Dr Lucy Burns is a GP and a lifestyle medicine physician. 

She runs a weight loss clinic called Epiphany Medical Weight Loss and co-hosts the Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast where you get real advice from real doctors and professionals to help you lose weight and revolutionize your health, not just now, but permanently. 

Lucy has muscular dystrophy which impairs her mobility. In her 20s she managed her weight with exercise. Alas, this is no longer possible and she became overweight/obese and was insulin resistant. Several years ago, she lost 20 kgs by adopting a low carb lifestyle and currently speaks at conferences for doctors on weight management, as well as events for the general public, and is now considered an expert in this field. 

Here are some of the things we talked about in todays episode: 

•     The problem with exercise for weight management 
•     How to make yourself more metabolic flexibility 
•     Reversing insulin resistance 
•     The reason low carbs work (and who it’s for) 
•     The biggest misconceptions when switching to low carb
•     How to minimize the negative effects and rubbish feeling that accompanies the transition
•     And much more. 

Free ebook: https://www.rlmedicine.com/new-insulin-book

Course: https://www.rlmedicine.com/nighttime

Website: https://www.rlmedicine.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_lucy_burns/?hl=en

Today’s podcast is a solo Q+A with Brian.  

1.     How do I stop binge eating at night when I’m stressed? 02:41

2.     High protein breakfast ideas? 13:38

3.     How do you do self-care? 16:46

4.     Is it possible to succeed at more than one goal at a time? Eg weight loss, job, studying, mindset etc 24:44

5.     I have one hour free every day, do I go walking or do some form of resistance training, my goal is to maintain 33:09

6.     What’s the optimal macro split and calorie surplus when training to build muscle? 37:16

7.     Who is the best person to see to start a gut healing/fixing process? 51:16

8.     Any plans to come up north for a seminar? 51:16

9.     Can you put on weight with antidepressants, worried it might affect my fitness? 53:22

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Amazon link to all my books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=brian+keane&sprefix=brian+k&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7

Today’s podcast is a solo Q+A with Brian. 

1.     Should you feel hunger if you are in a calorie deficit? 02:15

2.     What are your thoughts on reverse dieting 07:45

3.     Can you build muscle in a calorie deficit? 14:00

4.     I’m using my fitness pal app, do you eat back your burnt calories for fat loss? 21:53

5.     Is getting fit while building muscle possible or should one be a priority? 29:59

6.     How do you think long term studies of all the 0kcal energy drinks will look from a health perspective? 38:33

7.     How often should I attempt to up my weight in the gym for all exercise? 41:55

8.     Good resistance training plans to get me going, at the 0 to 1 stage? 48:36

9.     Is Cardio A Waste of Time? 49:31

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

GAA Lean Body Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/lean-body-program/

Amazon link to all my books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=brian+keane&sprefix=brian+k&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7

Dr Megan Rossi is a gut health nutrition expert. 

She is also the founder of the gut health clinic, co-founder of BioandMeUK, columnist at the daily mail and multiple time best-selling author. 

Her first appearance on the podcast was on October 7th 2019 in episode 246 titled The Gut Health Doctor Megan Rossi on Your Gut and How To Eat Yourself Healthy and in today’s podcast, we talk about her new book “How to Eat More Plants’ and all thing gut health.

Here are some of the topics explored in today’s episode. 

-       Hormone control and gut health 

-       IBS, food triggers and managing bloating/discomfort

-       How to learn to tolerate food triggers 

-       The diversity diet and adding in foods vs removing foods

-       Why calorie counting isn’t everything for weight and fat loss

-       Sleep, your circadian rhythm gut microbes

-       And much more. 

Web: https://www.theguthealthdoctor.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theguthealthdoctor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGutHealthDoc

Amazon links to Megan’s books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Megan+rossi&crid=3FTXIOU28XVKX&sprefix=megan+rossi%2Caps%2C105&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

This was my recent appearance on the Lifestyle Lifters Show with Adrian McDonnell.

This was a very enjoyable conversation. I hope you enjoy it too.

