
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

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
5. Craze Alert! Intermittent Fasting, What it is and How it Might Help You!
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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Sunday May 19, 2019
4. The Science Behind Gut Health, From an Expert, Without the BS
Sunday May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
This episode is all about gut health. In it, I talk about what encompasses good gut health, healthy and unhealthy bowel habits, what's normal, what isn't and red flags to look out for, when you need to see a professional about your gut symptoms and my No. 1 tip to improve your gut health today.
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Sunday May 12, 2019
3. Nobody's Perfect! How Perfectionism can Interfere with Health Goals
Sunday May 12, 2019
Sunday May 12, 2019
In today's episode, I discuss how perfectionism can be a major factor holding you back from achieving weight loss or a healthy lifestyle long term. I discuss the reasons we "fall off the wagon" and how to get rid of the "I'll start again on Monday" mindset. Too many of us don't even realise that our perfectionist traits are holding us back, so if you are struggling with achieving your weight loss goals you need to listen to this episode.
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Monday May 06, 2019
2. My Expert Advice About Managing Non-Hungry Eating
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
In today's episode I discuss the 2 types of hunger: true physical hunger and "head hunger". From my experience, identifying whether or not you are truely hungry can be the main thing preventing you from losing weight. Too often people eat when they are bored, stressed, emotional or lonely. In this podcast I teach you how to combat non-hungry eating and how to identify your true hunger signals so that you are properly nourishing and fuelling your body.
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Monday May 06, 2019
1. My 6 Super Easy Fat Loss Tips
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
In today's episode, I discuss my 6 top tips for sustainable fat loss that I have developed over my 10 years experience as a nutritionist and clinical dietitian. I talk about the current evidence for the best rate of fat loss, the current research about sustainable fat loss and my advice for losing weight and actually keeping it off. My 6 golden tips are things everybody can, and should, do on a daily basis for their weight, but also their health.
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