The dose is everything

Do you have a gut or immune issue, or know someone that has? Fancy taking 32 pills to manage it…..? Carmen Sturdy joins me on the show to discuss her personal story with being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and her journey to being in remission after being put in 32 pills just to manage it. Her journey is inspiring as long term success all came down to her food creativity, starting with eating just chicken soup and ending up making cream out of cauliflower, madness. An awesome and inspiring guest. Find her online at @EveryLastBite_ on Instagram and www.everylastbite.com

Time stamps:
0:00 An introduction to Carmen her journey since becoming diagnosed with ulcerative colitis
03:50 Pills - a short term fix for some, but what about the long term goal? Going from 32 pills a day, to being 5 years in remission, pill free.
07:30 Specific carbohydrate diet - what is it? & how did Carmen learn to love it?
09:20 eliminating foods, finding the problems, being strict and staying committed
15:15 creativity through restriction - making the most out of what you can have instead of wishing for all the foods you can’t have
18:50 Eating real foods & Being experimental in the kitchen
23:05 What does a relapse look like for someone with IBD?
25:00 Carmens words of wisdom

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It is a stark reality that shift workers and night workers have a higher risk of disease, or 'all risk mortality' as they phrase it in health research. So, with this fact known, how can we minimise the effects and be healthier as a shift or night worker?

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What is strength? Lifting heavy weights? Climbing a mountain? Being able to run a marathon? Surviving a major life event? And is it different for Men and Women? And, what differences are there in training when male or female? Brian Alsruhe joins me to chat all things physical and mental strength and battling the sexes. Brian has battled a fatal condition, spent 10 years working for the military, had a brain tumour, experienced childhood trauma and now camps out in his gym creating warriors life from moms looking for some fitness, to world champion iron men. Want an insight into a modern warrior, want to know how this man thinks and trains? Then listen in and follow him online @NeverSate

0:00 From losing a friend, discovering a brain tumour & becoming a strongman.
08:35 You can learn something new every day in the gym!
11:00 Strength can mean something different to every person
15:00 Finding the sport that’s right for you mentally and physically
20:20 Should you enjoy exercise ?
23:42 Think you don’t sweat when lifting heavy... think again.
32:20 You have to work hard, but ultimately it comes down to your mindset!
39:20 Sleep - how does Brian survive on so little?

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The post lunch energy dip is something many get. A user wrote into the show so why not fire up the podcast and throw some ideas about. If you get the afternoon energy dip listen to this short 10 minute show on my top 3 tips to try, including a tangent about being introverted and regaining your mental energy

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Do you enjoy cooking? Do you feel you eat well? Do you have kids? Got a busy job and try to exercise, trying to fit it all in? Balancing it all is tough, but don’t fear Ian Haste from Hastes Kitchen joins me to discuss all things food, fitness, cooking awesome food, and getting our kids to eat vegetables. But there is a problem, we first need to discuss where we are currently at with cooking, food and the kitchen as the modern obsession is to save time, but is this time saving culture robbing us and our kids the benefits of food and connection we get from meal times? We discuss Ian’s journey with food, how he balances work and cooking with his 2 kids, modern food culture, the benefits of slow cooking and more. An epic show, do check out Ian’s book ‘The 7 Day Basket’ on Amazon and Ian on social media @hasteskitchen

0:00 an introduction to Ian, why he became a chef and what has inspired him to write 7 day basket - his new cook book.
4:45 Does today's on the go modern culture mean that people don't know how to cook interesting healthy foods?
6:15. Cooking a recipe is great, but what did you learn in doing it?
8:12 How to make your kids eat more vegetables
10:15 The language used around food and its psychological effects on children - get them cooking and involved
17:00 Our favourite foods are down to more than the ingredients - it's culture and environment that it creates. Putting the love back into food
19:50 Cooking is a way of connecting - turn the tv off and do it together
22:00 Food variety is key. How to not get stuck cooking the same 5 dishes every week
26:00 The freezer is our friend - batch cook & make your work friends jealous
27:15 Eating out with children - it doesn't have to be nuggets and burgers.
34:00 Closing thoughts - save money, reduce waste, be experimental.

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You're feeling stressed and anxious right now, what form of exercise should you do? A listener has written in asking about what she is doing compared to what she could do with her exercise regime, looking at weight training vs group training, and ultimately any type of training. Lets make a plan of action in this short sharp podcast.

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Dr Rupy Aujla is the NHS GP who started 'The Doctor's Kitchen', a project that all started with the aim to inspire his patients about the beauty of food and the medicinal effects of eating well. And I’m so pumped he joined me on the show. We talk about his journey reversing his health complaints, the gap we need to bridge between medicine and nutrition, how he navigates nutrition advice with his NHS patients, where he sits with eating animal protein as a plant focused eater, his ethics around meat consumption, his daily diet, the benefits of culinary medicine and the mission he is on, linking nutrition to certain health conditions, and more. Check him out online ‘The Doctors Kitchen’ and ensure you check out his awesome books. WHAT. A. SHOW.

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What do you do when you've lost your mojo for life, or hit a plateau in training, you feel like you're just spinning your wheels without an aim or true progress. Listen in, let me help.

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When you’ve been so focused on your body for so long, how do you safely let yourself go? How do you juggle performance vs vanity based goals, all while living life to its fullest? Have you ever had a disordered relationship with food, and if so, are you recovered, do you feel like you’re in a good place now? If not, what tools should we use to get better, to be better, to feel better? This podcast is a deep dive into diet, training, health, mindset and life all based around a users question on their disordered eating. The podcast goes off on many tangents with an aim to make people think and give actionable tools to help with your future progress. Enjoy.

Time stamps -
06:15 Is your sport the right environment for your health?
09:45 Are your goals helping you progress in your sport or in the mirror?
11:00 Is BMI a good measure to use when evaluating performance?
16:40 REDS- The key signals & when to see a professional
23:15 Seeing beyond body composition as your only measure of progress
27:00 Evaluate your health with Tom - Grab a pen & paper.
31:00 Glorifying the pain of your journey - should you be proud of those DOMS.
33:08 Putting in extra hours but not seeing extra results? Reasons to train smarter, not harder.

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Are you feeling overwhelmed & stressed right now? Maybe you've got a lot on but you can't seem to focus, its all a jumble and you just feel like you're constantly holding it all together but constantly feeling like you might break? All while procrastinating and not making a dent in the epic to do list you feel you have. This is a classic issue, I've been there many times, and this is how I would suggest you get out of that feeling, and stop it from happening in the future.

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