Health Evolution Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tracey McBeath Health & Wellness Coach
It's time for an evolution! A health evolution for mind & body. Tracey is a Health Coach in Melbourne Australia. She was a personal trainer for 12 years before moving into a more holistic health coaching role about 4 years go. She is a wife, and a mum of 5 kids ranging from 6-18 years. She runs a successful health coaching business from home, and also recently created, hosted and presented in Australia's first online Low Carb Lifestyle Long Weekend all female health summit.
This podcast is all about offering you information on how to keep your own health evolving. Tracey sometimes just chats to you sharing her own insights, and sometimes interviews guests who have evolved in their own health.. both physical and mental health. Nutrition, metabolic health, weight loss, habit change, exercise, stress, anxiety, being human, sleep, disordered eating are all topics Tracey will focus on.
Disclaimer: All information in these podcasts is for general purposes only and is not meant to substitute for advice provided by your doctor or other qualified health provider.
You are going to love this conversation! What a treat it is to meet people like Renee doing amazing work to help people with their health. Renee is a NZ nutritionist who spend 4 years working as the sole Nutritionist on the Cook Islands. You won't believe how much she was able to do to help some of these people understand how to reverse their metabolic diseases, especially type 2 diabetes.
There are so many people out there quietly going about their work in amazing ways. No fanfare, no ego.. just pure hard work to help the people they meet, one person at a time.
From Renee:
"Kia Ora, I am a New Zealand trained Nutritionist with over 17 years experience working in a variety of settings including clinical and private practice. My work has encompassed working alongside patients with different types of health concerns including diabetes, obesity, heart disease and autoimmune conditions as well as weight loss and performance athletes. Most recently my work took me to the Cook Islands where I spent 4 years using LCHF Nutrition to help people improve their health and reverse symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome.
I am currently living in Auckland, New Zealand with my husband and 4 children. I meet with patients either online or in person to help them with their health journeys."
Contact Renee:
website: prideauxnutrition.com
email: reneeprideaux@gmail.com
Instagram: @lowcarbnut
Facebook: Prideaux Nutrition
Contact Tracey:
Register Free for the 2021 Women's Health Summit!: http://bit.ly/longweekend2021
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_health/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation.
To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Love. Life. Purpose.
Natalie is a Clinical Psychotherapist, Self-Image Specialist, International Speaker and Columnist. Natalie is sought-after facilitator and speaker on the Self Image, Mind – Food Behaviours, Natalie's work has taken her to stages in the UK, Canada, USA, NZ and here in Australia.
Natalie loves to use the knowledge she has gained through years of working globally and as well as her education and training as a clinical psychotherapist along side holistic wellness, to guide you through contemporary relationship and life's challenges to help you to build the life you want.
People say Natalie has an empathetic nature and direct style, who likes to make my clients feel safe and ultimately empowered.
"I'm a strong believer in a holistic approach to wellbeing"
Love, Career, Social Life and Spirituality. All these aspects of our lives are intertwined. I’m passionate about Life, Love and the health of our relationships.
Natalie embodies all of this interconnected wisdom & experience to facilitate authentic & connected relationship, either as individuals or in a workplace.
With qualifications in Clinical Behavioural Science and Applied Clinical Hypnotherapy, Natalie is also qualified in the areas of: Neuro-Hypnosis , Clinical Hypnosis, public speaking, group meditation facilitation, physical & psychological conditioning and performance coaching. She also holds experience in the areas of Orthomolecular Nutrition, mindset coaching & holistic health.
Contact:
www.natalieewest.com
Instagram: @natalie.e.west
Facebook: Natalie E West
Linkedin: Natalie E West, DCht, IICT
Contact Tracey:
Register Free for the 2021 Women's Health Summit!: http://bit.ly/longweekend2021
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_health/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation.
To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
**Dr Herath is one of 4 principal partners at Valewood Clinic, and is an Australian-trained GP with a special interest in occupational health, aged care, LCHF and weight management, vein treatment, and general medicine.**
Dr Herath completed a Bachelor of Science (Biology) Degree in the United States, before completing his postgraduate studies in Medicine and GP training in Melbourne.
In addition to postgraduate training in Sclerotherapy and Occupational Health, Dr Herath is accredited for Category 1, 2, and 3 Rail Medicals.
Special Interests: Weigh Loss, Low Carb / High Fat Eating, Occupational Health, Chronic Disease Management, and Non-Surgical Vein Treatment.
Dr Herath is also conversant in Sinhalese.
Contact: www.valewoodclinic.com.au
Dr Herath is also a member of Low Carb Melbourne. You can join that here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/387154592536873/
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Register Free for the 2021 Women's Health Summit!: http://bit.ly/longweekend2021
Tracey McBeath Transformation Health Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
PODCAST SPONSORED BY: Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home baked grain free, sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto alternatives here: http://www.primalalternativebyjim.com.au
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation.
To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
If there was ever a story about how it is possible to overcome adversity, this is it. I am so grateful the universe has connected me with Martin. Martin has been through huge adversity and come out the other end with a passion and drive to help others - particularly men - see and reconnect to their own innate resilience and wellbeing.
In this chat with Martin I laughed (a lot!) and I cried as he shared openly the pain he has experienced.
I know you will love listening to his story.
Here's a little about Martin:
Recently appointed to the Board of Australasian College of Nutritional Environmental Medicine (www.acnem.org)
Originally born in Scotland, calling Sydney home since 2000. Father of 2 amazing teenage daughters, have over 30 years commercial experience including representing leading Fast moving consumer brands, Executive recruitment, leading Hotel organisations, Leading IT Cyber Security Portfolios’ experiences and Transforming Businesses in Europe and Australia.
Entrepreneur with a passion for healthy lifestyle developed over 30 years, having been curious about the benefits and changing patterns of global food trends and it’s impact on wellness. Have created own business after 25 years in the corporate world to focus on the wellness and preventative health of men in society.
A start to my entrepreneurial life was from the age of 13 delivering newspapers daily and on the weekend in Glasgow. Life lessons that shaped my life.
A believer that change is necessary in society, including the teaching of wellness, good nutrition, holistic health, connections and optimism.
From a personal pathway have been able to overcome personal trauma and stage 4 cancer over the past few years.
Keen sportsperson including running, swimming, yoga, meditation, and ambassador for cancer research charities.
How to connect with Martin:
E-mail: martin@gemwellnesswarrior.com.au
FB: Martin Gillespie
insta: mgillespie70
Linkedin: martin gillespie
Register Free for the 2021 Women's Health Summit!: http://bit.ly/longweekend2021
Tracey McBeath Transformation Health Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
PODCAST SPONSORED BY: Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home baked grain free, sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto alternatives here: http://www.primalalternativebyjim.com.au
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation.
To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Helen is a great mate of mine and she inspires me to live my best life regularly! We got to sit down and have a chat again to talk all things getting out of your comfort zone to grow.
Helen Marshall is a certified Primal Health Coach & founder of the grain free food range Primal Alternative. Helen hosts the Primal Alternative Podcast on the Wellness Couch which is the number one ranked health and wellness podcast station in Australia.
She is a Motivational Speaker on grass roots community centric change, overcoming limiting beliefs and creating an exceptional life. Faced with a health crisis which included chronic nausea, constipation, insomnia, physical pain, headaches, brain fog, depression, anxiety and phobias, Helen returned to a diet of plants and animals to reclaim her health.
She ditched grains, sugar and seed oils and embraced sunshine, sleep, nature and connection. Helen qualified as a Primal Health Coach to let other women know that they were not on their own on their health journey and that they too could reclaim their health and change their life just with some diet and lifestyle tweaks and community behind them. But she got kick back, Helen’s clients told her that going grain free was hard – their were time poor and found themselves falling off the wagon.
People found it hard to go without pizza, bread, cookies and lollies. So Helen offered to create a range of Primal Alternatives to the foods people love to make going grain free easy. Helen was told that her products were life changing and she felt compelled to get the range to the whole of Australia but the thought of factories didn’t light her up and besides – she didn’t have any capital.
Helen was inspired to share her successful baking business so that other women with a passion for clean living could start their own home business, doing what they love and make a difference in their community. The Primalista Baking Licence launched on Boxing Day 2016 and to date over 140 incredible women have said yes to this opportunity.
Primal Alternative now has an online store and over 250 stockists across Australia, the UK, New Zealand and the US. In 2017 Quirky Cooking collaborated with Primal Alternative to bring a ready made version of their Life Changing Dough to the community.
Before ditching the rat race, Helen was a Fitness Instructor and Personal trainer then a Business Manager for a leading recruitment company in the city. Helen has worked with women all of her life listening to their desires around health, work and lifestyle and has combined those skills to bring her greatest contribution yet – the Primalista Baking Licence.
Helen lives on 100 acres of wilderness in Albany, WA with her husband Mike and their children Sam & Milly. She likes pilates, massage, coffee with her bestie, sunbathing, meditation, walks in nature and champagne in the spa.
CONTACT:
Website: www.primalalternative.com
Facebook: Primal Alternative
Instagram: @primalalternative
Tracey McBeath Transformation Health Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more. PODCAST SPONSORED BY: Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home baked grain free, sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto alternatives here: http://www.primalalternativebyjim.com.au
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation.
To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Steph Fowler is a meat scientist, equestrian and lover of all things low carb. What started as a weight loss journey to be the best person for her horses has turned into a total mind, body and health transformation. Now Steph is passionate about helping others do the same, studying a Masters of Human Nutrition to add to her tool box.
Steph is a part of the Real Meal Revolution team as well as the Diet Doctor team.
I just love Steph's honesty. Thanks for opening up and sharing your story Steph. It will no doubt help so many to see their own innate resilience.
CONTACT STEPH:
Instagram: @keto.equestrian
Facebook: Steph Fowler
CONTACT TRACEY:
Tracey McBeath Transformation Health Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
PODCAST SPONSORED BY: Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home baked grain free, sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto alternatives here: http://www.primalalternativebyjim.com.au
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Are you still a believer in no pain no gain? Well after this chat with Andre, you hopefully won't be. Andre is a global health coach who isn't afraid to tell it like it is. There is so much that is wrong about what we believe when it comes to diet and exercise. Stuff I used to believe in! I'm sure you will really get a lot out of this chat with Andre.
When it comes to optimising overall health and performance, Andre Obradovic is backed with extensive knowledge and experience. Since 2016, he has helped hundreds of people around the world with his no-nonsense, straight talking approach to nutrition, mindset and overall, well-being. Andre has a reputation for inspiring people from all walks of life through his speaking engagements to reflect on their situation and help move them into action to change the situation.
Andre works with everyday people right through to high-level executives and elite athletes. He has built a strong reputation for transforming the areas of people’s lives that matter most. From reducing stress, drastically improving sleep to shedding stubborn kilos, Andre draws upon his mentors, research and his own success story to give people the results they’ve always wanted.
Globally recognised, Andre is a USA Triathlon Level 1 Certified Coach, a Triathlon Australia Development Coach, an ICF Leadership PPC Level Coach, a Certified Low Carb Healthy Fat Coach and a Top 10 Primal Health Coach trained by Mark Sisson's Primal Health Coaching Institute. In addition, he is a Certified Personal Trainer, Triathlete and Marathoner.
He is also an ambassador for the Noakes Foundation. Andre is a speaker for Beyond Blue, which is one of Australia’s key organisations that help remove the stigma of mental health in our community. Andre has shared his personal story over 300 times to groups large and small with significant impact. Andre is available for one-on-one, tailored coaching. If you have tried everything and need someone who will make sure you stay on track, reach out to Andre today.
CONTACT ANDRE:
andre@andreobradovic.com
Twitter.com/AndreObradovic
Instagram.com/AndreObradovic
www.youtube.com/c/AndreObradovicAus
CONTACT TRACEY:
Tracey McBeath Transformation Health Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
PODCAST SPONSORED BY: Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home baked grain free, sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto alternatives here: http://www.primalalternativebyjim.com.au
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Today Helena shares a powerful story of how her elderly mother in law reversed type 2 diabetes over 2 years at the age of 78!!
It's an inspiring story and shows the possibility and power that is real food. It also serves to inspire you if you think it's all too hard. If an elderly lady with limited English can do it, so can you!
You can contact Helena: Helena Kastanis - LCHF (low carb, healthy fat) Advisor & Health Coach www.changingplates.com.au Instagram/Facebook: Helena Kastanis.
Your host: Tracey McBeath Transformation Health Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/ Free resources, one on one coaching, online programs and more.
PODCAST SPONSORED BY: Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home baked grain free, sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto alternatives here: http://www.primalalternativebyjim.com.au
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Who is this guy and what’s he about?
I’m trained as a forage agronomist and ruminant nutritionist. I received my Doctorate from the University of Kentucky in 1986 and I joined the faculty of Oregon State University as the Extension Forage Specialist.
In 2007 I realized that I was an obese pre-diabetic. I am no longer either, thanks to several clinicians, researchers and authors. About a decade ago I started to attend and then speak at international conferences focused on therapeutic carbohydrate reduction and metabolic health. I’ve gotten to learn a great deal about human nutrition and metabolic health while I’ve been on this health-restoration journey. I’ve also come to appreciate the gaps that exists between science and policy, and between agricultural producers and the rest of society. To bridge these gaps, I’ve become an advocate for forage and ruminant animal agriculture, and the essential role of ruminant animal products in human health and flourishing.
About ten years ago I started blogging and posting on social media about what I called Grass Based Health (“Grass Roots Health” was already taken). It represents that integration of what I’ve learned – healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy animals, and healthy people, all thanks to ruminant animal agriculture. It also reflected my previous belief about the superior nutritional quality of grass-fed livestock products. I no longer hold that position and the name reminds me of that journey. The fact that approximately 96% of what the global domestic ruminant herd consumes is not human-edible plant material justifies calling ruminant animal agriculture “grass based.”
The “Ruminati” grew out of the people who had seen my presentations or read my postings. It is my name for those people who understand to some degree some portion of the production-through consumption landscape and the disciplines that serve it. I’ve been given the title of Don Pedro, aka the SodFather. While I’m absolutely serious about the essential role of animal source food in the human diet, and the unique advantages of ruminant animal agriculture in producing those foods, I believe that
humor (at least what I think is humor) is helpful in building bridges.
The “Meet Your Herdmates” Sodcast is a new effort to introduce members of the Ruminati to each other, so that we might all learn from each other.
Episodes on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSk6HFRr5_VbbmSnPJMbcAP2bDEI9cnII
Episodes on PodBean - https://herdmates.podbean.com/
Peter J. Ballerstedt, PhD
541 905-6995
Grass Based Health.
The Host, Tracey McBeath:
Tracey McBeath Health Transformation Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Tracey offers Free Resources, Practitioner Resources, Online Programs, Online Coaching and more.
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here
This podcast is proudly sponsored by Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home made grain free, low carb, keto primal alternative products here.
It's not every day you get to chat for an hour to one of your heroes. I was like a teenage girl seeing her favourite singer for the first time! Dr Ken Berry has been hugely influential in my life, and my husbands life. We have both following him and learnt from him over the years, and have both seen the huge health improvements because of that. I hope you enjoy this chat I had with Dr Ken.
From Dr Ken Berrry...
"Unlike most doctors, I love questions and ideas from you…
I used to be a fat, miserable, ignorant doctor, until I slowly discovered the power of removing the slow-poisons of the standard diet, and replacing them with the nourishment of a proper human diet…
I am a Board Certified Family Physician and Fellow in The American Academy of Family Physicians. I have been practicing Family Medicine in rural Tennessee for over a decade, and have seen over 20,000 patients in my career so far.
No big medical words here, just plain talk you can use to stay healthy and happy. If you like it limp-wristed and sugar-coated then you should probably look somewhere else.
I’ll explain how you can use your diet and your lifestyle to get the health you want. Videos about the low-carb/ketogenic/carnivore diets, intermittent fasting, thyroid health, hormone optimization and much more. I’ve declared all-out war on the epidemics of hyperinsulinemia, diabetes and obesity currently hurting our world, and hurting your health.
Learn how to lose weight, lower your blood sugar, lower your blood pressure, optimize your hormones and more…"
Find Ken on your favourite social media platform!
Website: https://drberry.com/
Facebook: Ken D Berry, MD
Instagram: @kendberry.md
Linkedin: Ken Berry, MD
Twitter: @kenberrymd
The Host, Tracey McBeath:
Tracey McBeath Health Transformation Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/
Tracey offers Free Resources, Practitioner Resources, Online Programs, Online Coaching and more.
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here
This podcast is proudly sponsored by Primal Alternative by Jim. Buy your home made grain free, low carb, keto primal alternative products here.
The Host, Tracey McBeath:
Tracey McBeath Health & Happiness Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_health
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeath
Tracey offers Free Resources, Practitioner Resources, Online Programs, Online Coaching and more.
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here
Join me in my first Live chat for 2021!
And what an exciting one it will be, chatting to co founder of Low Carb USA, Pam Devine. With the Low Carb USA online conference around the, Pam is keen to share all about the conference, as well as offering a special offer for my viewers who sign up.
From Pam: "I turned 47 last Fall, and am super excited that I’ve found something that works to help me lose the weight that I’ve put on since turning 40 which, no matter what I did, I couldn’t lose. I seemed to work out more than many of the people I encountered during my work day and was getting super frustrated with my failure to keep it under control. I’ve also found peace of mind, feeling totally satiated and more focused than I’ve ever been! I have a passion for helping people and have over 40 years’ experience in service-based environments including customer, employee, or marketing team support in either a healthcare diagnostic setting, hospital, doctors' office, retail, and the corporate arena. I always find pleasure in making an experience easier, and more worthwhile. I also have extensive experience with hosting events and overseeing the day to day operations of a large organization. Now I’ll be doing it for something I’m really passionate about too! With our commitment to put on events to share all the latest research with our growing community and with our coaching program we will be able to ‘Turn Consensus On It’s Head!!
Won’t you join us and help make strides, one meal at a time, towards halting the catastrophic rise in obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases that we've seen since 1977."
To sign up for the Low Carb USA Boca Conference, go to: www.lowcarbusa.org, use the code THEC to receive 20% off the price.
Tracey McBeath Health & Happiness Coach www.traceymcbeath.com.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traceymcbeathhealthcoach Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceymcbeathhealthcoach/ Online Programs: https://www.traceymcbeath.com.au/online-programs/ Coaching: https://www.traceymcbeath.com.au/online-coaching/ Womens' Health Summit 2020: https://www.traceymcbeath.com.au/womens-health-summit/ Organuary 2021: https://www.organuary.info/ Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
If you feel the effects of stress a lot, there is always more to see. In this chat Dawn and I talk about how we can either be powerless against it's affect, or completely change the way we view it and make it work for us.
Dawn is a workshop leader and coach and she helps midlife women deal with stress and anxiety using a non-technique, gentle conversational coaching approach. She worked in HR and as a management trainer for fifteen years for a variety of organizations and then retrained as an Alexander Technique teacher to help individuals use their bodies with more ease.
She is the author of the incredible book that will change the way you see stress in your life, "Ditch Your Midlife Stress from the Inside Out."
She lives in the UK with her husband and daughter and when she's not working, she is often roaming the countryside armed with a flask of tea and a slab of cake.
Social media links
https://theflourishingmidlife.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theflourishingmidlife/
https://www.facebook.com/theflourishingmidlife
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/flourishingmidlife/_saved/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWOQp1PjwBLTIPz3Wlrq0Tg
******* Tracey McBeath, Health & Happiness Coach http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au**
tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Are you a health practitioner and interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice with confidence? The Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
**I'm back! After a bit of a break with my interviews, I'm so pleased to be back and chatting with Brodie.** **Today Brodie shared her story, what has changed for her with over 25 years experience as an exercise physiologist, her defining moment for change, what she sees in her practice, how diet affects brain health, the CAC scan, heart attacks, insulin resistance and more!** **About Brodie:** **Brodie is also the founder and co-ordinator of the Shoalhaven Allied Health Network and is passionate about the health and wellbeing of her fellow health workers.** **Brodie has an interest in educating health workers about recognising the signs and symptoms of Compassion Fatigue so as to help our frontline workers in the health system maintain their own health also.** **Brodie became interested in brain development and brain health after working with people and families who may be experiencing depression. Her programs now extend into stroke rehabilitation, programs for Parkinson' Disease and other neurological conditions.** **** **Brodie is an Accredited Stand Up Paddle Board Instructor and has competed numerous courses on back care, posture and exercise for improved lung function.** **The unique component of BrainFit programs is that BrainFit programs use the Fiteracy Framweork to to provide low anxiety learning environments for participants.** **Reducing anxiety during initial consults increases engagement in health information with BrainFit participants being encouraged to participate in the development of their own health plan and reduction in clinical tests during an initial consult.** **She has developed and applied the Fiteracy teaching method to develop exercise programs for people experiencing PTSD, depression, anxiety and social isolation.** **More recently Brodie has been involved in ultra marathon kayak paddling and has completed 1000km of paddle racing through out Australia in 2018. Brodie has been using her paddling pursuits to demonstrate the effect of a reduced carbohydrate diet on endurance physical performance.** **Brodie is passionate about providing participants with the latest evidence based guidelines on the most appropriate fuels for exercising and works in the areas pre-diabetes, weight management and exercise program development for people who have chronic injuries.** **Brodie provides exercise guidelines for those experiencing injury who may not be able to complete long bouts of exercise for weight management.** **Brodie works alongside Accredited Practicing Dietitians to help create a combined exercise and diet plan using evidence based research in the area of reducing carbohydrate consumption prior to exercising.** **Brodie Cambourne** **Accredited Exercise Physiologist** **Brainfit Exercise Physiology** **Nowra Allied Health Center** **66 Plunkett Street, Nowra** **www.brainfitexercise.com.au** ***************************************** **Tracey McBeath, Health & Happiness Coach** **http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au**
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In this chat, Dr Zee shares his thoughts and wisdom around Covid. This chat was recorded on 31st August.
Dr Zee is a wealth of information and wisdom.
Dr Zeeshan Arain M.B.B.S, M.P.H.T.M, F.R.A.C.G.P, A.C.S.E.P Registrar Commenced at Midtown Medical Clinic May 2016.
Areas of special interest: All aspects of Sports Medicine All aspects of General Medicine Preventative Medicine Zee received his medical degree from Monash University in 2003 and has also completed a Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine through James Cook University. He worked in the hospital system for many years mainly in a major emergency department before switching to General Practice training. Zee is very experienced in Sports Medicine. He has worked as the club doctor for the Melbourne Demons AFL club since 2013 and is the current secretary of the AFL Doctors Association. In 2016 he has also commenced further specialist training with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians. Zee’s other passion is Preventative Medicine. He believes the role of proper nutrition, exercise, stress management and adequate sleep is paramount in the prevention and treatment of most chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver, polycystic ovarian syndrome and so on. He has successfully assisted numerous patients lose weight and maintain their weight loss with a well formulated personalised nutrition plan. He has given several public lectures exploring these themes and is in the process of developing a research study in this field.
Since the beginning of 2016 Zee has also been involved in medical education, teaching medical students at Monash University. Availability: Zee is available for consultation at Midtown Medical Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday.
If you would like to arrange an appointment to see Zee book online or phone 9650 4284
www.midtownmedical.com.au
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I've uploaded this live chat as is! No editing, just straight as we chatted on Facebook today.
Dr Zee is a wealth of information and wisdom.
Dr Zeeshan Arain M.B.B.S, M.P.H.T.M, F.R.A.C.G.P, A.C.S.E.P Registrar Commenced at Midtown Medical Clinic May 2016.
Areas of special interest: All aspects of Sports Medicine All aspects of General Medicine Preventative Medicine Zee received his medical degree from Monash University in 2003 and has also completed a Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine through James Cook University. He worked in the hospital system for many years mainly in a major emergency department before switching to General Practice training. Zee is very experienced in Sports Medicine. He has worked as the club doctor for the Melbourne Demons AFL club since 2013 and is the current secretary of the AFL Doctors Association. In 2016 he has also commenced further specialist training with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians. Zee’s other passion is Preventative Medicine. He believes the role of proper nutrition, exercise, stress management and adequate sleep is paramount in the prevention and treatment of most chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver, polycystic ovarian syndrome and so on. He has successfully assisted numerous patients lose weight and maintain their weight loss with a well formulated personalised nutrition plan. He has given several public lectures exploring these themes and is in the process of developing a research study in this field.
Since the beginning of 2016 Zee has also been involved in medical education, teaching medical students at Monash University. Availability: Zee is available for consultation at Midtown Medical Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday.
If you would like to arrange an appointment to see Zee book online or phone 9650 4284
www.midtownmedical.com.au
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
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Lisa Parkinson Roberts has two children, two stepchildren, and two grandchildren (not to mention a dog, pig, cat, chickens, and an axolotl), and has worked in the field of health and nutrition for many years. Holding a honours degree in exercise and sports science, and a PhD in nutrition science she has published 10 peer reviewed articles. Lisa’s first book ‘A Well Mind’ will be released in March next year. She wrote this book as a guide to help others who not only suffer poor mental health, but who want to feel the best that they can within their mind.
While working on her PhD she saw the amazing connection between compounds in food, inflammation, and disease and gained understanding of the strength of this connection on both physical and mental health. Having suffered mental illness for most of her life, Lisa set out to get off medication and thrive rather than just survive; something she is presently doing by using food as medicine for her mind and other lifestyle strategies. She believes that with some effort and the right tools we can all achieve a well mind.
