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Optimal Living Daily | Dr. Neal Malik
Optimal Health Daily, hosted by the esteemed Dr. Neal Malik, a tenured professor, registered dietitian nutritionist, and certified exercise physiologist, is a treasure trove of health and wellness insights. Dr. Neal delves into the latest research and timeless wisdom in nutrition, fitness, and diet, presenting them in easy-to-understand, digestible episodes. His expertise shines through as he handpicks and narrates the most informative and inspiring blog posts, offering practical tips and motivational stories to help listeners on their journey to optimal health.Each episode is a blend of science-based information and real-life application, making it a unique resource for anyone looking to improve their health and wellbeing. Dr. Malik's approach is holistic and inclusive, recognizing the importance of balancing physical health with mental and emotional wellness. By focusing on diet, fitness, and nutrition, each episode provides you with the tools needed to achieve your health goals. His engaging narration and the podcast's diverse range of topics make it an essential daily listen for you as you seek to lead a healthier, more balanced life.This podcast is designed for those passionate about diet, fitness, and nutrition. It’s your go-to source for practical advice on managing your diet, improving your fitness, and understanding nutrition. Each episode offers actionable steps to foster a healthier lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of diet, fitness, and nutrition in achieving optimal health.Listen now, and become an OLD friend--your optimal life awaits...
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May 8, 2022 • 10min
1718: [Part 2] What's The Best Exercise To Lose Weight? by JC Deen of JCD Fitness on Losing Body Fat
JC Deen shares the best exercise to lose weight. This is part 2 of 2.Episode 1718: [Part 2] What's The Best Exercise To Lose Weight? by JC Deen of JCD Fitness on Losing Body FatJC Deen is the owner and creator of JCD Fitness. He whips people into shape and helps them learn how to make fitness complement their lives, as opposed to ruling it. While he talks quite the talk, he also walks the walk. The tagline of JCD Fitness is A No-BS Approach To Looking Great Naked.The original post is located here: https://jcdfitness.com/2016/01/best-exercise-to-lose-weight/Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.comInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 7, 2022 • 9min
1717: [Part 1] What's The Best Exercise To Lose Weight? by JC Deen of JCD Fitness on Losing Body Fat
JC Deen shares the best exercise to lose weight. This is part 1 of 2.Episode 1717: [Part 1] What's The Best Exercise To Lose Weight? by JC Deen of JCD Fitness on Losing Body FatJC Deen is the owner and creator of JCD Fitness. He whips people into shape and helps them learn how to make fitness complement their lives, as opposed to ruling it. While he talks quite the talk, he also walks the walk. The tagline of JCD Fitness is A No-BS Approach To Looking Great Naked.The original post is located here: https://jcdfitness.com/2016/01/best-exercise-to-lose-weight/Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.comInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 2022 • 11min
1716: Q&A - Allulose Sweetener Consumed in Moderation - Is It Similar to Other Sugar Substitutes
Discover the benefits of healthy snacking featuring Wonderful Pistachios, packed with nutritional perks. Dive into the intriguing world of alulose, a low-calorie sweetener that stands out from traditional sugars. Learn about its origins, metabolic effects, and FDA approval, along with insights on possible side effects. The conversation also covers tips to identify alulose in your favorite foods, all while addressing audience health-related questions to enhance your wellness journey.