Follow Adrian’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lifestyle-lifters-show/id1610768645

From his shownotes:

• How Brian left is permanent teaching job & went all in on becoming an online coach
• The one question Brian’s mum asked him back in 2011 that changed the game for him
• Tips on overcoming self-limiting beliefs
• How Brian scaled & grew his business
• Brian’s experience running 250km through the Sahara Desert & 230km in the Artic Circle
• Tips on balancing your training around your lifestyle
• Plus much more!

Sara is a board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist who specializes in online pelvic floor fitness programs. 

Her goal is to save the world one vagina at a time by providing expert care for your down there. 

“Our healthcare system is currently doing a terrible disservice to people with vaginas. Postpartum “care,” for instance, is little more than a six-week permission slip to return to exercise and sex. And if we happen to have any concerns, they’re brushed off. “Welcome to motherhood,” or, “That’s normal at your age,” we’re told. But that is not OK.

Since 2006, Sara has worked with thousands of women suffering from pelvic floor problems, and I decided something had to change and feels that we shouldn’t be normalizing pelvic floor problems. We ought to be normalizing pelvic floor conversations.

And so, The Vagina Whisperer was born. She created this space so that every vagina owner out there—can finally get the care they deserve.

Here are some of the things we discussed outside of the topics in the title: 

• The main reasons for painful sex
• Best practices for exercising during pregnancy 
• How the Vagina Whisperer movement grew and now has over 390k Instagram followers. 
• Social media and unrealistic expectations for post pregnancy realties to be aware of.
• And much more. 

Shownotes:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.vagina.whisperer/
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/the.vagina.whisperer
• Website: https://thevagwhisperer.com/

Joan Rosenberg, PhD is a psychologist, bestselling author, corporate wellness consultant, and media expert who is known globally as an acclaimed speaker and trainer on communication, confidence, resilience, authenticity and grief. 

As a three-time TEDx speaker and member of the Association of Transformational Leaders, she has been recognized for her innovative Emotional Mastery and confidence building approach, and for her thought leadership and global influence in personal development.

Her latest book is 90 Seconds to a Life You Love: How to Master Your Difficult Feelings to Cultivate Lasting Confidence, Resilience and Authenticity is available now and we’ll be diving into it in today’s show. Enjoy. 

Shownotes: 

Book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seconds-Life-You-Love-Authenticity/dp/031641431X

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoanrosenberg/

Website: https://drjoanrosenberg.com/

In today’s podcast, we go through the 5 thyroid types and talk about Inna’s course for those looking to address their thyroid issues once and for all. If this is your first, or hopefully final step with fixing your thyroid issues, I hope it helps loads.

The five thyroid types: 

1. High TSH
2. Low T3
3. Unavailable Hormone Type
4. Under Stimulated Type
5. All Normal Type 

Thyroid mystery solved course: Who it’s for, what’s in it, how it works and how much it costs. 

https://www.thyroidmysterysolved.com/a/2147517233/Az2JERVj

Code: BRIAN for $100 off

Dr. Stacy Sims is a Researcher, Author, and Leading Global Expert on Female Physiology & Training

Stacey was on the podcast in July 2021 in episode 338 talking about nutrition and training sex differences and why women are not small men. 

In today’s podcast, we are going to take a look at her new best-selling book – NEXT LEVEL. 

For active women, menopause can hit hard but it doesn’t have to be the end of you kicking ass at the gym, on the trail, in the saddle, or wherever you work out. Once you understand your physiology, you can work with it to optimize your performance. In NEXT LEVEL Stacey teaches the underlying causes of menopause—the hormonal changes that are causing all the symptoms you’re feeling, and their impact on your wellness and performance—and what to do about it. 

