Sigma Nutrition Radio

Eric Helms is on the show to talk about nutrition considerations for physique athletes, body builders and strength athletes. Eric is competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter, and has a strength & conditioning based PhD. Eric’s a coach for raw powerlifters, natural bodybuilders, and serious weight lifters of all walks of life with Team 3D Muscle Journey. Show notes

Professor Liz Lipski of Maryland University of Intergrative Health is on the show to discuss the differenes in inter-individual response to diet. Show notes

Mark Alexander of Efficient Exercise is on the show to talk about the importance of resistance training, how it can by done by anyone both efficiently and safely, and how ARX technology can play a role in that.

Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan, PhD is on the show to talk about performance-enhancing supplementation, high intensity training and the metabolic adaptations to chronic low-calorie dieting. Show notes

This week's guest is Marc David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. We discuss why what we eat is only half the story of good nutrition. We get into topics like the effect of physiological state on digestion, attitude to food, behaviours around food, mind-body nutrition, food "addiction", and binge eating.

Michael Rusio, BNMDP/NMCC gives a breakdown of all the big issues related to the gut microbiome that could be sabotaging your health. Probiotics, prebiotcs, small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), parasite infections, stomach acid, and the hygiene hypothesis are all discussed. Show notes

Dr. Lynda Frassetto, comes on the show to talk kidney health, blood pressure, chronic illness and how nutrition can help treat these naturally. She is a nephrologist in San Francisco, California and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including San Franciso Veterans Affairs Medical Center and UCSF Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of Connecticut School of Medicine and has been in practice for 32 years.

Brent Pottenger, MD discusses his philosophy to health. Dr. Pottenger is a physician at Napa State Hospital and completed med school at Johns Hopkins University. He also has a Master of Health Administration at University of Southern California (USC). Click here for show notes.

On this week's show I'm talking about carbohydrates. Low-carb versus high-carb debates. Problems with carbohydrate restriction. The therapeutic effect of low-carbing. And a lot more.

Dean Dwyer talks about why people don't achieve their goals, how to become more consistent and why failure is inevitable.