The Mind Your Body Show

Adam, aka The PHD (previously heavy dude), hit a rock bottom moment in his life where he weighed 327lbs (148kg). He then went on his own 100lb (45kg) weight loss journey, and as he was on this journey, he started to inspire people in his home town to join him. He started a gym and a bootcamp program and helped his home town lose over 35,000lbs in five years.   Adam’s the host of the top ranked health podcast, ‘The Million Pound Mission’, where his goal is to inspire one million pounds of healthy results (which he tracks on his website at . Following the success of his podcast, Adam’s now turned his part-time podcasting hobby into a successful full-time business through his new podcast, ‘Podcasting Business School’.    In this episode, you’ll learn: How Adam earned his “PHD” and lost over 100lbs (45kg) How he met his wife (this is actually quite funny) How his health effected every other area of his life The power of manifesting through the movie, ‘The Secret’ The value in 5-year planning Plus, some awesome Instagram ninja-hack moves   Connect with Adam:     Instagram:   Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Mind Your Body Show. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts by clicking on the link below. This helps us to share our message and continue to deliver high-quality health and fitness information for you and others! Thank you so much!       

To say this diet has taken the health and fitness industry by storm is an understatement. There have been many diets that have been promoted as the best diet EVER over my fifteen years in the industry — Mediterranean and Paleo come to mind, but I don’t think any of them have had as much pervasiveness through the industry as this one.

In this episode, you'll learn:

- What ketosis is

- The challenges of the keto diet

- The relationship between ketosis and glucose

- How your body fuels itself in the absence of carbohydrates

- What the brain's preferred source of fuel is

- How much more effectively your body runs on a ketogenic diet

- Plus, how the keto diet is used in the medical industry beyond weight loss.

To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

The first thing any true Paleo follower will say is, “it’s not a diet… it’s a lifestyle”. And fair enough. For many people, Paleo is much more than the food you eat. It is the lifestyle you live. Many true Paleoers will grow their own organic fruits and vegetables, have their own free-range chickens to provide them with fresh homegrown eggs, and often workout in a Paleo kind-of-way.

In this episode, you'll learn:

- What the most popular principal is of the Paleo diet

- The true meaning of "you are what you eat"

- Why choosing the right nuts to eat is complicated

- Which grains are "better"

- The secret dangers hidden in many "natural" foods

- The type of workouts recommended in the Paleo lifestyle

- Plus, the main principal of the Paleo lifestyle.

To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

The Mediterranean diet is probably the world’s most famous and healthy diet. Research shows over and over again that the Mediterranean diet is good for you. Full of fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, whole grains, legumes, and olive oil, the Mediterranean diet even allows you to drink a couple of glasses of wine. How good is that!

In this episode, you'll learn:

- How the Mediterranean diet has been scientifically proven to be beneficial

- How inflammation works and what the Mediterranean diet can do to help

- The benefits of all the foods that make up the Mediterranean diet

- Why red wine makes it into the diet

- Whether you should start drinking red wine if you don't already

- Plus, how to choose "healthy" red wine.

To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

Could your DNA actually determine what type of foods you should and shouldn’t eat? Could it be that your genes make it harder for you to lose weight, even though you’re doing everything right and eating healthy? The new field of nutrigenomics could show that it does. And the DNA diet might just have the scientific research that the Blood Type Diet lacks.

In this episode you'll learn:

- How you can test your own DNA

- The level that at-home DNA testing is at

- How to determine your ideal diet according to your DNA

- How to establish what diseases you might be prone to

- Plus, how to work out what foods to eat or avoid for FREE!

To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

Are we designed to eat certain foods based on our blood type? Could eating food based on your blood type actually help you to reduce your body fat percentage? Peter J. D’Adamo believes so. He’s the naturopath who created the blood type diet.

In this episode you'll learn:

- Where the blood type diet comes from

- What foods to eat for your blood type

- What foods to avoid for your blood type

- How the blood type diet deals with + or -

- How much scientific evidence supports the blood type diet

- Plus, my main takeaway from research into the blood type diet.

To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

I always thought intermittent fasting was just another nutrition gimmick hitting the health and fitness industry. I was wrong.

In this episode, you'll learn about the following intermittent fasting methods:

* The 16/8 Method

* The 24-Hour Fast

* Alternate Day Fasting

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With Christmas coming up you probably have heaps of parties to attend. But what if you’ve been working on eating healthy and exercising regularly? And doing a good job of it too! How do you attend those parties, still enjoy yourself, and stick to your health goals?

In this episode you'll learn:

- What to do before your night out

- How to handle the canapés

- The best method for choosing your main meal

- What to do about dessert

- The healthier options from the drinks menu

- Plus, a few healthy swap suggestions.

This episode is the podcast version of this week's blog. To read more, go to: www.JacobAndreae.com

In the fourth of this 4-part series on Men's Health for Movember 2017, I spoke with mentor, teacher and coach, Michael Maclean. Michael grew up in Darwin and moved to Melbourne in his teenage years to play professional basketball with the Melbourne Tigers. After moving back to Darwin, Michael pursued his other sporting love -- rugby league. He eventually made the inevitable transition from playing to coaching and has since pursued other sporting challenges such as running the New York marathon. I've known Michael for a very long time and he is a phenomenal leader who is passionate about helping people live a better life.

In this episode you'll learn:

- The advice Michael gave me about being a step-father and becoming a biological-father for the first time

- Michael's move as a teenager to Melbourne to play basketball with the Melbourne Tigers

- His experience representing the Australian Affiliated States in rugby league

- What Michael considers harder - basketball, rugby or running a marathon

- The story behind the natural disaster that cancelled his first attempt at running the NY marathon (after he arrived)

- How to train for a marathon

- His daily training regime in preparation for a marathon

- The difference in qualifying standards for the NY and Boston marathon

- The story of the red couch

- How his "dream" job wasn't really his dream job

- Why he started his business LVN Sport NT and what he does with it

- Why he's so passionate about working in the juvenile justice system

- The story behind starting Brothers in Arms and the confronting stuff they do

- Better questions to ask people

- Plus, the value of retail experience in the mental health space

For more information, go to www.JacobAndreae.com

In this third of a 4-part series on Men’s Health for Movember 2017, I’m writing about a topic that many men might consider but not talk about, or not know how to talk about - how to save their relationship when it’s on the rocks.

In this episode you'll learn:

- How my relationship ended up on the rocks

- The 8 things that I unwittingly did to save it

- The biggest things I believe anyone should do to save their relationship

- How to change your mindset so that your relationship becomes better than you could ever imagine

- How to read your partner so she recognises love in all your actions

- Plus, some fun games to play to spice it up!

This episode is the podcast version of this week's blog. To read more, go to: www.JacobAndreae.com