In this episode, Andrew Menechian, founder of Peak Performance coaching in Sydney and a 12+ year veteran of the fitness industry, explores how coaches, parents, and trainers can use body composition feedback as a powerful tool—without triggering food fear or unhealthy body image concerns. You'll discover why scale weight is a misleading metric, when body composition data actually serves an athlete versus when it creates unnecessary pressure, and how to recognize the subtle signs that someone ...

Hi friends! I'm finally back with a new podcast episode and apparently I had a lot to say.  This one is part honest life update, part behind-the-scenes business plot twist, and part "ok what am I doing next?" After almost 18 years of building this business, the version that had worked for a very long time suddenly wasn't working the same way anymore. Losing a major income stream I had built on someone else's platform sent me into a full identity crisis and forced me to ask some uncomfortable

If your fuse got shorter somewhere in your forties, you're not imagining it. In this episode, Lynda Enright, MS, RDN, explains what actually happens to the brain during perimenopause — why estrogen acts as a brake on your stress response, what happens when that brake weakens, and why anxiety and mood changes show up in women who've never struggled with either. This isn't a character flaw. It's physiology, and understanding it gives you something to work with. Free video: https://www.bew...

Send us Fan Mail Real weight loss is not dramatic. It’s not a 5:00 AM grind, a fridge full of identical containers, or a new set of rules you can only follow when life is perfect. It’s Tuesday night at 9:30 when you’re bored, staring into the fridge, and you close the door anyway. It’s ordering the burger and skipping the fries because you realize you don’t need them. That’s the unsexy truth most “weight loss systems” can’t sell, and it’s why so many people keep losing the same 20 to 30 pound...

Social media wellness trends have taken a sharp turn back toward 90s thin culture, and the team is not holding back. In this edition of what drives us bananas, Reilly, Jenna, and Lilly unpack the latest online fixations that are quietly pushing athletes straight into disordered territory.The dietitians dive headfirst into the rise of ‘SkinnyTok’ and why modern thin culture has simply rebranded old school restriction under the guise of high protein fitness goals. What is the real danger behind the

Cholesterol is one of those words that can immediately make you think, "I need to lower that." But cholesterol is also essential for fertility. Your body needs cholesterol to make reproductive hormones, build healthy cells, produce bile, and support vitamin D production. So what happens when cholesterol is too high—or potentially too low—when you're trying to conceive? In this episode, I'm breaking down what your cholesterol numbers can actually tell you about fertility, metabolic health, and

Watch this video to understand what true detoxification should look like, then get The Root Cause Cellular Toxicity Assessment™ Test Bundle: https://nontoxicdad.com/answers/What happens when the place you call home is making you sick? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Ashley Beckman for a deep dive into one of the most overlooked environmental health concerns: mold. Dr. Ashley shares her journey from chemical sensitivity and chronic symptoms to discovering significant mold exposure in

Back to the basics: what macros actually are, how to count them, and how to fine-tune them for your bio-individual needs. Most people can recite wellness rules - hit your macros, eat the rainbow, cut carbs, eat more protein - and still cannot tell you what a macronutrient is, how it differs from a micronutrient, or how to sort a bag of groceries by protein, fat, and carbohydrate. This Body Wisdom Podcast episode with Jamie Belz, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Master Health Coach

Why does bad nutrition advice sound so convincing, and how do you know who to trust?Registered dietitian Kylee Van Horn and journalist and elite ultrarunner Zoë Rom, hosts of Your Diet Sucks podcast, join me to expose how nutrition and fitness claims get distorted from actual research into confident prescriptions.We break down why mechanisms and individual studies aren’t enough, how social media rewards certainty over nuance, and why women’s fitness and hormone health have become especially

You can't learn to trust your hunger while taking a drug designed to switch it off.Elyse Resch co-created Intuitive Eating. She has 44 years of practice in eating disorders and disordered eating, and she is updating the fifth edition of the book right now.In this conversation, we talk about what GLP-1s at weight loss doses do to hunger, appetite, and pleasure. We talk about what happens when the drug stops. And we take on food addiction, teens, and neurodivergence.What you'll learn:Why GLP-1s for

Your bones aren’t stones, and osteoporosis isn’t just a calcium problem. Bone is living tissue that continuously remodels, and the signals that guide that process may start in an unexpected place: your gut. We dig into the gut–bone axis and the emerging field of osteomicrobiology with Dr. Laura McCabe. We discuss: • How bones are living tissue that continuously remodels • Osteoporosis as a common silent disease—and why fractures are often the first sign. • Osteomicrobiology and how the ...