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Tracey is a Transformational Health Coach in Melbourne. She has online support programs, online programs, online coaching and more.
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What a treat getting to chat to this man! In this podcast you will learn where things are going wrong with our health today, and what we can do about it.
When we can understand the lever that is insulin - and thus insulin resistance - we gain back a lot of control over our own health.
In terms of the lipid values we talked about: In the US, values are expressed as mg/dl: Ben was talking that the ratio of triglycerides to HDL should be less than 1.5. In Australia, values are expressed as mmol/L, the ratio of trigs to HDL should be less than 0.87.
I encourage you to buy Ben's book: Why We Get Sick. It is an an excellent read, and while he is a Professor, he puts things in really easy to understand terms. A true gentleman and a lovely man in every way.
Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and associate professor (Brigham Young University) is to better understand the role of elevated insulin in regulating obesity and diabetes, including the relevance of ketones in mitochondrial function.
You can find Ben on all channels of social media, and here on his website: BIKMANLAB.BYU.EDU.
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Dr Ben Bikman (00:00):
It's suffice it to say, virtually every chronic disease has some connection to insulin resistance where the insulin resistance is either explicitly causing the problem, or it's exacerbating it, or accelerating the problem.
Tracey (00:13):
Hello everyone, and welcome to the health evolution podcast. This is episode 66 and you are so in for a treat today. What an amazing chat I had with the incredible Dr. Ben Bickman, who has so much knowledge. Not only that, he puts this knowledge into such easy to understand terms. So this whole podcast, is talking about why we get sick. It's the title of the new book he has recently produced, and I highly recommend that you buy this book. It is amazing, and there's so much information in here. So that's really what we're going to be talking about. And of course, looking at the fundamental cause of many modern diseases today, which is the fact that our insulin isn't working the way it should. And that's due to lifestyle, genetics, a whole range of conditions that we also talk about. So these are things like type two diabetes, some cancers, heart disease; a lot of stuff that in today's modern world, we attribute to other causes and we just treat the symptoms.
Tracey (01:19):
But when you look at the reasons and the causes of these diseases - insulin resistance being the number one, and you know that it's actually possible to reverse and turn that around with lifestyle changes, then this podcast holds so much hope. So enjoy it. And I'd like to say a huge thank you to my friend, Carmel, who was kind enough to reach out and offer to do the transcribing for these podcasts. So I will release the podcasts as I get them done. And then when Carmel has the time to do the transcript, she will do that. And I will add it in as soon as it's done. So thank you, Carmel. I love the community I'm involved in. Thank you to you for listening to the podcast. Please, you can do me a favor by rating, by making a nice comment and by sharing this podcast so we can help as many people as possible see the potential that is a health evolution .
Tracey McBeath (02:37):
Today on the health evolution collective I'm here with Dr. Ben, big Ben, what an honor to have you here on my show. Thank you so much.
Ben (02:45):
Oh, Tracey. It is my pleasure. Thanks for the thanks for the invitation.
Tracey :50):
Oh, absolutely. So I have been following you for quite some time now. I absolutely love the work you do, and the way you present it to people. It just is so easy to understand, and you give people so much; so much information to help them with their health. Before we get into your talking about your awesome book, 'Why We Get Sick', can you just share a little bit about, I guess, you know, you're a scientist and professor, but what's led you to writing this book, 'Why We Get Sick'.
Ben (03:20):
Yeah, again, thanks for the invitation and for the introduction. My focus as a scientist is in general terms, metabolic health, but it was a bit of an unexpected route. Although it didn't take me long to get on it, but my initial graduate work was focused on muscle cells. And I was curious about the process whereby a muscle cell, well, muscles would get bigger and better. But by the end of my masters degree, I was actually far more interested in fat cells. Around that time, a few years prior to me doing a masters degree, I had stumbled across this study that explored the endocrine features of fat cells. Basically it was this to me, a discovery that fat cells actually release hormones, release proteins, and that some of these proteins are pro-inflammatory proteins. And that at the time , was thought to be really the single variable in how someone could be obese, and that would start spilling into type two diabetes.
Ben (04:23):
It was this obesity induced insulin resistance, which started as a research interest in muscle cells that quickly shifted to a research focus on fat cells. And now I'd say that it's really the tissue or the cells that I focus on most as a cell biologist, namely the fat cells. My focus now is, what are the variables that are stimulating growth of fate cells, the shrinking of fat cells, and fat cells behaving entirely differently; you know the metabolic rate difference. That means I focus a lot on the hormone, insulin, because you really can't understand a fat cell without looking at it, at least partially through the lens of insulin.
Tracey (05:11):
Now we are going to really understand what insulin is and the term insulin resistance. This is talked about a lot, but I think a lot of people don't really understand this. But before we do, can I ask you, people also talk about metabolic health and I've been guilty of that; you know, I had someone say to me the other day, what do you mean by metabolic health? What does that actually mean? Can you explain that a little bit?
Ben (05:33):
Right. I suppose metabolic health probably has a different definition according to every kind of biomedical scientist or clinician. To me, I suppose the simplest definition of metabolic health would be that the person is insulin sensitive. But if that's still a little too vague, then I would say metabolic health would be someone having an OK grade, if you will, on the five variables that are conventionally used to indicate the metabolic syndrome. And so in other words, the metabolic health would be someone who has a normal waist circumference (so if they measured their fatness around their waist,) and then second, they have a normal blood glucose, and normal blood pressure. Then the last two are basically just normal lipid levels - normal triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. Those five variables constitute the constellation of what's called the metabolic syndrome. And so I suppose if we use that as a foundation, we could say in turn, well metabolic health then is being OK in all of those categories. But the truth of the matter is back to my original answer. All of those things are very much related to; insulin resistance when they go poorly, or if they're working well, then it's an insulin sensitive person.
Tracey (06:54):
Makes a lot of sense. So obviously when we're talking about metabolic health, i.e. how our body can make energy, and how it functions, then when we can have those conditions (our body is not functioning optimally); we're tired, we don't have a lot of energy because our body is basically struggling to keep us well .
Ben (07:10):
That's right. But something you said also prompted another thought, one other perhaps definition of metabolic health would be based on this idea of fuel or energy that you mentioned. So for example, well specifically that would be someone who has metabolic flexibility. At its simplest, it's just this idea that the human metabolism or our energy needs, can shift between the two primary metabolic fuels; that when we've eaten a meal, we go to a glucose burning or sugar burning, you know, blood sugar, that being the primary fuel that the body is using. And then several hours after eating, in other words, getting into this at least mild state of fasting, then we shift to predominantly obtaining most of our energy from fat. So we go to fat burning if you will. So this ability to shift from glucose burning to fat burning very readily when we eat and when we aren't eating, that is a good, also a good definition of metabolic health. But again, that idea is metabolic flexibility. But once again, even that can be seen through the lens of insulin in so far as insulin dictates what fuel we're using.
Tracey (08:19):
Okay. So let's learn about insulin. So I think firstly, what is its role? I know in the book you go into a lot of detail and I definitely encourage people listening to get the book and really understand it. But just in terms of a brief summary on this amazing hormone.
Ben (08:38):
Yes, it is amazing. And I think it really is unappreciated given how relevant it is in so much health and disease.
Ben (08:46):
The most obvious effect or role of insulin is to control blood glucose. And that's how most people understand it. And that's okay. That's fine, because it is a very powerful influence. It is really the single hormone that will lower blood glucose. Whereas, there are multiple other hormones that will increase blood glucose. So it does its job well. Now it's helped with other processes in the body that can also act to lower blood glucose, but that is the most sort of poster child example of what insulin does, it lowers blood glucose. But the truth is far more complicated and that's because insulin affects every cell in the body. Literally every cell in our bodies has insulin receptors. So these little sites where the hormone insulin can come in and dock and bind and then tell the cell to do something.
Ben (09:39):
And because every cell in the body has these insulin receptors and the various cells in the body play different roles, they do different things. It's not surprising that insulin will do different things at different cells. But the theme of it, the general theme across all of the cells of the body is that insulin tells the cells what to do with energy. It can not only stimulate the uptake of energy in most cells, but it will also then tell that cell what to do with it. And once again, the theme of that is, storage. Insulin wants to store energy and even to the point that it will lower metabolic rate in the body to help the body store more energy. So insulin abhors wasting it abhors breaking things down. It just wants to build things up, including fat in our fat cells and have it get locked away untouched by the body.
Tracey (10:34):
So without insulin, then obviously we wouldn't be here. If we think about our evolution in times of when food we had to hunt for it, today we don't have to do anything for it, apart from a walk to the supermarket. Without insulin, we wouldn't have got through winter.
Ben (10:50):
Absolutely. We would have no kind of metabolic insurance, if you will. We would have no energy storage, if it weren't for insulin. It is impossible, to my knowledge. For any organism, from fruit flies to humans, and every other less complicated organisms and humans, and more complicated organisms than fruit flies; insulin must be present and indeed elevated in order for that organism to store any energy. I don't believe it is possible in any other, without insulin. You take away the insulin and immediately this is an organism that loses its ability to store energy in any way, including energy in the liver. And very obviously, loses the ability to store any energy in fat cells.
Tracey (11:40):
Where has it gone wrong. So you talk in the book, well Jason Fung talks about how, you know, how this has changed so much over probably only really a few generations. I mean, it used to be, you know, we got sick, from dysentery and diseases and things like that. So how has it changed, and why has it changed and what does it have to do with insulin?
Ben (12:02):
Right. We see obesity strictly through this calorie centric paradigm or perspective. So we look at the fat cell regulation only in the context of, is energy being used or stored, as if the fat cell is just the simple kind of bank account idea. It's just these deposits and withdrawals that are just happening passively. Almost as if the energy we eat it, just comes into the fat cell and comes out when we need it. But that is just not true. We are far more complicated organisms. In order to understand human obesity, I strongly believe we need to consider, yes energy, calories, but also hormones. If we take hormones out of this equation we are doomed, because then we just fall into this cycle of failure of trying to starve ourselves to weight loss. And to your point a moment ago, in this environment in today's world, hunger will always win.
Ben (13:05):
I stole this analogy from Gary Taubes, a very wonderful author. I'd recommend anyone ,after they read my book, go read some of Gary's books. They're wonderful, but he once shared this and then I stole it and I share it with my students. When I discuss obesity in my patho-physiology class, I present this caloric paradigm and then we start poking holes in it. I show them some of the data that challenges that it is just purely a caloric imbalance. I present this analogy, which is, that I'm having the best chefs in the world come to my home. Everyone's invited. I want you to come as hungry as possible. What would you do to make sure you came to this glorious buffet as hungry as possible? And invariably my hundred and 30 clever young undergraduates come to these two ideas.
Ben (13:57):
And that is that they would exercise more in the time preceding the dinner and they would eat less. Exercise, more, eat less; these are the two pillars of the current dietary advice that we give people when we need them to lose weight, but hunger always wins. In this environment of readily accessible food, hunger will win. Now, I'm not saying there's no role for discipline and denial of indulgence. I do think that's very important, but I think we can help the person through that, by not forcing hunger on them all the time. And when someone realizes that, they can start leveraging, changing their insulin levels in order to favour this process. They don't have to be hungry; they can be eating in such a way that keeps their insulin down. You are then allowing the fat cells to share their energy, their fat ,with the body to be used and you also shift into that highest rate of fat burning and your metabolic rate, actual accounting for calories, which a caloric purist wants to do. The metabolic rate goes up even to the point where it can raise by almost 300 calories per day, if someone's eating meals that are keeping insulin low. So addressing the endocrine aspect of obesity, namely insulin, I think that the person really has a very effective tool that they now can use that they wouldn't have had otherwise, if they're were just focusing purely on calorie number.
Tracey (15:26):
Well, you've just really given us all a great reason to drop the belief that we have to be hungry in order to lose weight, because I see it every day. It's one of the biggest challenges with most of my clients, you know, getting them to see that we actually can lose weight. And in fact, we do it so much easier when we are not hungry. And it does come from manipulating insulin if you like, understanding it, working with it, working with those hormones in our body. It's a huge thing because I know certainly until I was 40, that's how I thought. And I was a personal trainer then, and I was continuing to spread that myth that it is about calories in calories out. And if you're not feeling hungry, you're not going to be losing weight. What a revelation to see, we don't have to do that.
Ben (16:13):
The nuances with insulin and obesity, I certainly touch on that in my book, but there are some other wonderful books, including Jason Fung and Gary Tobbs that I would recommend anyone read to just get more of a well rounded idea of obesity.Because while I certainly touch on that, and I'm a fat cell scientist, I look at it more in the context of overall disease in the book.
Tracey (16:34):
Absolutely. So then what happens when things go wrong with insulin? And one of the scariest things I read, was that most people are actually walking around, not even realizing that insulin isn't working, that they have insulin resistance.
Ben (16:50):
It is, I consider it the most common or widespread disorder in the world. And so we are not only, not diagnosing it correctly, but we're also not appreciating its role in other diseases, which means we're missing the potential to treat a patient much, much better. And so basically with insulin resistance, the simplest definition, and you kind of mentioned this, it's just when insulin isn't working the right way at various cells in the body. Now at some cells , insulin's working perfectly fine, but at other cells it is not. And that imbalance actually becomes a problem. And we appreciate the fact that in a body that is insulin resistant, insulin levels themselves are much, much higher than before. So those two features come together; insulin isn't working the right way throughout the body, and insulin levels themselves or itself is much higher. So some cells that are continuing to respond to insulin normally now are hyperactive with their insulin.
Ben (17:54):
Insulin is now telling the cell to do too much, and the cell is sensitive to that signal, so it keeps doing too much. Then there other cells that aren't really getting the signal very well at all. So those two variables are what comes into play, making insulin resistance, the problem that it is. And in this, we could almost, as you know, from going through the book, it is shocking how many diseases, chronic diseases that we think would have no metabolic origins actually have at their core, an unavoidable metabolic origin. For example, the hyperinsulinemia that comes with the high insulin levels that someone has an insulin resistance. If we look at what that does to the ovaries in a woman, it's profound. The most common form of infertility in women, is a disease called polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Ben (18:45):
The woman is going through the menstrual cycle. The ovaries are developing a lot of little eggs every month, but in order for all the rest of the eggs to go away, one of them must ovulate. And with that one egg ovulating from one of the ovaries, then all the other kind of budding little eggs will go away. But in the absence of one ovulating, all of those little eggs stick around and they become these big cysts in the ovaries. That problem happens because the woman doesn't get this big estrogen spike, which she needs immediately proceeding ovulation, this big estrogen spike, and one other hormone. Well, many hormones come into play, but estrogen spike is a big one. Too much insulin blocks the ovaries from making that big estrogen spike. Insulin inhibits the process whereby, in fact this is fascinating, but all estrogen hormones were once testosterone, the ovaries convert the testosterone into the estrogens.
Ben (19:43):
And this happens in men and women. Of course, in women, it happens more in women, thus having higher estrogen levels than men. But that one enzyme that mediates that conversion from testosterone to estrogens is inhibited by insulin. And so the woman who has insulin resistance and high insulin levels at her ovaries, the insulin is directly preventing that big estrogen surge, preventing ovulation. And as a background problem, when she has too much testosterone she'll start to have other problems like more coarse body hair, for example, or acne like you might have in an adolescent boy, who's going through a big testosterone surge. So that's a problem with the ovaries. When we look at the brain, some of the brain's energy comes from glucose from the blood, and insulin mediates some of that movement of the glucose into the brain.
Ben (20:36):
And so when the brain becomes insulin resistant, it can't get enough of its energy from glucose anymore. And so there's this kind of gap of energy. You know, the brain's energetic need is up here. Glucose used to give all of it to the brain, but now the brains become insulin resistant. And now we have this gap where the glucose can't meet the need, and the person starts to develop brain disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and including migraines, frankly, even migraines are looked at as a bit of an energetic deficit in the brain. So I could keep going. We can talk about muscles, bones, joints, liver, kidneys, eyes; it's suffice it to say virtually every chronic disease has some connection to insulin resistance where the insulin resistance is either explicitly causing the problem or it's exacerbating it or accelerating the problem.
Tracey (21:26):
So what I find interesting with what you're saying there, that there isn't a neat and homogenous condition. You know, it's not that you're either insulin resistant or you're not, it is a spectrum. And as you said, clearly it affects the body in different parts and in different ways. I just wanted to ask, is that kind of potluck. So if I was insulin resistant in the brain versus somebody else in their ovaries, is that a genetic thing? Is it just pot-luck? How does that work?
Ben (21:54):
Yeah. That's a great question. There could certainly be some instances of that happening, but that would be very uncommon. The common process would be that the fat cells become insulin resistant first. So there is no total consensus on this. So I'd want anyone to sort of take this with a grain of salt where I'm speculating a bit, but at the risk of sounding smug, it's informed speculation. So I think the fat cells become insulin resistant first, that's the first domino to fall, but then it starts bumping into the other dominoes or basically spreading that insulin resistance around throughout the body. And then what would cause someone to then have say, the ovaries get affected before the liver would, for example, if we take two organs that are just right around the same area; I don't know.
Ben (22:46):
I'm not sure what would predispose one, what the next issue would be versus the other. But in general, I think it would be safe to assume that the fat cells are the first to become insulin resistant. And as they become insulin resistant, they start leaking fat throughout the body and they start leaking those pro-inflammatory proteins that I mentioned earlier, these what's called cytokines. And those two things are really the key variables, the key parts of the equation that equals insulin resistance; the leaking of fat, the free fatty acids from fat cells and the fat cells leaking these pro-inflammatory proteins. As these start to spread through the body, they cause other tissues to become insulin resistant.
Tracey (23:27):
So that leaking of fat is that triglyceride marker, is it?
Ben (23:31):
So actually these fats would be the free fatty acids. So when the the fat cells are breaking down their fats, they are leaked as free fatty acids. The triglycerides are predominantly coming from the fat we make in the liver, which is again, another insulin signal telling the liver to make triglycerides.
Tracey (23:52):
Okay. All right. So what I'm hearing from you here is that insulin resistance, isn't just a risk factor for type two diabetes. We haven't actually really even touched on that yet. You've talked about all of these other conditions that insulin resistance is the precursor for be it, most people will tend to think that it's type two diabetes that is the biggest risk factor, or the only thing we're likely to get if we're insulin resistance, but that's clearly not the case.
Ben (24:22):
No, that's right. Yeah. In fact, it's far from a guarantee that the person would progress to full on type two diabetes. What is far more likely is that they would have hypertension, so high blood pressure, fatty liver disease. Then a woman would have polycystic ovarian syndrome; a man would have erectile dysfunction that's also a common early symptom or sign of insulin resistance. Yes. So waiting and that's part of the problem. And I do emphasize the word waiting. When we look at insulin resistance strictly through the lens of type two diabetes, it is unfair to the hormone insulin, which I believe is the more relevant one. And we shift our focus to glucose. But the tragedy of that perspective, if we look at all metabolic health, just through the lens of glucose, as if it's like a progression just towards type two diabetes; then we're only looking at the glucose and we fail to acknowledge the reality that behind the scenes underlying that normal glucose is this ever increasing insulin level where the body has to work harder and harder.
Ben (25:28):
The insulin has to work harder and harder in order to keep that glucose in check. That is the insulin resistance. In other words, if we looked at the insulin, we would have detected the problem potentially decades, 10 or 20 years before the glucose would have changed, but we don't look at insulin. It has not made its way into just the common clinical diagnostic. When someone comes in for a conventional or just routine lab visit, we always measure glucose. We always measure the lipids. And I think those are fine. They certainly have value, but if we really want to detect insulin resistance, we've got to bring in insulin. We have to allow it into the discussion
Tracey (26:10):
We do. But as you say, it's not a standard test. In fact, just yesterday, a client told me that a doctor refused to check it, because I give a recommended list of what are their blood tests to go and ask for from your doctor, and one of them is fasting insulin. No, doctor wouldn't do it. When you understand what you're saying, that this is going to tell us what's going on with our metabolic health, 10 to 20 years prior to being diagnosed with type two diabetes. We know PCO for females that usually teenagers are getting that. And then of course, breast cancer is another one I know you've spoken about and being mostly women, listening to these podcasts, that's something I'd love to talk about as well but why is this happening?
Ben (26:52):
I know isn't it. Well, I often say that it was forgivable. It was forgivable that the focus was exclusively on glucose because of two reasons. One, traditionally the most obvious sign of diabetes was the excessive urine production, what we call polyuria. The person was just urinating gallons and gallons of urine every day. And that was because of the high glucose. And we knew that even early physicians hundred thousands of years ago, because the urine was enriched with the glucose. They'd see animals, dogs would want to come and lick up that glucose and the flies with just swarm to it, to eat all those sugars from the urine. And so the most obvious symptom, polyuria, was directly a result of the high glucose levels. And then the second reason why it was forgivable is that scientifically we were able to measure glucose from the blood far, far earlier than we could ever measure insulin.
Ben (27:51):
So we had the technology to measure this molecule when we did not have the technology to measure insulin. And even nowadays, as you just mentioned, it's getting the insulin measure is not a simple test. It is a full on blood test at the lab. It often incurs a cost that depending on the healthcare model or in the U S the insurance that a person has, it might not get covered. And so the physician may be reluctant. Even if the physician appreciates the value of insulin, they may be reluctant simply because they know the insurance won't pay for this. I can't bill it and the patient doesn't want to pay for it. Then I have to get in a fight with the patient. So it's unfortunate, but given how it is getting easier and easier to measure insulin, these costs are coming down. It's getting less forgivable to not measure insulin.
Ben (28:43):
Now I will say there is a poor man's method where if someone has gone into their physician and gotten, or the clinic and gotten a blood test, if they can measure their triglyceride, they will almost always get a triglyceride number and an HDL cholesterol number. And they can take at least in the U S in the milligrams per deciliter. I don't know how it would equate with Millie Mueller in Australia. But if it's looked at with milligrams per deciliter, it's 1.5. If the triglyceride divided by HDL cholesterol is less than 1.5, it is a strong indicator that the person is insulin sensitive. So even if they don't get their insulin measured, if they meet that or below that 1.5 ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol, then they're very likely.
Tracey (29:30):
Fantastic. I will put that down below in the show notes for people and I'll work it out. I've got a couple of clients in the U S, so yes, it can get a bit tricky.
Ben (29:42):
I'm from Canada originally, so I should be able to actually do this fluently, but I can't. I'm too American now.
Tracey (29:47):
Well, of course. So just going on then, from what you were saying, you can get a blood test and looking at your triglycerides and your HDL is one great one. And of course we've got the HBA1C which is another good marker. But what would be some of the signs we might be looking for in our body to give us an indicator that maybe we are insulin resistant?
Ben (30:08):
Yeah, so I believe the most obvious often is hypertension. If a person has high blood pressure and, they are even a little overweight like they have a bit of a bigger waist circumference, very likely they need look no further. They're very likely insulin resistant. There are some other signs that we see in some people, which is changes in the skin, Where if the person has a little more fat on them, they'll have a little bit of a ring around the back of their neck. And that is the most obvious spot that can also happen on the armpits, but they will start to have two skin changes. And this is typically more advanced insulin resistance, but they will have these little skin bumps called skin tags. And they do kind of bump up like a little stalk almost, like a little column of skin. And then they will have a dark and thickened more rough skin. And that's a condition called [inaudible] anthesis nigricans. But basically it's that the skin gets kind of darker and rough. Now, of course, on a pale fellow like myself, that becomes quite obvious. On the darker, the complexion, the darkening of the skin will become harder to see, but the touch, the feel, the very coarse rough skin, that will, of course still be very obvious to the touch even to the site.
Tracey (31:31):
So there's some definitely clear markers, but again, we have to be aware of it. And also knowing that how much of what we carry on and think is normal, we put down to a normal part of aging. I've actually been told myself. I went to a local GP, I needed to just get some bloods done. And I asked for, I think it was just the HBA1C. He was like, what do you want that for; you're thin, you don't need to worry about anything like that. So this is the stuff I think people are up against when they do go to their doctor and ask for these types of things. But there's so much that we can do ourselves to see where we're at in terms of our metabolic health and not put it down to aging. Because so much of what we think is normal, is not normal and it can be reversed.
Ben (32:17):
Oh yes, yes. I absolutely agree. We should fight the good fight. We should not just look at our worsening metabolic health and just shrug our shoulders. There's too much to live for. There's too much to enjoy. Much of my motivation nowadays is I look at my little kids and first of all, I tremendously miss them not being babies anymore, but I'm already looking forward to them having babies. And they're still all young, but I'm thinking I want to be a really fit grandpa. But even if someone doesn't have that sort of familial motivation, if you will, it's just self-interest to want to just live healthy and then die. We don't want that prolonged morbidity of not being able to get up, not being able to do things we enjoy. And then having a miserable last 20 years of life just filled with pain and disease. No, we should fight it and then be healthy, fit up until the end and then have this, what we call a compressed morbidity. We get sick and die, you know, in months.
