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The Health Sessions

The Health Sessions covers all aspects of health in a fun laid back manner. We connect with leading global health and wellness experts to share the best of the latest science and thinking, empowering people to turn their health and lives around.
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Robert Lustig: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, Weight Loss & Disease

This week welcome to the show Robert Lustig. He is a professor of pediatrics in the UCSF Division of Endocrinology, a member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies and director of the UCSF Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program. Dr. Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist, with basic and clinical training relative to hypothalamic development, anatomy and function. He previously worked at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, where his work with obese children an...

Mar 15, 201754 min

Jason Fung: The Complete Guide to Fasting (& how to burn fat)

This week welcome to the show Jason Fung. He is a Toronto based nephrologist. He completed medical school and internal medicine at the University of Toronto before finishing his nephrology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles at the Cedars-Sinai hospital. He joined Scarborough General Hospital in 2001 where he continues to practice. Questions we ask in this episode: Fasting can be intimidating and scary. ie: I will starve, waste-away and lose my muscle. Should we be fearful? I...

Mar 05, 201759 min

Steph Lowe: Becoming a Real Food, Fat Adapted Athlete

This week welcome to the show Steph Lowe. She is a sports nutritionist, triathlete and cashew butter addict from Melbourne, Victoria. She teachs how easy real food living and performance can be. A little more about Steph: She has been gluten free for nine years now, and literally because it makes her happy. She has an undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Science (James Cook University, Townsville). She has a post graduate degree in Human Nutrition (Deakin University, Melbourne) and is one ...

Feb 22, 201754 min

Amy Myers: The Thyroid Connection

This week welcome to the show Amy Myers. She empowers people around the world to take back their health using a pioneering approach to Functional Medicine. She offers her medically proven approach to prevent a wide range of inflammatory-related symptoms and diseases, including allergies, obesity, asthma, cardiovascular disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, IBS, chronic headaches, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Questions asked in the episode: You have a personal experience with thyroid dysfunction – can yo...

Feb 12, 201749 min

Eloise King: The Science Of Self-Love; How It Transformed The Relationship With Myself

This week welcome to the show Eloise King. Journalist, author and creator of The Self-Love Project Eloise King has been considered a leader in the wellness industry for many years. She majored in psychology at The University of Sydney and went on to get one of five cadetships on offer at media conglomerate News limited. Since then, just some of her accomplishments have included: Writing for body+soul, a liftout in Australia’s #1 selling newspaper… and contributing to many more of the countries m...

Feb 02, 201759 min

Gregg Braden: Cultivating Resilience & Tuning Into Your Heart's Intelligence

This week welcome to the show Gregg Braden. New York Times best-selling author Gregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science, spirituality and the real world! Following a successful career as a Computer Geologist during the 1970’s energy crisis, he worked as a Senior Liaison with the U.S. Air Force Space Command during the Cold War years of the 1980s. In 1991 he became The First Technical Operations Manager for Cisco Systems. Since 1986 Gregg has explored high mountai...

Jan 27, 201757 min

Mark Divine: Life Lessons From a Navy Seal & Developing An Unbeatable Mind

This week welcome to the show Mark Divine. He is an expert in human performance as it is displayed in mental toughness, leadership and physical readiness. His work is based on an integral warrior-leader model that he developed and tested on over a thousand special operations candidates worldwide. The integrated training, which involves physical, mental, emotional, intuitional and spiritual training, has resulted in over a 90% success rate for the Spec Ops candidates. It is now taught to executiv...

Jan 17, 201746 min

Tom Campbell: Nature Of Reality, Beating Fear & The Meaning Of Life

This week welcome to the show Tom Campbell. He has been focused on scientifically exploring the properties, boundaries, and abilities of consciousness for the past forty years. His books, videos and workshops have reached millions of people around the world and have changed lives and opened eyes to a new way of thinking about reality: a new way of understanding physics, and a new way of understanding who, what and why we are. The MBT trilogy combines his work as a large complex systems analyst a...

Jan 10, 20171 hr 17 min

5 Proven Detox Tips To Get Results Fast

This week, Guy catches up with naturopath and nutritionist Lynda Griparic to discuss the most effective ways to detox and cleanse the body. While the word detox tends to conjure up images of living on nothing but water and lettuce leaves for an extended period, there are much more fun and interesting ways to purify your system. Sitback and enjoy as they discuss 5 effective strategies you can start immediately to get results fast. We also discuss our up and coming 14 Day Cleanse. The difference b...

Jan 04, 201725 min

Healthcare to Centenarians. Beliefs, Breath & Intent

This is a little bit of a self-indulgent episode where I look back at some of the episode of 2016 and share with you some of the bits that stood out for me. I've spliced and diced five episodes where I've taken the best bits to share with you as I reflect the year that was. These aren't necessarily the best interviews, they are simply the ones that meant something to me :) Can you guess which five episodes they are? Ps. I saved the best 'till last! Hope you had a fantastic 2016, and here's to an...

