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Mikkipedia

Mikkipedia

Mikki Williden

Mikkipedia is an exploration in all things health, well being, fitness, food and nutrition. I sit down with scientists, doctors, professors, practitioners and people who have a wealth of experience and have a conversation that takes a deep dive into their area of expertise. I love translating science into a language that people understand, so while some of the conversations will be pretty in-depth, you will come away with some practical tips that can be instigated into your everyday life. I hope you enjoy the show!
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This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to one of the OGs in the strength, fitness, diet and science space, Dr Eric Trexler. Eric was one of the first on the internet (it seems) to really dive into metabolic adaptation and what that means for anyone who embarks on a calorie restricted diet. Mikki and Eric discuss how this differs to the constrained energy expenditure model, the interplay of diet and exercise in both of these and strategies to help overcome for better overall health and performance. They also discuss how his understanding of metabolism has evolved over time.

Eric on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-trexler-19b8a9154/
Iron Culture https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/iron-culture/id1452114380
MASS Research Review https://massresearchreview.com/
Eric on IG https://www.instagram.com/trexlerfitness/?hl=en

Eric is cofounder of MASS research review and cohost on Iron Culture podcast. En route to an MA in Exercise and Sports Science and a PhD in Human Movement Science, he obtained extensive experience in research design, data collection, and advanced statistical analysis. To date, he has published 58 peer-reviewed papers pertaining to a wide range of health parameters in diverse participant populations.

Since graduate school, he has pursued multiple entrepreneurial endeavours related to health, wellness, and technology. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University where he studies health behaviour, health disparities, and the intersections between physical activity, nutrition, energy expenditure, and cardiometabolic health.


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This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to returning guest Brandon DaCruz about his high energy flux model of nutrition to help preserve metabolic rate, reduce overall diet stress and set someone up for the best possible response to their fat loss diet for body composition optimisation.

Brandon DaCruz at his website https://www.brandondacruzfit.com/, and on Instagram @brandondacruz_

Chasing Clarity https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/chasing-clarity-health-fitness-podcast/id1619611966

Brandon DaCruz is an online nutrition and physique coach and sports nutritionist. He’s also a National Level NPC physique competitor and an internationally published fitness model who’s written articles and filmed educational content for publications like Men’s Fitness Magazine and Bodybuilding.com.

Brandon has spent over 12 years working within the sports nutrition and fitness industries and has coached every type of client including Olympia Level professional men’s physique competitors, college athletes, MMA fighters, CrossFit competitors, and lifestyle clients.

He believes in blending what’s been proven in the research with his own anecdotal and first hand "in the trenches'' experience to improve body composition, optimise performance and enhance health in order to help his clients achieve their goals whether that be building muscle, losing body fat, increasing performance and/or optimising health and longevity. This is what he refers to as his health-centric coaching model as he believes that improving one's health is the cornerstone to optimising their physical goals.

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Mikkipedia - Sarah Tanner - Switching from a vegan diet
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07/05/22 • 56 min

This week on the podcast I speak to entrepreneur, recipe developer, Sarah Tanner who describes herself as an organic and holistic home cooking kiwi. She is an ambassador for Ceres Organics and Bioblends and has grown in this space as a plant-based advocate. Mikki speaks to Sarah about the shift away from her vegan diet to an omnivore approach for health based reasons and what this transition has meant for her personally and professionally. Sarah shares some of the insights she has and her role and responsibility as an influencer in this space and how her audience has responded.

Sarah can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/sarahtannernz/?hl=en

Supernature https://supernature.co.nz/


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Mikkipedia - Circadian physiology with Prof Karyn Esser
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06/28/22 • 66 min

Prof Esser talks about what we know with regards to what impacts the circadian rhythm (and what even is it?) and how important regulating both our master clock and the peripheral clocks for our overall health outcomes. We discuss how exercise impacts our circadian biology, and if there is a ‘better’ time of day to do exercise. We also talk about the impact of the circadian rhythm on metabolising different nutrients and what we do or don’t know about the impact of the circadian rhythm on the absorption of pharmaceuticals and supplements. We also talk about sex differences. This is a great conversation and I think you’re going to love it.

Dr Esser is a Professor of Physiology and Associate Director of the Myology Institute at the University of Florida.

Her lab has been working in the area of skeletal muscle adaptation for over 20 years. Initially research was focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie adult skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise. However, in 2002 they were using an early generation microarray assay and discovered that genes important for circadian rhythms were also at work in skeletal muscle. Since that early observation, her lab has pioneered research on the role of circadian rhythms and the circadian clock mechanism in skeletal muscle.

Currently our lab is focused on; 1) basic science experiments to define the genomic network downstream of the clock that modulates muscle health. 2) learning how age changes the clock function in skeletal muscle and other tissues; and 3) learning how exercise works with the circadian clock to help promote tissue and systemic health

Dr Karyn Esser can be found here https://www.linkedin.com/in/karyn-esser-a187333


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Dr Carrie Jones is a Naturopathic Physician who is board certified in Naturopathic Endocrinology (FABNE) with a Master's in Public Health (MPH) having over 17 years in the field of functional and integrative medicine. As former Adjunct Faculty for the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM), she has taught courses in both Gynecology and Advanced Endocrinology. She was the Medical Director for two large integrative clinics in Portland, Oregon and the Medical Director for Precision Analytical Inc, creators of the DUTCH Test for almost 10 years. She is the Clinical Expert for the Lifestyle Matrix Resource Center (LMRC) serving the SOS Stress Recovery Program. Currently, she is the Head of Medical Education at Rupa Health.

