Ever feel like you're doing everything right but the scale just won't budge? It's time to uncover the hidden saboteurs of weight loss! J oin Aimee on this eye-opening episode of Blasphemous Nutrition as she dives into reasons why your weight loss efforts may be falling flat. Prepare to be enlightened as Aimee dives deeper into the obvious, but also reveals the often-overlooked factors that could be hindering your progress. From the nuances of tracking food intake and addressing nutrient deficien...
Jul 03, 2024•33 min•Ep. 28
In this engaging episode, Marty Kendall discusses the revolutionary concept of Data Driven Fasting (DDF) and how it offers a personalized approach to determining when and what to eat. By utilizing glucose levels as a real-time fuel gauge, DDF guides individuals towards nourishing their bodies in a way that optimizes metabolic health and weight management. Marty delves into the pitfalls of long fasting periods, the importance of validating hunger signals, and the role of glucose in regulating die...
Jun 26, 2024•49 min•Ep. 27
Are you catching wind of the nutrition revolution that is rumbling at our feet? In this episode of "Blasphemous Nutrition," Aimee delves into the evolving conversation around nutrition, highlighting key players such as Sarah Ballantyne, Marty Kendall, Stacy Sims and Andreas Eenfeldt in the evolution of nutrition from restriction to an inclusionary focus on nutrient density and protein intake for blood sugar regulation, weight loss, and overall health and vitality. Listen to this episode to disco...
Jun 20, 2024•30 min•Ep. 26
Episode Summary: In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee delves into the limitations and shortcomings of the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a tool for assessing health risks. She highlights the historical context of the BMI, its drawbacks when applied to individuals, and offers alternative methods for evaluating health, emphasizing the need for more precise and individualized approaches to health assessments and advocating for a shift away from reliance on the BMI. By shedding light on the lim...
Jun 13, 2024•19 min•Ep. 25
Join us on this empowering episode as Aimee welcomes Robyn Shaw, who opens up about her transformative journey from the grips of perfectionism in fitness and nutrition to a place of greater balance and self-compassion. Delving into her personal battles with body dysmorphia, Robyn illuminates the pivotal moments that led her to take the reins of her health into her own hands. She underscores the critical importance of gathering diverse perspectives and learning to trust the wisdom of your own bod...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 24
Ever find yourself staring at the contents of your fridge and feeling completely uninspired? In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, we tackle the common struggle of food boredom. Join Aimee as she delves into the monotony of meal planning and offers creative solutions to keep your taste buds excited and your meals interesting. Aimee knows firsthand that the desire for variety and excitement in our meals can often make sticking to meal plans or elimination diets feel impossible. Adjusting to d...
May 30, 2024•16 min•Ep. 23
It's the rant that started it all! Today Aimee shares a spontaneous rant she posted on social media in 2018, passionately addressing the shame and stigma surrounding weight loss for women, challenging the notion that body positivity and weight loss are mutually exclusive and urging listeners to let go of shame and embrace their desires. She also discusses the complexities of weight loss, including the impact of hormones, stress, and environmental factors. This empowering episode encourages women...
May 23, 2024•22 min•Ep. 22
In this enlightening episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee sits down with Allison Schaaf, the culinary wizard behind Prep Dish, as they delve into practical strategies for busy families and individuals looking to simplify their meal planning process. This episode is packed with actionable advice, from leveraging meal prep to conquer the chaos of weekly food preparation to incorporating kid-friendly recipes that don’t skimp on nutrition. Allison shares her professional journey from personal che...
May 16, 2024•42 min•Ep. 21
Who crowned kale the king and banished donuts to the dungeon? Get ready for a saucy ride through the tangled jungle of America’s moralistic food culture with Aimee, your fearless foodie guide. In this episode, Aimee takes us from the humble origins of dietary dos and don’ts to today’s tiresome, guilt-laden diatribes. She’ll dish out a hearty helping of why 'good' or 'bad' might not even apply to your personal plate. Know she’s not here to preach but to propose a radical return to the fundamental...
May 09, 2024•29 min•Ep. 20
Episode Summary: Overwhelmed by meal planning? In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee is joined by plant-based lifestyle and mindset coach Kathy Davis. They discuss the power of meal planning over meal prepping and share a four-part framework for effective meal planning. Kathy emphasizes the importance of gathering inspiration, writing a plan, carrying it out, and reflecting on the process. She also encourages listeners to approach meal planning with an open mind and focus on the areas ...
