Your weekly serving of expert, evidence-based health and nutrition advice. Leanne Ward is a world-renowned dietitian, nutritionist and health coach with over 10 years of nutrition experience and over 300000 followers on her Instagram (@the_fitness_dietitian) and 380000 on her TikTok (leanne_ward_nutrition). Leanne’s focus is gut health, emotional eating and sustainable fat loss. Leanne also interviews expert guests to give you the most accurate, up to date health and nutrition information available. Subscribe to never miss an episode.
Episodes
Saturday Jul 06, 2019
Saturday Jul 06, 2019
Whether consciously or subconsciously, many of us get a lot of health and fitness related information from social media and unfortunately a lot of it is just plain BS. Today I talk with Graeme Tomlinson, a UK based REPS level 3 personal trainer and nutrition coach. Graeme is very popular on social media, known as The Fitness Chef (@thefitnesschef_), where he provides easy and practical evidenced based nutritional solutions to his 480,000+ followers worldwide. In today's podcast, Graeme and I talk about how to approach social media from a health and fitness perspective and the current "hot topics" that are all over the feeds. In particular, we talk about where to get advice you can rely on, how to approach macros, easy areas to address to assist with weight loss, the good and bad of diet/sugar free products, whether the clean eating fad is all it's made out to be and the effect cheat meals and alcohol really have on body composition. Finally, Graeme gives you his "back to basics" advice, that he provides to all of his new clients, when it comes to losing weight.
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Saturday Jun 29, 2019
Saturday Jun 29, 2019
This episode follows on from my earlier chat with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (@theguthealthmd on Instagram), a gastroenterologist and doctor of internal medicine. Dr B. and I take a deeper dive into the importance of gut health and the gut microbiome. We discuss the microbiome's influence on weight loss and obesity and the importance of diet (in particular plants) in maintaining a healthy gut microbiome and supporting weight loss. We then look at the impact of the use of antibiotics (short term and long term) on gut health and discuss the effect of a plant-based diet, prebiotics and probiotics in situations where the gut microbiome has been damaged (e.g. through unavoidable antibiotic use). Finally, we answer questions from you, the listeners, about the link between gut health and anxiety (and other neurological conditions such as ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and autism) and the effect of probiotics, the research behind them and how to select one if needed. We also answer questions about the effects of prebiotics, water kefir, milk kefir and kombucha (i.e. fermented foods) on gut health, how a diverse plant based diet improves gut health and whether you can reverse/heal IBS once you have it. We respond to questions about the importance of diet for expecting and new mothers, other ways to improve gut health beyond diet (e.g. intermittent fasting or time restricted eating) and the impact of dairy on your gut health. Finally, Dr B gives you his top 3 suggestions to improve not only gut health, but overall health as well. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave me a positive rating or review in the purple Apple Podcast app (in the rating & reviews section underneath the episode lists). This really helps my podcast get prioritised by Apple and helps me disseminate evidence based information to the people that need it the most!
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
In Part 2 of my discussion with Jaime Chambers, Jaime and I dive further into the detail of intermittent fasting (IF). We talk about the impact of IF on gut health and ageing. We discuss who IF is and is not appropriate for. We look at how athletes, and even weekend warriors, can incorporate IF into their training and lifestyle. We highlight common mistakes people make when first adopting IF and how those mistakes may hinder weight loss. Finally, we answer questions from you, the listeners, about how IF can work with early morning exercise, milk in your tea or coffee, how IF may affect your bowels, the safety of IF long term and how shift workers can use IF effectively.
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Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
You’ve heard my take on intermittent fasting (episode 5). Now I chat with Jaime Chambers, also a practising nutritionist and dietitian, and author of ’16:8 Intermittent Fasting’. Jamie and I discuss the practical implications of intermittent fasting (IF) from a weight loss, gut health and anti-aging perspective. We talk about the different types of IF and the particular people who may benefit from it the most, along with a real life case study from Jaime’s Sydney based clinic. So avoid advice from graduates of the 'University of Google' and separate the facts from fictions with information from the qualified experts.
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Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
If sugar cravings get you good - this is the podcast for you. I have spent years helping not only myself but also my clients break out of the sugar addicted cycle. It's not about will power, it's about knowledge. When you know why you're having sugar cravings, you can deal with them easily using the many practical and easy strategies I give you in this podcast. We talk about what sugar does in our body from a chemical perspective and what the science shows us is healthy regarding out diets. I give you 3 easy and practical points to break the sugar craving cycle for good. If you loved this podcast and want more, I wrote an e-book just for you guys on this exact topic plus so much more! My e-book is available for sale on my website and will help you realise the different between true hunger and head hunger and helps you identify what your true soul foods are and how to incorporate them into a lifelong healthy eating pattern and we touch on cravings as well. This e-book is a money back guarantee as I know it has helped hundreds of women world-wide to establish a healthier relationship with food and I know it will help you too! It’s available on the shop page of my website at www.leanneward.com.au
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Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
The emerging science is proving the old adage true: you really are what you eat. More and more studies are showing that your diet and, in turn, the health of your gut is of critical importance to overall health and may aid in the prevention of various diseases. In this episode, I interview Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (@theguthealthmd on Instagram), a double board certified gastroenterologist and doctor of internal medicine. Dr B. and I take you through the studies and facts surrounding how to improve your gut health through your diet, what to include in your diet and what to avoid, and also the impact of non-dietary factors such as stress and sleep. We talk about irritable bowel syndrome, the real low FODMAP diet and how to do it properly. Finally, we discuss the impact of diet and gut health on a number of conditions such as coeliac disease, leaky gut, dysbiosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis and the effect gut health has on women's hormones and weight loss.
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Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
In this episode I discuss bloating. I suffer from it, you suffer from it, and this is what you need to know about it. I teach you what bloating is, what causes it, how its clinically defined and diagnosed, and when it's normal and when it's not. During my many years in clinical practice, I helped many gut health clients deal with bloating. So #beatthebloat with facts... not fairies. I give you practical food and lifestyle based solutions to beat your bloating without needing any crazy diets or supplements.
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Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
This episode is part 2 of my discussion with Brisbane based accredited sports dietitian and performance nutritionist, Angelique Clark. In today's podcast, Angie and I answer questions submitted by you, the listeners, about fat loss, body composition, preventing muscle breakdown, exercise nutrition and supplement use. We end the podcast with a case based scenario to give you a behind the scenes look into how clinical sports dietitians approach their practice. With over 10 years of experience, in elite physique transformations and the CrossFit, natural body building and bikini competition fields, Angie is a wealth of knowledge in these areas.
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Thursday May 30, 2019
Thursday May 30, 2019
In this episode, I talk to Brisbane based accredited sports dietitian and performance nutritionist, Angelique Clark. With over 10 years of experience, Angie specialises in elite physique transformations and works with celebrities as well as CrossFit, natural body building and bikini competition athletes. In today's podcast, Angie and I chat about weight loss v fat loss, metabolic adaptations, reverse dieting, health in the pursuit of leanness and the relationship between hormones and fat loss. Together, we bust some of the biggest fat loss myths with the evidence based science.
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Saturday May 25, 2019
Saturday May 25, 2019
In this episode I give you the latest information on intermittent fasting (IF), one of the hottest topics right now in the health, fitness and weight loss fields. I discuss the facts and the myths of IF and I go through the current scientific evidence relating to IF practices and how IF may, or may not, be applied to your lifestyle. Finally, I discuss how I have personally used intermittent fasting and my experience with it.
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