Dec 28, 20161 hr 14 min

Nick Polizzi: Ayahuasca & The Sacred Science

This week welcome to the show Nick Polizzi. He has spent his career directing and producing feature-length documentaries about holistic alternatives to conventional medicine. Most recently, Nick directed The Tapping Solution and co-edited Simply Raw - Raw for 30 Days. His current role as producer of The Sacred Science—a documentary about explorations in the Amazon to learn about traditional, healing practices—stems from a calling to honor, preserve, and protect the ancient knowledge and rituals ...

Dec 18, 201655 min

Chris Tate: Understand The Science of Change & Create a Life Full Of Abundance

This week welcome to the show Chris Tate. He is a coach who combines the latest scientific research with a process of self-discovery that provides people with the knowledge, skills and support necessary to experience a life full of abundance. He applies and teaches skills like metacognition and tools like meditation to recondition the body and subconscious mind to develop new habits and beliefs. Questions we ask in this episode: After 17 years in the corporate world, how did you make the transit...

Dec 07, 201651 min

Patricia Daly: The Ketogenic Kitchen & Cancer

This week welcome to the show Patricia Daly. She is a fully qualified Nutritional Therapist (BA Hons, dipNT, mBANT, mNTOI) based in Dublin, Ireland. Following her cancer diagnosis, she left her corporate career and started studying nutrition, specialising in the area of Integrative Cancer Care. As a Swiss native, she regularly attends training courses in Switzerland/ Germany, including at the renowned Tumor Biology Center in Freiburg, Germany. Questions we ask in this episode: What is the ketoge...

Nov 28, 20161 hr 4 min

Q&A: Weight Gain & Non-Negotiable Routines

An in-betweener episode. You ask the questions and we chat about them on the show. Got a question you want Guy & Stu to cover on the show? Email support@180nutrition.com.au Topics covered this week: Can't gain weight, what am I doing wrong? Our Daily routines and non-negotiables Visualisation Questions asked: I train at a very high intensity (crossfit) twice a day, I eat very clean (Paleo) I've lost a few kilos over time I had a dexter scan & im 10% body fat with really strong bone densi...

Nov 22, 201628 min

Dr Kieron Rooney: How Can We Maximise Fat Burning During Exercise?

This week welcome to the show Dr. Kieron Rooney. He is a researcher in Metabolic Biochemistry from University of Sydney. Kieron’s research portfolio has included both human and small animal studies investigating the role of diet and physical activity on parameters of fuel storage and utilisation as they pertain to dysregulated metabolic states such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Kieron is a fun, down to earth guy who gives us an incite to what is going in the world of nutritional study from an ...

Nov 16, 201649 min

Katy Bowman: Why Exercise & Movement Are Two Very Different Things

This week welcome to the show Katy Bowman. She is a biomechanist, movement ecologist and author of books on natural movement, human development and diseases of captivity. In this show, she introduces a new concept called movement-based lifestyle. It is one that keeps all of you moving—from your arms and legs to your microbiome—gives you large doses of “Vitamin Nature,” and “Vitamin Community.” It is the addition of movement back into life. Katy Bowman, M.S. has earned an international reputation...

Nov 10, 201655 min

Chris Kresser: The abc of Functional Medicine

This week welcome to the show Chris Kresser.s a globally recognized leader in the fields of ancestral health, Paleo nutrition, and functional and integrative medicine. He is the creator of Chris Kresser dot com, one of the top 25 natural health sites in the world, and the author of the New York Times best seller, Your Personal Paleo Code (published in paperback in December 2014 as The Paleo Cure). Chris has been studying, practicing, and teaching alternative medicine for more than fifteen years....

Oct 31, 201657 min

Dr John Hart: Optimising Brain Function, Preventing Dementia & Alzheimer's.

This week we welcome back to the show Dr John Hart. Dr Hart runs a busy functional medicine practice specialising in brain health. His passion for brain health led to the establishment of The Hart Clinic for brain health medicine. Dr Hart and his team have completed Dr Dale Bredesen's practitioner training at The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, and offer patients access to this groundbreaking protocol which has been shown to reverse early Alzheimer's disease. Questions we ask in this episo...

Oct 19, 20161 hr 1 min

Simplifying Health, Stress Management, Meditation & Sleep Hacks

This week the roles are reversed as Guy and Stu get interviewed. This episode was taken from The Primal Shift Podcast. Guy and Stu chat about health, the business of health and productivity hacks. We Chat About: What the go is with ice baths and controlled cold exposure How the boys came to make their primal shift And how they met, started their bro-mance and their nutrition empire What makes their health business work so well Why education and empowering people with knowledge is so important to...

Oct 09, 201657 min

Rich Roll: Rejecting Middle Age, Plant Power & Finding Ultra

This week we welcome to the show Rich Roll. A graduate of Stanford University and Cornell Law School, Rich is a 49-year old, accomplished vegan ultra-endurance athlete and former entertainment attorney turned full-time wellness & plant-based nutrition advocate, motivational speaker, husband, father of 4 and inspiration to people worldwide as a transformative example of courageous and healthy living. He has also completed the EPIC5 CHALLENGE - a odyssey that entailed completing 5 ironman-dist...