May 02, 2024•37 min•Ep. 19
Episode Summary: Are you a chronic people-pleaser? Do you struggle with creating and holding boundaries? In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee interviews Tina Stinson, a boundary expert and life coach. Tina shares her personal journey of learning to set boundaries after significant, traumatic life events. Tina provides practical strategies for recognizing when and where to set boundaries and offers advice on how to have difficult conversations with others. The conversation highlights t...
Apr 30, 2024•50 min•Ep. 18
Episode Summary: Can You Truly Be Healthy at Every Size? Aimee explores the concept of being "healthy at every size" (HAES). She discusses the original intentions of the HAES movement and how it has been distorted on the internet. Aimee delves into the importance of looking beyond weight as the sole determinant of health and emphasizes the need for comprehensive and compassionate healthcare for all body types, but highlights a key factor not typically included in body positivity and HAES that is...
Apr 23, 2024•31 min•Ep. 17
Episode Summary: In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee discusses the importance of setting healthy boundaries to prioritize your health and well-being. She explores how overcommitting and not owning your time can lead to physical and emotional health issues. Aimee provides practical tips for reconnecting with your values, identifying tasks that bring you joy or dread, and delegating or eliminating unnecessary obligations. She emphasizes the need to prioritize your health and vitality b...
Apr 18, 2024•25 min•Ep. 16
Is your workplace making achieving your health goals impossible? In this episode, Aimee and guest Jamie Walker discuss how to begin setting healthy work boundaries, address the common issue of feeling stretched thin in the workplace and the unrealistic demands placed on employees. Jamie provides insights on how individuals can reclaim their autonomy and prioritize self-care without jeopardizing their jobs. She emphasizes the significance of discernment and the need to create space for oneself am...
Apr 11, 2024•39 min•Ep. 15
Episode Summary: In today's episode of Blasphemous nutrition, Health Coach Carolyn shares her personal journey towards becoming an advocate for walking as a powerful tool for improving health. Raised by a health-conscious mother, Carolyn initially rebelled against her upbringing and believed that her health was not affected by her lifestyle choices. However, after being diagnosed with IBS and experiencing the challenges of balancing work and motherhood, Carolyn began walking as a way to manage h...
Apr 03, 2024•37 min•Ep. 14
It is not too late to give up on your weight loss and health goals! In today's episode, Aimee discusses the concept of resurrecting goals that may have been abandoned between January and now. She emphasizes the importance of mindset and overcoming perfectionism to make progress. Aimee shares a client's struggle to lower blood sugar and lose weight to illustrate the process of revisiting goals, assessing what went wrong, and implementing new strategies. She provides practical tips for preventing ...
Mar 28, 2024•27 min•Ep. 13
Episode Summary: Do you feel confused and mislead by all the information out there that claims to be backed by research but falls flat? In this episode, our irreverent host Aimee interviews Victoria LaFont to discuss the challenges of navigating biased content in the health and wellness industry. Victoria shares her journey of becoming more aware of her own biases and offers tips for listeners to become more discerning consumers of health advice. They emphasize the importance of looking for evid...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 12
Episode Summary: In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, host Aimee delves into the topic of scientific literacy and the challenges of trusting scientific research. She highlights three primary problems with research: publication bias, lack of validation, and the manipulation of statistics for marketability. Aimee discusses the limitations of observational studies and the importance of distinguishing between absolute risk and relative risk. She emphasizes the need for critical thinking and ske...
Mar 14, 2024•29 min•Ep. 11
Episode Summary: In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee shares two key questions that can simplify meals and improve overall health. She emphasizes the importance of protein and produce as the foundation of nutrition, based on her 30 years of study and two decades in practice. Aimee discusses the impact of protein on weight management, blood sugar stability, and satiety and highlights the dose-dependent relationship between produce consumption and reduced mortality from all causes. She ...
Mar 07, 2024•24 min•Ep. 10
Episode Summary: Does Niacin really increase your risk of a heart attack? In this episode, Aimee goes all out breaking apart the recent study on niacin and heart attack risk. She critiques the study's methodology and highlights the misleading conclusions drawn by the authors. She emphasizes the importance of considering the study population, which consisted of individuals with existing cardiovascular disease, and the lack of examination of niacin intake in the participants. Aimee also questions ...