Tracey (33:19):
Yeah. That's what I want too, and I don't think people realize that this is what happens. You know, we're so clever in medicine at prolonging life. It's the quality of life that is just crap and extended and the impact that that has on the family. I think, you know, we have to look at all of that, them having to care for you, all the stuff they've got to do to look after you. You know, I think if we can take all that into consideration, we're going to be a little more motivated to go the hard yards, to do lifestyle change or change what we eat or do whatever it is that we need to do to help reverse this stuff. Even if it's hard, because it is hard, as we know, you. There's so many factors that come into it, but it's worth it. I'm with you, I just want to go. I don't want to have to go through 20 years of slow progressive, horrible stuff.
Ben (34:12):
No, but I like what you said. I totally agree. I love what you said though, where modern medicine technology basically allows us to live with disease. And that's a sad reality where now more than ever, it's an interesting kind of dichotomy. For example, if we look at heart disease, which I believe I'm sure in Australia is the same in the US, that is the leading cause of death. What's so interesting though, is that the number of people dying from heart disease actually has trended down a little bit, but the number of people with heart disease has spiked dramatically. And so we have more people than ever getting it, which is totally a result of our lifestyle, but because of modern technology, the person can live with it. And I think we almost disincentivize them from, like you said, doing the hard work to turn that around. We are increasingly a global culture that is really just interested in taking a pill, but no pill can cure a chronic disease. It can only treat symptoms. It can never fix it. And that is even more the case with insulin resistance and all the chronic diseases that stem from it. These are not diseases that are caused by the absence of a drug. These are diseases that are caused by poor lifestyle and thus lifestyle is either the culprit or the cure. We've just got to do the hard work to change it.
Tracey (35:40):
So I definitely want to talk about the lifestyle next, before we get into that, which is to the more, you know, what we can do about it. Can you just share a little bit for my listeners around the link between insulin resistance and something like breast cancer.
Ben (35:53):
Yeah. Right, right. And you mentioned that earlier. I should have mentioned it then. The risk of breast cancer, I don't believe the insulin resistance is causing the cancer, but there's no doubt that insulin resistance and bad glucose management is exacerbating. And by that, I mean, there was a study done in women where they compared a biopsy of normal breast tissue with a breast tumor. They found in the breast tumor, it had seven times more insulin receptors than the normal breast tissue did. That was part of the mutation that part of it that's in cancer. It is just a series of mutations that allow the cancer cell an advantage over the normal cells. It can grow better and faster. Insulin tells cells to grow. And so by having seven times more insulin receptors in the normal breast tissue, this tumor, we can conclude, seven times more responsive to insulin's growth signals.
Ben (36:52):
Now that alone is bad, but when we combine it with the high glucose that people have often, or at least constantly eating foods that turn into glucose in the blood, glucose is the fuel for cancer cells in tumors. If you look at human tumors, they use glucose as a fuel. In fact, their glucose use is roughly 200 times greater than normal cells. So these things have an incredible need for energy. And so in the case of insulin resistance, it's a perfect storm. We are giving them a lot of insulin, stimulating that growth to which they're more sensitive, very likely anyway, with more insulin receptors. And then we are fueling that growth by giving them all the glucose they want, because that is the only fuel like a bacteria. It is the only fuel a cancer cell can use. It exclusively relies on glucose as its fuel. So in the case of insulin resistance in breast cancer, we are giving the cancer, the tumor cell, all it needs.
Tracey (37:52):
Wow, and we've got a long way to go I think, for specialists to give that advice to women. I don't think it's common knowledge.
Ben (37:59):
Oh no, no, certainly not here. And I'm sure it's the same in Australia. The American cancer society, as much as ever is still promoting a low fat, high carbohydrate diet, rich with complex carbohydrates and whole grains. The reality is all that stuff turns into glucose. You can put a pretty little package on it and say that it's a whole grain. The intestines don't care, it digests it into the same glucose molecules that we get from any other source of starches and sugars , and the cancer cell doesn't care where the glucose came from.
Tracey (38:29):
So that's a nice way to move into what we can do about it then. So in terms of lifestyle change, food is obviously a pretty big one that we can ultimately at the end of every day or during every day, we choose what we put in our mouth. Now we may be driven by metabolic imbalances and, you know, addictions or sugar urges spiking through us, but there's certainly a lot we can see around that. So let's talk about your take on what we should be eating, I suppose, to give ourselves the best chance of having metabolic health?
Ben (39:00):
In fact, I, I like what you mentioned a moment ago, sort of alluding to this habit, or even dare I say addictions. And so the advice, I won't even call it advice. My sentiments on the best dietary changes in order to improve insulin resistance are simple, as I'll explain in a moment. But I wouldn't want any of your listeners to think I'm being condescending or smug when I say that, because while the ideas are simple, I fully understand implementing them is not so easy. And that's because we start dealing with addictions and namely, when someone is sitting around on a Saturday night, enjoying a movie at home, no one is sitting there thinking, Oh, I sure could use a plate of scrambled eggs. No, no one says that. What a wonderful world that would be. We are, or at least for me, I am craving something salty and crunchy or sweet and gooey.
Ben (39:55):
And each of those is going to be essentially built on some sugar and starch of some kind, you know, with some yummy fat thrown in there. And that combination is a wicked delicious one. So I appreciate anyone listening. I know these are not easy, even as long as I've been doing it, the little kind of addictions or the cravings that I just mentioned, I still feel that regularly. And it's just, there is that matter of willpower or even dare I say a support network, you know, letting your loved ones know what you're trying to do and genuinely soliciting their help, but that's outside my territory. Let me just stick with what I think are the scientifically sound principles. So first one is, to me, it is first for a reason because it is the most important and possibly the hardest. And that is control carbohydrates.
Ben (40:46):
Essentially someone just needs to be smart about their starches and their sugars. With regards to sugars, it's acknowledging the sugar when you're getting it, but people don't know. They might think they're cutting out sugar, but sugar is in virtually every condiment. I think over 70% of all packaged foods, there is sugar in there in some substantial amount. So we need to control the amount of sugar we're eating and, and then just be smarter about the starches we're eating. And basically the simplest idea there is to, focus on whole fruits and vegetables. And there's maybe a little more nuance there depending on how healthy the person is. But basically that's going to be a safe bet; focus on fruits and vegetables, dump everything else. Then the second idea is to prioritize protein, to make sure you eat enough protein that you feel satisfied and that you're meeting your body's genuine needs for protein.
Ben (41:44):
I don't want it this to sound controversial or smug or offensive; that can't come from plant proteins. Plant proteins are inferior in every way. I hate if that's an offensive idea to some, but it is quantifiably true . Plant proteins, neither have the right mix of amino acids, nor do they have the full availability even. So there are molecules in these plant proteins that directly inhibit our intestines ability to digest the protein. Anyone who's curious about this, look up molecules called tannins or trypsin inhibitors or fighting acids. These are found in all of the plant proteins and it is explicitly inhibiting our ability to break down those proteins from the plants. So it's a double whammy. We don't get the amino acid mix we want in the first place. And even second, we can't even get the ones we think we're getting because we can't digest the plant very well.
Ben (42:38):
So focus on the animal proteins, and the best way - egg white, and meat. Interestingly, the best proteins, and those that are the best proteins for humans, especially eggs, I should say, or dairy and eggs. Interestingly, those three best sources, dairy, eggs, and meat all come with fat. Fat - and so that's the third pillar. Don't fear fat, eat fat, enjoy fat, focus on natural or ancestral fats, namely fats from animals and fruits. The fruit fats are pretty much coconuts, olives, and avocados. And those are fats (the oils ) that you get just from pressing the flesh of the fruit; nothing to do with the seeds or pits. Nope. It's the flesh of the fruit that our early ancestors for thousands of years, all they needed to do was just step on them. And they would have started getting the oil from these, the flesh of these fruits.
Ben (43:33):
So they are ancestral. We are well suited to eat them. My point about fats and proteins coming together is relevant because there are studies to show that when you combine fat and protein together, you help the protein work better. So this one study in particular found that muscle growth was the highest when fat and protein were mixed and that was higher than protein alone. So there's something kind of doubly anabolic about that mix and fat helps the guts digest protein. I have had so many people tell me their stomach gets very upset when they eat just pure whey, like a, just a pure whey protein shake. Then I say to them, mix it with fat ,mix one to one fat to protein by mass, not by calorie, but by mass. So if you're getting 20 grams of whey, get 20 grams of fat with that whey.
Ben (44:26):
And when you eat fat , you have the release of bile acids from the gallbladder and bile facilitates those protein digestive enzymes. So you actually help the guts digest the protein better. So now you're getting more of the amino acids that you want. So those are the three pillars sort of refresh them or reiterate them; control carbohydrates, prioritize protein and don't fear fat. And then the fourth principle is don't be afraid to skip meals, basically intermittent fasting, or time restricted eating can be extremely effective.Then someone just needs to be smart, be deliberate about it. And I say that, because too often I see people who, almost look at intermittent fasting as a glorious form of bingeing and purging. And I don't mean actually like bulimia, but they will wait all day and then eat a big dinner. And they got so hungry.
Ben (45:16):
They overeat, they indulge in junk food because they let themselves just get too hungry. They didn't plan well. And then they feel such remorse. They feel so full and they sleep so poorly that they wake up the next day saying I'm going to fast all day. And then they do the same thing. They get to dinner. They they've gotten too hungry. They overeat. And I say this because I have seen that tendency in myself, where I end up using intermittent fasting as a crutch to indulge and behave in bad eating habits.But again, it can be extremely effective. I'm an enormous advocate of it, but a person needs to be smart about it. It's not just something I do. I don't believe there's a lot of value in just shrugging your shoulders and say, I'm going to fast and not have a plan for how you end the fast. In fact, I dare say how you end the fast is the most important part of the fast
Tracey (46:09):
There's so much in there, how fascinating. I would have asked you about the plant versus animal protein anyway, because I mean, I'm a huge advocate of animal proteins. I've looked into it so much. I've had so many amazing people on this show. You just peel it back. We're not talking about ideology here. We're talking about physiology and what our body is optimum on. And when we understand it from that perspective, it's all so much easier. Of course, it's all those other layers as we know around it. But at least for us to make decisions around what to fuel our body, it's much easier to do when we understand what is going to be optimum and what we're going to get the most out of when we do eat.
Ben (46:53):
Yes and true. In fact, I look at plant protein as a bit of a racket, and I say this with some informed experience. When a couple of my older brothers and I wanted to make a low carb meal replacement shake, we talked about (my brothers not being scientists), said we should look at P protein. That's because it's, it's just such a commonly used protein. And I would want a listener to know, they should be very cynical when they look at the branding on a meal replacement shake or a protein shake because P protein or any of the plant proteins are a fraction of the cost of animal proteins. They are so cheap, but you can see the incentive from a manufacturer or the company. They can, one, buy a protein that is very, very cheap, and then two, they can kind of virtue signal.
Ben (47:43):
They can brag about how they have plant proteins. These are not animal proteins. These are plant based proteins. Nowadays, people are so seduced by that idea, where, kind of pop culture is just waging war on our omnivorous nature as humans, our absolute undeniable evolutionary reliance on animal products. Now it's like, we're ashamed of that. We're doing everything we can to walk away from our absolute natural biology. And so they want to brag about how it's, plant-based. That's nothing to brag about. It is not healthy for the individual. It is not healthy for the planet, (that's a bit beside the point), but it also just creates a wonderful profit motive or incentive for the company. They can make a lot more money off of you , by selling junk.
Tracey (48:34):
Yes. People like Diana Rogers from Sustainable Dish, that fantastic book she released. I mean, there's so many great people doing great things to show sustainable farming is actually going to help the planet. So again, what we're up against is dogma and misinformation. And, you know, I think we have to just be cynical; exactly what you said. We've got to come across everything with a cynical perspective. But it can be very, very hard, can't it for the lay person to know what to believe and to know what's true. People are saying black and white. No, there'll be someone that will say plant, but no you're wrong. Plant based is optimal.
Ben (49:11):
I know. And I absolutely appreciate that. I have nothing but genuine compassion for people that are struggling with this. And indeed, even for people that they may know, the fact that humans are omnivores and yet they still have a conflict in them, this ethical dilemma of eating an animal. There's something sad about that, but it doesn't change the reality of our world, and this is cliche to say, but something must die for something to live. Even the plant that person is eating, that plant grew from the nutrients that came from dead things. And that dead thing once lived because of the nutrients that came from a plant. It is an undeniable reality of our world. And so for those of us that embrace this omnivorous nature of humans, of our species, I do think at the risk of sounding silly religious or philosophical; I do think there's something to be said for appreciating the life that is lost for ours to go on.
Ben (50:13):
I think there's something beautiful in that reality of acknowledging this was a death and it was necessary because I need to live. My family needs to live. We shouldn't be ashamed of that. We also, I think should acknowledge it. I do think there's something beautiful, acknowledging that I. I want my children to know that an animal dies. When we buy our meat from a local, (it's a professor actually in a different department here in my campus at my university, we buy all of our beef from him), I want them to know that this was a real animal and it died for us and that's okay. It's okay that that happened. But we can also feel a little sad, but grateful.
Tracey (50:56):
I absolutely love that. I think, that's fantastic. And it just puts another perspective on it. I think it's very easy to lose sight of that evolutionary omnivorous nature that we've come from, is to say, that we never have to hunt for food, we never have to be in a position where we're starving now. We have that luxury, most of us in the Western world. Of course not all the world has that luxury, but in the Western world, we can just go to the supermarket. There's no understanding of the processes behind that anymore. And I think that is important, that gratitude, and to understand where it's coming from in all this conversation. There's not enough of that around. So thank you for saying that.
Ben (51:36):
Yeah. Yeah. Sure, sure. That's it's the dad in me. I have to say it's part of my dad routine.
Tracey (51:41):
How many children have you got?
Ben (51:43):
I have three, three little babies, a13, 10, and seven. It's everything. I would just say as much as we're spending all our time right now, talking on science and that's appropriate. It's why I'm interesting. All of this, this career, it all serves one end, which is to provide for my wife and my children. So I am number one, husband, father far, far, number two is scientist professor.
Tracey (52:06):
Oh, I love it. Well, husband, father, I probably should let you get back to your family. Thank you so much for sharing. It's been such a pleasure. I have loved every second. I could ask you a million other questions, but I will let you go. And of course, please everybody buy Dr. Ben's book, because there is so much in there that can really empower you to make the choices that you need to make for your health. There is just is. Please buy it and thank you for coming on.
Ben (52:38):
Oh my pleasure. Thanks again for the invitation. I had a really, really great time.
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Dr James Muecke AM graduated with Honors from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1987. Following his internship, James lived and worked as a doctor in Africa and subsequently as an eye surgeon in the Middle East, battling malaria, wild animals, and rebel soldiers. He founded Sight For All in 2008, turning his boundless energy into a fight against blindness in the Aboriginal and mainstream communities of Australia and some of the poorest countries of Asia and Africa. Sight For All’s comprehensive and sustainable projects are now impacting on the lives of over one million people each year.
His commitment to social impact and humanitarian endeavors has earnt him a number of awards including an Order of Australia in 2012, the Australian Medical Association’s President’s Leadership Award in 2013, and Ernst & Young’s Social Entrepreneur for Australia in 2015. James is Australian of the Year for 2020.
James is a researcher, a teacher, an author, a musician, a photographer, and a film producer, and uses his many skills to deliver passionate, fascinating, and at times confronting presentations about his life, his work, philanthropy, resilience and social entrepreneurship. A neurological condition impacting on his dexterity has forced James into a premature retirement from surgery. Not letting his disability slow him down, James has redirected his vigor to crafting films, and has a number of powerful documentaries under his belt and several compelling projects in production.
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TRANSCRIPT:
Dr James Muecke (00:00:00):
Very high level review study that showed that natural saturated fats in our diet have never been shown to cause cardiovascular disease. So it's really important for people to know that it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
Tracey McBeath (00:00:28):
What an absolute pleasure it is today to be talking to Dr James Mucke Australian of the year. Thank you so much for being here.
Dr James Muecke (00:00:35):
Thank you, Tracey. And thanks for including me in your show.
Tracey McBeath (00:00:39):
Well, very, very honored and very excited to get to talk to you. The first question I have for you is what was it actually like to be named Australian of the year?
Dr James Muecke (00:00:50):
Well, it was obviously fabulous experience. The weekend was just amazing. And to be honest, I wasn't expecting to be named Australian of the year. I was actually surprised to be South Australia of the year and Australian of the year, but going forward towards the, Australia day weekend, I really didn't expect if they were going to award it to yet another doctor from Adelaide. So when my name was read out, it was a surprise, but a lovely surprise. And, it's a great honor. And particularly, you know, I have to acknowledge a sight for all, which is the organization that I co founded back in 2008, which is really why I received the award, the work that Sight For All is doing fighting blindness, through many of the poor communities of the world, even here in Australia and particularly in Aboriginal communities. So it's a great recognition for the organization, which I feel very passionate about.
Tracey McBeath (00:01:43):
Fantastic. Can you talk a little bit about what that work is? I was going to ask you about Sight For All, why you started it, and what some of the work that you've done through that organization.
Dr James Muecke (00:01:55):
Sure. So really as a doctor, I've been interested in public health, particularly in poor communities, really ever since I graduated. In fact, I worked in Africa as a general doctor following my internship. I had a passion for surgery in particular microsurgery, so the thought and I loved using my hands. So the thought of using microsurgery to fight blindness in poor communities was something that really appealed to me. So, following Africa, I came back to Adelaide and trained as an ophthalmologist and, you know, really what's happened since that time is just number of experiences that I've had and just continue to fuel this passion of fighting blindness in poor communities. And, and, when I eventually came back to settle in Adelaide, that was in 1998. I started getting involved in a number of research and teaching projects in Asia and Asia is home to half the world's blind adults in two thirds of the world's blind children.
Dr James Muecke (00:02:53):
And it was a these experiences and several key experiences really, instilled in me a humanitarian spirit and a passion to want to make change in my profession, what I was doing in some of these countries in Asia, and one of the ones that I recall vividly, and there were a number of experiences, but perhaps just one was the most powerful for me was in 2007. And I was involved in a study in Myanmar and Southeast Asia. I was part of a team from Adelaide from the world's Adelaide hospital. And we were undertaking a study to determine the causes of blindness amongst children in this country, which was at the time was certainly one of the poorest countries of the world. And the results were, were absolutely staggering. We found that nearly half of the kids have blindness that could have been prevented or treated. But the thing that really had such a deep and profound impact on myself and the team was the leading cause of blindness
Dr James Muecke (00:03:51):
We found that was measles, and to be surrounded by children who were blind and horribly disfigured from measles in schools for the blind across the country. And in fact, we also found this in our studies in Cambodia and Laos to have this experience when measles blindness is completely avoidable is just devastating. It was one of the most powerful experiences of my clinical life. And it made me realize as an eye specialist that there's so much more to blindness than simply cataracts. And it also really drove home the power of prevention in medicine. So this was a really pivotal moment for me. And, that was in 2007 a year later, I was involved in setting up a Sight for All. And on the strength of that study, we were able to bring up an eye specialist from a young eye specialist, from Myanmar to train as a children's eye specialist here, the women's and children's hospital in Adelaide.
Dr James Muecke (00:04:51):
So he went back to his home country in 2010 as the very first pediatric ophthalmologist. We set him up in the countries first children's eye units, where he works to this day, and he's now providing close to 30,000 treatments every single year, which is impressive in itself. But what I find particularly inspiring the work of this young man is doing is that he in 2015 started training his own colleagues. And he's training a second pediatric opthalmologist for his country, and he now trains at least two every single year. So it really shows you the scalability and sustainability of the work we do. And, and, and that's just one example of many examples. We've trained pediatric ophthalmologists, across Asia now from nine countries. And that's just one sub-specialty area of the profession. We've been training across all nine sub-specialty areas. And we're now impacting on about a million people every single year.
Tracey McBeath (00:05:44):
How amazing and completely life changing. One thing that stood out there with when you were talking was you mentioned prevention. And I know personally, a lot of doctors who just get confronted with the end result every day. And, you know, I know a few that have changed to move more into the prevention role of things. So it must be heartbreaking when you see things coming up that are preventable. I mean, the fact that measles they're getting that from measles, I find that mind blowing, but I'm also not that this was going to be the topic at all about discussion, but, I'm also very concerned about, you know, the Western world living in this thing now of growing resistance towards immunizations, when you've seen firsthand, what it's like in those places where these children don't get access to this stuff. And what does that do to you to experience that I must just profoundly change you.
Dr James Muecke (00:06:37):
It does. And in fact, this was the driving force behind me setting up Sight For All, and just the continued experiences such as that one, which just drives and fuels that passion ongoing. And I would challenge any anti-vaxxer to go and sit in the school for the blind in an impoverished country and not be swayed by the benefits of vaccination and the herd immunity that, even in those studies I mentioned, so that was a 2007 Myanmar Cambodia, 2008, even as late as 2013 and Laos, we were also finding children who are visually impaired, even blind because they've never been tested for spectacles quite simply because there was no one there to provide a basic service that we take for granted here in Australia. So again, really powerful stuff. And this has driven an optometry training program that we've been implementing in each of those countries that I would.. Let me wind the clock back to my internship with the 1988.
Dr James Muecke (00:07:32):
And I became disillusioned with medicine. At that point in time, I was mainly just seeing and treating patients who had chronic diseases that were predominantly self-inflicted diseases, such as nutrition related diseases, such as type two diabetes, and of course, smoking related diseases, which were very prominent back then. And I was frustrated by the fact that I was just simply, um, alleviating symptoms, prolonging life, but actually not able to impart a cure. And, and I'm, you know, my nature is one I love to have a project and I love to be able to complete that project for that, with a positive outcome. And so I just wasn't getting the satisfaction and that's why I wanted to go and spend time in Africa, which as a general doctor, I mentioned before I worked as a young voluntary doctor in a little rural hospital in central Kenya.
Dr James Muecke (00:08:26):
And that was really, again, a pivotal moment for me in my life, because now for the first time I was treating patients who had diseases that were not self-inflicted, there are many infectious diseases such as malaria. And so I love the fact that I could now cure people. And that was really something very powerful for me. And I mentioned before that I had this passion for microsurgery, and that's why I had this idea that that eye surgery was something quite special that I could actually cure blindness. And because the leading cause of blindness in the world is cataracts and it forms the vast majority of blindness in the world in developing countries. It's half of world blindness, but in developing countries, the vast majority of blindness. So being able to cure blindness with a surgery, which is very sophisticated and yet incredibly positive results that's was so appealing to me. So I went from a prevention model to being able to cure,patients. That was a real driving factor for me. And it wasn't until several years later when I had these experiences in Asia and seeing young children who are blind through completely avoidable diseases, such as measles or a lack of spectacles that I didn't return to this idea, that prevention is so critical in our lives. And certainly we see many examples of that here in Australia as well.
Tracey McBeath (00:09:56):
Can I just ask you what actually is the cause of cataracts? Is there, I mean, is it preventable at all or is that just something that happens? Sorry. Excuse my ignorance.
Dr James Muecke (00:10:08):
So there are many, many causes of cataracts, but the vast majority of causes is what we call senile cataracts. So wherever if I live long enough, everyone will develop cataracts. So there are a number of other causes, for example chronic prednisone or steroid use can cause cataracts, chronic inflammation in the eyes, et cetera. But really the majority has just simply seen our cataract or due to aging. Diabetes also increases, cataract formation as well. So what was interesting actually, I go back to 2005 and again, another study in Myanmar was at this time it was an adult study in a regional area of the country. And, I was in my early forties and we were, examining people from the age of 40 up. And I was seeing people who were younger than me at the age of 40, who are severely, visually impaired or blind from cataract.
Dr James Muecke (00:11:04):
This was something that I absolutely did not see here in Australia. So this was another really powerful moment of my life to see young people who are blind from cataracts. Why was this happening? I have a number of theories as to why we were seeing cataract developing so early in younger people. One of these was simply chronic, dehydration. This was a regional area. It was a very hot and dry area. People were subsistence farmers that were really working hard in the fields and probably not replenishing their fluids. And I suspected dehydration may actually play a role in formation of cataracts in these populations. So, that was a really, really powerful moment. There were a small number of, people who had actually had cataract surgery, but many of them remained blind because the cataract surgery was a poor quality.
Dr James Muecke (00:11:52):
And so this was powerful moment that allowed myself and my colleagues at the Royal Adelaide hospital, in the department of ophthalmology to set up a program, which was in funded by Ozaid in Australia to really increase the quality of the equipment so that they could undertake cataract surgery at a high level. And in turn this allowed them to reach more people with the surgery that they were providing. And we've seen really since that time, that project finished in about 2013,I think, we've seen a massive increase in the number of cataract surgeries performed every year in those regional eye centers in Myanmar. That was just one of the elements of the work that we were doing at the time.
Tracey McBeath (00:12:39):
Fantastic. So can I ask you now about, you touched on type two diabetes as being one of the potential causes of cataracts, but you've been vocal this year around the debilitating consequences of type two diabetes. So why is that
Dr James Muecke (00:12:57):
The consequences of type two diabetes? If we look at Australia? Well, if let's say let's look at the world as a whole, in the last 40 years, we've seen a four fold explosion in type two diabetes worldwide, and this has actually been even more profound in some communities and countries. In China, for example, there's been a more than 10 fold increase in type two diabetes in that time period in Aboriginal communities here in Australia about an 80 fold increase in type two diabetes . And we're now seeing type two diabetes in kids in Australia in kids as young as seven. And there's even a famous case of a three year old child with type two diabetes in the States. So now this is something that is quite extraordinary back in the sixties type two diabetes was virtually unheard of.
Dr James Muecke (00:13:45):
Now seeing around about 250 cases of type two diabetes every single day in Australia. So there's about 1.7 million Australians with type two diabetes, and there's about 2 million with prediabetes. So, this is really diabetes waiting to happen. And there are some areas of Australia, some poor social economic areas, particularly such as Greater Western Sydney where half of the adults have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes for the first time in history a nutritional diseases and a preventable disease. So this is quite extraordinary. And I think it's driven by a modern diet, which is high in sugar, refined carbohydrates, which to me are sugar in disguise. And also highly processed foods is driving this.
Tracey McBeath (00:14:34):
I've talked to Belinda Fettke before - Dr Gary Fettke's wife, she's been such a campaigner for people understanding all this stuff. And she was saying to me that Gary used to do amputations very rarely early on in his career, and it got to the point where he was doing two or three a week. I think the consequences people don't really understand. It's kind of, I can just take some medication or, and I'll be, I'll be right. I don't really think people do understand it because it is a slow and progressive disease. So can you just talk, talk to us and help educate people a little bit on that?
Dr James Muecke (00:15:13):
Sure. it's a slow disease. And as you say, it's progressive or it can be progressive, but equally it's also reversible. It's preventable and it's also reversible. So it doesn't have to be a slow chronic progressive disease, which ultimately ends in severe disability and death because it is certainly in the early stages, potentially reversible disease. How myself as an ophthalmologist, as an eye specialist became interested in and involved in it. Well, like Gary Fettke an orthopedic surgeon removing people's feet to the gangrene from their type two diabetes. I was seeing people who are losing vision, even going blind due to this insidious disease. So 90% of all diabetes is type two diabetes or the blinding complications we see in people with all types of diabetes. And I was seeing every year more and more patients who are losing vision. And I was noticing that the treatments that I was needing to give to patients was also rising.
Dr James Muecke (00:16:15):
And in fact, one of the treatments that I give is an injection into the eye of an antibody, which helps seal up blood vessels at the central vision area, which are leaking fluid into the central visionary causing blurring and distortion of vision. And just recently I received the stamps for Medicare. The chart shows a progressive increase in the number of injections given Australia wide. And last year, by the end of last year, there were over 90,000 injections given, to try and curb vision loss from diabetes. I suspect this year it's going to be up over a hundred thousand. This is a hundred thousand injections every single year in Australia for a disease, which in itself is preventable. So it makes me upset. It makes me angry, but I think one of the turning points for me was in 2018 when I met a man whose story had an impact on me. He had neglected his type two diabetes.
Dr James Muecke (00:17:14):
He went to bed one evening at the age of 50 and woke up the next morning, blind in both eyes. And he remains blind to this day. The poor man has also now had nine amputations, the gangrene of his left lower leg due to his diabetes, he's also had a heart attack. So there are a myriad of complications, life changing and life threatening complications due to type two diabetes. Blindness is the most feared. Second is amputation from gangrene, but it also causes impotence. It causes numbness, tingling, pain in the hands and feet. It causes kidney failure and people who have kidney failure needs to have blood filtered by dialysis sometimes as much as seven hours a day, four days a week. And I've also calculated that in Australia via something like 60,000 hours spent by patients with type two diabetes, having their blood filtered by dialysis 60,000 hours, this is not a great way to lead your life it's hours which are lost to family and friends to your work and to the things that you love to do.
Dr James Muecke (00:18:20):
So, devastating statistics, but it also causes life threatening diseases such as heart attack and stroke. I mentioned before. So the top three causes of death in our society, heart attack, dementia and stroke, and all three of these diabetes is central to the process. And I suspect if we actually looked at the more closely, type two diabetes would be the leading cause of death and disability in our society these days. Also phenomenally expensive costing our health system, probably the order of $20 million every single year in terms of treatment of diabetes and its complications and lost productivity in the workforce. So it's a, it's a high impact disease.
Tracey McBeath (00:19:04):
Yeah, it sure is. And as you say, it's preventable and reversible, if you change your lifestyle early on . I've seen that as well. And I study at the nutrition network with professor Tim Noakes. He's a fine example of someone who was diagnosed with type two diabetes and is put it into remission through lifestyle. So why is the conversation? I mean, you're trying to change the conversation. I know, but so many in the medical profession are not interested in the fact that this is preventable. It's about medication. It's about managing the symptoms as opposed to going and really looking at reversing the disease. So what are we up against here? Because it's just, I hear it virtually every day. I hear stories of people that I know who go to the doctor and say, I'm changing my lifestyle.
Tracey McBeath (00:20:01):
I'm cutting out the sugars and the carbohydrates. And it's like, well, no, no. Why are you doing that for you? Shouldn't be having saturated fat. You know, you need to be having oats for breakfast. All this misinformation that's still being perpetuated out there. And then of course you should be taking these tablets. And if you don't take these tablets, well, what's wrong with you? Why you're not taking them. There's just such a, I don't know, we've got such a long way to go in terms of educating people out there. So, so what can we do?
Dr James Muecke (00:20:32):
Uh, yes. So there's, there's, it's a big conversation in itself. And, you know, if we look at there's a study that came out recently in 2017, that showed that over over half, I think something like 56% of patients with type two diabetes were able to reverse their type two diabetes in a 10 week period with simply a low carb, low sugar diet. So we know that adopting such a diet is actually critical in this whole process. I think also including periods of fasting is very important as well. And of course, exercise is an important part of lifestyle, but I think really diet is the critical thing here. And if we go back to a little bit of history, you know, in the decades after world war II, it was noted that there was an increase in heart disease and heart attacks. And it was presumed that this was due to a fatty diet causing fatty blockage of the coronary arteries.
Dr James Muecke (00:21:28):
And this was based on no real science and no strong evidence whatsoever. And so what happened, and there's still a lot of lot history and misinformation leading up to this point, but in 1980, the dietary guidelines for Americans was released and this guideline recommended reducing our fat to 30% and upping our carbs to 60%. And rather than seeing a downturn in the heart disease, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, actually soared. And along with that type 2 diabetes, which I mentioned since that time, we then saw that four fold increase in type two diabetes. So there's a lot going on here. There's a lot of vested interests. There's religious ideology, there's industry interests, and it's a real quagmire, which was very, very difficult. And there's also, I think, another, a number of other factors, which I've dubbed the five days of, of sugar toxicity. And, it was a way of me getting my head around this whole space and just to go through those briefly.
Dr James Muecke (00:22:33):
So the first is Addiction, sugar is highly addictive. It's been shown to be as addictive as nicotine. So it's consumption, activates the reward center in our brain, leading to the release of the neurotransmitter, dopamine, which is a feel good chemical makes us feel good when we may have sugary treats. The second A is Alleviation. We often use sugar to alleviate stress or to make us feel better when we down to counter release of the stress hormone cortisol when we're anxious. So the third day is accessibility. Sugar is cheap and quite literally everywhere in our lives. I walk into most service stations without encountering a wall of confectionary. And you certainly can't check out for most supermarkets and stores without being enticed by half price, soft drinks and, and confectionery and chocolates. The fourth A is addition, an astronomical amount of sugar is added to a food and drink something in order of 75%.
Dr James Muecke (00:23:30):
And the fifth is A is advertising, world that is flooded with ads and TV commercials for sugary products. So these things which make sugar, such a difficult thing to kick. And if we look at those five A's in their entirety, what let's look at the first two A's it's about personal awareness being aware that sugar is highly addictive in it, we're using it to alleviate stress. I think if people we are aware of that and me as a doctor, wasn't aware of that until quite recently, then you can then start to curb the pool of sugar related products. And then the other three A's accessibility, addition and advertising is really about accountability of businesses, industy and government to do the right thing by the people of Australia. And again, there are a number of strategies that we can look at that we can help to turn that around.
Tracey McBeath (00:24:21):
I love those A's. My concern is that I guess the reach of the pharmaceutical industry, certainly a lot of the low carb GPS that I know will speak very openly about the fact that their colleagues are just not interested in doing what they're doing. Their stand alone, a lot of them. And I definitely know it's growing. I mean, there's definitely a ground swell of change, but I was reading a book the other day called Mistakes Were Made, But Not by Me. And it looks at the cognitive dissonance, that we sort of go through when we come across information that doesn't match our beliefs. And they talk about the pharmaceutical industry in terms of their reach and the gifts, the little gifts that they give doctors and things like that, which does play a part in whether they're going to prescribe that medication or not. So that to me is a really big thing that we need to look at sort of changing in some ways, because I can't see how they, most doctors will be interested in not prescribing medication and looking down the lifestyle path, which doesn't make pharmacology rich. I mean, that's about getting people off medication.
Dr James Muecke (00:25:30):
That's right. Again, it's quite a detailed area we can examine in more detail. So there's no biochemical process in the body that demands that we must ingest carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are nutritionally deficient, and they, we don't need to ingest them. They're not essential to our survival as our health. Whereas fats and proteins are essential. We can't survive without them. In fact, we can generate all the glucose that we need for the energy in our bodies, simply by the fat and proteins. So to have a dietary guidelines, a dietary dogma, which is recommending that we have a diet that's high in cereals and grains which are high in carbohydrates, particularly refined carbohydrates is exactly the diet that is driving this epidemic of obesity and type two diabetes. And it's, it is extraordinary to think that doctors are still not aware of this. And I suspect it's simply been a campaign of misinformation, but there's also probably, when you've had decades of an understanding that saturated fats are bad for our health and you have had an understanding that breakfast is such an important meal of the day when this is in our minds, it's actually very hard as as doctors to actually turn that around.
Dr James Muecke (00:27:02):
Now, this is we're talking decades and similar to smoking it. It took a long, long time for this to be reversed. And there was such campaigns of misinformation that happened at the time. So, it's really important for doctors, for my colleagues to be aware of the evidence, which has been around for a long, long time now. And certainly in June this year, there was another really important meta analysis, a very high level review study that showed that natural saturated fats in our diet have never been shown to cause cardiovascular disease. So it's seriously important for people to know that it needs to be shouted from the rooftops. These are foods such as unprocessed meat and particularly red meat, dark chocolate, eggs, full fat dairy, all the products for the last 40 years that have been demonized. We need to be aware that these products are actually critical to our health.
Dr James Muecke (00:27:54):
And so I think it's really time now for people to take this on board. And that's why I'm speaking about it so much. I've been hoping to speak at a number of medical conferences this year. In fact, I was speaking at the Australian medical association conference, the major GP conference, and both of those conferences were canceled and they've gone online, but unfortunately my role in those conferences has been dropped because they're all about COVID-19. So a really disappointing opportunity. Sorry a really excellent opportunity, which is disappointingly been dropped now for me. So I'll keep on speaking about it because I think it's so critical to our health as a nation. I think we have the opportunity to turn it around here. And in fact, I've, I've recently written a number of times to the NH&MRC and to the department of health outlining the flaws and the conflicts of interest, the bias, which is inherent in our dietary guidelines. And I was delighted to hear a couple of weeks ago that Greg Hunt has announced that they're going to be reviewing the dietary guidelines. I think it's really time for this to be happening.
Tracey McBeath (00:29:01):
Absolutely it is. And I do want to ask you about the dietary guidelines, but just something that you touched on then that you're saying that you were dropped because of COVID being main focus at the moment. And isn't it interesting because we know that people with type two diabetes are more likely to get COVID. It's people who are metabolically unhealthy that are more likely to pick this up. So it could not be more relevant to have a discussion now about diet and what people are eating.
Tracey McBeath (00:29:28):
It is the perfect time. And I sense that this is happening. And if you look at the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are 102 deaths from the virus, which is of course tragic. But at the same time, we had over 5,000 deaths in Australia from type two diabetes. 5,000 deaths, which went unrecognized essentially, and certainly unheralded. So it's just critical information that we need to then be aware of going forward. And I know during the lockdown, and I'm so sorry to hear the lockdown that's happened in Melbourne and South Australia is not far behind, but during a lockdown period, of course, people are stressed about a many number of things and particularly about their opportunity to work and living and provide for themselves and their families. So during stressful times, people often turn to sugar and excessive eating refined carbohydrates. And so we know that in those early weeks of the, the first wave, the things that went flying off the shelves, weren't just toilet paper, they were the refined carbohydrates for the pastas, the white flour, the white rice all missing, and the barely been restocked to this day.
Dr James Muecke (00:30:38):
So I have no doubt that people will be turning towards these refined carbohydrates, sugary treats, and all the soft drinks went as well. So I suspect what we will see it, it hasn't been, it hasn't happened at this point in time because I suspect most people haven't gone to see the doctor so the diagnosis of type two diabetes hasn't increased over the past few months, but I suspect there will be tail and eventually we'll see that there'll be a rise in type two diabetes during this time because of the unhealthy diet, lack of exercise. Also the fast food and takeaway that I'm sure people are eating during these times. And it frightens me that that we'll see a burst in type two diabetes. I'm certainly now after that first wave and the lockdown of Eastern South Australia, I noticed that we were seeing more patients coming who had put their appointments off.
Dr James Muecke (00:31:31):
So as an eye specialist, there are people who are seriously putting their eyesight at risk, and I have had a number of patients already have lost irreversibly vision from diabetes, from macular degeneration and other vision threatening conditions, because they delayed their appointments because they are worried about going to the doctor. So despite our reassurances, as a practice that we were doing everything to keep them safe, they were still not coming. Even yesterday in my practice, I had patients who were canceling appointments because they were worried. And so this is really important for patients not to neglect their health during these times, not to neglect their appointments, particularly if they have things like type two diabetes, or if they have vision threatening diseases, it's really critical for them to maintain their appointments so that they don't put themselves in a worst health situation. So this is a trying time, not just because of the risks and the complications of the virus, but also the other health issues that surround us. And as well as the economic issues that are playing out at the moment.
Tracey McBeath (00:32:32):
Absolutely. So in talking about the dietary guidelines, so you've been instrumental in getting them reviewed, which is absolutely fantastic. A couple of things I want to ask you about that. Well, firstly, what would you like them to look like? So what are, what are the changes that you are pushing for in terms of review? And also, I guess, who are the stakeholders? So who are going to be involved in that process if you know that at this stage?
Tracey McBeath (00:32:57):
So the last time the Australian dietary guidelines was reviewed was in 2013, sorry, that's when they released, I think they started the review process in 2009. And if you actually look at the Australian guide for healthy eating, which is the pictorial representation, two thirds of the food stuff are plant based and the cereal and grain sections is enormous. If you actually look more closely at the references, let's say the references to the cereal and grain section, there were 73 references that were used to draw up the current set of guidelines and all but 10 of those were industry funded. So that in itself immediately puts bias into this whole process. There's also a handbook of questions, which guide the literature review, which I understand the Dietary Association of Australia played a big role in, but there's significant bias within this within this as well.
Dr James Muecke (00:33:55):
And if you look at the questions, there is significant bias within the questions. And if you look at the meat section, the question actually biases the search to find a link between the consumption of red meat and cancer. In the cereal section, there's one question that biases the search to look for the health benefits of cereals and grains. And so there was no balance yet. You didn't have a question that said, let's look at the risks and benefits of red meat and the risks and benefits of cereals. They actually biased. So it's a strategic deception biasing the literature search. So there's serious bias within this whole process. And there were key members of that working group that also had contacts and connections to industry at the time. So although the NHMRC who over saw this, suggests that that bias was managed, how can that bias ignored really. Also, if you look back at the 2003 guidelines where it was recommended that we reduce the saturated fats in our diet, when the 2013 guidelines came to be reviewed, it was recommended that that evidence hasn't changed and that recommendation to reduce the natural saturated fats in our diet still be maintained. So there was no opportunity for the natural saturated fats, which is so critical to our health to actually be revived in the current set of guidelines. So I think that this is critical going forward that be reinstated as a really important part of our health.
Tracey McBeath (00:35:25):
So we sort of have a history and following what the US do with things like dietary guidelines. And I'm sure you're aware that they just had a big review of theirs. There was a big group led by Nina Teicholz - the Nutrition Coalition that was pushing for all the evidence to be put on the table. And unfortunately it's been largely ignored and the the reviews come in and it's even more bias. It's got even less red meat in it and is more plant based. So, you know, devastating really for them. Do you hold hope that we might be able to stand alone a little bit and not follow in their shoes when it comes to the review we're about to undertake?
Dr James Muecke (00:36:03):
Absolutely it's critical that we don't follow those guidelines. There was a four person subcommittee on those guidelines who had significant personal and ideological bias. The process lacked transparency, it excluded a large number of rigorous studies. It relied primarily on weak data for its conclusions and almost all the committee members had long lists of conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical companies, food industry, supplementary company. So how can it not influence their decision making? So it's really critical that we don't make the same mistake that we don't go down the same bias pathway with the review of our dietary guidelines. And I'll be writing to the NH&MRC and the department of health, recommending that we look very critically at who was involved in drawing up our last set of guidelines, and missing them from the process because we don't want that same bias. The same conflicts of industry, the same ideological and industry bias to creep into what is going to be informing our nationwide nutritional health policy.
Tracey McBeath (00:37:09):
Yes, absolutely. So what can we do as individuals to help in that process? Is there anything that we can do? Can we write to our politicians, or is it more just waiting for the process to start before we can get involved?
Dr James Muecke (00:37:23):
Yeah, I understand. I think writing and people talking about this and I had a number of media opportunities, which is fantastic in my role as Australian of the year this year. I'm fortunate in that people are open to listening to what I'm saying, and I will continue to write and to continue to seek media opportunities to talk about this. So I think this is a great opportunity for us to turn around our chronic ill health, which is driven by our poor nutrition, really, really good opportunity. So I think having the public also being aware and also writing to their local members to their politicians and just keeping this in the spotlight, I think it's very, very important. When the next review of the guidelines will be released. I think if I understand it will go out to public scrutiny. So hopefully we will get people looking at the guidelines and scrutinizing it to see whether there's any bias in the references - is there any industry or religious bias within the references, the literature, which guide the review process and guide the next edition of the guidelines. So, you know, hopefully we do have significant interest from the public so that that can be scrutinized and we can ensure that we don't have any conflicts going forward.
Tracey McBeath (00:38:36):
Yeah. So you said that you have been overwhelmingly listened to, and people are receiving what you're saying. Has that been the case, have you, or have you had any sort of negative kickback or pressure to maybe not speak out as much as you are?
Dr James Muecke (00:38:50):
Yeah. In fact, after the Australia day weekend, I got back to work on the Tuesday morning and there was an email waiting for me, a troll email, and I've had a number of troll emails condemning what I'm saying. And of course there's every chance that they're coming from the sugar industry. There are a lot of industries that don't want to hear this, there is the sugar in Australia, the processed food industry. Of course, the beverages industry as well. They don't want to hear these messages, but this is where I'm calling on accountability. These businesses, these industries are driving this terrible epidemic of poor health in favour of profits. And so I think really they need to be held to account, and this is the time to do it. And to be able to change around, and see that we need resilience and we need innovation. We need innovation in businesses and industry.
Dr James Muecke (00:39:39):
You know, we saw it with the tobacco industry. If we look back, you know, there was an uproar in Australia in decades past when the tobacco industry was potentially impacted, but I understand that the tobacco farmers were able to - once they actually were no longer allowed to farm tobacco, they then went into farming, avocados, mangoes, and things like that, and actually making more money. And so potentially, you know, sugar cane farmers, they can use the sugar cane for clean, fuel and ethanol or they can do. You know, it's actually been modeled in a number of countries where there's been a levy on sugary drinks that there's been no impact on jobs. And so with the fact that 80% of our sugar is actually exported, if they model that there's going to be very little impact on jobs in Australia and that sugar cane founding sector.
Tracey McBeath (00:40:27):
So you are a fan of pushing for a sugar tax.
Dr James Muecke (00:40:32):
Yeah, so I called at the award ceremony, actually I made a speech and it had a lot of media attention and in those days afterwards, it was all about Dr Muecke calls for a sugar tax. But I was actually calling for a multi-pronged strategy, not just the sugar tax. The sugar tax is one of a number of things. And if we go back to those five A's of sugar toxicity in particular the three A's of sugar toxicity, sugar toxicity, accessibility, you know, what I've been calling for is to move products away from checkout counters and stores and supermarkets. With addition, we need a clear and transparent labeling system so that we know how much added sugar is in our food and drinks. And it's the addition A where the tax or levy comes into it, but there's certainly some good, strong evidence and solid reasoning behind it.
Dr James Muecke (00:41:16):
We know that in Australia, in the decade leading up to 2017, there was a 30% increase in consumption of sugary drinks. We know from many studies that sugary drinks have been linked to type two diabetes. And we know also from about 17 studies worldwide that a levy or a tax on sugary drinks has resulted in a reduction in purchase and consumption. So it makes sense to me. And so in Australia, it's been modeled that if we have a 20% levy on sugary drinks, this will raise over $600 million. And that can be used to drive health awareness initiatives that I mentioned before to raise awareness of the multitude of health dangers of sugar, not just obesity and type two diabetes, but also tooth decay. This is the leading cause of dental caries in our society. And the money can also be used to fund health inequalities.
Dr James Muecke (00:42:06):
You know, if you go up to Aboriginal communities, you'll see that sugary food and drinks in abundance and actually cheap and healthy and fresh foods are expensive. And the final A - advertising, one of the other things I've been calling for is to take ads for sugary food and drinks from the TV during those hours that our children are watching. So a levy or a tax on sugary drinks is just one of many strategies, and there are a number of other strategies we should be looking at our school canteens and see what they're selling. We can remove ads from the internet that are targeting our kids. So it's really, you know, people often say, Oh, this is all nannying, but actually raising awareness is not nannying. And when we're protecting our children who are now developing type two diabetes, when we're protecting the vulnerable in our society, you know, this in no way it can be considered nannying and public health initiatives and public health initiatives are absolutely critical. And if you look at all of the public health initiatives that have happened in recent years, for example, seatbelts have saved lives, helmets when riding motorbikes save lives, banning cigarette smoking from restaurants and pubs will help to save lives. I mean, there's so many examples of this that I would suggest no one these days would consider nannying. So when you have an epidemic of type two diabetes, which is now impacting in some regions of Australia, well, over 10% of the popular population, then it's really time to do something positive. And it's really time for governments to be accountable and do something positive to curb this serious threat to our health system and to our society.
Tracey McBeath (00:43:41):
That's interesting talking about the sugary businesses that rely heavily on that. One of the things I've heard a lot about, and you've talked about is the exercise is medicine campaign by Coca-Cola. So a lot of those companies are really vested in the everything in moderation. And they are still holding onto the eat less move more. Well you're overweight because you just don't exercise. So we know exercise in the scheme of health is important, but they, they slur is so it makes it really hard for people to understand the true cause of all this sort of stuff. That to me is underhanded, it's not upfront. So it does definitely make it harder for people to see through all that stuff.
Dr James Muecke (00:44:24):
Exactly. And if you look at the exercise as medicine movement, one of the founding partners was Coa Cola. So coca cola's vested interests is move more so you can drink more Coke. I even wrote an opinion piece for the Canberra times about a month ago. And a few days later Dick Telford, who is one of the founders of Australian Institute of Sport came out saying that we can't forget exercise as an important part of this process. But if you then look at Dick Telford's research, he has a long standing study that's been funded by Coca-Cola. So I think Dick Telford's conflict of interest here is that he's been funded by Coke. So he will be advocating for people to move more so that they can drink more soft drink and drink more Coca-Cola. So you'd have to really look at these conflicts of interest before we seriously placed too much emphasis on these opinions typically when they're not based on rigorous science.
Tracey McBeath (00:45:17):
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I' was hoping I could read quickly just a message I got sent yesterday from one of my Instagram followers, because I want to ask you to explain a little bit about why weight isn't necessarily an indicator of health because, and you touched on in the beginning, you said something about refined carbohydrates are sugar in disguise. So I think there's a real misunderstanding out there. You know, I think, well, no one can really deny the effects of sugar, but when you talk about carbohydrates and refined carbohydrates, there's a little bit of a misunderstanding that people don't really understand that they do convert to sugar in the blood. And it's the same, whether it's a can of Coke or a bowl of rice, but I wanted to read you this because I posted a picture that said, "we believe that patients get type two diabetes because they're overweight. As a doctor, Dr. Brian Lenkous was talking about how he has a huge number of patients who are a nice lean weight, yet are type 2 diabetic. And this message I got was from this lady. "So this is my dad. He weighs under 70 kilos. He is 74 years old and has run 80 marathons, ultra marathons, and now cycles a hundred kilometers a week. He has type two diabetes and he's on statins from two heart attacks. And won't give up the carbs because my mum doesn't believe it's healthy. That says so much to me. That's not an uncommon story.
Dr James Muecke (00:46:41):
No, that's right, it's not an uncommon story. You mentioned about refined carbohydrates and particularly the refined carbohydrates, you know, white rice for example, is highly processed. It's had the husk, the grain, the germ removed from it. So all you're left with is basically a little bullet of pure starch. And starch is simply a long chain of glucose when it weakens the gut, it's broken down into a single molecule of glucose which is then absorbed to the blood stream, so pretty much when you're having refined carbohydrates, such as the foods made from white rice, white breads and pasta white potatoes, you're pretty much having a sugary treat. And interestingly, I look to the pack of the pasta the other day, and I had 3.5% sugar, and I thought, Oh, that's not too bad. But then the refined carbohydrate element was 67%. So this is nearly 70% sugar when you're having a packet of pasta.
Dr James Muecke (00:47:35):
So it's really important for people to be aware of this. And, and I know that your experience and that person that made a comment, I've had a similar conversation with a number of my patients and one of them I can remember quite clearly, it was quite recently. And he said, doc, and I'm doing everything. I've cut out all the sugar, even cut out all the refined carbohydrates. I'm not having soft drinks, et cetera, et cetera. We had this long conversation with him, and I thought oh well, he's doing all the right things. And I suspect that there's, you know, there is a genetic element here in some people and as he was leaving, he said, all doc when I come next time can I bring you a packet of dried fruit? My wife and I packaged dried fruit as a living. So bingo, there you go. There is the little sugar bullets in the dried fruit, which are heavily sugary treats.
Dr James Muecke (00:48:20):
And if I look back, I mentioned earlier, a man that I know he's not a patient actually, but I was filming a documentary in 2018 about the experience of blindness. So I was seeking people who are blind and what their experience was. And Neil Hansel he's name. He doesn't mind me using his name. He was actually on the stage at the Australia day ceremony. He was the guy that went to bed at the age of 50 and wake up blind the next morning at the age of 16, when he first started earning money through to the age of 26, when he developed type two diabetes, he drank four liters of Coca Cola, every single day. 4L of Coke. And if you actually calculate that out and then quote me on this, but I think really the bottles got about 52 grams of sugar.
Dr James Muecke (00:49:05):
So a four L bottle, it's got about 104 grams of sugar. And half of that is fructose. And fructose is the really dangerous component, because for a number of reasons, it's not recognized as a food stuff by the body. It doesn't trigger the release of insulin. It suppresses our appetite control. And when it hits the liver, 30% of it is converted immediately to fat, which is harmful and helps develop a fatty liver, which is central to this whole process. So 30% of the say the 52 grams of sugar is converted directly to fat. So whatever a third of the 52 grams is, is turned into fat. Every time you have a 40 liter bottle of Coke. So this poor guy, he was on the move, he exercises and yet he didn't realize at the time the danger, he wasn't aware of how dangerous what he was doing with his body.
Dr James Muecke (00:49:56):
And even when he developed type two diabetes at the age of 26, he didn't realize the myriad of life changing and life threatening complications. This is a disease an insidious that ravages the entire body? You have no idea that what he was doing was putting himself at serious risk of damage to his own body and to serious damage to his family. I mean, when someone has type two diabetes, it's not just themselves, they take along their partner and other family members for the ride. You know, he's a very strong advocate for this as well, because he is aware now. He wasn't aware back then. He wasn't aware how addictive that sugar was and that he was actually addicted. He realizes now, but he wasn't aware than that he was addicted. So again, this is where the conversations need to be: addiction alleviation, the dangers of all the added sugar, the fact that is causes type 2 diabetes, not always associated with obesity.
Dr James Muecke (00:50:56):
Obesity actually is the biggest risk factor for type two diabetes. A 20 to 35 kilogram gain in weight is associated with something like 11600% increase in type two diabetes. So this is a serious driver of type two diabetes, but you don't always have to be overweight. So, just the fact that you might be keeping a healthy weight doesn't mean you're not at risk. And certainly for me, you know, earlier in the year, I was a big fan of, you know, there's rarely a day where I didn't have ice cream after dinner and at work most days I would pretty much consume a packet of cream biscuits. I had a scan of my liver earlier in the year, and I had a fatty liver. So little did I realise that I was on the way to potentially type two diabetes.
Dr James Muecke (00:51:44):
So I immediately went into a sugar detox every day, or most days I have a time restricted eating or fasting. So from dinner through to lunch the next day, I always exercise. I'm not overweight. I had a little bit of a belly, but certainly I didn't feel like I was at risk at all. And actually on Thursday, I'm going to have my followup scan to see if I've managed to reverse my fatty liver. I've certainly dropped probably about 10 kilograms. So everyone whose seen me after the lockdown said, my goodness, how much weight that you've lost. So yeah, this is really, really critical for people to be aware of the dangers of not just sugar, but also the amount of added sugar, refined carbohydrates, all of these things, which are potentially doing us damage,
Tracey McBeath (00:52:25):
Um, and that we can't necessarily outrun it or exercise at of. I think that's really important for people to understand. I mean, I was a personal trainer for 12 years and I've been definitely guilty of telling people to carb load and restrict their fat and yeah, all that stuff that I now know is not correct. And I'm doing my utmost to make up for, for that. But so many people are still told by their doctor to just it's your fault or your glutinous, you're just eating too much, just go and stop eating less and go and move more. And I just think it is absolutely cruel to tell someone, to do that and not help them.
Dr James Muecke (00:53:03):
Exactly. And, and particularly also when sugar is so addictive and if people are not aware of it, and for me, my need for sugar was a physical dependency. So literally day one, when I went in to my sugar toxicity, I had withdrawal symptoms of headache, irritability, clouded thoughts and fatigue. And for me, it was really tough and it was actually much tougher than the coffee withdrawal and also experienced these cravings. And for three days it was so intense, but after day 3 I then started to come out of that. But, you know, quite simply when people are having that withdrawal, that mini withdrawal and that need for a sugar hit, that's really just your addiction talking to you. But I suspect there's also many, many people in particularly poorer parts of our society, where they're using sugar, to alleviate significant stress in their lives, and the addiction may actually be a much deeper psychological element to it.
Dr James Muecke (00:54:02):
And so I think we also need to look going forward with funding that hopefully would derive from a levy on sugary drinks and other heavily sugared products we could actually have in place support groups, and helplines, and also counseling, psychological counseling, like we've done for alcohol and also for nicotine. So, yeah, absolutely. I think this is, this is also very important for people to be aware of. And, and, and these weight loss, the fad diets have a 90, nearly a hundred percent failure rate, they just don't work. Because when, we drop our calories, we actually drop our metabolism. The really important thing is when we actually go into a fasting mode, you actually have significant metabolic changes. So when we fast have a sudden drop in insulin and insulin is the big driver of weight loss, people who are on insulin, realise that once they go on insulin, they actually increase their weight.
Dr James Muecke (00:54:52):
So insulin helps convert glucose in to fat. So if we can get off insulin, that's a really good thing. Also, when you fast, you have a rise in adrenaline and growth hormones. So when you fast, even for short periods, you have significant metabolic changes, which can actually drive weight loss and drive reversal of type two diabetes. So this is also very important part of the puzzle. And, but if anyone's listening and they do have type two diabetes or type one diabetes, if you're going to do any fasting, if you want, particularly if you're on medications, you need to do it in conjunction with your treating GP or physician. So fasting is a very important part of it, and exercise is also very important as well.
Dr James Muecke (00:55:31):
But exercise, I think one of the biggest health benefits of exercise is stimulating the reward centre in our brain. And that also leads to the release of dopamine. Anyone who's been for a vigorous exercise, they feel great as a result of it. So this is really good. And particularly in these times we're in lockdown, that's why despite the lockdown, we're still encouraged to get out and exercise because it makes us feel good. It makes us feel better. And it's actually a much better alternative than reaching for a two liter or four liter bottle of soft drink or reaching for another packet of cream biscuits or a block of chocolate and consuming the whole lot. And I think it's really important to see exercise in this respect, not use exercise so that you can eat more sugary treats.
Tracey McBeath (00:56:17):
Yes, that's right. And I think, you know, for people who actually metabolically unhealthy to tell them go and exercise can be actually hard. You know, their body is under stress and it's struggling seeing this is what I see happen with my clients who are reversing the insulin resistance and things like that. They feel so bad about themselves because they've got no energy. Okay. So that cycle, so I can't, I don't feel like exercising. My body is struggling to make enough energy to get me through the day, but I feel so bad. I know I should be doing it, but when they start to reverse things, it's amazing how the energy just comes. And they do then for the first time in their life, almost feel like moving and exercising. And it's so wonderful to watch. And, you know, talking what you were saying about the physical and the psychological addiction of sugar and carbohydrates.
Tracey McBeath (00:57:05):
It's most of my work. Now you think that the physical addiction, while it's painful for a few days is much easier than the habits and the psychological things and how we've linked certain foods to feeling good. And that is very, very difficult to break and absolutely agree with you. That's an area that needs more attention and people need a lot more support to do that. That's why, you know, I think most of my work is like that. I now have people that they know what low carb is. They really understand the science, they know what to eat because it's not complicated. It's, it's really, you know, it's just eat real food. And, you know, when you understand what food does, it's quite an easy decision, but they're very, very tied to the habits that they have around food and what their family do. And, and that's the, the stuff that they definitely need more support around.
Dr James Muecke (00:57:57):
Yeah. It needs to be a systemic change doesn't attend. And, you know, I mentioned to someone the other day that, that they didn't even realize that we had dietary guidelines. And I said, well, that's true because I'd actually didn't even realize we had dietary guidelines. But what you do realize what we've been told for so long is that that meat is bad for, meat causes cancer, saturated fats are bad for us, it causes heart attack, you know, that I mentioned before that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. None of these things have any evidence behind them. So this is all steeped in biased, opinion and biased literature. So really critical, really critical for people to be aware of this. And what you mentioned before about people who are overweight or obese quite simply, cutting out those heavily sugar products, being aware of the excess sugar in some of the foods that they're eating and also incorporating some fasting into their daily habit.
Dr James Muecke (00:58:46):
And then that will drive the weight loss. And then that will allow them then to start moving more freely. It will take the pressure off their joints. They'll be able to exercise more freely and go for long walks and go for more vigorous walk. So they can then build up on that. And it's, so it's so important. The one downside for me in the last three months, I've lost so much weight. None of my clothes fit anymore. None of my trousers fit anymore, but one of the other positive things actually is that my wife says I don't snore anymore. So that's a really positive thing of weight loss. And so, you know, there's so many, so many positive things that can come out of this as well as improving our health. And, you know there are a lot of strategies and there are a lot of books and apps that people can actually access to look more closely at fasting, and what foods to avoid and what foods we should be eating.
Dr James Muecke (00:59:35):
But also when you got to be careful about when you have a habit that's tied to enjoying a sugary treats. My wife and I would often sit down after dinner and get a block of chocolate and watch TV. So, you know, that was a habit. You know, often we go to the cinema and we have an ice cream or a big container of soft drinks. So if you actually start to look at those habits that are tied to a sugary treat, what if you go for a long run and come back and have your sugary treat, if you'd just be very critical and very aware of not tying those habits to a sugary treat, that's one very important mechanism to try and curb this drive to consume sugary treats.
Tracey McBeath (01:00:21):
Absolutely. And it's absolutely possible to do that. I think it's very uncomfortable to do that, but with awareness and time and support, and I've seen it, I've seen people do, they have disengaged from those habits and changed it so absolutely possible. And I'm very, very grateful to you, Dr James Muecke. I should definitely let you go. I've talked to you for so long. I'm hoping I could end on one question I'd love to know from you is who are your heroes? Who is, who is someone that has really inspired you to do what you're doing?
Dr James Muecke (01:00:53):
Sure. Well, I can just very briefly talk about a hero in my history and a hero at the moment. I believe, the hero, from my history was, was the director of the department of ophthalmology at the Royal Adelaide hospital Colin Moore back in 1988, when I was doing my internship and I was wanting to do surgery and considering ophthalmology at the time, but I was reaching out to a number of the surgical groups and the advice I was getting almost universally was, Oh, you know, if you leave the system, cause I was wanting to go to Africa and I explained to them of that just have a year off, go to Africa and have this experience. And everyone's saying, Oh, if you leave this system, you'll never get back in and you'll ruin your chances of getting into specialty training.
Dr James Muecke (01:01:32):
And I was hearing this time and time again, and I was getting a little bit despondent, but then I went and met with Colin Moore. And I said, I'm interested in doing ophthalmology, but I want to go to Africa and have a year and have this experience. And he was really supportive. In fact, he said, if you do this, and if you came back and there was someone else who was also going for the job, I would select you because you've broadened your horizon, you've gone out and done something, something different. So that gave me the freedom to go and have that experience. And that for me, was a life changing experience. As I mentioned before, that really has been instrumental in the life that I've led and the incredibly rewarding and satisfying life that I've lead. And, wow. You know, that piece of advice was, was brilliant. So, I've always been very encouraging of people to follow their passions, not trying to put people off, doing something that they really feel is an important element to their life.
Dr James Muecke (01:02:27):
So that was a great piece of advice that I got. So, and at the moment, there are a number of heroes across the country. Certainly there were a number of heroes during the Bush fire. Uh, we saw quite visibly, and there were a number of heroes during the pandemic that we're seeing at the moment. But there are also many other other heroes who are uncelebrated whose whose amazing work really never, never goes recognized that never goes rewarded or celebrated. And I'm sure many people will know, but certainly for me, someone who's been a hero to me at the moment is Nicola Spirea who's is the chief preventative health officer in South Australia with Wellbeing SA. And she's been our leader, guiding us through this pandemic very visibly and really has put South Australia in a fantastic position. So I think she said, and gets my vote as a fantastic hero, who's just been a rock during this difficult time that we're going through.
Tracey McBeath (01:03:25):
Wonderful. I can't thank you enough for joining me today and thank you for all that you're doing. You have a huge amount of support behind you, and as soon as we know how we can help and what we can do, there'll be a lot of people that will be very vocal in, in pushing for fantastic change with the dietary guidelines. So please, don't stop. Please keep going. And thank you so much for everything.
Dr James Muecke (01:03:50):
It's a pleasure, TracEy, and thank you so much for reaching out to me and really enjoyed the interview. And I look forward to chatting some more. So thank you so much.
Today my friend and old client Kelly and I talked about our 2 week CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor) experiment!
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It is such a pleasure to introduce you to Exercise and Sports Physiologist, Richard Turnbull. We had a lovely chat together, and I was so grateful to Richard for sharing his stories, his wisdom, and his knowledge. Richard reached out to me after he listened to my chat with Prof Tim Noakes. He is as long time friend of Prof's, and I love the stories he shared. Thank you Richard for being a part of The Health Evolution Collective!
ABOUT RICHARD Degree / Qualifications
- M. Sports Science
- B. (Hons) Biokinetics
- B. (Hons) Sports Science
- B. Physical Education
- Primary Teachers Diploma
- Certificate 4 Personal Trainer
- Level 4 Australian Rugby Union Coach
- Level 4 Athletics Coach
- BEATIT accredited trainer with Diabetes NSW and ACT
- WorkCover accredited
Sports Injury Management, Rehab and Corporate Health
- 30 years experience as an Exercise and Sports physiologist.
- Exercise Therapy – Cardiac, Musculo-Skeletal, Diabetes (Private, Workers Compensation, Medicare Enhanced Primary Care and Division of Veteran Affairs)
- Providing Corporate Health to a number of companies such as Newcrest Mines (Cadia Valley Operations), Manildra Flour Mills (Manildra, Narrandera), TAFE Orange, Calvary Health Care Riverina Health (Pilot).
Strength and Conditioning and Coaching
- Inducted into the South African Athletics Coaches Hall of Fame in 2016
- Orange, NSW Sports Personality of the Year 2001.
- Fitness trainer and conditioner for South African Rugby Springboks (1993), Natal Sharks Rugby (1990, 1992, 1995) Currie Cup winner during these years, South African Surfing Team (1992), South African Polocrosse Team (1995).
- Athletic Coach to many National and International Athletes. Amongst others:
- Mathews Temane: 21.1km world record 60:11 (1987)
- Mathews Temane: 1 mile world best altitude time 3:55.4 (1983)
- Willie Mtolo: 42.2km 2:08:15 (1986), New York Marathon winner (1992)
- Helen Lucre: 3 times Comrades Marathon winner.
- Shaun Meiklejohn: 1995 Comrades Marathon winner
- Craig Lambert: sub 4 minute miler and SA National 800m runner.
- Warren Peterson well known South African Runner
- Kathy Gobbett: South African 1500m U/16 gold medal winner.
- Veronica Wallington : Australian Junior Mountain Road Race Champion (2007). 3rd Junior in World Mountain Road Race championships (2007). Australian schools cross-country champion (2008). Australian Junior Mountain Road Race Champion. (2008)
- Rugby Union Head Coach: Orange Emus 1st grade coach 1999 to 2003. Won 4 consecutive premierships and 1 minor premiership.
- Rugby Union Head Coach: South Inland Rugby Union representative Team and Brumbies Provincial Team 2014 and 2015.
- 8 times Premiership Rugby Coach.
- Written and published a book on Rugby Fitness and Testing, contributed to other books and published many articles.
Membership of Professional Associations
- Exercise and Sports Science Australia
- Australia Rugby Union Coach
- Athletics Australia
- Vice President (Exercise Rehabilitation) Executive Board, Exercise and Sports Science Austrailia (ESSA) 2000/01
Professional and Personal Interests
- Elite sports consulting.
- Corporate Health
- Exercise Rehabilitation
- Follows most sports and enjoys mountain walking
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Michelle Dowker, MSc, ND is a wellness strategist and dietary & life coach with an educational background as a Naturopathic Doctor.
She holds 3 post-secondary degrees that took 10 years to complete: a Bachelor of science in biomedical science, a Master of science in human biology and nutritional science both from the University of Guelph and a Naturopathic Doctor diploma from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Michelle has a special focus working with women in their 30s to 60s who’ve been struggling with chronic illness and mystery symptoms like fatigue, pain, bloating, brain fog, and unwanted weight gain. They’ve tried everything they can think of but they’ve not experienced the improvement they desire.
She’s passionate about helping women with chronic and invisible illness like autoimmune disease and endometriosis take charge of their health so they can start feeling like themselves again, and regain the ability to get back to doing the things in life they want with the people they love.
Michelle herself has battled with endometriosis and autoimmune conditions, and through her personal and clinical experience, along with her love of keeping up-to-date with current research, she’s created a unique approach that gets to the root cause of chronic illness symptoms.
She uses a blend of physiology, nutrition, mindfulness, and emotional regulation work to help women regain control of their bodies, their symptoms, and their lives, so they can feel less confused and frustrated, and become more able, empowered, and confident.
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Chana is an author, coach, speaker and mentor within the 3 principles understanding.
In the 1980s after 3 very violent attacks, Chana Studley suffered severe PTSD experiencing years of debilitating anxiety and stress. “It was like my brain just blew a fuse and everything went quiet.” Following this remarkable transformation, she trained to be a counselor and has spent the last 30 years helping others recover from trauma, mental illness, and physical pain.
Chana has worked with all kinds of clients, children, and adults who want a deeper understanding of their own experience.
Alongside her counseling career, Chana worked in Hollywood for 20 years creating special effects in major movies and gained an Academy Award as part of the team for the movie Babe.
In the last few years, she has become a certified Life Coach, a World Health Organisation Psychological First Responder and a Three Principles Practitioner. She regularly speaks at conferences, universities and community events.
Chana has recently turned all these experiences into a novel called The Myth of Low Self-Esteem and is currently working on her second novel about chronic pain and the Mindbody connection will be out later this year.
The short YouTube video Chana and I talked about on how stress impacts our health: https://youtu.be/5MUHrCiD3Do
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Helen Marshall is a certified Primal Health Coach & founder of the grain free food range Primal Alternative. Helen hosts the Primal Alternative Podcast on the Wellness Couch which is the number one ranked health and wellness podcast station in Australia. She is a Motivational Speaker on grass roots community centric change, overcoming limiting beliefs and creating an exceptional life.
Faced with a health crisis which included chronic nausea, constipation, insomnia, physical pain, headaches, brain fog, depression, anxiety and phobias, Helen returned to a diet of plants and animals to reclaim her health. She ditched grains, sugar and seed oils and embraced sunshine, sleep, nature and connection.
Helen qualified as a Primal Health Coach to let other women know that they were not on their own on their health journey and that they too could reclaim their health and change their life just with some diet and lifestyle tweaks and community behind them.
But she got kick back, Helen’s clients told her that going grain free was hard – their were time poor and found themselves falling off the wagon. People found it hard to go without pizza, bread, cookies and lollies. So Helen offered to create a range of Primal Alternatives to the foods people love to make going grain free easy.
Helen was told that her products were life changing and she felt compelled to get the range to the whole of Australia but the thought of factories didn’t light her up and besides – she didn’t have any capital.
Helen was inspired to share her successful baking business so that other women with a passion for clean living could start their own home business, doing what they love and make a difference in their community.
The Primalista Baking Licence launched on Boxing Day 2016 and to date over 140 incredible women have said yes to this opportunity. Primal Alternative now has an online store and over 250 stockists across Australia, the UK, New Zealand and the US.
In 2017 Quirky Cooking collaborated with Primal Alternative to bring a ready made version of their Life Changing Dough to the community.
In 2018 Primal Alternative collaborated with Chef Pete Evans to bring a lunch box friendly No Nut Hemp Bread and in 2019 the No Nut Hemp Wrap.
Before ditching the rat race, was a Fitness Instructor and Personal trainer then a Business Manager for a leading recruitment company in the city. Helen has worked with women all of her life listening to their desires around health, work and lifestyle and has combined those skills to bring her greatest contribution yet – the Primalista Baking Licence.
Helen lives on 100 acres of wilderness in Albany, WA with her husband Mike and their children Sam & Milly. She likes pilates, massage, coffee with her bestie, sunbathing, meditation, walks in nature and champagne in the spa.
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Website: www.primalalternative.com
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If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Today I am chatting to the super cool Alexis. A New Yorker who shares her incredible Eat Pray Love journey that led her to Melbourne Australia.
Alexis’ meditation teachings or as she likes to call it a Pause, are about shorter sits with time for discussion. A chance for everyone to realize just how approachable this ancient practice can be worked into our modern lives.
She has seen first hand the benefits of bringing a mindfulness practice into the workplace from when she owned her own business back in America. A very demanding industry the results of weaving these practices into her work were transformative. From improving focus, better sleep, and decreased stress levels.
With her community outreach work to involvement with larger corporations, she truly believes the practice to Pause can improve everyone’s quality of life and help to end burn out in the workplace.
She was also a part of the recent Low Carb Lifestyle Long Weekend sharing her style of mindfullness.
CONTACT Alexis:
Instagram: @pausewithalexis
Facebook: Alexis is on Pause
Website: www.pausewithalexis.com
Linkedin: Alexis Guttridge
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
To purchase the Summit Replay: http://bit.ly/longweekendreplay
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Tracey and Aaron chat on the Health Evolution Podcast, all about the keto diet, women's health and so much more.
Aaron Day, otherwise known as FatForWeightLoss, is crazy about health and nutrition. He is an Accredited Nutritional Therapist, Advanced Sports Exercise Nutritional Adviser and Clinical Weight Loss Practitioner. Aaron is a ketogenic food blogger, recipe developer, food photographer, and videographer, with an emphasis on Quick and Simple Keto Meals, Flexible Recipes (Suited for families) and Keto Comfort Food.
The name “FatForWeightLoss” is a poke at what society thought was making us all fat. “Fat”. But in actual fact, using fat in your diet whether you’re following a ketogenic diet, or simply a low carb diet, is the biggest lever you can move towards making a lifestyle change towards weight loss, and more importantly, fat loss.
Aaron grew up surrounded by a wealth of health knowledge, with an emphasis on food allergies, micronutrients, and natural supplements. His mother is dedicated to health being a naturopath for one of the world leading companies. She is the reason he holds such a passion for health and wellbeing. His early years consisted of an abundance of food, but as he grew up and discovered the world of music, he lived a very frugal lifestyle which began to etch away at his thyroid and adrenal glands.
Being overworked, underslept and underpaid was a natural disaster for malnourishment through poor digestive issues. Aaron turned to the world of sports and fitness, and began to study, research and absorb the world of nutrition, through which he realized he had a deeply rooted passion in helping others be able to live to their full potential. From living out his dream to cycle through Europe with nothing but a tent, climbing 4,500m in one-day cycling events, through to running marathons using the unusual endurance diet of high fat, low carb foods, he is dedicated to pushing past what is deemed possible by common society.
Through those ambitious goals, he has realized that it is not the outcome that you learn the most from. It is the journey and struggles along the way which makes you become a better person.
You can find Aaron at his website here: http://www.fatforweightloss.com.au. He is also on Instagram and Facebook @fatforweightloss.
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources:
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If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
I first met Pete at the 2019 Low Carb Down Under conference on the Gold Coast in September. Pete's story is incredible. A world champion athlete afflicted with chronic fatigue and auto immune conditions. No one could help. He tried for years to find some answers.
Finally he did get help, and it came in the form of a carnivore diet. An athlete fuelling on no carbs? How can that be possible?
Listen to find out.
To contact Pete:
www.liveyorownfit.com
@liveyourownfit
@petejjacobs
@jaimiellejacobs
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources:
http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
I decided to have a chat with you today about what I've seen when it comes to finding our innate resilience during troubling times. It has been life changing for me, and for many of the people I have pointed this to as well.
As spoken about during the episode, here are some of the episodes that talk to this inside out understanding:
Episode 2: My take on it all
Epsisode 18: Fiona Lukeis
Episode 21: Rochelle Gance
Episode 33: There is always hope
Episode 45: Kelly Joice
Episode 55: Barbara Patterson
In episode 33 in the show notes there is a wealth of resources for you to continue your journey if you are curious.
Here is the video version of Accessing Your Resilience Within the Storm: https://vimeo.com/401778454/92da7f9176
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources:
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If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
Barb and I recorded this chat about 6 weeks ago, prior to what is occurring today around the world with the Coronavirus.
But our conversation could not be more relevant in today's fearful climate.
Understanding our nature of human beings changes everything. Seeing that we are are connected to nature and have innate resilience allows us not to fear what shows up in front of us. When we understand the nature of thought, and how it's designed to flow through, we start to see a lot more space in our thinking and so many more options become available to us. We start to see our infinite potential as human beings.
Barbara lived and worked in Europe and the US, and has over 20 years experience coaching and working globally as an internal executive and outside consultant. She works with businesses, their leaders, teams, entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants in various fields of work.
Her previous experience as an executive in a large global organization gave her a solid grasp of what it takes to lead in a fast-paced, demanding culture. Responsible for talent management, executive development, change management and employee engagement, she understands the nature of corporate organizations and the challenges faced by their leaders.
She is someone who has moved overseas to pursue opportunities in my past, as well as years of running a successful coaching & consulting business of her own. She understands how to navigate transitions gracefully, take risks, and make big life changes.
In addition to building a successful consulting and coaching business, Barbara mentors and trains other coaches and consultants to build their own practices, and teach the same principles that were the catalyst for my own transformation.
"A few years ago, I ran across a hidden variable within each of us that either empowers or disempowers us. When people understand the nature of that hidden variable it changes everything.
Until I discovered this, I used to attribute my success to hard work, striving, being able to handle pressure, and pushing myself. I was productive, a go-getter, I was great with people, but I was wearing myself out. I was constantly busy and rushed. I thought that to be successful you had to give up peace of mind and learn how to handle chronic stress.
Even though I tried to find another way – through endless self-improvement, spiritual seeking, and any strategies I could try to avoid burnout – I never really believed there was any other way to success. I was sure that if I just worked hard enough, I could get there… wherever “there” was. At one point, the striving, strategies, and effort stopped working. I had hit a ceiling in my potential.
It was then that I started to look in a new direction. I discovered the incredible impact of a hidden variable… and it dramatically transformed my experience."
To connect with Barbara:
https://barbarapatterson.com/
Barbara's podcast, Real Business, Real Lives:
https://barbarapatterson.com/podcast/
Barbara talked about "The Little Book of Big Change" by Dr Amy Johnson, and Michael Neill's books, "The Inside Out Revolution" and "The Space Within".
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page - The Low Carb/Keto Lifestyle Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources:
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If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
"It is completely unethical for any medical doctor or any dietitian to tell a patient to eat less saturated fat."
There is a big message in this for you if you are a medical doctor, Dietitian or anyone advising people on what to eat. And this is not just a blanket statement. Prof Noakes goes through why this is the case.
I was super nervous before chatting to Prof Noakes. Afterall, how often do you get the chance to talk to and thank your hero? But instantly his kindness put me at ease, and we spent almost an hour together talking about this mans legacy.
He shared where he is now after the horrendous 4 years of being bullied, tormented, then put on trial. You will be appalled at the way he was treated, and if it wasn't for his wife.. well you listen for yourself.
Thankfully he was exonerated, and so was the low carb diet.
If there is one of my podcasts that is a must listen, this is the one.
Prof Noakes studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT), obtaining a MBChB degree and an MD and DSc (Med) in Exercise Science. He is now an Emeritus Professor at UCT, following his retirement from the Research Unit of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. In 1995 he was a co-founder of the now prestigious Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA). He has been rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of SA (NRF) for a third 5-year term. In 2008 he received the Order of Mapungubwe, Silver, from the President of South Africa for his “excellent contribution in the field of sports and the science of physical exercise”.
Prof Noakes has published more than 750 scientific books and articles. He has been cited more than 19 000 times in scientific literature and has an H-index of 71. He has won numerous awards over the years and made himself available on many editorial boards. He has authored many books. In 2003 he received the UCT Book Award for Lore of Running (4th Edition), considered to be the “bible” for runners. Since 2011 he has written his autobiography, Challenging Beliefs: Memoirs of a Career, published Waterlogged: The serious problem of overhydration in endurance sports (in 2012), published The Real Meal Revolution (in 2013), co-authored with Jonno Proudfoot, David Grier and Sally-Ann Creed, and following that the child-focused version of this book, Raising Superheroes (in 2015). The latter two are now also published overseas. In 2014 he co-wrote Always Believe in Magic, with Kevin Musikanth and Jonathan Kaplan, which is the story of the UCT Ikey Tigers journey to winning the 2014 Varsity Cup. The Banting Pocket Guide was published in 2017, co-authored with Bernadine Douglas and Bridgette Allan and most recently he has co-authored Lore of Nutrition with Marika Sboros. This details his journey from prosecution to innocence.
Following the publication of the best-selling book, The Real Meal Revolution, he founded The Noakes Foundation, the focus of which is to raise funding to support high quality research of the eating plan described in the book. He now devotes a majority of his time to promoting the low carbohydrate high fat diet, especially for those with insulin resistance, and on raising funds for Eat Better South Africa! and research through The Noakes Foundation.
He is also the Chief Medical Director of the Nutrition Network, an education, connection and learning platform founded by The Noakes Foundation in partnership with an esteemed team of doctors and scientists. He is highly acclaimed in his field and, at age 70, is still physically active, taking part in races up to 21kms.
The Noakes Foundation
The Noakes Foundation is a Public Benefit Organization founded for public benefit which aims to advance medical science’s understanding of the benefits of a low-carbohydrate healthy high fat (LCHF) diet by providing evidence-based information on optimum nutrition. The Foundation’s key goal is to change the way South Africa eats because the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes are set to cripple national healthcare within the next 10 years.
The Foundation purely relies on funding to carry out this mandate, visit our website to find out how you can help: www.thenoakesfoundation.org/donate Eat Better South Africa!
The Noakes Foundation soon realised that the poorest communities around South Africa, whose diets mainly consist of maize and maize products, are unaware of the dangers of excessive sugar and carbohydrate consumption. This has resulted in an unprecedented increase in cases of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. Thus the Noakes Foundation team established Eat Better South Africa! (EBSA) - the community outreach branch of The Foundation. EBSA’s goal is to educate under resourced communities about good nutrition and to provide them with the knowledge and the tools to make healthy and affordable food choices.
The Nutrition Network The Nutrition Network is an education, connection and learning platform founded by The Noakes Foundation in partnership with an esteemed team of doctors and scientists. The platform has been designed exclusively for medical practitioners across all disciplines, covering the latest and most up-to-date science and research in the field of Low Carb Nutrition.
Connect with us:
Website: www.thenoakesfoundation.org
Website: www.nutrition-network.org
Facebook: The Noakes Foundation, Eat Better South Africa and Nutrition Network.
Twitter: @TheNoakesF Twitter: @NutritionNetwrk
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page - The Low Carb/Keto Lifestyle Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources to help with changing your lifestyle:
http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
I'm not sure that I can convey my excitement at getting to see (over Skype) and chat to this lady who I feel very close to. I've fallen in love with Doc Edge over the last 3 years over Instagram as she has shared her highs and her lows and everything in between.
I kind of forgot we were recording during this chat, and we talked like I'm sure we would if I had popped over to Aberdeen in Scotland for a coffee. We shared a lot of stuff between us about falling down, getting up, doing our best with the kids, nutrition dogma, being curious and so much other great stuff.
If you would like to connect with Suzie, here are her details:
Instagram: @suz.edge and @edgesuz
Facebook: Low Carb Scotland
Twitter: @edgesuz
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Nelson Mandela.
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page - The Low Carb/Keto Lifestyle Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources to help with changing your lifestyle:
http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
"We have one life. One chance to live fully, experience this journey and make a positive impact on the world. This is for the people who want it all. The full human experience."
Tina Tower has captured attention with her raw and real approach to building business. Tina is not afraid to share her failures as well as her successes and is an example of what happens when you define what you want in life and go after it with all you’ve got.
Like some people find religion, Tina found personal development which led her to go on to start investing in property at 18, starting her business at 20, getting married, having two children, graduating from the University of Sydney and building and selling multiple businesses including a national franchise system
before her 34th birthday, Tina knows how to leverage her skills and how to stick it out when faced with the stumbling blocks that we all run into on the road to success.
Tina launched a toy store & tutoring centre in 2004, designed and licensed her own programs & curriculum as Begin Bright in 2008 and franchised her business in 2011. Building the network of Begin Bright centres up to more than 30, Begin Bright was acquired by an international education company in 2016.
Tina has been celebrated in the Australian business community winning the Australian Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year in 2014 and being the 2017 Entrepreneur in Residence for Australia’s largest business women’s group, Business Chicks, as well as being featured on Sky Business, The Huffington Post and The Financial Review.
Tina's book, One Life is an awesome read and full of tips to inspire you to take and experience all that life has to offer. She has kindly donated 3 copies for me to give away, to you my loyal podcast listener.
If you would like your chance to win a copy, you need to email me at tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au and tell me why.
To connect with Tina:
www.tinatower.com
You will also find Tina on Instagram @tina_tower and on Facebook.
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page - The Low Carb/Keto Lifestyle Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources to help with changing your lifestyle:
http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
If you are a health practitioner and are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
I apologise in advance for the sound quality of this podcast chat. But don't let that stop you listening to the amazing stuff Dr Pran has to say.
Like many practitioners that believe nutrition has a role in our health, Dr Pran's wife getting ill was his catalyst.
Dr Pran shares his wife's story; we discuss why the medical professional will be slow with change; why insulin resistance is the cause behind most of the modern metabolic diseases; the red meat and cancer link; meat and the environment; feeding our kids; and Dr Pran shares his biggest tips for everyone with regard to their health.
To contact Dr Pran:
www.northwestgastro.com.au
Instagram: @dr_pran_yoganathan
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Low Carb Long Weekend Women's Virtual Summit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2294679610830033/
Tracey's Private Facebook Page - The Low Carb/Keto Lifestyle Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources to help with changing your lifestyle:
http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
If you are a medical practitioner and you are interested in learning how to bring low carb in to your practice, the Nutrition Network has a number of programs to help. For GP's; Dietitians; Nurses and Health Coaches. The Nutrition Network is run by the Noakes Foundation. To learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/nutritionnetwork
"I didn't think about food anymore. I was no longer obsessed with food anymore. That was the miracle."
"I eat whatever I want. I've just changed what I want."
Dr Lucy Burns graduated from Medicine at Monash University in 1993 and completed general practice training in 1998. After watching the astronomical increase of obesity, diabetes and chronic disease, she changed her practice style and began to address the root cause of disease through lifestyle changes. She became a certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician and a clinical hypnotherapist. She sought-after public speaker and has spoken at multiple medical conferences on the management of obesity and weight loss.
Lucy lives on the Mornington Peninsula with her husband and 2 teenage daughters. They have a small acreage with 3 horses, a miniature cow, a goat, 3 dogs,4 cats, 4 ducks, 3 frogs, and a bearded dragon. Life is busy!
Lucy runs a successful weight loss clinic called Epiphany Medical Weight Loss and advises a low carb lifestyle. The clinic has become so busy that it’s time to expand into an online program. She along with her colleague Dr Mary Barson have formed a business called Real Life Medicine™ and are launching a program that addresses both the physiological and psychological causes of obesity.
Following the hormonal model for obesity, the program follows a low carbohydrate approach, addresses gut health and recommends intermittent fasting. They implement positive psychology and hypnotherapy to promote behavioural change. Both Dr Lucy and Dr Mary draw upon their experience to address sugar and food addiction with a positive, compassion centred approach. Their patients are empowered and achieve long term sustainable change.
To contact Lucy:
www.rlmedicine.com
www.epiphanymedicalweightloss.com
Facebook page Real Life Medicine
https://www.facebook.com/reallifemedicine/
Facebook group Real Life Medicine. Real Food. Real Weight Loss. Real Health.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/465071524304824/
To contact Tracey, Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Private Facebook Page - The Low Carb/Keto Lifestyle Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
FREE Resources to help with changing your lifestyle:
http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Website: http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Today on the podcast I talked to Louise Schofield, co-founder of the New Zealand based social enterprise that exists to inspire the medical profession to become more focused on disease prevention.
Louise is also a mum to 3 boys with Prof Grant Schofield, and has a PhD in behaviour change. She has also spent the last 15 years in the health and wellbeing sector.
I loved Louise's honesty. Behaviour change is hard, and no one is perfect. Louise shared her own struggle with emotional eating and how she's managed to keep it where she wants it to be.
To connect with Louise, and learn more about PreKure, go to their website: www.prekure.com
To connect with me, Tracey, go to my website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
To access my free resources, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
To join my private Facebook page, go here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarblounge/
If you enjoyed this, or any of my episodes, please rate, comment and share!
Thank you,
Tracey xx
In this chat with Dietitian and Researcher, Jessica Turton, we talk about the research paper Jessica recently had published, titled "An evidence based approach to developing low carbohydrate diets for Type 2 diabetes management: A systematic review of interventions and methods."
The purpose of this paper is to help other practitioners such as dietitians, doctors, GP's, exercise physiologists, and individuals develop a safe and individualised prescription for type 2 diabetes patients.
Research is a topic that most people don't have a clue about, but having an understanding of this does help when it comes to working out what is 'science' and what is 'opinion'. Jessica's down to earth approach makes is super easy to understand.
To get in touch with Jessica, go to Ellipse Health, www.ellipsehealth.com.au
To contact me, Tracey go to: www.traceymcbeath.com.au. Here you can gain access to many resources for free to help you with your health.
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I simply cannot believe it's been ONE YEAR today since I started my podcast! I never believed I would do something like this, and I have been so grateful to have had the opportunity to share so many amazing stories of hope.
I absolutely loved putting this episode together. To my mind there was clear parts of every episode that shared how my guest had overcome a struggle and now saw their life in a whole new light.
Being able to forget about our own story for a moment allows us to get lost in the infinite possibilities that life has to offer.
Doing this podcast is a great example of what I share with my clients every day. I listened to my wisdom when it whispered to me to do this. I didn't listen when I heard those familiar voices of 'I can't do this', 'I might look stupid', 'I might not get guests', 'I might fail', 'I'm not good enough.'
And I didn't listen either to any thinking I had around how it would play out in the future. Instead I took it week to week, embraced the chance to chat to these incredible people, didn't take the knock backs personally, and have just gain more than I ever could have imagined.
Living life in this way is simply incredible. As one of my guests Caroline from Organise.Curate.Design said to me, "No one has a crystal ball. We don't know what will happen tomorrow, we only have today."
And I couldn't agree more. We only have today. So what are you waiting for? Do today what it is that you want to do. Not tomorrow. Not next week. TODAY.
It's your time lovely ladies!
Thank you so much for your support this year. I look forward to it continuing for another year!
Love Tracey xxx
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
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What do you get when you mix two mums, who are both podcast hosts, and passionate about nutrition?
An awesome show, that's what!
Leah is not only a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, she is also a mum of 2, and an absolutely awesome lady. It was so good to chat to Leah about all things mumlife. We talked allergies, breastfeeding, childbirth, expectations, how to navigate the confusion out there, finding your tribe, and so much more.
Just a down to earth conversation with 2 mums trying to do their best, while understanding that every other mum out there is also trying to do the same.
Leah is podcast host on the amazing show, Low Carb Conversations.
To connect with Leah, you can find her on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/nourishingconversations/
and her website:
https://www.nourishingconversations.com
To connect with me, Tracey, please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
LinkedIn: Tracey McBeath
Please rate, review and share this podcast!
Thank you
Tracey xx
Today I'm honoured to have an old client of mine Kelly share her story with you.
When Kelly came to me around July this year, she had already quit sugar to reverse her insulin resistance, fatty liver and rheumatoid arthritis.
But there was still something missing for her in terms of her mental suffering. Kelly didn't want to suffer from anxiety and depression any more.
Kelly shares where I pointed her towards when it comes to understanding the human experience, and how her life has changed now.
She also shares how she has shared this with her children too, particularly her child who is autistic.
"I don't want him or you to feel that autism is a deficit to who he is."
If you're curious to learn more around this understanding, I have a number of podcast episodes in which it is talked about:
Episode 2: My take on it all
Episode 18: Fiona Lukeis
Episode 21: Rochelle Gance
Episode 33: There is always hope
Other great podcasts that talk to this understanding are:
Changeable by Dr Amy Johnson
Caffeine For The Soul Michael Neill
A Little Peace of Mind Podcast by Nicola Bird
The Joy of Being by Marina Pearson
Real Business Real Lives by Barbara Patterson
Awesome books to read are:
The Little Book of Big Change by Dr Amy Johnson
Somebody Should Have Told Us by Jack Pransky
The Relationship Handbook by George Pransky
The Space Within by Michael Neill
To connect with me, please go to my website:
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
If you would like to get in touch with Kelly, please email me at tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au and I can pass your details on to her.
Today on the podcast I chat to Marty Kendall, an engineer with a passion for optimising nutrition.
Marty's passion for nutrition began many years ago because of his love for his wife Monica, who is type 1 diabetic. They wanted to try to get Monica off the insulin rollercoaster that is so often the case with the recommended dietary guidelines for diabetics. They also wanted to start a family.
Marty is passionate about removing all the labels, and helping people to focus on getting the nutrients our bodies need to function at it's best.
We discussed:
- the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- what the personal fat threshold is all about
- nutrient needs across the spectrum from teenagers to old age
- nutrient synergies and understanding satiety
- all about protein, and whether we need to fear it or not
- how to be 'anti-fragile'
and so much more!
To connect with Marty:
https://optimisingnutrition.com/
You can also find Marty on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/optimisingnutrition/
And the Facebook group, Healthy Low Carb & Keto Recipes here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HealthyLowCarbKetoRecipes
Optimising Nutrition Blog:
https://optimisingnutrition.com/blog
To connect with me, Tracey McBeath Health Coach:
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach/
Twitter, and Linkedin.
Thanks for listening! Please rate, comment and share.
Tracey xx
In the third part of my chat with Belinda Fettke, we get more personal. Belinda bravely shares the personal impact Gary's saga has had on herself, Gary and the family.
We also talk about what Belinda believes has to happen before more widespread change will be possible.
We then talk Mum to Mum about how we felt when we learnt about the perils of sugar, and the impact that has had on our kids, and how we've learnt to manage it all.
Belinda talked about The Real Meal Revolutions awesome book, Raising Superheros, by Prof Tim Noakes. I couldn't find that book online, but I have purchased their next book, Super Food for Super Children. It's also from the Prof, and is a very similar book. So if you would like a chance to win this for Christmas, and start to take your kids beyond a world of sugar, please go to my instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/
or my Facebook page:
@Tracey McBeath Health Coach
for your chance to win this book. I also am running a workshop for women in January, in which you will learn all you need to know to keep yourself and your family metabolically healthy. To learn more about this 1 day workshop, click here:
https://www.traceymcbeath.com.au/the-nourished-mumlife-workshop/
To find Belinda and learn more, you can find her on Facebook:
Belinda Fettke No Fructose
or at www.isupportgary.com
You can also find Belinda on Linkin and on Twitter.
To connect with me, Tracey McBeath Health Coach:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
In Part 2 of my chat with Belinda, we get in to the nitty gritty behind our dietary guidelines.
Little did they know that in taking on her husband Gary and trying to silence him in speaking out against sugar, they would also be taking on Belinda, whose love for her husband and family has led to so much more than the 'decision makers' ever would have expected.
But... we NEED to know all this stuff, and we need to BE NOISY with Belinda. Our choice IS being taken away, and it started a very long time ago. And if we don't do something about it now, it will be a very different world for our grand children to be in, and one I am determined to do as much as I can to avoid.
We will learn about the insidious reach of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, through their involvement in the education of doctors, to the development of the dietary guidelines, and the fact that breakfast cereals were invented to stop children and adults masturbating. Yes. You read that right. And, their reach in to the world of nutrition is so large and profitable, and because they are a religious organisation, they pay ZERO tax.
To find Belinda and learn more, you can find her on Facebook:
Belinda Fettke No Fructose
or at www.isupportgary.com
To connect with me:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Stay tuned - there is some stuff to come that everyone needs to know!
Please rate, comment, and share!
I couldn't be more excited to bring you this first part of the conversation I had with Belinda Fettke. Over two awesome recordings, we talked for about 2 and 1/2 hours. There was nothing I wanted to leave out, so I've broken the conversation up into 3 parts.
Today, Part ONE, we hear Gary's story as it starts back in the year 2000 with a brain cancer diagnosis. Belinda takes us through the harrowing journey of 11 years of numerous surgeries & chemotherapy, until in around 2011 when Gary was very sick, he was told there was nothing else they could do for him.
Yet for the past 5 years, Gary has been in remission and has no sign of the cancer.. all because he discovered that sugar was feeding his cancer.
As you would expect, Gary became very excited about the potential cure diet could play with his own patients, when as an orthopedic surgeon, he was seeing an explosion of him having to amputate limbs due to the rapid rise of type 2 diabetes.
But instead of the Medical Board giving Gary a medal, they tried to silence him for speaking out, and what followed was a horrendous 5 year investigation, and saw Gary and his family being subjected to things no one should ever be put through.
To find Belinda and learn more, you can find her on Facebook:
Belinda Fettke No Fructose
or at www.isupportgary.com
To connect with me:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Stay tuned - there is some stuff to come that everyone needs to know!
Today Dr Jackie and I chew the 'fat' (yum) on what she see's as the top 5 biggest barriers to embracing an LCHF lifestyle. I of course add my two cents in as well.
We also share at the end some information around the online LCHF support program that Jackie and I are doing together to really help people embrace this lifestyle for their health.
To get your free copy of Dr Jackie's top 5 mistakes on LCHF, click here:
https://mailchi.mp/53fcafb3b36e/rc6g6vsd7v
To find more information out, and to join the Sante Circle for only $1 for a 10 day trial (which will close to new intakes from mid December), click here:
https://santecircle.mykajabi.com/
Jackie's YouTube video on electrolytes is here:
https://youtu.be/zfH_4UX5pyc
Here is the graph by Prof Tim Noakes that Jackie was referring too:
https://i2.wp.com/alexsandalis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Insulin-Resistance.png?ssl=1
To connect with Jackie, her website is here:
https://santemedical.com.au/
To connect with me:
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Thanks for following, listening, and your ongoing support!
Love Tracey xx
In this first episode back after my break, I am chatting to Dietitian and Naturopath, Jodie Persovic. She has extensive training in nutrition and complimentary medicine, she has worked in the health industry for over 20 years.
Jodie integrates the latest research in nutrition science with the real world of her clients. In her experience our unique health picture, our food preferences and food beliefs are all important when deciding on a dietary approach, and she shares a lot of this in our chat together.
But everyone has a back story, and we are all real people. Jodie's story is one of eating disorders and trying many different ways to find health over the years. 15 years on from being free from all of this, she brings an extra layer of compassion and understanding to her work when she meets with individual clients.
So much great stuff in this chat!
To connect with Jodie
https://www.nutritionmeans.com.au/
or via email: jodie@nutritionmeans.com.au
To connect with me:
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Please rate, subscribe and leave a comment. Also share!
Love Tracey xxx
On Father's Day 4 years ago, Darren was 113kg heavier than he is today. He was also suffering from workplace bullying, and the mental trauma that was associated with that.
So much so, that at the age of 47, he almost took his own life. A friend who answered his call from help that day saved his life, and from that day, Darren did what he could to transform.
From breaking the scales at his doctors office at 200kg, to having psoriasis on over 80% of his body, and being off work with a mental health plan... he now has completely changed his life.
Thank you Darren for sharing your story. It will give so many hope when they feel there is none.
"You have to fix what's above the shoulders before you can fix below."
"I exercise because I've lost weight.. not to lose weight."
To connect and follow Darren:
Instagram: @lovinlchf
Facebook: @lovinlchf
Twitter: @lovinlchf
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Thank you for your support and for following along in this first season! See you very soon for season 2. Please rate, subscribe and leave a comment. Also share! The more who can hear these stories, the more people will realise that there is always hope.
Love Tracey xxx
Caroline is the Life Assistant you never knew you needed!
If you are someone who is surrounded with 'stuff' and 'things' to do, or you hate delegating (especially if you don't like things that are not done YOUR way) then this podcast is for you. That's been me for sure!
Caroline has over thirteen years experience in the events industry, having managed a range of major internationally recognised events and exhibitions throughout Australia.
She has specialised in the management of first aid and medical services since 2009 and has become known as the most qualified and sought after account manager of this service. Caroline has an exclusive understanding and insight of the requirements of her role, far beyond her peers within the industry. She has used this experience as one of the two owners of EventAid to grow the business to being one of the most reputable providers within the industry and the employer of choice.
Throughout her career Caroline has been continuously recognised for her efficiency and professionalism when looking after clients. She is known for her ability to meet her client’s expectations whilst managing various projects and deadlines.
Using these skills Caroline has launched Organise.Curate.Design to assist clients find work life balance in their personal lives. Managing their life admin and easing their workload to enable clients to outsource their To Do Lists and gain time in their day to pursue the things they love.
