Mikkipedia

Prof Grant Tinsley: Body composition and intermittent fasting for active people

Save 20% on all Nuzest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKIPEDIA at www.nuzest.co.nz , www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.com This week on the podcast. Mikki speaks to Dr Grant Tinsley about the accuracy of body composition scales, what is considered gold standard and how much weight we should put on the numbers that are provided by your at home bathroom scales versus the In Body that you might have at your gym. They also discuss intermittent fasting for active populations (including men and wome...

Mini Mikkiepdia - Cycling calories and metabolic toggles

Novice Gains: A Deep Dive into Bodybuilding with Anastasia Boulais

Save 20% on all Nuzest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKIPEDIA at www.nuzest.co.nz , www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.com This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to her good friend Anastasia Boulais about stepping on stage in her first body building competition. Rather than getting an experienced competitors perspective on the training, the diet and the preparation for ‘peak week’, Mikki and Anastasia do a deep dive into these elements from a novice perspective. They discuss the motivation behi...

Mini Mikkipedia - preparing for the Christmas season

Metabolic Flexibility with Dr Mike T. Nelson

Save 20% on all Nuzest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKIPEDIA at www.nuzest.co.nz , www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.com This week on the podcast I speak to Dr Mike T Nelson, one of the OGs in the space of exercise physiology, , human performance optimisation. and metabolic flexibility. In this chat we discuss metabolic flexibility, why it is important for both health and performance and some common myths or misconceptions. We also discuss strategies for improving it. We discuss fasted cardi...

Mini Mikkipedia - Mindset

Dr Jade Teta - Mind, Muscle and Metabolism

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Jade Teta, renown expert in hormones, metabolism, stress and fat loss. They do a deep dive into these topics, and the impact that our own ‘script’ and the stories we tell ourselves, how these impact on the ability to lose weight and keep it off. Dr. Jade Teta is an integrative physician, author and sought-after expert in the realm of metabolism and self-development.He spent the last 25 years immersed in the study of strength and conditioning, hormonal ...

Mini Mikkipedia - Hypertension

Episode 200! - Grant Schofield back to discuss the future of medicine

This week, for our 200th episode, Mikki brings back her first guest on the show, Professor Grant Schofield, to get an update on his most recent project, a new book looking at the Future of Medicine. As always, this is an informative and informal chat about health, nutrition, lifestyle and wellness with a ton of practical tips that the listener can take away. Grant Schofield is the Professor of Public Health at Auckland University of Technology, Director of the University’s Human Potential Centre...

Mini Mikkipedia - Recovery

Dan Plews talks training strategies for the endurance athlete

This week on the podcast 🎙️ Mikki is joined by returning guest Dr Dan Plews talking through training strategies that he’s currently interested in, the difference in the types of gels (i.e. maurten v other gels) and if they make a difference. Mikki and Dan revisit metabolic health and Dan chats about his race at Challenge Roth, and what he’s training for now. Dan Plews is an Applied Sport Scientist, Researcher, Coach and competitive Triathlete. As an applied Sports Scientist, Dan has worked clos...

Mini Mikkipedia - Belly Fat

Dr Scott Lear - overcoming mental illness

This week on the podcast I speak to dr Scott Lear, professor in at Simon Fraser University on mental health, lifestyle strategies and speaking out in order to help foster awareness and acceptance amongst those around you. We spent most of our time discussing Professor Lear’s own depression diagnosis after several years of feeling down but for no (what Scott calls) good reason for it. We discuss the stigma that is attached to mental health diagnoses and the impact this can have on people talking ...

Mini Mikkipedia - Shift work

Prof David Dunstan - the negative effects of prolonged sitting and sedentary behaviour

This week on the podcast Mikki chats to Prof David Dunstan about the dangers of sedentary behaviour and prolonged sitting. They discuss what sedentary behaviour actually is and how this differs from inactivity. They discuss the physiological changes that occur when we are sedentary and how it impacts our cardiovascular and respiratory health, how it impacts on fat deposition and at a population level, what is the % of people who could be considered sedentary. They discuss the physical activity g...

Mini Mikkipedia - Tackling fatigue

Prof. Peter Sterling discusses allostatic stress load and the implications for health

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Peter Sterling about the allostatic stress load and its impact on health. The term “allostasis” has been coined to clarify ambiguities associated with the word “stress.” Allostasis refers to the adaptive processes that maintain homeostasis through the production of mediators such as adrenalin, cortisol and other chemical messengers.They discuss how Peter integrated his interests in neuroanatomy, physiology psychology and human behaviour/social issues e...

Mini Mikkipedia - Why is my Cholesterol high?

Metabolic health for the endurance athlete - with Dr Philip Prins

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Philip Prins about the effect of low-carbohydrate diets versus higher-carbohydrate diets on athletic performance, why endurance athletes still need to care about their metabolic health, why there might be a bias against low-carb diets in academic research, and the implications of his research on us middle aged endurance athletes. Dr. Philip Prins is an Associate Professor of Exercise Science. Dr. Prince earned a B.S. in Kinesiology as well as an M.S. i...

Mini Mikkipedia - Managing that winter weight gain

Strength training as a fat loss tool - Darren Ellis

This week on the podcast Mikki chats to returning guest Darren Ellis, Strength and Conditioning coach about strength training on a fat loss approach and why it is important. They discuss what constitutes strength training, why progression is important, and how to optimise your approach for your lifestyle. Darren is the S and C expert on Mondays Matter, which kicks off Monday 25 September - registration starts on Thursday 14th September. Darren Ellis, MSc, has an aim to share what he’s learned wi...

Mini Mikkipedia - Tips to take travelling

Ketogenic diets for mental health with Nicole Laurent

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Nicole Laurent, a Licensed Mental Health Counsellor who helps her clients use ketogenic dietary therapy as a treatment for mental illness and neurological issues. Nicole talks about her own personal health history, first with the chronic pain condition Trigeminal neuralgia, then the lasting negative impacts of pain medication long after she was of it that severely impacted her quality of life. She subsequently found the ketogenic diet was able to fix the ...

Mini Mikkipedia - dealing with self-sabotage

Brad Dixon - being a holistic human

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to physiotherapist, coach and plant-based advocate Brad Dixon about his philosophy on wellness. They discuss his background in triathlon and physiotherapy, how his family history with his father and uncle forced Brad to think beyond the medical model when it came to health and how his thinking has evolved over the last 10 years to where he now coaches and practices with a broader understanding of health. They discuss functional strength training, navigating ...

Mini Mikkipedia - Is that aspartame going to kill you?

Marty Kendall returns to talk about macronutrient optimisation and satiety

This week on the podcast I have returning guest Marty Kendall, creator of Nutrient Optimiser, back on to talk micronutrients and satiety. Marty originally came on back in Episode 120 to talk more broadly on his work in creating Nutrient Optimiser and helping people understand the importance of micronutrients. This time around, on the back of my conversation with Ted Naiman, we discuss the important role that micronutrients have on satiety. We discuss his data figuring out factors that help peopl...

Mini Mikkipedia - Reasons you may be gaining weight.

Training or Overtraining? with Dr Jonathon Weakley

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Johnathon Weakley about training. They discuss resistance training, and if heavy or light load is superior for gains, they talk about the importance of sleep for the athlete and the role of exercise at mitigating some of these risks, and also discuss overtraining and Johnathon’s own experience as a young athlete which spurred him into researching and writing on the topic. Dr Jonathon Weakley is a lecturer at ACU and an associate research fellow at Leed...

Mini Mikkipedia - explaining your body fat setpoint