Listen Now
Show Notes
#380: Prof. Barry Popkin – The Nutrition Transition & Using Policy Actions to Create Healthier Diets
March 23, 2021#379: Obesity & Chronic Disease Risk with Dr. Spencer Nadolsky
March 16, 2021#378: Nutritional Epidemiology
March 9, 2021#377: Herman Pontzer, PhD – Metabolism, Mitochondria & Evolutionary Biology
March 2, 2021#376: Kevin Hall, PhD – Plant-based Diet vs. Ketogenic Diet: Impact on Calorie Intake
February 23, 2021#375: Salt, Sodium & Health
February 16, 2021#374: How to Plan a Fighter’s Diet
February 9, 2021#373: Alcohol & Health: Is Zero Better Than Some?
February 2, 2021#372: Mike Israetel, PhD – Bodybuilding, Avoiding Suffering & Lessons for Life
January 26, 2021#371: Dietary Cholesterol – Are Eggs & Cholesterol-rich Foods a Cause for Concern?
January 19, 2021#370: Jake Mey, PhD, RD – Dietetics, Evidence-based Practice & Translating Science into Advice
January 13, 2021#369: Prof. Jason Gill – Population Cardiometabolic Disease Risk: Impact of Strength, Fitness & Activity
January 6, 2021#368: Shannon Beer – Intentional Eating, Flourishing Health & Behavioural Psychology
January 1, 2021#367: Gabrielle Fundaro, PhD – Mindful Eating, Facilitating Health Behaviour Change & Client-centred Coaching
December 28, 2020#366: Listener Q&A
December 22, 2020#365: David Robert Grimes, PhD – Conspiracy Theories & Bad Information: Why Are We Susceptible?
December 15, 2020#364: Jake Linardon, PhD – Disordered Eating: Impact of Macro Tracking & Social Media
December 8, 2020#363: Public Health Policy vs. Personal Responsibility: Evidence vs. Ideology
December 1, 2020#362: Alistair Monteyne – Impact of Mycoprotein & Vegan Diets on Muscle Protein Synthesis
November 25, 2020#361: Sarah Berry, PhD – The PREDICT Study, Postprandial Metabolism & Personalised Nutrition
November 18, 2020#360: Nick Hiebert – Micronutrients, Anti-nutrients and Non-essential Nutrients
November 12, 2020#359: Calorie Confusion – (Mis)Understanding Energy Balance
November 5, 2020#358: Coffee & Health
October 27, 2020#357: Nicky Keay, MB BChir – Female Athletes: Hormones, Energy Availability & the Menstrual Cycle
October 21, 2020#356: Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD – Plant-based Diets, Meal Timing & Meal Frequency
October 15, 2020#355: Is Time-restricted Eating Dead?: A Closer Look
October 8, 2020#354: Problems with the Meta-Analysis in Nutrition
September 29, 2020#353: James Hébert, ScD – Dietary Inflammatory Index
September 22, 2020#352: Do Diets Even Work in the Long-term? – A Look at Weight Loss Maintenance
September 15, 2020#351: Prof. Glenn Gibson – Human Gut Bacteriology, Prebiotics & Probiotics
September 8, 2020#350: Peter Olusoga, PhD & Hugh Gilmore – Coaching Burnout: The Research & Applied Psychology
September 2, 2020#349: Prof. Naomi Allen – How the UK Biobank is Powering Chronic Disease Research
August 26, 2020#348: Omega-3 Supplementation & Heart Disease
August 19, 2020#347: Alex Thomas – Advancing the Sports Nutritionist Profession
August 12, 2020#346: Kathryn Bradbury, PhD – Diet & Colorectal Cancer Risk
August 4, 2020#345: Rebecca Leech, PhD – Impact of Meal Patterning on Diet Quality & Health
July 29, 2020#344: Prof. Martin Caraher – Food Poverty & Food Aid Provision
July 22, 2020#343: Understanding Causality in Nutrition Science
July 16, 2020#342: Are Vegan Diets Superior for Health?
