Being a cancer survivor brings its own set of challenges that can affect every aspect of your life. Join Ciaran Fairman, alongside leading researchers, doctors, health professionals and cancer survivors themselves, as they bring you the latest in exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle behaviors to reduce cancer risk and improve survivorship.
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Ep.52 Kimberley Wilson: The role of nutrition in mental health
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Kimberley is a chartered psychologist and a governor of the Tavistock & Portman NHS mental health trust as well as the former chair of the British Psychological Society's training committee in counselling psychology. She is also an award-winning food producer with a degree in nutrition, and her work looks at the role food and lifestyle plays in our…
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Ep.51 David Robert Grimes: COVID-19, vaccines & conspiracy theories
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David is a physicist, cancer researcher, and science writer. His work encompasses everything from how tumours use oxygen to why conspiracies tend to fail. He has a strong focus on public understanding of science and medicine, contributing to BBC, RTE, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Irish Times, and PBS and he was the recipient of the 2014 Ma…
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Ep.50 Grant Tinsley: Intermittent fasting, fat loss and performance
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Dr. Grant Tinsley is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Energy Balance & Body Composition Laboratory at Texas Tech University. The major research interests of his laboratory are the critical evaluation of body composition assessment techniques, the influence of intermittent fasting on health and physical performance, and sports nutritio…
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Christopher Barakat is a competitive natural bodybuilder, coach, and researcher investigating training & nutrition intervention to optimize body composition outcomes. He started competing in 2011 as a teenager and this passion led him to pursue academic studies that would enhance his knowledge to be a better coach and athlete. He earned his bachelo…
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Ep.48 Ciaran Fairman: The benefits of exercise for cancer treatment
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Ciaran is an Assistant Professor in Exercise Science the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on the impact of exercise, nutritional supplementation and behavioral interventions on the health and wellness of individuals with cancer. Ciaran received his PhD in Kinesiology from Ohio State University and recently completed a Post-Doctora…
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Ep.47 Hugh Gilmore: Risk and rewards of psychology in coaching
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Hugh Gilmore is a BASES accredited sports psychologist who has spent the last 6 years working with Olympians and Paralympians within Great Britain athletics and GB weightlifting. He also has a wealth of experience working within the GAA and Net Ball Northern Ireland. On top of all that, Hugh is also co-host of the Eight Percent Mental podcast. Harn…
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Episode 72: S02: Ep9 | Dr. Evelyn Parr. Nutrition, Exercise and body composition
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Dr. Parr is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Exercise and Nutrition Research Program at The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research. We chat about her research into exercise, intermittent fasting, protein metabolism and body composition. Keep up with Evelyn: Twitter @ev_parr Me: Twitter/Instagram: @ciaranfairman…
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Ep.46 Shannon Beer: Comprehensive coaching in nutrition
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Shannon is a nomadic nutrition coach who uses comprehensive coaching strategies to promote adaptive self-regulation behaviors within her clients. She seeks to understand why we do the things we do, particularly when it comes to our eating behaviors, and views motivated choice through a lens of complex interactions between internal and external envi…
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Episode 71: S02: Ep8 | David Hooper. Exercise and Hypogonadism, the link between elite athletes and cancer.
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Dave is an Assistant Professor at Jacksonville University, specialising in exercise endocrinology. We chat about the hypogonadal condition in male athletes and how this relates to those with cancer. Keep up with Dave JU Profile: https://www.ju.edu/directory/david-hooper.php Twitter: @DavidRHooperPhD Me: Instagram/Twitter: @ciaranfairman…
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Episode 70: S02: Ep7 | Zionna Hanson. Building a non-profit for breast cancer support
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Z is the brains behind Barbells for Boobs, a company aimed at providing support for women with breast cancer. I chat to her about the highs and lows of growing her company. BFB: https://www.barbellsforboobs.org/ Z: https://www.instagram.com/zionna/ Me: Twitter/Instagram: @ciaranfairmanBy Ciaran Fairman
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Ep.45 Kirk English: Health in space and how astronauts exercise
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Kirk is an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) and the director of experimental research at the Health and Human Performance Institute, also at UHCL. Prior to that, he was an exercise physiologist and senior scientist at NASA-Johnson Space Center where he continues to collaborate and consult. Broadly, his research eva…
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Ep.44 Alberto Nuñez: Lessons learned as a natural bodybuilder and coach
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Alberto is a pro natural bodybuilder and bodybuilding coach and has earned his pro status in virtually every major natural organization. He has played vital role in promoting the natural bodybuilding movement. He is also one of the founders of Team 3D Muscle Journey and with them his contributions as a coach, athlete, and author have helped propel …
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Ep.43 Austin Baraki: Sarcopenia, muscle loss and how to age well
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Dr. Austin Baraki is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, a practicing Internal Medicine Physician, competitive powerlifter, and strength coach located in San Antonio, Texas. He completed his undergraduate degree in Chemistry at the College of William & Mary, his doctorate in medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Internal Medicine Residen…
