykatebowe

I encourage you to listen to her podcast The Warrior School Podcast where you can here the facets of the Long Road Home broken down into bite size pieces as well as a multitude of tips and knowledge for your strength training.

And don’t forget to check out her actual Warrior School https://warriorschool.carrd.co

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Today we are talking all about supplements.  The good the bad and the ugly.  I will often see clients who have seen many people before me and some will come with a container of supplements that they have been prescribed or they have looked up on the internet and are taking for this and the other.  So, are they really doing anything?  Is it as simple as just looking at your blood test and saying, you’re low in vitamin X so take supplement X?  Are you just wasting your money?

Today, my guest is independent researcher Giorgi Dinkov, whose focus is on biochemistry and physiology.  Giorgi has become a great resource for me, which has helped with so many clients, and so I wanted his biology and chemistry expertise to talk about all things supplementation.  

In this episode, we talk about:

You can find all of Giorgi’s research on his blog www.haidut.me  You can find his research products at www.idealabsdc.com

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Skincare has to be one of the biggest industries, turning over multi millions, billions, trillions of dollars per year.  I would also say that it is one of the industries that is full of the most BS and preys on the vulnerabilities of both women and men and often I find clients are doing more harm than good with their skincare regimen.  Be it an aging issue, or a condition like eczema, rosacea, melasma, pigmentation and the like.  To me the skin is one of the biggest messengers in our body.  And remember, The Body Never Lies

Today, my guest is nutritionist and business woman, Emma Sgourakis who owns Saturee with Kitty Blomfield.  In the wake of Saturee launching their new skincare line I really wanted to put her in the hot seat and ask her all about the skin from a nutritionist’s perspective, but also from someone who has spent the last three years researching and developing a product in the midst of an industry praying on our vulnerability of what’s happening to our face.  Today, we’re going to talk today about how the Body Never Lies about what’s going on with our skin.

In this episode we talk about:

Further Reading:

https://www.thenutritioncoach.com.au/endotoxin/skin-breakouts-broken-down-with-georgi-dinkov/

https://www.thenutritioncoach.com.au/anti-ageing/on-the-topic-of-topical-skincare-with-georgi-dinkov-and-dr-peat/

https://www.thenutritioncoach.com.au/anti-ageing/age-sweetly/

https://www.thenutritioncoach.com.au/anti-ageing/throwing-light-on-red-light-an-interview-with-joe-hollins-gibson-the-red-light-man-part-1/

https://www.saturee.com.au/blogs/blog-posts/liver-the-secret-to-great-skin-balanced-hormones

https://www.saturee.com.au/

You can find Emma on instagram as @thenutrioncoach and her skincare at @satureeofficial.  Please tag us and let us know your biggest takeaways from the podcast.  And be sure to try out Saturee’s skincare.  I’ll be trying it out on instagram!

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So once upon a time, Type 1 diabetes was known as something you were  born with or developed as an infant or young child and Type 2 diabetes was known as being the one you developed from being overweight and living the high fat, high sugar, processed food and sedentary lifestyle.  But I am seeing more and more that these are not the norms anymore.  I have clients who don’t eat “bad food” and are pre-diabetic and I have clients with chronic blood sugar handling issues that have a myriad of issues and all that is being prescribed is metformin.  And as my guest today will tell you, there are more and more young adults being diagnosed with Type 1 later in life.

My guest today, Isaac Pohlman has a degree in Physiology, a Masters in Nutritional Science and is a Registered Dietitian.  But he also has Type 1 Diabetes and hypothyroidism, both of which he developed in college.

Today I want to ask him about his work specializing in people with blood sugar handling issues and insulin resistance ie some people have these issues and don’t have diabetes, why its happening and what we can do about it rather than cutting out entire food groups from our diet and going on drugs, that just cascade into needing more and more drugs.

In this episode, we talk about:

References:

Broda Barnes

Ray Peat

Josh Rubin

You can find Isaac on instagram as @isaacpohlman.  Please tag us both and let us know if you got something out of this episode and please remember to subscribe, rate and review as it really does help this podcast get to more and more people so they can know how their Body Never Lies.

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At the World Congress of Back Pain, it was said that nine in 10 people will have back pain at some point in their life.  Of course that will occur in varying degrees.  What I have seen a lot in my work, working with injuries as a CHEK practitioner, is that many people who have back injuries are given such a glass ceiling with their diagnosis and treatment options.  So if nine in 10 of us are going to experience back pain, what can we do about it?  For those who have it severely, what hope do we have?  Why is there such a high incidence of back pain? And just what is safe as you know so many people are told never to deadlift again. 

Today, my guest is Donal Carr, Chek Faculty and CHEK Practitioner and wait for it, my first ever mentor in the fitness industry.  You see, almost 20 years ago, Donal Carr interviewed me to be accepted as a Personal Trainer and he was in fact the reason that I became a CHEK practitioner.

I have watched Donal rehabilitate some of the most complicated injuries over the years and it is my pleasure to have him here today on the show to discuss the Myths of Back Pain.

In the episode we discuss:

References:

Hodges and Hyde

Diane Lee

Gary Gray

Shirley Sahrmann

Stuart McGill

Paul Chek

You can find Donal and his wife and business partner Cathy Carr at www.placeofchi.com and on instagram as @donalcarr and @placeofchi.  They see clients face to face and  mentor coaches and personal trainers.

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