July 7, 2020#340: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 4) – Diana Rodgers, RD & Robb Wolf
July 1, 2020#339: Prof. Corinna Hawkes – Food Policy, Food Systems & Public Health
June 26, 2020#338: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 3) – Alex O’ Connor
June 21, 2020#337: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 2) – Prof. Paul Thompson
June 16, 2020#336: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 1) – Andrew Chignell, PhD
June 10, 2020#335: Kyra Bobinet, MD – Systems, Dietary Behaviour Change & the Iterative Mindset
June 4, 2020#334: Austin Baraki, MD – Potential Harms of Screening, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment
May 28, 2020#333: Diet & Immunity
May 20, 2020#332: Prof. Sam McConkey – COVID-19: Public Health Response, Clinical Presentation & Socioeconomics
May 15, 2020#331: Prof. Roy Taylor – Diabetes Remission, Very-low Calorie Diets & the Twin Cycle Hypothesis
May 5, 2020#330: Eric Trexler, PhD – Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress & Exercise Adaptations
April 28, 2020#329: Diet & Inflammation
April 20, 2020#328: Meeta Singh, MD – Sleep, Immunity & Mental Health
April 14, 2020#327: David Dunne – Behavioural Science in Nutrition
April 8, 2020#326: Krista Scott-Dixon, PhD – Adaptability & Autonomy in the Nutrition Coaching Process
April 3, 2020#325: Kirk Parsley, MD – Stress, Sleep & Anxiety During a Pandemic
March 29, 2020#324: Fatima Cody Stanford, MD – Obesity Treatment & Weight Bias
March 24, 2020#323: COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2 with Rizwan Sohail, MD
March 17, 2020#322: Dominic Munnelly – Coaching People To Health: Philosophy, Empathy & Community
March 12, 2020#321: Dave Feldman & Alan Flanagan – Debating LDL Causality & the “Lipid Triad”
February 25, 2020#320: Hannah Ritchie, PhD – Environmental Impacts of our Diet: Climate, Carbon Footprint & Land Use
February 18, 2020#319: Women in Science: Past Guests as Role Models in Nutrition
February 11, 2020#318: Chris Melby, Dr.P.H. – Impact of Energy Flux on Weight Loss Maintenance
February 4, 2020#317: Understanding Diet & Heart Disease Risk
January 28, 2020#316: Michael Grandner, PhD – Societal, Social & Psychological Influences on Sleep
January 22, 2020#315: Samia Mora, MD – Lipids, Lipoproteins & Atherosclerosis
January 15, 2020#314: Q&A – Hemochromatosis, Sodium, Bone Health, & More!
January 9, 2020#313: Fergus Connolly, PhD – Authenticity, Elite Human Performance & Getting the Best From Others
January 1, 2020#312: Allison Brager – Sleep Architecture, Chronotypes & Rescuing Performance
December 17, 2019#311: Andrew Chappell, PhD – Diet Strategies in Elite Natural Bodybuilders
December 10, 2019#310: Meeta Singh, MD – Sleep & Circadian Disruption in Pro Athletes: Dealing With the NBA Schedule
December 3, 2019#309: Ciaran O’ Regan – Epistemology, Ignorance Navigation & the Error-Correcting Machinery of Science
November 26, 2019#308: Robin Tucker, PhD, RD – Impact of Sleep on Taste Perception, Cravings & Food Reward
November 19, 2019#307: Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Are Popular Nutrition & Health Books Trustworthy, Accurate & Health-Promoting?
November 12, 2019#306: Daniel Davey – Food Preparation Skills, Being an Effective Nutritionist & Creativity
November 5, 2019#305: John Berardi, PhD – Be a “Change Maker” in your Health & Fitness Career
October 28, 2019#304: Tommy Wood, MD, PhD – Neurodegenerative Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury & Genetics
October 22, 2019#303: Brad Dieter, PhD – How Do We Tackle Type 2 Diabetes & Lifestyle-related Chronic Disease?
October 15, 2019#302: Leonie Heilbronn, PhD – Alternate-Day Fasting, Early Time-Restricted Feeding & Caloric Restriction
October 8, 2019#301: John Berardi, PhD – Tribalism in Nutrition
October 1, 2019#300: The Random Episode
September 25, 2019#299: Mark Hopkins, PhD – Compensatory Eating, Exercise-induced Weight Loss & Energy Balance Homeostasis
September 17, 2019#298: David Zeevi, PhD – Genes of Gut Microbes & Inter-Individual Variation in Glucose Response
September 10, 2019#297: Cliff Harvey, PhD – Carbohydrate-Restriction, Ketosis & Neuroprotection
September 3, 2019#296: Alan Flanagan – Circadian Entrainment, Chronotypes & Chrononutrition
August 27, 2019#295: Ben House, PhD – How Much of a Surplus Do Advanced Lifters Need for Optimal Muscle Gain?
August 21, 2019#294: Nicola Guess, PhD, RD – Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes Nutrition
August 12, 2019#293: Jessica Setnick, RD – Orthorexia: Positive vs. Pathological Nutrition
August 7, 2019#292: Prof. Alexandra Johnstone, PhD – Appetite Control, Satiety & Diet Interventions
July 31, 2019#291: Gab Fundaro, PhD – Gut Microbiome, Bacterial Diversity & the Impact of Diet & Probiotics
July 24, 2019#290: Menno Henselmans & Eric Helms, PhD – Diet Breaks, Calorie Cycling & Muscle Retention
July 15, 2019#289 Ciaran Fairman, PhD – Exercise Interventions in Cancer Treatment
July 5, 2019#288: Ted Ryce: Meditation, Communication & Understanding Behaviours
June 26, 2019#287: Gregg Slater – Dietary Fatigue, Nutrition Periodization & the Deficit-Adherence Model
June 19, 2019#286: James Morton, PhD – Fuelling Elite Sport: Team Sky, Liverpool FC & Carbohydrate Periodization
June 11, 2019#285: What is Health? A Conceptual Framework
June 4, 2019SNR #284: Simone Harding – Tackling Negative Body Image & Weight Stigma
May 28, 2019SNR #283: Alun Williams, PhD – The Genetics & Science Behind the Historic Caster Semenya/IAAF Case
May 21, 2019SNR #282: Louise Burke, PhD – Project Supernova: The Science of Fuelling Elite Athletes
May 14, 2019SNR #281: Jake Linardon, PhD – Eating Disorders, Binge Eating & Body Image
May 6, 2019SNR #280: Kirsty Elliot-Sale, PhD – Energy Availability, Menstrual Disorders & RED-S
April 30, 2019SNR #279: Avrum Bluming, MD & Carol Tavris, PhD – Estrogen, Menopause & Misconceptions About Hormone Replacement
April 23, 2019SNR #278: Jackson Peos – The ICECAP Trial, Intermittent Energy Restriction & the Science of Diet Breaks
April 16, 2019SNR #277: Eric Helms, PhD – Non-Quantitative Dieting, Personal Experiments & Optimal Weight Gain for Hypertrophy
April 9, 2019SNR #276: Nick Gant, PhD – Neurometabolism: Brain Function, Fatigue & Nutritient Interventions
April 2, 2019SNR #275: Kate Solovieva – Psychology, Empathy & Coping Strategies for Better Coaching
March 26, 2019SNR #274: James Lindsay, PhD – When Peer-Review Goes Wrong: Lessons From the Grievance Studies Affair
March 19, 2019SNR #273: Bryan Chung, MD, PhD – Dealing with Science Overwhelm & Improving Your Relationship with Research
March 12, 2019SNR #272: Barbora de Courten, PhD – Effect of Carnosine on Glucose Metabolism and Chronic Disease Risk
March 9, 2019SNR #271: Prof. John Hawley – Circadian Metabolomics & Time-Restricted Feeding
March 4, 2019SNR #270: Alexander Kolliari-Turner – Anabolic Steroids, Muscle Memory & Advances in Drug Testing
February 26, 2019SNR #269: Lyndon Purcell & Jacob Schepis: Physiology, Hypertrophy & Discussions
February 21, 2019SNR #268: Luke Leaman – Physiology, Nutrition From First Principles & Prioritising Health
February 18, 2019SNR #267: Fiona Willer, AdvAPD – Health At Every Size, Non-Dieting & Weight-Neutral Approaches
February 11, 2019SNR #266: Marty Kendall – Nutrient Optimiser, High-Satiety Diets & Carb/Fat Combinations
February 5, 2019SNR #265: Lessons From Experts – Prediabetes, Autophagy, Relative Energy Deficiency and Carbohydrate Periodization
January 29, 2019SNR #264: Prof. Michael Ristow – Longevity, Mitochondria & Free Radicals
January 22, 2019SNR #263: Brenda Davy, PhD – Dietary Assessement Methods in Nutrition Research
January 15, 2019SNR #262: Trevor Kashey, PhD – Thoughts on Science, Learning & Nutrition Practice
January 8, 2019SNR #261: Ari Snaevarsson – Eating Disorder Recovery, Body Positivity & Intuitive Eating
January 1, 2019SNR #260: Steve Taylor, RD – Sustainable Results, Human Behaviour & Dietary Approaches
December 27, 2018SNR #259: Chad Kerksick, PhD – Energy Availability and Pre-Exercise Protein vs. Fasted Training
December 24, 2018SNR #258: Dan Garner – Building an Online Business as a Nutrition Coach
December 18, 2018SNR #257: Andrew Jagim, PhD – Pre-Workout Supplementation: Current Evidence & Recommendations
December 12, 2018SNR #256: Alex Leaf – Risks of High-Protein Diets?: Longevity, Gut Health & Microbiota
December 4, 2018SNR #255: Alan Flanagan – Public Health Nutrition & the Role of Epidemiology
November 27, 2018SNR 254: Nutrition for Health, Body Composition & Performance (My OPEX Podcast)
November 19, 2018SNR #253: Listener Q&A
November 12, 2018SNR #252: Alpana Shukla, MD – Effect of Food Order on the Glycaemic Response
November 6, 2018SNR #251: What Is Science?
October 29, 2018SNR #250: Mike T Nelson, PhD – Metabolic Flexibility Revisited
October 22, 2018SNR #249: James Clear – Habits & Behaviour Change
October 16, 2018SNR #248: Kyra Bobinet, MD – Behaviour Change Through Design Thinking
October 9, 2018SNR #247: John Kiely – Scepticism, Cognitive Bias & Applying Science to Practice
October 2, 2018SNR #246: Jamie Pugh, PhD – Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Athletes
September 25, 2018Looking for older episodes?
- Use the scrolling list under "Listen Now" at the top of this page, or
- Find them on your favourite podcast app by clicking here.
To find the show notes to a specific episode then:
- Go to "https://sigmanutrition.com/episodeX" ; where "X" = the number of the episode you're looking for.
- e.g. to see the show notes for episode 237, go to sigmanutrition.com/episode237