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Ep.42 Jackson Peos: Intermittent dieting for fat loss and performance
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Jackson is a competitive boxer, bodybuilder, rower and sports nutritionist, currently completing his PhD in Clinical & Sports Nutrition at the University of Western Australia. He has completed a BSc in Sports Science, and Exercise & Health, and an Honours degree (First Class) in Exercise Physiology. Jackson’s research focuses on novel strategies fo…
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Ep.41 Amaeze Madukah: Diversity in nutrition and the importance of food culture
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Amaeze is a Registered Nutritionist (ANutr) with a Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition, Diploma in Counselling and is the founder of the health consultancy Life’s Recipe. With a background in product development Ameze now works in both the private and public sectors with individuals and groups to cultivate a sustainable, healthy relationship with …
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Ep.40 Gabrielle Fundaro: Diet culture, Health At Every Size and the anti-diet movement
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Dr Gabrielle Fundaro CISSN,CHC, holds a PhD in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise from Virginia Tech and is is a former Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Georgia Gwinnett College. She is also a Renaissance Periodization coach, an ISSN-certified sport nutritionist, and an ACE-certified health coach. Gabrielle has a particular interest in …
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Ep.39 Jenny Rosborough: Food environment, food insecurity and food choices
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Jenny Rosborough (RNutr) is Head of Nutrition at Jamie Oliver and is Registered with the Association for Nutrition. Jenny works across the Jamie Oliver Group to implement nutrition standards and is particularly passionate about improving the food environment through policy change. She is part of the Expert Advisory Group for Bite Back 2030, a youth…
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Ep.38 Richie Kirwan: Muscle loss, body-fat types and metabolic health
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A slightly different podcast this week as I'm the guest. I was honoured to speak with Astrid Naranjo, otherwise known as the Antidiet_dietitian. We spoke about my PhD research into sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, body fat distribution and metabolic health and Astrid was good enough to allow me to share it as a podcast. Astrid is an Accredited Pract…
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Episode 69: S02: Ep6 | Dr. Karen Wonders . Building an Exercise Oncology Business
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Keep up with Karen: https://www.mapletreecanceralliance.org/ Follow me: https://twitter.com/CiaranFairmanBy Ciaran Fairman
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Ep.37 Artin Entezarjou: Self-determination theory & personality types in coaching
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Artin is a licensed medical doctor and family medicine resident in Sweden as well as being a PhD candidate in the field of primary care at Lund University. On top of that he is co-founder of the brand EBT: Evidence Based Training, which is dedicated to making wellness science simple and understandable. Artin's Instagram EBT Official Instagram EBT W…
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Ep.36 Jake Linardon: Eating disorders, binge eating & dietary restraint
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Dr Jake Linardon is a Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia. His research involves evaluating a broad range of treatment approaches for eating disorders, with a keen interest in understanding how we can use innovative technology to better reach those in need. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, is on the editorial board for the…
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Episode 68: S02: Ep5 | Dr. Emer Guinan. Exercise in oesophagogastric cancer & building multi-disciplinary teams
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I chat to Dr. Emer Guinan about her research in exercise and oesophagogastric cancer Keep up with Emer: https://twitter.com/emguinank Find out more about the work at Trinity: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiotherapy/research/exercise-oncology.php Check out their masters course in Cancer Survivorship: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiotherapy/postg…
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Ep.35 Louise Newson: Menopause, Health and HRT
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Dr Louise Newson is a GP and menopause specialist with an Advanced Menopause Specialist certificate with FSRH and the BMS. She feels passionately about improving education about the perimenopause and menopause and also improving awareness of safe prescribing of HRT to healthcare professionals. She has written many articles and editorials and in 201…
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Ep.34 Maeve Hanan: Getting the right message across in nutrition
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Maeve is a Registered Dietitian with a background in clinical nutrition, having worked in the NHS as a General Dietitian, a Stroke Specialist Dietitian and a Paediatric Specialist Dietitian. She is also an experienced Health Writer writing for such sites at the Food Medic Maeve is also the founder of Dietetically Speaking - a nutrition communicatio…
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Episode 67: S02: Ep4 | Dr. Liz Muenks. Psychology in Cancer and Minority
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Dr. Elizabeth Muenks is a clinical psychologist in Kansas Cancer Center. In this episode, we cover a broad area of topics including the psychology of cancer in those diagnosed and their caregivers, how psychology fits in cancer care, and minority issues and multicultural competency. Keep up with Liz: http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/psychiatr…
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Ep.33 Bill Campbell: Science-based strategies for successful fat-loss
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Dr. Campbell is a Professor of Exercise Science at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Exercise, Nutrition, and Preventive Health at Baylor University. As a researcher and author, Dr. Campbell has published nearly 200 scientific papers and abstracts (in academic journals) related to physique enhancement and sports nutrition. I…
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Episode 66: S02: Ep3 | Dr. Kristen Ness. Exercise and Rehabilitation in Childhood Cancer.