"Understanding the human body is complicated. My job is not to judge. My job is to educate and empower. "

Dr Carrie Jones can be found here http://www.drcarriejones.com/about-1

IG tag https://www.instagram.com/dr.carriejones/?hl=en


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This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Sara Campbell about exercise, the gut and our gut microbiome. We discuss the bi-directional relationship between the gut and our exercise patterns, what sex differences might exist, and the relative usefulness of probiotics and prebiotics for helping optimise our gut health. It’s an exciting time for research in this area, with so much we don’t know. Dr Campbell is an expert in what we DO know.

Dr Sara Campbell is an ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR and the GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR in KINESIOLOGY AND APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY at Rutgers University, with a specialist research area in metabolism, the gut and the impact of exercise on the gut.

Sara can be found here: https://kines.rutgers.edu/departmental-info/faculty-biographies/317-faculty/full-time-faculty/788-sara-campbell


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Mikkipedia - Stephan Guyenet, Phd - The Hungry Brain
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06/07/22 • 70 min

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Stephan Guyenet, obesity researcher and neuroscience expert about energy balance, weight maintenance and the brain. Mikki and Stephan discuss the role of hormones, the food environment and the brain and how to manage to maintain a healthy weight when these tend to conspire against us.

Stephan Guyenet has BS in biochemistry and a PhD in neuroscience, then went on to study the neuroscience of obesity and eating behavior as a postdoctoral fellow. He has spent 12 years in the neuroscience research world studying neurodegenerative disease and the neuroscience of body fatness. His publications in scientific journals have been cited more than 3,600 times and today, he continues his mission to advance science and public health as a researcher, science consultant, and science communicator. His book, The Hungry Brain, was released in February of 2017 and was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly and called “essential” by the New York Times Book Review. He is a Senior Researcher at GiveWell and scientific reviewer for the Examine.com Research Digest. He is also the founder and director of Red Pen Reviews, which publishes the most informative, consistent, and unbiased popular health and nutrition book reviews available. He also periodically contributes to the scientific literature and is a review editor at Frontiers in Nutrition.

Stephan can be found at https://www.stephanguyenet.com/


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This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Bill Harris, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of omega-3 fatty acid research. His work focuses on the roles that fatty acids play in cardiovascular and neurocognitive health. We talk about omega 3s, their unique characteristics which makes them so important for health, the difference between plant and fish omega 3 fatty acids, how best to measure them and at what amounts we should be consuming them. We also talk about what the research shows in relation to cardiovascular disease and their neurological benefits.

Bill Harris is the author of more than 300 scientific papers on fatty acids and health. He is a professor in the Department of Medicine in the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, the co-inventor of the Omega-3 Index, founder of OmegaQuant Analytics, and president and founder of the Fatty Acid Research Institute.

Bill Harris can be found here: https://omegaquant.com/dr-william-s-harris/

Research articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Harris-17


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This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Ketogenic Girl (and Optimal Protein podcast host) Vanessa Spina. They discuss how Vanessa the evolution of Vanessa’s dietary recommendations from the ketogenic diet to focusing on protein, what she has learned from 100s of episodes interviewing experts in the diet space, how becoming a mother has changed her own habits, and how she balances all aspects of her life and business.

Vanessa Spina a Sport Nutrition Specialist (SNS) and the Best Selling author of Keto Essentials. She is an international speaker and the host of the popular Optimal Protein Podcast, which has over 400,000 downloads/month and has been nominated twice as a top 3 Best Podcast at the Metabolic Health Summit. Vanessa recently completed a two year Biomedical Science program at the University of Toronto to deepen her comprehension of biochemistry and physiology.

Vanessa founded Ketogenic Girl in 2015 with online social media following of over half a million and several thousand people have done her popular KetogenicGirl Challenge program which serves to optimize metabolic health with nutrient dense real food nutrition. She has been featured as a nutrition expert in articles published in the Orlando Sentinel, Eat This, Parade, Reader’s Digest and more.

Vanessa has recently created two innovative products, the Tone device which measures breath acetone, the ketone detected on the breath. She most recently the brand new Tone LUX red light therapy line and Tone protein powder.

Can find Vanessa and her products here: https://ketogenicgirl.com/pages/about-us

https://www.instagram.com/ketogenicgirl/?hl=en


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How many episodes does Mikkipedia have?

Mikkipedia currently has 303 episodes available.

What topics does Mikkipedia cover?

The podcast is about Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Exercise, Nutrition, Athlete, Lifestyle, Keto, Running, Wellness, Marathon, Fitness, Podcasts, Science, Diet, Health and Endurance.

What is the most popular episode on Mikkipedia?

The episode title 'Mini Mikkipedia - Joint Health' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Mikkipedia?

The average episode length on Mikkipedia is 55 minutes.

How often are episodes of Mikkipedia released?

Episodes of Mikkipedia are typically released every 5 days.

When was the first episode of Mikkipedia?

The first episode of Mikkipedia was released on Nov 1, 2020.

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