The Hidden Truths of Low Carb: My Personal Quest for a Healthier Lifestyle with Brendan Reid
10/04/23 • 49 min
In this episode Emma speaks to Brendan Reid, Author of The Fat Ginger Nerd.
The book tells the story of Brendan's personal weight loss journey - largely as a memoir, at the same time offering insight into various aspects of the consequences of carrying excess weight Brendan had long tried his best to follow the standard food pyramid advice for many years in order to get healthy, without success. But according to the experts, he just wasn’t trying hard enough.
In under two years, Brendan lost more than 50 kilograms – – after figuring things out in his own way, and has remained weight stable now for over five years.
Emma and Brendan speak about how to keep it simple, what Brendan did and about mens health too.
You can also see Brendan speak on you tube and check out his book here.
In this episode Emma speaks to Brendan Reid, Author of The Fat Ginger Nerd.
The book tells the story of Brendan's personal weight loss journey - largely as a memoir, at the same time offering insight into various aspects of the consequences of carrying excess weight Brendan had long tried his best to follow the standard food pyramid advice for many years in order to get healthy, without success. But according to the experts, he just wasn’t trying hard enough.
In under two years, Brendan lost more than 50 kilograms – – after figuring things out in his own way, and has remained weight stable now for over five years.
Emma and Brendan speak about how to keep it simple, what Brendan did and about mens health too.
You can also see Brendan speak on you tube and check out his book here.
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Navigating Cholesterol: Understanding Risks and Benefits of Low Carb Diets with Laureen Lawlor-Smith
In this episode Emma speaks to the very knowledgable Dr Laureen Lawler Smith from Low Carb Keto Health, about cholesterol, her story and the learnings of the last 5 years immersed in the low carb and keto space.
She speaks about "snackcidents", binging better and about how she started her own journey. She also discusses what she shares with her patients, plus the better benchmarks of metabolic syndrome. This interesting episode explores life from a Doctor's point of view is is exceptionally enlightening.
Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor since 1982. She has owned and managed her own General Practices in Adelaide’s southern suburbs for much of her career. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine.
Laureen has been using a low carbohydrate/ketogenic approach for years and has experienced both personally and professionally the dramatic health transformation this dietary change can produce.
Watch Dr Laureens presentation on Cholesterol here.
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Reframing and Perception: Harnessing the Superpowers of Positive Thinking and Mindfulness Don Mackay
In this episode Emma speaks with Don McKay, who is a Health and Performance Coach, Consultant, Trainer, Author, Keynote Speaker, nutrition geek, avid learner/experimenter and student of everything to do with optimal health and resilience. Don really resonated with Emma at the Low Carb Roadshow in Cairns recently.
Don's background was extremely stressful in Law enforcement for over 35 years and after changing his life dramatically, he now helps others with his high energy, well thought out strategies.
Don talks about not only his own journey, but the experience of finding the 7 Pillars of Health - he practices what he preaches! Have a listen to this inspiring man and his combination of work and life experience in challenging and diverse areas brings a unique 'skill stack' to his passion; aggregating health, resilience and performance strategies to help people get the most out of their professional and personal life.
Don has a Master of Professional Studies (High Performance and Resilience Strategies) from the University of Southern Queensland and a Diploma in Public Safety (Policing). Don is also a Certified Primal Health Coach through the Primal Health Coach Institute. Don has 29 years of training experience and is an engaging presenter and experienced facilitator.
In 2017, Don started 'My Evolution Coaching and Consulting' to provide a platform to reach and support more people, businesses, and organizations to continue the important conversation around high performance and resilience. Since March 2019, he has delivered My Evolution High Performance People Workshops to over 2600 people across a broad range of industries in Queensland.
In 2021 in collaboration with Dr Susan Swanston, they started ‘The Optimal Health Program’, a long- horizon health and well-being program to help people find their version of Optimal Health.
He has a self-proclaimed World Record for the fastest recovery from Lymphoma.
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