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Dr. Kristen Ness is a researcher at St. Judes Childrens Hospital in Memphis Tenessee. In this episode, we chat about unique aspects of childhood cancer, some of the long term side effects of treatment, and what Dr. Ness' team is doing to manage this. Keep up with Dr. Ness: https://www.stjude.org/directory/n/kirsten-ness.html Keep up with Me: Twitte…
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Ep.32 Jenna Macciochi: Immune response, COVID-19 and what's within our power
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Jenna completed her BSc in Immunology at the University of Glasgow in 2002 followed by a PhD in the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London. She has held positions in infectious disease at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as well as working in both Biotech specialising in clinical retraining of immunological tol…
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Ep.31 Jonny Landels: How to build habits for long-lasting change
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Founder and operator of Next Step Nutrition, Jonny's mission is to help everyone understand nutrition through keeping things simple. He works 1:1 with clients closely to help them change their behaviours to make lasting change and live a healthy, balanced life. He also runs a podcast which is centred around educating people on nutrition and fitness…
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Episode 65: S02: Ep2 | Dr. Jesper Christensen: The strength of evidence in Exercise Oncology
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Jesper is a researcher in Exercise Oncology at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. In this Episode, we chat about the strength of evidence in exercise oncology and the importance of designing strong research projects. Keep up with Jesper ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesper_Frank_Christensen Twitter: https://twitter.com/…
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Ep.30 Harry Smith: Weight loss & muscle gain while training at home
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Harry is a natural bodybuilding coach with Team Revive Stronger. He lives his life by a mantra: “Honesty, always. Better, together. Science matters, and so do you. No detail is too small.“ From fat kid, to skateboarder, to avid gamer / Netflix connoisseur before settling on Natural Bodybuilding. Harry has always had a deep appreciation for the Gold…
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Ep.29 Brian Ó hÁonghusa: Nutrition Q&A, food environment, snacking and slow cooker love
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Brian is the head nutritionist and coach with The Fit Clinic which is a bespoke online coaching and consultancy service designed to guide and empower people to adopt positive health and lifestyle changes. Brian has BSc in human nutrition from University College Dublin, Ireland and has completed both the level 1 and level 2 of the globally acclaimed…
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Episode 64: S02: Ep1 | Dr. Jesper Christensen: Pre-habilitation in Cancer.
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Jesper is a researcher in Exercise Oncology at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. In this Episode, we chat about prehabilitation in cancer and Jespers trial looking at rehabilitation in individuals undergoing resection for gastro-esophageal (GE)-cancer. Keep up with Jesper ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesper_Frank_Chri…
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Ep.28 Luis Villaseñor: Ketogenic diets, myths & misconceptions
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Luis is the founder of Ketogains, an online keto diet accountability community. He is an international speaker and specialist in low carb, paleo and intermittent fasting protocols for health and body recomposition as well as holding a host of other nutrition and fitness certifications. Luis is regarded as one of the most experienced and knowledgeab…
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Ep.27 Barbara Morrison: Exercise and cardiovascular disease in older athletes
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Barbara is completing her Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where she also received her Masters of Science as well as her Bachelor of Kinesiology in Exercise Science. Her thesis focuses on Cardiovascular Risk Management and Screening in Masters Athletes to prevent adverse cardiac events during sport. She has…
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Ep.26 Joe O'Brien: The psychology of behaviour change in nutrition
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Joe is currently completing a doctorate in Health Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University and runs the Instagram page @headfirst0. His special interests are in the psychology of behaviour change and the relationship between physical and mental health. He is currently based in Dublin where he works with Spectrum Mental Health. Joe's Instagram…
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Ep.25 Lee Bell: Understanding overtraining in strength training
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Lee is a strength and conditioning / sport and exercise science lecturer based at Sheffield Hallam University. He has a publication background in athlete performance, with a special interest in strength sport fatigue. Lee is also co-director at TRA Performance Education, an education platform for coaches and trainers to develop their skills and kno…
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Ep.24 Daniel Davey: Cooking: How to make better nutrition happen at home
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Daniel Davey is a performance nutritionist working with the Dublin Senior Gaelic Football team and Leinster Rugby as well as athletes in sports including golf, hockey, athletics and cycling. He is also author of the nutrition and recipe book "Eat up, raise your game" and founder of the online platform FoodFlicker. Daniel received his BSc in Agricul…
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Ep.23 Marika Day: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, food, stress and lifestyle
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Marika Day is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Nutritionist with a special interest in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and gut health, which came after her own diagnosis of Coeliac Disease. With a strong evidence based and no BS approach to nutrition she has helped hundreds of people around the world improve their symptoms and quality of life with h…
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Ep.22 Jose Antonio: Protein research, health benefits and safety
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Jose Antonio PhD FNSCA FISSN is the CEO and co-founder of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (www.issn.net) as well as the co-Founder of the Society of NeuroSports, the first academic society that focuses on sports neuroscience. Dr. Antonio has published more books and scientific publications than you will ever care to read. Dr. Antonio …
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Ep.21 Emilia Thompson: Diet culture, mindfulness and body confidence
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Emilia Thompson is a Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition, is an online nutrition consultant and educator and lecturer in Sports Nutrition. With a PhD in Exercise Physiology and Life Coaching Diploma, Emilia supports individuals with an evidence-based holistic approach to improve health, food relationships and body composition…
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Ep.20 Danny Lennon: Chrononutrition, circadian rhythms and metabolic health
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Danny is the founder of Sigma Nutrition, a company providing educational, science-based content on nutrition & health sciences. Of this content, Danny is perhaps most well-known for being the host of the top-ranked podcast, Sigma Nutrition Radio. Danny has a MSc. Degree in Nutritional Sciences from University College Cork, in addition to an undergr…
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Ep.19 Anna Escalada: Building well-balanced plant-based and vegan diets
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Anna has a bachelor's degree in food science, is a registered dietitian/nutritionist in Spain and has a masters degree in nutrition and metabolism from the University of Barcelona which is where we met and became friends many years ago. Anna works online with clients, helping them construct healthy ways of eating that are more intuitive, less proce…
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Ep.18 Food Science Babe: GMOs, organic foods and what they mean for health
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Erin aka Food Science Babe has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minesota. She has worked in the food industry for 10+ years in both the conventional and natural/organic sectors as an Engineer/Food Scientist. Erin started her page to combat the myths about food and the food industry. She used to have many false beliefs surrounding…
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Ep.17 David Nolan: Weight cutting strategies for strength & combat sports
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David Nolan is based at Dublin City University where he coordinates research examining nutritional & exercise interventions targeting the preservation of muscle mass and function in older adults while also undertaking PhD studies focused on weight-cutting protocols in strength sports. On top of this he is head of performance at the Rugby Academy Ir…
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Ep.16 Brad Dieter: Communicating nutrition research to those who need it
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Brad Dieter, PhD, is an exercise physiologist, molecular biologist, biostatistician, scientist and entrepreneur whose goal is to bring science and industry together to improve human health. He holds a master’s degree in biomechanics, a doctoral degree and post-doctoral fellowship in translational science at Providence Medical Research Center, Provi…
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Ep.15 Alan Flanagan: The current state of nutrition "science"
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Alan Flanagan is currently pursuing his PhD in nutrition at the University of Surrey, having completeda Masters in Nutritional Medicine at the same institution. Originally a lawyer by backgroundin Dublin, Ireland, Alan combines an investigative and logical approach to nutrition togetherwith advocacy skills to communicate the often complicated world…
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Ep.14 Rabin Das: A breakdown of some recent nutrition research
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Rabin Das is a health and performance nutritionist and holds an MSc in human nutrition and metabolism. Passionate about all thing’s health and nutrition related, he hopes to bring about a culture change in the public sphere in how nutrition is communicated, always seeking to strike a balance between what matters most but also what’s possible for pe…
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Ep.13 Rebecca Nolan: The importance of critical thinking in evidence-based nutrition
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Rebecca Nolan, otherwise known as the tea.to.triceps has a degree in psychology and is a certified nutritionist with a real passion for nutrition education. In her own words, she uses her Instagram account to communicate nutrition information to anyone who will listen. Rebecca's Instagram In this episode we cover: How Rebecca got into fitness and n…
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Ep.12 Astrid Naranjo: The pressure to diet and unique insights for working with women
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Astrid Naranjo, otherwise known as the Antidiet_dietitian is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) originally from Venezuela but now practicing in Southport Private Hospital, Australia. Astrid has a masters degree in Nutrition and Dietetic Practice from Bond University, Gold Coast. Astrid has experience across a wide range of areas ( bariatric s…
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