May 5, 2022 • 12min
1715: Does Having A Higher Body Fat Percentage Make You Less Anabolic by Leah Higl of Ideal Nutrition
Leah Higl of Ideal Nutrition breaks down whether or not having high body fat percentage makes you less anabolicEpisode 1715: Does Having A Higher Body Fat Percentage Make You Less Anabolic by Leah Higl of Ideal NutritionIdeal Nutrition is an in-person and online dietitian service based in Brisbane. Their biggest specialty is body composition improvement, with a focus on helping people gain muscle or lose fat.This has developed through their own interest in sports and strength training, with a particular focus on powerlifting, in combination with the experience gained working with clients. The original post is located here: https://www.idealnutrition.com.au/does-having-a-higher-body-fat-make-you-less-anabolic/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.comInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 4, 2022 • 11min
1714: Lifting Heavy for Beginners and How to Determine the Proper Weight For You by Lea Genders
Lea Genders helps you determine how heavy of weights you should be liftingEpisode 1714: Lifting Heavy for Beginners and How to Determine the Proper Weight For You by Lea GendersLea Genders is a NASM certified personal trainer, running coach, nutrition habits coach and fitness blogger. She helps you fast track your own running and healthy lifestyle journey. She helps runners get stronger, perform better and reduce injury-risk with her runner-specific strength training program. The original post is located here: https://www.leagendersfitness.com/news/lift-heavy-for-beginners-and-how-to-determine-the-proper-weight-for-you Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.comInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 3, 2022 • 11min
1713: Free Weights or Machines AND 5 Reasons to Get 30 Minutes of Exercise at Least 3 Times a Week by Steve Kamb
Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness shares two short posts comparing free weights to machines and why you should exercise 30 minutes a day, at least 3 days a weekEpisode 1713: Free Weights or Machines AND 5 Reasons to Get 30 Minutes of Exercise at Least 3 Times a Week by Steve KambSteve Kamb started exercising back in high school without really knowing what he was doing. Through high school and college, he made every training mistake known to man and got zero results. It wasn’t until he graduated college and learned the right way to train that he started to see positive changes.He's a nerd, but likes fitness… so why not combine the two and turn life into one giant video game?And thus, in the fall of 2009, NerdFitness.com was born!The original posts are located here: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/whats-better-free-weights-or-machines/ & https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/5-reasons-to-get-30-minutes-of-exercise-at-least-3-times-a-week/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.comInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 2, 2022 • 10min
1712: How to Be Successful With At-Home Workouts by Riley Pearce of Free Form Fitness on Home Exercise Motivation
Riley Pearce of Free Form Fitness helps you find success with at-home workoutsEpisode 1712: How to Be Successful With At-Home Workouts by Riley Pearce of Free Form Fitness on Home Exercise MotivationThe vision behind Free Form Fitness is to create a fitness company that is so much more than just a gym that offered personal training. They've created a holistic approach that includes the many facets of a healthy life well-lived. Their time-tested pillars: nutrition, accountability and fitness are just three of the areas their incredible personal trainers focus on, and they are designed to change your life forever.The original post is located here: https://freeformfitness.ca/how-to-be-successful-with-at-home-workouts/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.comInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 1, 2022 • 9min
1711: Whatever Becomes Normal Becomes Invisible by David Cain of Raptitude on Personal Growth Opportunities
David Cain of Raptitude talks about how that which is normal quickly becomes invisible.Episode 1711: Whatever Becomes Normal Becomes Invisible by David Cain of Raptitude on Personal Growth OpportunitiesDavid Cain is a writer and entrepreneur living in Winnipeg, Canada. On a particular boring day at his office job in 2009, he started Raptitude. His interest has always been human society and the internal human experience, and Raptitude became his megaphone for his thoughts about those things. It found an audience rather quickly and it's been central to his life ever since. In 2013, he left his day job to write full time.The original post is located here: https://www.raptitude.com/2013/10/whatever-becomes-normal-becomes-invisible/Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 1, 2022 • 12min
1710: 3 Keys to Make Time When You Feel You Don't Have Time by Laure Carter on Prioritizing A Healthy Lifestyle
Laure Carter shares 3 keys to make time when you feel you don't have time.Episode 1710: 3 Keys to Make Time When You Feel You Don't Have Time by Laure Carter on Prioritizing A Healthy LifestyleLaure Carter is on a mission to bring the perennial wisdom of Ayurveda to women, especially women of color around the world. Her multi-cultural upbringing in both the US, Paris and Martinique as well as practicing Yoga and meditation at a young age uniquely prepared her for this calling. She helps women shift from a restrictive diet approach to a health and balance approach to weight loss and wellness. The original post is located here: https://www.laurecarter.com/3-keys-to-make-time-for-your-goals/Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 30, 2022 • 11min
1709: Dealing With Injuries As An Athlete by Flora Beverly of Food Fitness Flora on Treating Recovery Like Training
Flora Beverley of Food Fitness Flora talks about dealing with injuries as an athleteEpisode 1709: Dealing With Injuries As An Athlete by Flora Beverly of Food Fitness Flora on Treating Recovery Like TrainingFlora Beverley is a fitness model, blogger and social media consultant based in London. She is passionate about healthy living and loves to take part in physical challenges throughout the year, recently completing the Tokyo marathon, two boxing fights and part of ‘the world’s toughest island race’, TRIBE Run For Love. When not in the outdoors, Flora creates food, fitness and sustainability content for her social media, and writes for various publications.Alongside her love of food and fitness, Flora speaks passionately about sustainability and mental health, using her platform to disseminate information and myth bust, encouraging others to speak up too. Using her background in Biology, she aims to back up everything she writes with scientific evidence and reduce the amount of misinformation online.The original post is located here: https://foodfitnessflora.blog/2020/12/22/dealing-with-injuries-as-an-athlete/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices