Not Another Nutrition Podcast

This episode is probably going to ruffle some feathers. As Plato said: "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth." I talk about some big topics in this episode & very few people will be able to see past their bias & actually understand the truths I am speaking. There are nuanced topics and I really want BOTH sides to hear this and be challenged to THINK more! "I don't think I'm smarter than anyone, I just see things others don't see. I'm not here to judge, I'm here to point out things you may or may not understand and make you think." TIME POINTS 03:45 - The real problem with anti-diet culture that nobody is talking about 12:01 - Why it’s dumb to say that BMI isn’t correlated with health 23:12 - The finer detail of BMI: What you need to know. 28:20 - Why prevention really is better than a cure 37:01 - Why crazy nutritional zealots actually help us understand nutrition (It’s not what you think) 41:58 - Do 95% of diets really fail & the truth about intuitive eating 48:08 - How we might be able to use our diets to set ourselves up for long-term weight loss maintenance

In today’s episode, I talk about aggressive fat loss, how to maintain your weight loss and why many cookie cutter plans have such a high failure rate. TOPICS 02:10 - The reason I hate cookie cutter programs 07:53 - Why Joe Wicks has a 95% failure rate on his diet plans 11:50 - How to know if you are really ready for an aggressive diet

This podcast is something I wish my younger self could have heard. I talk about my real life experience of losing hair at a young age, all that I tried to do to put off the inevitable and why strangers don’t judge you as much as you think. ⠀ TOPICS ⠀ 02:13 - Male pattern baldness ⠀ 06:19 - The impact of hair loss being involuntary 09:11 - My Hair Loss Story 20:32 - My experience with internet Trolls! ⠀ 23:40 - My tip on how to look good after you've shaved your head (#menwithbeardsdoitbetter) ⠀ 25:06 - Hair loss products that do & don’t work ⠀ 33:59 - You’re like wine, you get better with age! 38:44 - Why you should take the plunge & shave your head sooner rather than later!

A big discussion of the ketogenic diet / keto diet. ⠀ I also explain the types of scientific research that should be avoided when it comes to guiding your food choices and why I think the NHS nutrition recommendations need some improvement! ⠀ TOPICS ⠀⠀ 03:55 - Why the NHS needs to re-think their nutrition guidelines 05:12 - Population vs individualised nutrition recommendations ⠀ 08:06 - Perils of petri dish science 11:31 - Doctors who become “nutrition (religion) experts” overnight  15:22 - The unintended consequences of nutritional recommendations 16:36 - The keto diet… it’s not special for fat loss ⠀ 24:16 - Why it should be obvious to all nutrition zealots they have NOT found the answer 31:29 - The insulin hypothesis is DEAD  

In this episode, I talk about how many of the key principles of Stoic philosophy can help to change the way you think and in changing out thoughts it can lead to changing our behaviours. The world renowned performance psychologist, Jamil Qureshi, is famous for saying "The precursor to all of our actions is what we think." TOPICS 02:10 - The book on Stoicism that I'd recommend to anyone 03:24 - How Stoicism can help you ⠀ 06:44 - Toxic positivity & false assurances 10:53 - Changing the way you think but not dismissing your feelings ⠀ 17:35 - My Imposter Syndrome around 'Wisdom' episodes ⠀ 19:21 - My words of encouragement to you

In this episode I'll explain to you how I have great workouts after eating only very few Calories. I'll also describe the sweet-spot between food demonisation and a junk food-filled diet. This episode is what I wish I could tell my former competitive bodybuilder-self? ⠀ TOPICS ⠀ 01:23 - Find out how I had a great training session despite eating almost no Calories ⠀ 05:11 - How to eat junk food for better fat loss ⠀ 06:29 - Things people focus on that steering them away from achieving their goals ⠀ 08:14 - A summary of what I wish I knew when I was a competitive bodybuilder

In this episode, I discuss the ins and outs of why you should be more flexible with your food choices, diet and lifestyle, if you want to achieve dieting success. You will also discover the importance of a mindset shift towards gratitude in times of adversity and why you need to get more comfortable talking about the uncomfortable! TOPICS ⠀ 0:00 - The reason you should NOT eat the same amount of Calories every single day ⠀ 01:37 - This is how long your aggressive diet should (or shouldn't) be ⠀ 04:13 - Why strict timelines undermine the success of a fat loss diet ⠀ 05:55 - The optimal length of dieting phases and how to pace your diets ⠀ 06:50 - Why you should be taking note of your bowel movements  10:17 - How the composition of your gut microbiome can change with fat loss ⠀ 15:02 - Why you should be consuming all of the content I put out 19:25 - Dispelling a common myth about aggressive dieting 21:03 - Bowel movements, menstruation & libido ⠀ 24:09 - Exercise: How much during an aggressive diet ⠀ 27:28 - How much impact can your lifestyle have on your hormones ⠀ 31:03 - How many times do you have to undermine your dieting attempts before you commit to the pursuit of simple, long-term consistency?

In this episode I get into the nitty gritty details of aggressive dieting and how my style of aggressive dieting is nothing like those you see in detoxes, cleanses, bootcamps and weight loss retreats!⠀ TOPICS 05:14 - Why your PERCEPTION of dietary restriction is more important than your ACTUAL degree of dietary restriction.. ⠀ 06:27 - The truth about me losing 10 pounds in 10 days ⠀ 08:09 - Detoxing, cleansing and weight-loss retreats 09:57 - Why eating less Calories may actually lead to less hunger and greater long-term weight loss maintenance ⠀ 11:01 - The beliefs you need before you embark on an aggressive fat loss phase ⠀ 12:40 - Why binges are capable of undermining ALL of your weight-loss efforts ⠀ 14:17 - What to do if you've failed at dieting 15:34 - Unconditional permission to eat in the real world ⠀ 18:50 - Why you might want to avoid high intensity exercise ⠀ 20:38 - How & why to weight train during an aggressive diet ⠀ All references for my podcast can be found on the episode page on my website: www.Martin-MacDonald.com/NANP

I recorded a whole episode on happiness and forgot to mention gratitude! So this is Part 2 of yesterdays podcast on one of the most important topics you should practice in the pursuit of happiness. "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." - Cicero ⠀⠀ "If you want to find happiness, find gratitude" - S. Maraboli ⠀ TOPICS 00:00 - A super long, scene setting and insightful introduction! 08:10 - Asking myself if it was worth being here anymore 16:32 - Where gratitude fits into happiness ⠀ 17:17 - Practising gratitude ⠀ 17:58 - Having an inherent attitude of gratitude ⠀ 19:10 - What I say to people who say they have nothing to be grateful for

In this episode, I discuss happiness. I'm perceived as a 'happy all the time' kind of person despite trying to be as transparent as possible about my ups and downs on social media. ⠀ This year has been tough mentally for many people, with lockdowns; I hope some of the stuff I share here can help you in 2021. ⠀ TOPICS ⠀ 00:00 - Introduction ⠀ 20:38 - Perceptions of my online persona & fake happiness 22:43 - Why I think I am genuinely happy ⠀ 23:24 - Finding your purpose & how this can be key to happiness 24:52 - Lockdown broke me but hard times can help you grow 25:42 - Helping others & the difference between pleasure and happiness 28:10 - Cutting out people who bring you down ⠀ 29:52 - You need to stop caring so much about what other people think ⠀ 31:58 - Sleep, Drugs & Alcohol ⠀ 33:45 - Drinking for fun or drinking to numb ⠀ 35:46 - Self esteem & understanding how much you can help others