To connect with Caroline:
www.organisecuratedesign.com
email: cgb@organisecuratedesign.com
Facebook: Organise Curate Design
Instagram: @organise.curate.design
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
Helen was born and raised in the UK. She began her career as a Registered Nurse before changing path and pursuing a career in health services management. Helen fulfilled a variety of management and leadership roles in London teaching hospitals and in mental health services. She juggled a busy full-time career with studying and raising 3 children. She hated cooking and didn’t have much time for it, so most of the food she and her family ate was out of a packet.
By the 2006 when her husband accepted a new job and they moved to Melbourne, Australia, Helen was gaining weight, chronically tired, a suffering a variety of ailments including joint pain and chronic indigestion. Two years later, when a routine blood test revealed an unhealthy cholesterol profile, Helen was confused. What was she doing wrong and why, at the age of 44, did she feel as though she was falling apart?
A chance conversation with a friend prompted Helen to start researching alternative approaches to nutrition and health. She started to make changes, and noticed the difference immediately. She lost weight and recovered her energy. She realised that gluten was not her friend and in doing so, got rid of her indigestion and joint pain. Having reclaimed her health, Helen decided to change careers so that she could focus on helping other people to do the same. She studied to become a Certified Integrative Health Coach and went on to complete a Masters in Science in Health Coaching & Applied Nutrition.
Now Helen works with people who, like her, want to feel good in their body and have the energy to enjoy life and stay well.
To connect with Helen:
www.realfoodcoaching.com.au
Facebook: Helen Chauhan
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach and @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
"I hid from the world for over 20 years."
Amber is hiding no longer!
At 53 - a mum of 2 and a grandmother - she is out dancing every weekend with her husband.
But it wasn't always this way for Amber, in fact most of her life she has hidden herself away because of her weight and feelings of helplessness.
That was until she found keto at almost 50, and has carnivore around 6 months ago.
This story speaks for itself. Amber is such a joy and breath of fresh air, who wants to share how she found her joy in life with anyone who will listen.
As someone who has been judged all her life, she no longer lets what anyone else think bother her.
So leave all your judgement aside - because it is only a reflection on you - and listen with curiosity and an open mind.
If you're interested in reading and learning more about this lifestyle, Amber has shared some awesome resources below:
Facebook Groups:
- Zeroing in on health
- World carnivore tribe
- Zero carb health
Podcasts:
- Human performance outliers
- the carnivore cast
- Fundamental Health
YouTube
- Dr Shawn Baker
- Mikhaila Peterson
- Primal Edge Health
- Paul Saladino MD
- Phil Escott
- Ken D. Berry, MD
- KetovoreKast
Books
- Born to Eat Meat by Paul A Mabry MD
- Lore of nutrition:challenging conventional dietary beliefs by Tim Noakes
- Fiber Minace by Konstantin Monastyrsky
- The carnivore cookbook by Maria Emmerich (out Jan 7)
- The Carnivore Diet by Shawn Baker (out Nov 19)
To connect with Amber:
Instagram: @lonestarketogirl
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
"More than 75% of people who are now having heart attacks have 'normal' or 'low' cholesterol levels."
Today I chat again to Nutritionist, best selling author and speaker, Christine Cronau.
We take a really deep dive into all things CHOLESTEROL.
We discuss:
- What it is, what is its function
- Why we are so scared of it, and why we've been told to try to lower it and eat 'cholesterol lowering' foods
- The disconnect (again) between the science and the dogma
- Do we need to worry about cholesterol?
- Cholesterol tests and their inaccuracy. What affects them and why
- The difference between men and women with cholesterol
- The true signs of heart disease
- Statins - what are they, why are they so heavily prescribed
- My mum's statins story
- The genetic argument
- High cholesterol levels and insurance issues
- Where to go for more help.
RESOURCES:
Dr Aseem Malhotra - Cardiologist - www.doctoraseem.com
YouTube: The Great Statin Con https://youtu.be/mAoTwfx1Sic
Low Carb High Fat GP's and Specialists: https://lowcarbdownunder.com.au/resources/
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. IF SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING FOR YOU, FIND OUT WHY. BE CURIOUS!
To connect with Christine, to find her books and look into her 12 week program, go to:
Website: www.christinecronau.com
She is also on Facebook and Instagram, @christinecronau
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach for Mind & Body:
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
I've been troubled by the number of teenagers that appear to be struggling. Who are suffering needlessly because they innocently just don't understand how our mind works. Come to think of it, many adults don't understand this either. So this podcast is for everyone who feels stuck.
"If the only thing people learnt was not to be afraid of their own experience, that alone would change the world." Sydney Banks.
There are many more people that talk about this understanding of mind way better than I have here in this podcast. If you want to keep looking in the direction I share, please keep listening, reading, and looking.
When we don't understand how something works, it confuses us. But simply seeing the truth of how our mind works can be all we need to trust that we will always be ok... not matter what we are faced with.
Please keep coming back to these resources, as I will update them regularly. Plus don't just watch them once. Watch them a few times, with space in between. Every time you do that, it will speak to you in a different way.
YouTube Video resources:
Mara Gleason - Your Superpower - https://youtu.be/SEV7EPmsaPI
Why Arn't We Awesomer - Michael Neill - https://youtu.be/xr6VawX2nr4
A Whole New Way of Thinking about Thought - Michael Neill https://youtu.be/RfrhaWStO5Q
Depression disorders - Dr Bill Pettit https://youtu.be/Fx3rudmWm1g
The Dragon Story - Michael Neill https://youtu.be/7stT4OQoFGU
Relationships - Michael Neill https://youtu.be/0O75m0Q7Q_Q
Built to Fly - Dr Bill Pettit https://youtu.be/Vpx3y6u2398
Confidence - Mara Gleason https://youtu.be/p04v7o_og5A
The Inside Out Revolution - https://youtu.be/42dyMWL_qOg
People to google: Dr Bill Pettit, Michael Neill, Dr Amy Johnson, Mara Gleason, Fiona Lukeis, Rochelle Gance, Jack Pransky, Nicola Bird and so many more.
Books (all available on Kindle):
Somebody Should Have Told Us - Jack Pransky
Parenting From The Heart - Jack Pransky
The Little Book of Big Change - Dr Amy Johnson
One Thought Changes Everything - Mara Gleason
Recovery From Within (A Mum and Daughter journey of recovery from anorexia) - Rebecca Perkins & Beatrice Arscott
A Little Peace of Mind - Nicola Bird
Women and Confidence - Lana Basianutti
Being Human - Dr Amy Johnson
The Relationship Handbook - George Pransky
The Space Within - Michael Neill
To contact me, Tracey - Mind & Body Coach
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
If you're a mum who has just left the work force to have kids, or a mum who is thinking about returning to the workforce, or you are just someone thinking of making a career change, this episode is for you!
What a wealth of information Leah is. Leah is a career & interview coach, and founder of her coaching business, Relaunch Me.
Leah herself has been through numerous career changes, had time off to have her kids, and now uses her wealth of knowledge to help others relaunch their careers.
Today on the podcast Leah shares:
- her career story and what led to her starting her business
- she shares some tips on how to look for work after being out for a while
- she shares what you can do while you are having a break from your career
- we talk about how building your confidence is the first step in any relaunch
- some great free and small cost online learning programs
- and a whole lot more
The links below are to free/inexpensive courses:
http://www.udemy.com
http://www.coursera.org
http://www.edx.org
http://www.alison.com
Volunteer websites:
http://govolunteer.com.au
http://www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au
Fairwork website:
http://www.fairwork.gov.au
To connect with Leah:
http://www.relaunchme.com.au
Email: enquiries@relaunchme.com.au
Facebook: Relaunch Me Career Consulting
Instagram: @relaunchmecareerconsulting
Linkedin: Relaunch Me Career Consulting
To connect with me (Tracey) - Mind & Body Coach
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach & @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
I offer individual and group coaching.
Jessica is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Nutritionist and a PhD Candidate. We first spoke to Jess in Episodes 12 & 13, where she openly shared her story with disordered eating.
Today we talked about the calories in calories out myth (or the eat less move more mantra) - and why it's time to put this to bed.
"There is a world beyond calories!"
We talk about some client scenarios we've both experienced that really show why there is so much more to the story.
The scenario of a 40 something female, overweight, no energy, feeling crap... yet doesn't eat very many calories.
Both Jess and I have seen this scenario a number of times, and we share how this is very real and possible, especially when calories have been reduced for so long, and the bodies subsequent survival responses.
Another big part of our chat today focused around stress... what it comes from, how it changes your body, what the symptoms are of excess stress within the body.
This constant level of anxiety that many of us live with is having a very damaging impact on our health.
"Just becomes it's common, doesn't make it normal."
Finally we talk about the hormone Cortisol - it's role, how it works, and the problems that come when it's not working as it should.
To connect with Jessica:
www.ellipsehealth.com.au
Instagram/Facebook: @jessicaturton_dietitian & @ellipse_health
Jessica's YouTube channel: Health By Jessica
Here's a sample of one of her uploads, Why Most Diets Fail
https://youtu.be/pXVGg1VoIsQ
To connect with me (Tracey) - Health Coach
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach & @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
I offer individual and group coaching.
"It was an absolute revelation to me that my body was doing that. I didn't even know that my body could do it."
From the age of 12, Vanessa never had a regular cycle, and at 19 she was diagnosed with Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
She spent most of her 20's filled with fear and very little hope of being able to feel better or be able to achieve a pregnancy without the assistance of fertility help.
Today at the age of 34, she has no sign of PCOS, and is now 17 weeks pregnant with her first child!
On the podcast Vanessa:
- shares her story
- shares how she found the low carb/ketogenic lifestyle and what it has done for her
- how she's now managing her diet with pregnancy
- some tips for women who have been diagnosed with PCOS or endo.
"The journey that we engaged in together was so much more than weight loss."
I was lucky enough to walk beside Ness on her health journey for about 6 months of last year.
"For the first time in my life I started to have some hope that this could address my PCOS."
Vanessa mentions Lily Nichols. You can find her here:
www.lilynicholsrdn.com
I also talked to Lily on my podcast, episode 19.
To read further the science behind how a low carb lifestyle can help with reversing PCOS, this is a great article to read:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/reverse-pcos-low-carb
To connect with me (Tracey), Health Transformation Coach
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach and @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services. I currently have a few spots left on my beginners LCHF program. Is this the right time for you?
Life never happens the way we wish it too. But being dealt with the tragedy that is the loss of your child, just isn't part of the natural order of the universe.
"There is no tragedy in life like the death of a child."
But for my guest today Catherine Hughes, it was a reality she has lived in for the last 5 years.
The day after Riley died from whooping cough, she and her husband where thrust into the spotlight, and so began a new chapter in their lives with the start of the Light for Riley campaign. This followed shortly after by the creation of The Immunisation Foundation of Australia.
Today Catherine shares with us all:
- how her life has in no way worked out like she had planned
- Riley's story
- the beginnings of Light for Riley
- the work they do, the impacts they've had, which includes women being immunised at 20 weeks pregnant with the whooping cough vaccine
- how we all can help
- how her family became a target for the anti vax lobby - the ugly side of what human beings are capable of
- how she rose above all of that and didn't let them stop them getting their message out..."We had just lost a child. So being abused online... it just doesn't compare to the pain of losing a child."
- the arguments around vaccinations
- advice on coping after a loss, and includes some practical things she did and resources she used that helped her and her family.
Thank you Catherine for being so brave and sharing Riley's story. He will live on in the hearts of so many.
To connect with Catherine, or to donate to their foundation:
Website: www.immunisationfoundation.org.au
Facebook: Immunisation Foundation of Australia & Light for Riley
Instagram: light_for_riley
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach and @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
Christine is a Nutritionist, best selling author, and speaker. After struggling with her own weight and health, Christine transformed her body and her health and spent over 10 years researching the facts about food and fats. The results are evident in her books about dietary truths that have been largely ignored by conventional health authorities.
Today on the podcast Christine shares:
- her own story and health journey
- how as one of the pioneers of the low carb high fat lifestyle (LCHF) about 18 years ago she has seen it's evolution over this time. She shares this from a professional and personal perspective
- how and why she went from vegetarian to a meet and eggs based diet
- the slow removal of meat from the dietary food guidelines and who is benefiting the most from that (hint: it's not us)
- the history surrounding the invention of breakfast cereals and what their goal really was (hint: it's not about nutrition)
- her thoughts on the carnivore lifestyle
- veggies and our kids, what do they really need to eat for optimal health? "Veggies are great, veggies are healthy, but they're not essential."
- how insurance companies have the potential to push change
- optimal breakfasts ideas to fuel your children's growing brains and bodies
- how she approaches the Keto diet with her clients and through her own 12 week weight loss program
- how to move from a sugar to a fat burner
- the blood tests she recommends people get, why their important, and what to look for
- how it's important to understand cholesterol levels, and the changes that may occur with LCHF
- premature ageing... what's the real cause? "Sugar is very ageing, but so is the low fat diet."
- consequences of the low fat era, specifically the leeching of calcium from our bones, which is creating Free Calcium excess. This causes calcification of things like: heart valves, arteries, gall bladders stones, kidney stones, arthritis..
- the best place to start when it comes to changing your lifestyle
- the premise of each of her books:
- The Fat Revolution
- The Fat Revolution Cookbook
- Bring Back the Fat
- Bring Back the Fat Keto Cookbook
Christine and I will be chatting again next month, so if you have questions that arise from listening to this that you would like her to address, please email me at tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au and I will make sure we include it.
To connect with Christine, to find her books and look into her 12 week program, go to:
Website: www.christinecronau.com
She is also on Facebook and Instagram, @christinecronau
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach and @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
What a great chat I had today with Yvonne. Not only is Yvonne the founder and owner of Low Carb Emporium (with her husband Jack), she is also a mum of 2 little boys (4 & 6) and a registered Nurse.
Today in our chat we talked about:
- Her challenges in balancing being a mum, wife & small business owner
- Yvonne's story behind them starting up Low Carb Emporium
- Her personal health journey that was the catalyst for this major life change.
- What led her to give up her nursing career and put her heart and soul into this business
- How they manage the competition out there that is now rapidly growing. "Focus on what you're doing and don't worry about what everyone else is doing."
- How this belief plays out for Yvonne in life too
- Yvonne shares how she has made low carb work for her, and offers advice on how others can make it work for them
- The challenges that comes with the wider community, especially when our kids are told something different at school about what to eat for health
- Resources that have helped her:
- www.dietdoctor.com
- www.lowcarbdownunder.com.au
- YouTube - Dr Eric Berg
- Professor Tim Noakes www.noakesfoundation.org
- How to avoid the keto fads that are out there, and how this plays out in their business
To connect with Yvonne & Jack at Low Carb Emporium:
Website: www.lowcarbemporium.com.au
Instagram: @lowcarbemporium
Facebook: Low Carb Emporium
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach
Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath_healthcoach and @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath Health Coach
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
In this first episode of the 'Doc & the Coach', Dr Jackie Montefiore and I answer your health questions, from a doctors perspective and a coaches perspective.
Today we looked at:
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What should we eat for optimal health given all the conflicting information out there?
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Jackie mentions this article in the BMJ
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https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1451
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Is there a link between meat and cancer?
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To understand how epidemiological studies work, especially in relation to meat and processed meats, this YouTube video by Nina Teicholz is a good one https://youtu.be/1rz-8H_i1wA
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and this one by Dr Ken Berry https://youtu.be/Qwyjo-NgQsE
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Explain what 'keto' is
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How low do I need to take my 'carbs'
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Is it necessary to 'count' macros?
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Do we need to eat before we exercise?
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Dr Jackie shares what she fuels her body with while she is training for a marathon. Jackie has followed Dr Phil Maffetone's MAF method for improving her cardiovascular endurance. His website is here: https://philmaffetone.com/
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What is fat adapted training, and how do we do this?
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Jackie and I both share our fat adapted training stories
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Intermittent fasting. What is it, how is it done, why is it worth doing?
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Do we need to take vitamins and minerals on keto? This discussion includes the importance of electrolytes. The study Jackie mentions by Caryn Zinn can be found here: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/2/e018846
Disclaimer: This podcast contains general information relating to various medical conditions and their treatment. Such information is provided for information purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for advice provided by a doctor or other qualified health care professional. You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing a health or fitness problem or disease. You should always consult with a doctor or other health care professional for medical advice or information about diagnosis and treatment.
If you're looking for a supportive GP, specialist, nutritionist, dietitian or coach to support your health journey, that will also ask you what you're eating, Low Carb Down Under have fantastic resources here:
https://lowcarbdownunder.com.au/resources/
If you've got questions for Dr Jackie or myself that you would like us to cover on the next episode, please email me at tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au.
To connect with Jackie:
www.santemedical.com.au
Instagram: @sante.medical
Twitter: jackiemont80
To connect with me (Tracey), Women's Health Coach
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
Instagram: @tracey_mcbeath and @lowcarb_lifestyle_coach
Facebook: Tracey McBeath
Email: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one coaching, group coaching, online programs, personalised programs & speaking services.
"Some days I amaze myself, other days I put my keys in the fridge."
So much fun talking to the founder of ShareAbode, Wilhelmina Ford.
After struggling as a single mum to find rental accommodation, she realised there was such a need in Australia to set up something to help single parents find share accommodation at no costs.
She has poured so much of her own money into this rapidly growing platform, but is really looking for the support of us now to help keep it growing.
Sitting at a rate of 20 to 25 percent, a 2017 report from the University of Melbourne put the likelihood of child poverty in single-parent families as 'very high', significantly higher than the rate of 10% in the wider community.
"The idea is that two single parents sharing a home having the financial benefits of married couples, are afforded more free time, greater access to opportunity, and the security of knowing their children are safe, their bills are paid and their savings of time and money and growing."
Willo is an inspirational lady, truly making a difference, and living her life to the fullest. She shares so much wisdom on how to grab everything life has to offer.
To connect with Wilhelmina and support her work with Shareabode:
Instagram: @wilhelmina_ford @shareabode
Website: www.shareabode.com.au
She also has a podcast: ParentingReimaginedPodcast
To connect with me - Women's Health Coach
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer individual and group coaching, as well online programs all designed to improve mind body & soul.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
What fun I had chatting to Mel, who is just so down to earth and super real!
Mel is the Executive Editor of The Women's Network - which includes such great parent resources as Kidspot, Body & Soul Online, and Whimn. She is also a single mum to two little ones.
We had such a great chat about so much that is #mumlife.
Including:
- the challenges of parenting, particularly becoming a mum later in life
- how to re create the village if it's not there
- mum judgement and social media
- the dark days...and how they will pass
- managing the day to day crazy of work and parenting, and how when it all gets too overwhelming, peel everything back to some simple things..getting through each day, hour or even minute
- school and homework
- managing the mummy guilt and anger
It was super fun!
If you like this podcast, please rate, subscribe and share so we can keep creating a village of support and knowledge for Aussie mums.
To connect with Mel:
Instagram: @melwilson_kidspot; @kidspot, @bodyandsoul_au, @whimn
Websites:
www.whimn.com.au
www.kidspot.com.au
www.bestrecipes.com.au
www.bodyandsoul.com.au
Podcast: The Juggling Act
To connect with me - Women's Health Coach
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer individual and group coaching, as well online programs all designed to improve mind body & soul.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
Julia is a single parent mentor, supporter & motivator.
Her goal is to help single mothers see that life doesn't have to be crap as a single parent.
She has an online program, podcast, and has so many resources for single parents - whether it's new for you, or you've been doing this for a while and are still struggling.
As I was a single mum with 3 young children for a couple of years, this podcast is very open, honest and raw. If you're in this situation yourself, I hope the sharing of our stories will help you to see that there is hope for you, and things will get better.
We had a very personal chat around The Serenity Prayer.. which has helped Julia so much - she calls it The Acceptance Mantra
"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."
To connect with Julia:
http://www.singlemothersurvivalguide.com
Instagram & Facebook: @singlemothersurvivalguide
Email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com
To connect with me - Women's Health Coach
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer individual & group coaching and online programs.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
Kate is the owner of the small Sydney based personal training business, Empower360Fitness. She is a fitness/dance instructor, PT and a body positivity advocate for teens and pre teens.
Kate has always been involved in the dance world, and as a more 'muscular' dancer, was pulled in to that pressure to confirm to a certain body type.
But her path has led to her passion, which is now helping young girls see that their body is beautiful and strong, just the way it is.
Yesterday she shared on her Instagram page a letter she wrote to one of her young students who was struggling with her body. It's beautiful, and sums up Kate and her passion so well.
Beautiful Soul, Can't You See?
What I really wanted to do was scream, Beautiful soul, can't you see how incredible your body is?
When you dance, you light up from within. Your joy is tangible..and your body gives you this gift.
You're flexible in ways that defy the laws of nature...
Your body might have babies.. or not, it's up to you. Or take you trekking up mountains. it might take you diving into foreign oceans or wandering in markets in far off countries.
And it's definitely going to allow you to dance all night until sunrise.
My point is, your body is freaking amazing!
It's your best friend and it's going to be with you for life.
Sure, it might not look the way you want it to some days, but who cares? It's freaking incredible.
Believe me, just like you, I've stood in the studio with tears in my eyes comparing myself to girls around me...
Comparison will do you no good. It only serves to crush your soul.
There is always going to be someone thinner than you, someone fatter than you, more muscular, less muscular, taller, shorter.. but there will only ever be one you.
How amazing is that?
So please... see your body like I see your body is, and for the gift that it gives you....to dance, move and express yourself.
You're attached to this gorgeous body until the day you die so you may as well be friends with it.
Kate talks about her list of self care ideas. Here they are:
Self-Care Ideas for the Mind
- Start a compliments file. Document the great things people say about you to read later.
- Scratch off a lurkeron your to-do list, something that’s been there for ages and you’ll never do.
- Change up the way you make decisions. Decide something with your heart if you usually use your head. Or if you tend to go with your heart, decide with your head.
- Go cloud-watching. Lie on your back, relax, and watch the sky.
- Take another route to work. Mixing up your routine in small ways creates new neural pathways in the brain to keep it healthy.
- Pay complete attention to something you usually do on autopilot, perhaps brushing your teeth, driving, eating, or performing your morning routine.
- Goof around for a bit. Schedule in five minutes of “play”(non-directed activity) several times throughout your day.
- Create a deliberate habit and routinize something small in your life by doing it in the same way each day—what you wear on Tuesdays, or picking up the dental floss before you brush.
- Fix a small annoyance at home that’s been nagging you—a button lost, a drawer that’s stuck, a light bulb that’s gone.
- Punctuate your day with a mini-meditation with one minute of awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and sensations; one minute of focused attention on breathing; and one minute of awareness of the body as a whole.
- Be selfish.Do one thing today just because it makes you happy.
- Do a mini-de clutter. Recycle three things from your wardrobe that you don’t love or regularly wear.
- Unplug for an hour. Switch everything to airplane mode and free yourself from the constant bings of social media and email.
- Get out of your comfort zone, even if it’s just talking to a stranger at the bus stop.
- Do a Social Media cull and take out any negative people.You can just “mute” them; you don’t have to delete them.
Self-Care Ideas for the Body
- Give your body ten minutes of mindful attention. Use the body scan technique to check in with each part of your body.
- Oxygenate by taking three deep breaths. Breathe into your abdomen, and let the air puff out your stomach and chest.
- Get down and boogie. Put on your favourite upbeat record and shake your booty.
- Stretch out the kinks. If you’re at work, you can always head to the bathroom to avoid strange looks.
- Run (or walk, depending on your current physical health) for a few minutes. Or go up and down the stairs three times.
- Narrow your food choices. Pick two healthy breakfasts, lunches, and dinners and rotate for the week.
- Activate your self-soothing system. Stroke your own arm, or if that feels too weird, moisturize.
- Get to know yourself intimately. Look lovingly and without judgment at yourself naked. (Use a mirror to make sure you get to know all of you!)
- Make one small change to your diet for the week. Drink an extra glass of water each day, or have an extra portion of veggies each meal.
- Give your body a treat. Pick something from your wardrobe that feels great next to your skin.
- Be still. Sit somewhere green, and be quiet for a few minutes.
- Get fifteen minutes of sun, especially if you’re in a cold climate. (Use sunscreen if appropriate.)
- Inhale an upbeat smell. Try peppermint to suppress food cravings and boost mood and motivation.
- Have a good laugh. Read a couple of comic strips that you enjoy. (For inspiration, try Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, or xkcd.)
- Take a quick nap. Ten to twenty minutes can reduce your sleep debt and leave you ready for action.
Tiny Self-Care Ideas for the Soul
- Imagine you’re your best friend. If you were, what would you tell yourself right now? Look in the mirror and say it.
- Use your commute for a “Beauty Scavenger Hunt.”Find five unexpected beautiful things on your way to work.
- Help someone. Carry a bag, open a door, or pick up an extra carton of milk for a neighbour.
- Check in with your emotions. Sit quietly and just name without judgment what you’re feeling.
- Write out your thoughts. Go for fifteen minutes on anything bothering you. Then let it go as you burn or bin the paper.
- Choose who you spend your time with today. Hang out with “Radiators” who emit enthusiasm and positivity, and not “Drains” whose pessimism and negativity robs energy.
- Stroke a pet. If you don’t have one, go to the park and find one. (Ask first!)
- Get positive feedback. Ask three good friends to tell you what they love about you.
- Make a small connection. Have a few sentences of conversation with someone in customer service such as a sales assistant or barista.