What happens when an itch demands so much of your attention that it begins to take you away from the life you love? Filmmaker and athlete Jeremy Paredes joins host Dylan Marron to reveal how severe eczema and the relentless itch-scratch cycle disrupted his sleep, concentration, mental health and lifelong love of soccer. When his condition takes a life-threatening turn, Jeremy is forced to confront just how much eczema has taken from his life. He shares how the support of his “village”

A craving is an experience, not an instruction. It feels urgent, but it is not an emergency. Mel breaks down practical, real-world strategies to help you gain control over food cravings without relying on harsh self-criticism or extreme restrictions. Mel shares actionable tactics to create space between the urge and your action—from labelling the craving out loud and introducing a 10-minute pause, to changing your immediate environment and eating consciously without guilt. Learn why hard days

The first 10kg came off relatively smoothly. Then you hit those last few kilos, and suddenly everything feels ten times harder. You're not imagining it. And you're not doing anything wrong. In this episode, we're breaking down exactly why the last stretch of fat loss is so much harder than the rest, what's actually happening in your body at this stage, and how to approach it without falling into the trap of doing more, more, more. You'll learn: Why your body fights harder to hold onto the las...

Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we talk about the best way to take turmeric, how to mitigate chronic pain, and why we should spice it up with capsaicin.This episode features audio from: Q&A: Dr. Greger Talks Sunscreen, Alcohol, Vitamin D, and Upcoming Books Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related to this podcast.

Have you been trying to lose weight for what feels like forever, but still don't feel confident in your body or like you're at your healthiest? At 56, Hot & Healthy member Michelle knew what she was supposed to do to lose weight… but knowing what to do and actually finding an approach she could stick with were two very different things. That's why in today's episode, I've invited Michelle on to share her journey inside the Membership and why this time around has felt so different from every diet

Is yogurt really good for your gut? What about dairy kefir—and are plant-based yogurts a better choice? Gastroenterologist Dr. Alan Desmond joins Chuck Carroll to examine the human research behind some of the biggest claims in the yogurt aisle. They discuss why live cultures do not automatically mean lasting health benefits, where fermented dairy can help people with lactose intolerance, what to look for in a plant-based yogurt, and why your overall eating pattern matters more than one product. Dr

Welcome to this week’s Midlife Minute!Today, I examine partial and full hysterectomies and what we know about their potential long-term effects, clarifying what the research tells us about bone, brain, and cardiovascular health, and what women should discuss with their healthcare providers before and after surgery. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How a partial hysterectomy differs from a full hysterectomy, and the abrupt estrogen changes ovarian removal can produce Why having a

Who are you—and why do you do what you do?Most of us spend our lives answering questions about what we want to accomplish, what career we should pursue, and what steps we should take next. But Dr. Gary Sanchez believes we’re asking the right questions in the wrong order.Gary is the founder of The WHY Institute and the creator of a system designed to help people discover their WHY, their HOW, and their WHAT—the personal operating system behind how they think, communicate, lead, make decisions, and

What if improving health wasn’t just about telling people what to eat or how much to exercise—but about building stronger communities, setting meaningful goals, creating better environments, and designing solutions with the people they’re meant to serve?In this episode of the Wise Divine Women Podcast, Dana Irvine sits down with Kwame Terra, founder of bEHR Health, to explore his journey from aspiring orthopedic surgeon to public health innovator.Kwame shares how his early experiences in research,