Here are some of the things we talked about: 

•     The Stats, The Stigma, The Science
•     The Science of the Menopause Transition
•     Hormones and Symptoms Explained
•     Menopause Hormone Therapy, Adaptogens, and Other Interventions
•     Kick up Your Cardio and Time to Lift Heavy Shi*t!
•     Eat Enough and Fuelling for the Menopause Transition
•     Sleeping Well and Recover Right
•     Motivation and the Mental Game: Your Mind Matters
•     Supplements: What You Need and What You Don’t
•     Pulling It All Together

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstacysims/?hl=en

Website: https://www.drstacysims.com/

Her books: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=dr+stacy+sims&adgrpid=67088078875&gclid=CjwKCAjwoMSWBhAdEiwAVJ2ndhzguEDVAf2Wc7znTe1eh_0CRTkEkyrNsREZ7oUzkR7BrDfYecVV_RoCdb0QAvD_BwE&hvadid=330652823978&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007850&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=238238244312211093&hvtargid=kwd-327925768539&hydadcr=8213_1756743&tag=googiehydra-21&ref=pd_sl_7etraligu1_b

Alastair is a personal trainer, multiple time fitness model world champion who specialises in female weight loss.

This is his hat trick appearance on the podcast and we go deep into some previously unexplored topics. 

Here are some of the things we talked about on today’s show:

•     Being self-consumed by the way you look and overcoming it
•     Steroids in fitness industry and what people need to know or understand about it
•     Insecurities manifesting themselves in how you show up in the works
•     His recent ayahuasca trip 
•     And much more. 

Shownotes: 

Previous episode: https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/251-alastair-harte-on-drug-addiction-accepting-yourself-and-weight-loss-misconceptions/

https://briankeanefitness.com/podcast/261-alastair-harte-qa-carbs-making-you-fat-break-ups-yo-yo-diets-and-staying-away-from-alcohol-at-the-weekend/

Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alastair_harte/?hl=en

Alastair’s Website: https://www.alastairharte.com/

Martha Mckittrick is a registered dietitian and nutrition expert who has been specializing in PCOS for the past 20 years. 

Despite the fact that PCOS is the most common hormone abnormality affecting women, there is still so little known about it. 

And even worse, the internet is full of misinformation and her mission is to spread awareness to health professionals, the lay public, and most importantly women with PCOS. 

Diet and lifestyle are the first line treatment for PCOS and her coaching uses real food and lifestyle and behavior changes to decrease your symptoms, help you meet your goals and live your best life.

In today’s podcast we do a deep dive on all things PCOS. 

Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast:

•     What and when to eat for PCOS
•     Fasting and PCOS, what you need to know 
•     Alcohol and PCOS – is it really a no go? 
•     Identify PCOS drivers (or triggers) 
•     Stress management and sleep vs insulin resistance with PCOS
•     The exercise spectrum with PCOS – too tired to workout vs training too much for force weight loss
•     The supplements that will support PCOS 
•     And more. 

Shownotes: 

In addition to personal coaching, Martha has two online courses for PCOS called the PCOS Nutrition & Lifestyle Blueprint and Prevent and Reverse Prediabetes and Diabetes with PCOS.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.pcos.dietitian/?hl=en

Links: https://marthamckittricknutrition.com/insta-links/

Website: https://marthamckittricknutrition.com/

This episode first aired 03 Jun 2019 

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and email it to my assistant at brian@briankeanefitness.com or 

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Siobhan is an online coach, fitness influencer and world traveller. 

This is her second appearance on the podcast. The first one ‘#135: 

Siobhan O’Hagan On Living A Life Of Freedom, Avoiding Fad Diets and 

How Putting Accountability Photos On Instagram Changed Her Life’ was recorded in March 2018. 

In today’s episode, we jumped from everything weight loss, food and training to disconnecting from ego, building self-awareness and how to find self-love.

Enjoy. 

“3 years left to live, 2 records to break, 2.3 million to raise and 0 excuses” 

Iain Liam Ward was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2020 and has spent the last two years raising money for cancer research with his incredible fitness challenges. 

He’s trying to break the world record for the most money raised for cancer; but he isn’t asking people for donations (although he’s grateful for them), instead he is trying to gain more social media followers so he can reach out to big brands that will sponsor him for races and donate that money to cancer research. 

He already has 1.5 million followers on TikTok (at the time of recording) and is exploding on the other channels as well. Be sure to give him a follow after this podcast. 

Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s show:

•     How he is the luckiest of unlucky people in his brain cancer diagnosis
•     What stage 3 brain cancer means for his fitness and training 
•     Why he’s happy he found out
•     How to avoid the pity party when you get bad news
•     How the fitness mindset and thinking a certain way helped him cope
•     And more..

Shownotes: 

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thekingofchemo?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekingofchemo/

Website: https://curecancerordietrying.com/donations

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/iainjup

This episode first aired 18th January 2019 

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Orla qualified as a Dietitian from Kings College London. She initially 

obtained an honors degree in Physiology from Trinity College, 

allowing her to apply her detailed knowledge of the human body to 

the nutritional management of conditions and diseases. Since then 

Orla upgraded her BA in Physiology to an MA in Physiology and went 

on to achieve a Masters in Clinical Nutrition at Roehampton 

University, London. 

She is one of my ‘go to’ people when it comes to the latest research on topics and I love her ability to argues the pros and cons for nearly any dietary approach.

If you struggle with weight or fat loss, are on the autoimmune spectrum (thyroid issues, IBS, PCOS) or want to know how alcohol affects your sex drive (for the guys), then this is a must listen. 

Rashad is a former UFC Light Heavy Weight Champion and UFC Hall of Famer. 

Rashad knows a thing or two about the connection between mind and body, and the importance of having both in sync. He credits mushrooms for that one-two punch of focus + energy in training and competition, and then easing the transition from fighter to “just getting back to being me.”

He is passionate about transforming sports nutrition and transforming access to education so that others can have the same opportunities that he did.

Sports injuries and the lasting mental damage caused as a result can impact athletes for decades even after they’ve left the game. This is especially true in high contact sports like football and mixed martial arts. The conversation is now turning towards functional mushrooms and the health benefits they could be holding when it comes to supporting injured players. 

Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast

• The evolution in sports nutrition with functional mushrooms
• Micro dosing psilocybin
• Spiritual dosages of psilocybin and the profound impacts it had on Rashad’s life 
• The most underrated functional mushrooms (for gut health and recovery) 
• And much more 

Social media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sugarashadevans/?hl=en

Twitter - https://twitter.com/SugaRashadEvans

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sugarashadevans

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Inna is board certified clinical nutritionist with over 16 years of experience in clinical practice specializing in thyroid function and Hashimotos.

She is also the host of the Health Mysteries Solved podcast where she gets to the real root of health issues. She is obsessed with all things related to natural health and ways we can optimize it as she struggled and subsequently overcame many health ailments herself ranging from IBS to debilitating fatigue to migraines to severe acne and thyroid issues. Now that she is out on the other side, she doesn’t want others to suffer like she did.

Here are some things we talked about in today’s show:

•     Thyroid function 101 (a deep dive)
•     Symptoms, causes and treatment of Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s
•     How to treat both
•     The importance of knowing your thyroid type 
•     When medication is helpful and when its harmful 
•     And much more. 

Links: 

Website: https://www.thyroidmysterysolved.com/

https://healthmysteriessolved.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innatopiler/?hl=en

This is one of those ‘press record and talk’ style episodes so I hope you enjoy it. 

Episode 1 of this podcast came out on September 10th 2016 – The Things You Need To Do For Fat Loss and I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over that six year period. 

Charlie Munger has a great line in his book ‘Poor Charlie’s Almanac’ that you should always be willing to give up your best loved ideas. Today’s podcast goes through the eight biggest things I’ve changed my mind about since starting the show in 2016. 

1. My opinions on ‘the best diet’ 06:06 
2. Anxiety. As it’s not a major focus in my life now, it just doesn’t take up the same mental real estate 14:22
3. I get less inspired by people who have done incredible things (and more inspired by everyday transformations - physical or mental) 26:18
4. My bullsh*t detector is much better now 32:35
5. Not preaching what works for me without all the context of whose receiving the advice  38:42
6. Recommending books is nearly impossible now (hence why I talk to the authors so you can make up your own mind)  50:17
7. I’m less of a fan of supplements than I was when I started the podcast 55:48
8. My body goals (and life goals) are completely different from when I started so my priorities are equally different 01:02:10

Quick link to all my books, programs and courses:

https://briankeanefitness.com/quick-links/

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