- Splurge a little. Buy a small luxury as a way of valuing yourself.
- Have a self-date. Spend an hour alone doing something that nourishes you (reading, your hobby, visiting a museum or gallery, etc.)
- Exercise a signature strength. Think about what you’re good at, and find an opportunity for it today.
- Take a home spa. Have a long bath or shower, sit around in your bathrobe, and read magazines.
- Ask for help—big or small, but reach out.
- Plan a two-day holiday for next weekend. Turn off your phone, tell people you’ll be away, and then do something new in your own town.
- Write in your journal – write down your beliefs, what you’re grateful for and then, whatever you feel called to write.
Little and Often Wins the Day
With a little bit of attention to your own self-care, the fog will lift.
You’ll feel more connected to yourself and the world around you.
You’ll delight in small pleasures, and nothing will seem quite as difficult as it did before.
Like that car, you must keep yourself tuned up to make sure that you don’t need a complete overhaul.
Incorporating a few of these tiny self-care ideas in your day will help keep you in tune.
Which one will you try first?
To connect with Kate:
http://www.empower360fitness.com.au
Instagram & Facebook: @empower360fitness
To connect with me - Womens' Health Coach
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer group online coaching on how it all works when it comes to weight loss. I also offer online programs.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
"I want to support people to find that peace and calm."
Rochelle is a Mind Body Health Coach here in Melbourne. She helps people stop struggling and to get out of survival mode - to start enjoying a better quality of life.
"You want to know how to handle life without the stress and overwhelm, regardless of your circumstances."
"You want to free yourself from body image issues and develop an easier, better relationship with your body and food."
In essence, Rochelle is about feeling lighter, calmer, and more resilient in every area of your life.
We talked about:
- stress - where it really comes from
- resilience - where we can find this
- parenting - how we can enjoy your kids
- how our 'humanness' works
- our psychology as a human being
- perfectionism
- our made up reality
- how we all have innate wellbeing inside of us - we just don't have to search for it anymore
- a real understanding of why we're truly are not broken.
Currently Rochelle is running an online parenting program, "Thriving Parents/Thriving Kids". She is offering a special rate for my podcast listeners. To find out more, click the link below:
https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=501595&
To connect with Rochelle:
http://www.rochellegance.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rochellegancemindbodyhealthcoach
To connect with me - Womens' Health Coach
http://www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer group online coaching on how it all works when it comes to weight loss. I also offer online programs.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
"Follow your JOY."
This pretty much sums up the chat I had with Mandy. From the outside looking in, Mandy admits to having it all - gorgeous kids, gorgeous husband, and her own business.
"It's a picture perfect family, but wow.... what a journey to get here."
Mandy is a Mum of 2, but was a single mum when her eldest son (now 17) was only 1. She was a single mum for 3 years, and we talk about how tough those times were... and how much they taught her.
Her now husband used to be a Special Forces Member in the Australian Army, and had to spend a lot of time away.. but what was the hardest by far was the 6 months he spent in Afghanistan when the children were very small.
Mandy so courageously shares how they all got through this very tough time, and just how lucky they were that he came home.
Mandy is the owner of the small business, Scented Purpose. A small business she runs with her 11 year old. It's about so much more than the products. It's about building something special with her daughter - spreading kindness and love doing what they love.
For every purchase made from Scented Purpose, Mandy donates $1 to Kids With Cancer.
This lady has a huge heart. And so much knowledge and wisdom around being a single mum, dealing with her husbands absence, parenting teenage children, and so much more.
A message that she has above her daughter's bed says,
"Beautiful girl...you can do hard things."
Says it all really.
To connect with Mandy:
www.scentedpurpose.com.au
Mandy is also on Instagram and Facebook as Scented Purpose.
Her charity she supports is:
www.kidswithcancer.org.au
To connect with me - Women's Health Coach - please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, author, and an all round inspirational lady.
She is the author of two bestselling books, Real Food for Pregnancy, and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes.
It was an absolute pleasure chatting to Lily. We talked for over an hour, so this podcast is a little longer than my usual ones. But there was nothing I could take out as there is just so much great info in here for anyone thinking of having a baby, pregnant, just had a baby, or just anyone interested in women's health.
We talked about:
- the disconnect between the science and the recommended dietary guidelines for pregnant women, and those diagnosed with gestational diabetes
- what actually gestational diabetes is, and the risks to mother and baby
- how does what Lily recommends differ from the standard advice
"If you go very low fat, it's going to be very difficult to obtain a lot of the micro-nutrients needed for baby's brain development."
- the problems and risks to both mother and baby of a vegetarian and vegan diet
"The nutrients that are most likely to be not obtained in sufficient quantities in a form that you can utilise or absorb well, or might be missing from the diet entirely when animal products are missing from the diet are:
- B12
- Choline
- Glycine
- Ret A
- VitK2
- Iron
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Zinc"
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the risks of a low calorie, low fat diet with regard to fertility and pregnancy
- what is hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) & PCOS and how fertility can be dysregulated by diet
- chemicals, hormones and endocrine disruptors and toxin exposure, and how this impacts our health and babies development
- the 4th trimester - after birth maternal health and well-being
- the loss of the 'village' in western culture, and how its impact on new mums. Lily talks about how other cultures do things very differently, and why
- Lily turns the mike on me and asks me about how things were for me between babies 1 and babies 5
- we chat about many things in this very relaxed part of the podcast that all mums will relate too.. breastfeeding, tongue ties, weight loss postpartum...
So good!
To connect with Lily:
www.lilynicholsrdn.com
Her books are available to order from her website. She offers a chapter for free.
You can find her on social media as lilynicholsrdn
To connect with me - Women's Transformation Health Coach - please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
If you listen to only one of my podcasts, make it this one.
Fiona is a coach, mentor and facilitator.
She is a relationship builder, helping people build better relationships. This may be with themselves, their partner, their children, their mother. Anyone.
Fiona believes that most of us underestimate the power and impact of the way we relate to others. And it simply comes from a misunderstanding of how we work as human beings.
When we can understand how we work, it changes the way we turn up in the world.
"It's NOT our circumstances that determine our reality, but we all lives our lives as if it is. This is a misunderstanding believing that our well being is determined by something outside of us."
Fiona teaches what is known as 'inside/out thinking' in that our reality can only come from within us.
"Every feeling we have comes from a thought, and our feelings are what determines our experience."
Fiona shares her personal story, of how with two very young children she had to flee from an abusive marriage. The relationship with her ex continued to destroy her and even threatened to destroy her second marriage. Until she had this insight that her reality was being shaped by the attention she was paying to the thinking that wasn't helping her.
"The more skeptical we become of our thinking, the more freedom we have. It's people who are very married to their thinking that struggle the most."
How does change really work?
"Human beings create long term sustainable change through the gift of insight. We don't change it by willpower or simply changing our behaviour. That doesn't last.. it lasts only as long as you're applying yourself."
Fiona and I talk about how 'labels' are unhelpful. You may have insecure or anxious thinking, but you're not an insecure or anxious person.
"Everybody has anxious thinking, but some people have more habitual anxious thinking than others."
"When you're not resisting your thinking, your thinking automatically shifts."
How this insight has influenced Fiona's parenting.
The myth of perfectionism - in parenting and in life in general, and why it never helps us.
Fiona mentions:
Ted talk by Michael Neil, Why Arn't We Awesomer. Find this here.
The Relationship Handbook by George Pransky
To connect with Fiona:
www.fionalukeis.com.au
Facebook: Fiona Lukeis
To connect with me - Women's Transformation Health Coach - please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
Today on the podcast I chatted to Melbourne based Dietitian & Nutritionist, Jessica Singh.
Her areas of special interest are metabolic syndrome, diabetes management, gut health, immune health and weight management.
The topics we talked about:
- Jess shares her personal story on why she had to change her view on what constituted 'good' nutrition.
- the dangers of high fasting insulin
- how her personal experience has influenced her work
- how she would treat a 40 year old female who is overweight and been yo-yo dieting most of her adult life
- why Jess doesn't recommend calorie counting
- how she teaches women to learn to trust their bodies when it comes to eating
- all things GUT HEALTH - what does this all mean, and why is it important
- the deal with fibre
- the carnivore diet
- all things INTERMITTENT FASTING (IF) - what does it mean and how Jess incorporates as a tool with her clients
- the benefits of IF
- the evolution of low carb/keto being taken over by a diet mentality
- understanding our own personal carb threshold
- keeping perspective with how strict you should be
- examples of good protein and oils
And lastly, Jess shares one piece of advice for women wanting to turn their life around.
To connect with Jessica, go to:
http://www.jessicasingh.com.au.
Jess also does consultations via Skype.
You can also find her on instagram @jessicasingh_dietitian
On facebook: Jessica Singh - Dietitan
To connect with me - Women's Transformation Health Coach - please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
If you haven't heard of David Gillespie, and you live in Australia, you need to google him! He's such a wealth of information, and has many books of interest on health, parenting, education, and more.
This chat is between a mum of 5, and a dad of 6. Between us we have lots to give in the parenting arena!
David's latest book, The Teen Brain, is a must for parents of kids of any age. To me this book is a parenting book based on science - not someone's personal ideology.
"It's about discipline...ours not there's"
Topics for discussion:
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The path for David to write this book
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How he's evolved along with his kids
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Do we have a reason to worry about kids and technology
"The challenge of parenting is to provide a safe environment for learning but not make it so safe that nothing can be learned."
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Puberty and how it is a unique time in the bio chemistry of our brain
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How addictions have changed since the invention of the iPhone
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The addiction 'reality' of the software industry
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Understanding addiction and our reward systems
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How this all works in the context of social media & gaming
"The point is to make people keep coming back - and the only way to do that is to hook up to the bodies reward system"
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What are the answers for parents
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Parenting styles, how they've changed, and the implications
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Teenagers and natural consequences
"The level of dependency on screens is directly correlated with the parent's ability to set boundaries." Dr Ben Caunt, Clinical Psychologist.
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The importance of teenage boys having a male around them that they respect
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Practical tips
To connect with David:
http://davidgillespie.org/
Facebook: David Gillespie
Instagram: sweetdavidg
His new book is available now: The Teen Brain
To connect with me - Women's Transformation Health Coach - please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
"Good health happens outside of the doctors surgery."
Dr Jackie is a mum of a 2 year old and a 4 year old, a wife, a GP, and also training to run a marathon.
She has a passion for helping people in her practice with looking at lifestyle - specifically diet, sleep, stress and all the other things that come into play when it comes to our health.
And what a lovely personable lady she is too. I could have talked to her all day. If you wish to connect with Jackie, I have all her details below. I also mention all the resources she talks about in our chat.
Here are the topics:
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Managing as a mum, wife, and doctor
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Health outside the recommendation dietary guidelines
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Jackie's philosophy of treatment for her patients
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Different models of treatment working overseas that Jackie would like to see adopted here in Australia
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Her biggest learning experiences since having kids
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Her philosophy of health for herself and her kids
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How she uses LCHF (Low carb healthy fat) in her practice and why
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The low fat era
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Changing the recommended dietary guidelines and why it's necessary
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Insulin Resistance
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The disconnect between the science and dietary guidelines
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Great overall tips for mums
Jackie mentions:
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Rangan Chatterjee www.drchatterjee.com
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Nina Teicholz - The Big Fat Surprise
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Howard Chilton - Baby on Board
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www.purplecrying.org
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Cal Newport - Deep Work
To connect with Jackie:
www.santemedical.com.au
Instagram: @sante.medical
Twitter: jackiemont80
To connect with me, please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
I called this episode 'The Wisdom of Claud' because the kind, gentle and generous energy of Claudine just shines through.
Claudine is a Health Coach, pilates instructor and mum to a 15 year old daughter and 11 year old son.
"Sometimes you need to sit up listen to the messages the universe is sending you, otherwise it will make you listen."
"I think we all need to be a little kinder to ourselves."
"That's the worst thing thinking you're not good enough because of the way your body presents to the world."
To connect with Claudine, go to Instagram: @cocoandcore.
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished (www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au)
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
We finished part 1 with Jessica talking about how good she now feels, and how she 'almost is glad she went through what she did so she can help others."
The questions:
- The diet industry takeover of 'keto' and how the diet mentality is moving in this way of eating, where it doesn't need to be.
"It's just as rigid, time consuming, and over whelming."
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I asked Jessica about her university days, and about an experiment called The Minnesotta starvation experiment. This experiment - done in the early 1900's - was designed to find a re-feeding strategy for troups after the war. What was uncovered around the psychological effects of calorie restriction is very interesting.
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We talk about the context that was put on this study at university in the eating disorder lectures.
"But they didn't put the whole puzzle together and say, Oh well maybe it was the diet they were on, maybe it was the calorie restricting."
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Who are our teenage girls to believe when it comes to nutrition information? They get told one thing at school - the guidelines - that is akin to low fat and calorie restricting, we we know how potentially damaging that is for them.
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Jess shares some personal experiences around some interesting bullying that occurred during her university days.
"I don't think it's ok to bully someone or to single them out for having an alternative opinion."
- Have you been free to practice dietetics as you wish since you finished your qualifications?
"The guidelines do not apply to people with medical conditions."
"So the way I see it is that the Australian Dietary Guidelines don't apply to my patients."
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What advice would you give to your future 14 year old daughter on what to eat?
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Do you still worry about gaining weight?
To connect with Jessica, go to:
Ellipse Health (www.ellipsehealth.com.au)
Jessica lives in Sydney, Australia, but also does Skype consultations.
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished (www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au)
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
The information Jessica shares with us in this two part podcast is very close to my heart. She openly shares her story with disordered eating, both near anorexia and binge eating - which began when she was 14 years old.
Jessica is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and PhD Candidate. Her research doctorate is a formal investigation into the use of low carb diets in type 1 diabetes management.
Her PhD into Type 1 diabetes was not where she thought she would head. While she was at Uni, her father suffered a heart attack, and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Because of this, thought she would undertake a systematic review on type 2 diabetes management.
But she found all of this had already been done.
"If you look at the research, there is so much evidence investigating low carb diets for type 2 - an overwhelming amount to be honest, and it's really strong. It's hard to fault low carb diets as being the most effective intervention for type 2 diabetes."
So where are we going wrong with that? Why is there is such a disconnect between the research and practice?
THE QUESTIONS
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Who are you and what do you do?
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Where is the disconnect between the research and practice for type 2 diabetes management?
"My dad was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes - but it's not that he was sitting back and eating everything and not trying at all - he was trying. He was following the conventional advice to cut his fat, eat wholegrains, eat small meals multiple times a day."
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What is your personal story of what led you in to dietetics?
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What do you think were the triggers for you to head down this path of disordered eating?
"When I say my family and I were healthy, our perception of health isn't what it is now. What we called healthy back then, I wouldn't necessarily consider to be healthy now."
- How did you get out of the toxic dieting cycle?
"I was going in to Uni to be a dietitian, and I was overweight and struggling with a binge eating disorder."
- Did university give you the answers you needed to get help?
"The fundamentals of science alone gave me the answers."
"It allowed me to find my healthy weight which I never thought was going to happen again."
Part 2 coming very soon!
To connect with Jessica, go to:
Ellipse Health (www.ellipsehealth.com.au)
Jessica lives in Sydney, Australia, but also does Skype consultations.
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished (www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au)
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
I contacted Kate to come and chat to me on the podcast as I was interested in why she started the campaign No Packet November.
She started this campaign because of what she saw in kids lunch boxes - so much processed and packaged foods. The campaign is in its 3rd year, and now also has taken on an environmental edge - less rubbish inside our kids, and less rubbish in our environment.
Kate lives with her hubby, 3 kids, and lives on a big property in Kyneton with some alpacas, dogs, chickens and more!
She shares her insight since having kids, her philosophy on health for herself and her family, how she finds balance - and why she is still probably trying to still find it (like all of us), and also shares some great resources.
Kate has an upcoming men's health event in her home Kyneton.
The details are:
Men United, Thursday 28th March, with guest speaker Jeremy Forbes (from HALT - Hope & Assistance for Local Tradies).
The talk will focus on mental health, depression and suicide prevention.
To find Kate, or to find out more about this event, go to:
www.tastingfitness.com
or email Kate at: kate@tastingfitness.com
Instagram:@nopacketnovember & @tastingfitness
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished (www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au)
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
So much gold in this chat with Clinical Nutritionist Linley.
Linley has two degrees - a visual arts degree and a Bachelor of Health Science majoring in Nutritional Medicine.
This means she has studied the science behind nutrition, which often can be very different to what is recommended.
Linley also is a mum to a little 6 month old, which has turned her world upside down.. as they tend to do :)
Her journey hasn't been as she thought it would be, but her 'go with the flow' philosophy has served her well.
I found her journey super interesting, having been raised a vegetarian sometimes vegan, until she studied the science at uni. But introducing meat when you've never eaten it is very challenging.
"Just going through the chemistry side of it you start seeing where the nutrients you need play a part in your body and I started to get little things in the back of my head saying how am I going to continue to be a vegetarian."
The questions:
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Can you tell us who you are
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What is the difference between dietitian, nutritionist and clinical nutritionist
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How did you find the transition from university to practice
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What are some of the biggest things that have changed for you with your view on health for you and your family
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You've recently had your first baby, how have you found all that
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You've been doing some posts recently around new mum's and what they should be eating. Is there any tips you can share for new mum's on what they should be eating, as we all know its very hard when you're exhausted
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What do you recommend for new mum's to have in the house food wise
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What are you weaning your little one on to?
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Do you have any other tips for new mum's out there who may be struggling?
You can find Linley on Instagram: @cooklikeanutritionist
She recommended Lily Nichols, Real Food Dietitian who has two books, Real Food for Pregnancy. You can find Lily on Instagram: @lilynicholsrdn or http://www.lilynicholsrdn.com
I will be talking to Lily on this podcast too very soon.
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished (www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au)
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
Today's podcast is a chat in which we laughed and we cried.
My beautiful friend Heidi - who I've known since we were 16 - bravely shares her experience with her daughter and anorexia.
Heidi is a kind and loving friend, wife, & mum. She is a hairdresser, teaches hairdressing at Tafe, and also travels interstate and internationally teaching.
She has also worked with Lifeline, and shares what she learnt from that experience, and how it helped her in dealing with her daughter, when at 14 she told her she wanted to end her life.
Heidi's experience is one no mum wants to go through. But sadly it is becoming more and more common in young people.
We need to have these conversations and increase our awareness of these issues so we can support our mum's and protect our children.
This is not an issue families should be dealing with alone. We need the wider community to stand up and support us too.
Heidi mentions processtherapies.com.au as a resource in Sydney that really helped her and her children.
Please listen and share this podcast.
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
What a huge honour it was to chat to Dr Peter Brukner.
Such a great first male guest to have!
Dr Brukner is a medical doctor and specialist sports and exercise medical physician.
He is also the author of the best selling book, A Fat Lot of Good.
Dr Brukner shared openly with me about his health journey, and how it pretty much saved him from getting type 2 diabetes like his father had.
"I have no doubt if I had not changed things I would be a fully fledged diabetic the same as my father."
He shares his insight into what convinced him that we had gotten things very wrong with our nutritional advice over the last 30-40 years.
"It's not easy to admit you're wrong. I had to admit I'd given the wrong advice for 30 years. It's not a very nice feeling. But you have to look at the evidence and the evidence is there and we've been doing it wrong for a long time and the sooner we change, the better."
The questions I asked Dr Brukner:
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Who are you and what do you do?
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What led you down the path to change your views on nutrition?
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Can you explain why exercise isn't as important for weight loss as we've been led to believe?
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What do you say to people who call LCHF (low carb healthy fat) a 'fad' diet?
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In my work with women one of the biggest barriers is often the lack of support and/or interest from their partners. Do you have any tips for women for getting their partners on board?
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What are the risk factors for men in terms of their health?
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I'm aware that you and Dr Paul Mason have re written the nutrition section in the Sports Medicine textbook. Can you talk about that?
Dr Brukner talked about:
- The book Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
- His campaign Sugar by Half www.sugarbyhalf.com
- His friend, colleague and lifesaver Professor Tim Noakes thenoakesfoundation.org
- The low carb beer - Big Head Beer
- Dr Brukner's book also contains lots of great recipes, including an awesome bread substitute.
To connect with me, please go to:
www.traceymcbeath.com.au
For your access to my FREE resources library, click here: http://bit.ly/FREERESOURCESLIBRARY
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au
Mobile: 0425847286
Love Tracey xx
Jac is a wealth of information and knowledge for Mums. She is a registered nurse, midwife & a maternal and child health nurse.
She's also a wife to a Naturopath, a mum to a 5 & 3 year old, and a 'bonus mum' to her 15 year old step son.
Today we talked about how her perspective has changed - personally and professionally - since having children, in that she now truly sees that parenting is all about trial and error. Nothing is black and white.
She shares how she finds her life balance, how she has learnt to manage the pressure - that we both agree is mostly what we put on ourselves - her nutrition philosophy, mental health, balance with kids nutrition, and she also shares many resources and ideas for mums who might be struggling.
Two great resources:
COPE provides high quality practical information to help you work through all the emotional challenges of becoming and being a parent. Click here to go to their website cope.org.au
Smiling Minds is the meditation app she spoke about that is suitable for both mums and kids.
To connect with me, please go to:
Healthy Fit and Nourished
I offer one on one online coaching to women, online programs and e-books.
I also offer a free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Love Tracey xx
It was such a pleasure to talk to Lisa.
Lisa is a wife, mum of 2, a full time grade 5 primary school teacher, and part owner of the educational resources business, The Sunshine Collective.
Lisa talked so honestly and openly about juggling work and motherhood, the loneliness she felt before kids - and the huge adjustment having children was for her.
We talked about not being so hard on ourselves as mums, how perfectionism just doesn't exist, the mental health of our family, about social media and so much more.
To connect with Lisa at the Sunshine Collective:
Website: http://www.sunshinecollective.com.au
Instagram: @thesunshinecoll
Facebook: The Sunshine Collective
To connect with me, please go to:
http://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women and online programs. First e-book coming soon!
I also offer a free 15 minutes Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you on your health journey.
Contact: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Tracey xx
In this episode I have a chat (and a laugh) with Anna from Eat.Run.Cook.
Anna is a mum to two little ones, is a runner just coming back from a foot break that forced her to take 6 months off running, an amazing cook, and is also a fat adapted athlete.
We have a great chat about kids, sugar, balance & overcoming things when it all doesn't go quite to plan.
We even share a laugh when the internet glitches on us! I ended up leaving our giggle in, because we shouldn't take everything so seriously!
To connect with Anna, go to:
Instagram: @eat.run.cook
Facebook: Eat Run Cook
Please subscribe and rate my podcast.
To connect with me, please go to:
http://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women and an online Guide to LCHF for Women program.
Please contact me to book in your free 15 minute skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you.
My email:
tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Tracey xxx
I am so proud to have Tracey Kimberley as my first guest on the podcast. Tracey shares with us her story of when daughter Ash was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 11. It is something no parent wants their child to go through. Her determination to fight for what's best for Ash is simply inspiring. I am so confident you will love listening to her.
You can find Tracey at:
Instagram: @mybigfatplate
Facebook: My Big Fat Plate
Twitter: @takimberley
Tracey also recently spoke at a low carb conference in Qld. Here is a link to her presentation:
https://youtu.be/kWqYiOk35Tc
Tracey's favourite website: www.lowcarbdownunder.com.au
Please subscribe and rate my podcast.
To connect with me, please go to:
http://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women and an online Guide to LCHF for Women program.
Please contact me to book in your free 15 min Skype consultation to see if I may be able to help you.
My email:
tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Tracey xxx
In episode 3 I talk to you about the insight I have had around bad moods, and why it probably isn't a good idea to make decisions when you're in them. I share a personal story, and also a story about how I have put this in to practice with my 17 year old son.
Please subscribe & rate my podcast.
To connect with me, please go to:
http://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au
I offer one on one online coaching to women and an online healthy lifestyle program.
I also offer free 15 min skype chats to see if I may be able to help you.
My email:
tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Mobile: 0425 847 286
Tracey xxx
In this podcast I talk about the journey I have had in the last 12 months, and why coaching inspired this.
Intellectual knowledge is the minimum requirement. To really change habits requires an ability to access your own wisdom and insight.
I hope you enjoy listening to this.
The books I talk about are:
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Brain Over Binge by Kathryn Hansen (www.brainoverbinge.com)
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The Little Book of Big Change - The No Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit by Dr Amy Johnson (http://bit.ly/littleschoolofbigchange)
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Somebody Should Have Told Us! (Simple Truths for Living Well) by Jack Pransky
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Parenting From the Heart - A Guide to the Essense of Parenting from the Inside-Out by Jack Pransky
Don't forget to subscribe.
For information on health coaching, please click here:
https://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au/coaching/
For information on my online programs, please click here:
https://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au/online-programs/
To contact me to organise a free 15 minute skype chat, please email me at: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Thank you
Tracey xx
In this short introductory episode, I tell you a little bit about who I am, and why I started this podcast. I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Don't forget to subscribe!
For information on health coaching, please click here:
https://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au/coaching/
For information on my online programs, please click here:
https://www.healthyfitandnourished.com.au/online-programs/
To contact me to organise a free 15 minute skype chat, please email me at: tracey@healthyfitandnourished.com.au
Thank you
Tracey xx