Mar 05, 2024•20 min•Ep. 9
About Today's Guest: Marty Kendall is an engineer revolutionizing nutrition using a data-driven, nutrient-first approach. His interest in nutrition began over twenty years ago to help his wife Monica gain control of her Type 1 Diabetes. Since then, he’s developed a systematized approach to nutrition that has helped thousands of people lose weight, reverse insulin resistance, and reclaim their health. This led him to explore the concept of nutrient density and its effect on blood sugar stabilizat...
Feb 28, 2024•31 min•Ep. 8
About Today's Guest: Marty Kendall is an engineer revolutionizing nutrition using a data-driven, nutrient-first approach. His interest in nutrition began over twenty years ago to help his wife Monica gain control of her Type 1 Diabetes. Since then, he’s developed a systematized approach to nutrition that has helped thousands of people lose weight, reverse insulin resistance, and reclaim their health. This led him to explore the concept of nutrient density and its effect on blood sugar stabilizat...
Feb 21, 2024•53 min•Ep. 7
Episode Summary: In this episode, Aimee dives deep into the complexity of nutrition and explains why simply being told what to eat is not enough. She explores the various factors that impact our ability to implement diet and lifestyle changes, including our environment, work-life balance, and genetic variations. Aimee emphasizes the importance of incremental changes and addresses the challenges of meeting our nutrient needs in today's world. Key Takeaways: Implementing diet, exercise, and lifest...
Feb 14, 2024•29 min•Ep. 6
Episode Summary: In this episode of "Blasphemous Nutrition," Aimee shares the three most important questions to ask yourself before considering weight loss medications and other lifestyle medications prescribed for chronic disease caused by lifestyle factors. Aimee also provides clinical insights into the use of GLP one receptor agonists, a popular class of weight loss medications, and the need for further research on their long-term effects. Notable Quotes: "Weight loss plans that neglect food ...
Feb 08, 2024•23 min•Ep. 5
In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, host Aimee delves into the some of the myths and misinterpretations of a plant based diet. Drawing from her own experience as a former vegetarian and her extensive knowledge in the field of nutrition, Aimee explores the pros and cons of adopting a meatless diet. She discusses the ethical considerations of veganism, the potential health benefits, and the environmental impact of different dietary choices. Through a nuanced examination of the available rese...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 4
Episode Summary: In this episode of "Blasphemous Nutrition," Aimee discusses the importance of creating external frameworks to achieve health goals, emphasizing that successful goal achievement is not willpower, but skill power. She shares strategies she and her clients have successfully used as well as principles from the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear to guide listeners in transforming their goals into actionable steps and offers practical tips for reducing obstacles and increasing ease i...
Jan 24, 2024•31 min•Ep. 3
In the next two episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee explores the art and science of building habits that last. Drawing from positive psychology and the book "Atomic Habits," Aimee shares strategies for cultivating a mindset of success, including acknowledging grit, practicing gratitude, and finding meaning in our goals in the first of this two-part series. She shares how she utilizes these concepts and gives several client examples of how strategic mindset and goal-setting can lead to dramat...
Jan 17, 2024•25 min•Ep. 2
9 January 2023 Blasphemous Nutrition A Rebel's Recipe for Embracing the Crawl – The Case for Slow Weight Loss About The Host: Aimee is the host of Blasphemous Nutrition and a double degreed nutritionist with 20 years of experience. She is passionate about providing a more nuanced and realistic approach to living and eating well and that passion sometimes comes out in salty talk. Summary: In this episode of Blasphemous Nutrition, Aimee discusses the topic of weight loss and why, contrary to what ...
Jan 09, 2024•42 min•Ep. 1
Hey there, rebellious minds and freethinkers! Welcome to Blasphemous Nutrition, the podcast where we debunk diet dogma, shattered nutrition, myths, and serve up a heaping side of salty sauce with our science. I'm your unapologetically candid host, Aimee, and I'm diving headfirst into the world of nutrition with a sprinkle of wit a dash of sarcasm and a well honed blade of critical thinking. Picture this podcast as your go-to kitchen, where we're cooking up some clarity, amidst the chaos of radic...
Jan 06, 2024•2 min0
