I am so excited to welcome a very special guest to the show today Dr. Arti Thagudu. Dr. Thangudu is a triple board-certified physician and is a specialist in endocrinology, diabetes, and thyroid disease the founder of Complete Medicine, a direct care endocrinology practice based out of Texas, and Hey Healthy, a company providing accessible and supportive diabetes and hormonal care for self-insured businesses. 

Dr. Thangudu is a wealth of information on a variety of topics, but I invited her on the show today to talk all about the thyroid because this is a hot topic that I often get questions about.

 So today, we are going to discuss: 

• What the thyroid is and what it does
• The different types of thyroid diseases and the signs and symptoms of each
• How to test for thyroid disease 
• Available treatments for thyroid disease 
• Red flags to look out for to avoid thyroid misinformation
• Nutrition and lifestyle strategies for improving thyroid health

You can follow Dr. Thangudu on Instagram here: 
https://www.instagram.com/drartithangudu/

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PLANTS ARE KILLING YOU AND SUCKING NUTRIENTS FROM YOUR BODY!! This is a common claim among "animal-based" diet proponents and it has caused a lot of confusion for people. 

So on this episode of the show I want to discuss the topic of anti-nutrients and toxic substances found in plant foods. In this episode we discuss

• What the different compounds are that are classified as "plant toxins" 
• What foods these foods are found in
• How to reduce our exposure to these compuonds when appropriate
• How the fear-mongering around these compounds is harming poeple 

And more. 

 

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Here are two papers outlining these topic in a lot more detail if you want to learn more. 

Is There Such a Thing as “Anti-Nutrients”? A Narrative Review of Perceived Problematic Plant Compounds

Antinutrients: Lectins, goitrogens, phytates and oxalates, friends or foe?

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Today we have another Q and A episode for you and we are going to be covering the following topics: 

• How to choose the right milk for your nutritional needs 
• Whether or not it is nutirtionally better to choose whole wheat pasta vs. regular options
• The dangers of storing rice impoperly
• Microplastics and our health 

Tune into the show to hear more. 

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On today's podcast we have special guest Dr. Nisha Patel. Dr. Patel is a physician who is double board certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine and who has been studying these medications as well as prescribing them to her patients for years and she shares her insight about all things weight loss meds. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• The types of weight loss medications that are available
• How those medcations work 
• When someone would consider using a weight loss medication
• What are the things to look out for and be catious of
• Why weight loss medications should be used as one tool along wiith lifestyle habits

This is a hot topic and I am excited to have Dr. Patel come on to share her knowledge with you all. 

You can follow Dr. Patel and learn more from here here: 

https://www.instagram.com/drplantel/

 

 

 

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Do you want to have more energy and perform better in your day-to-day life?

Eating to improve performance is the topic of the show today with my friend Pat McCarthy who is a performance nutritionist who works with elite athletes today he is sharing some takeaways from helping athletes perform better and helping us apply some of these strategies to our own lives.

On the show we discuss: 

• Why performance nutrition isn't just for athletes
• Pre-workout nutrition for better performance
• Post-workout recovery nutrition strategies
• The biggest mistakes that many people make in nutrition that impact performance
• Pat's top 5 sports performance supplements and more.

Tune in to hear more.

Here is the smoothie guide I mentioned: Smoothie Guide

Here is the legion pre-workout I recommend: Legion Preworkout

Here is the creatine that I recommend: Creatine 

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Welcome back to another episode of the show. Today we have another Q and A episode where we are going to discuss the following 5 topics: 

• The Faster Way to Fat Loss Program 
• Whether I recommend "counting macros" or not
• My take on oat milk and if I think it is "healthy"
• Tips for meeting nutritional needs if you have a hard time eating veggies 
• And how to reduce salt intake while maintaining flavor of foods

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Energy Balance Podacast Episode 

Protein Episode 

Calculating Energy and Protein Needs Guide 

 

 

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Welcome back to the Nutrition Science Podcast, today I am going to be interviewing one of my colleagues Dr. Taylor Arnold to discuss kids' nutrition. 

Taylor and I met while we were getting our PhDs and she is an amazing resource for child nutrition. Most of this conversation is going to be centered around picky eating as this is the issue that came up the most when I brought this topic up. 

In this episode you will learn: 

• Why picky eating is usually more than a kid just being "picky" 
• What to look out for to identify causes of a child's picky eating habits
• .Strategies for talking to your children about nutrition
• Tips for helping your children diversify their food choices 

And more...

This is a great episode that I know you will get a lot of value from. Taylor has a wealth of knowledge and free resources so also make sure you go check out her Instagram page, website, youtube, and everywhere else she teaches on this topic. 

You can find all of her info here. 

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Do you feel like you know what you should be doing, but can't seem to make changes that stick? 

Are you always able to make a little bit of progress, but then end up sabotaging your efforts?

Or maybe you don't experience these things, but you are a coach who has clients who just can't seem to implement the changes that you recommend. 

If so, then you don't want to miss this episode. 

Today on the show, my friend Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas joins us to discuss  how our mindset plays a major role in determining our success in making behavior changes that stick.

This episode is packed full of valuable information about recognizing and makin changes to mental pattens that may be holding you back from reaching your goals.

 

If you are intersted in the FREE Coaching Code training that Kasey is offering to help coaches implement some o the information that we discussed in this episode, you can find more info here: 

https://www.kjocoaching.com/thecoachingcode

 

Also, you can find more information about Kasey's Health Mindset Coaching Certification below. 

https://www.healthmindsetcert.com/enroll 

Use code "Adrian" for $200 off of enrollment. 

 

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Hypertension, aka high blood pressure, affects about 1in adults 3 worldwide or nearly 2 billion people. High blood pressure is referred to as a silent killer because it doesn't cause many symptoms but slowly damages the heart and blood vessels eventually contributing to heart disease, kidney disease, vision loss, sexual dysfunction.

Fortunately, there are several evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle strategies for helping to lower blood pressure and we are going to outline those in this episode today. 

In this episode we are going to: 

• Define high blood pressure 
• Describe the reasons why our blood pressure increases
• Discuss how to test your blood pressure
• Outline the nutrition and lifestyle strategies that have been shown to improve blood pressure 

If you want to learn more check out the detailed blog post that I wrote to go along with this episode. Blood Pressure Blog Post 

Also, if you want to schedule a consultation with me, you can do so here: 60-minute consultation 

 

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Do you have a "dream body" that you want to acheive?

Do you see people online and think "I wish I could look like that"?

Well today on the podcast we are going to talk about the side of things that you don't see...

I have my friend Dr. Ashley Dwyer on the show is a fitness competitor and pharmacist turned health coach who is going to share her own story of chasing her dream body and how it damaged her health and her relationship with her body and food and how that has impacted her mindset and approach towars her health and fitness moving forward. 

This is a really insightful episode that will provide a lot of value for many of you. 

You can find more information about Ashley through her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dr.dwyer/ 

Or on her website here: https://teambdncoaching.com/ 

 

 

 

 

 

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