Sep 29, 201646 min

Donal O'Neill: The Big Fat Fix (aka Cereal Killers 3 documentary)

This week we welcome back to the show Donal O'Neill. The man behind the movies Cereal Killers & CK2 - Run On Fat, is here to discuss his new movie: The Big Fat Fix. “The Big Fat Fix” is an independent co-production between Donal and cardiologist Aseem Malhotra. In the movie, they travel to Pioppi in southern Italy where the residents enjoy longevity and a healthy old-age with low rates of heart disease, diabetes and dementia. With their discoveries in Pioppi, they offer practical solutions t...

Sep 18, 201658 min

Diane Sanfilippo: Applying Practical Paleo & Balanced Bites

This week we welcome to the show Diane Sanfilippo. She is the owner and founder of Balanced Bites, a certified Nutrition Consultant, and two-time New York Times bestselling author of Practical Paleo,The 21-Day Sugar Detox and co-author of Mediterranean Paleo Cooking. Diane holds a B.S. from Syracuse University and is certified in holistic nutrition from Bauman College, holistic lifestyle coaching from the CHEK Institute, and Poliquin BioSignature Modulation. She writes for her popular health blo...

Sep 08, 20161 hr 5 min

James Doty: Into the Magic Shop - Harnessing the Power of the Brain & the Heart.

This week we welcome to the show Dr James Doty. No exaggeration, this is a journey of mammoth proportions. He’s been there, done it, worn a t-shirt! He is a clinical professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, and the Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, of which the Dalai Lama was the founding benefactor. On top of his incredible resume, he's also a great guy and it was a true privilege to interview James. If you have not heard of Ja...

Aug 29, 20161 hr 9 min

Ben Greenfield: Achieve Superhuman Feats Of Physical Performance Without Destroying Your Body

This week we welcome to the show Ben Greenfield. This interview was a lot of fun, whilst packed full of nuggets of wisdom. Ben is one seriously knowledgeable and passionate guy when it comes to hacking the human body for optimum performance. He is a New York Times Bestselling author, coach, speaker, ex-bodybuilder and Ironman triathlete. His science-based approach to discovering a potent balance between health and performance has revolutionized the way thousands of athletes and exercise enthusia...

Aug 17, 201652 min

From Inside the Wim Hof Retreat; The Power of the Breath & Cold Exposure

Today's episode was recorded at the end of day 3 of the 4 day Wim Hof (The Ice Man) retreat in Melbourne Australia. 65 of us brave folk from all around the world to dived deep into Wim's methods of breathwork and cold exposure to have a greater understanding of our own physiology. It was a life changing experience and one I will be forever grateful for. This episode was recorded with Dave O'Brien, who is good friend and was one of the other participants. Dave is co-founder of 5th Element Wellnes...

Aug 08, 201639 min

Damian Kristof: Blue Zones, Stress Reduction Strategies & Avoiding Nutritional ‘Scare’

This week we welcome to the show Damian Kristof. He has a wealth of experience with 20 years in the health industry. He’s a nutritionist, naturopath, and a chiropractor. He’s also a highly sought-after presenter and speaker in the wellness industry. On top of that, he has two successful podcast; The Wellness Guys & 100 Not Out. We had a lot of fun delving into topics from his time in the blue zone (the island of Ikaria), to the chemical – physical – emotional components of stress, to his vie...

Jul 25, 20161 hr 1 min

Darya Rose: How I Gave Up Chronic Dieting & Changed My Relationship With Food

This week we welcome to the show Darya Rose of Summer Tomato. She has a PhD in neuroscience and she is also the author of her book called 'Foodist'. We get Darya on the show today to share a little bit about her journey and her relationship with chronic dieting in her teens and early twenties. We also discuss the lessons learned from this and how she changed her relationship with dieting and food, why she eats more food than ever and exercises less than when she used to 'diet'. We also dive into...

Jul 18, 201652 min

Overcoming Meditation Struggles: 5 Key Factors That Helped Me Greatly

Do you struggle to make meditation a daily practice? I know I did for many years. This podcast episode is to help inspire those who want to make meditation more of a practice for themselves. For the past 18 months, meditation has become an important part of my life, but before that it eluded me for years, even though I felt like I wanted to do it. If that sounds familiar, then it is my wish that the 5 key factors I talk about will help you get meditation momentum like it did for me :) If you enj...

Jul 07, 201633 min

Trevor Hendy: How to Live Your Best Life Now

This week we welcome to the show Trevor Hendy, a former Australian surf Ironman champion and now wholistic life coach. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Trevor won the Australian Surf Ironman Championship six times and came second on three occasions. He was unchallenged as “the Greatest Ironman in the World” – the pride of Australian Surf Life Saving. He was also inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2000. He is now a speaker, mentor and coach. His client list also includes ...

Jun 30, 20161 hr 12 min

Dr Mario Martinez: The Secret to Living Beyond a 100 Years Old (& being happier)

Get ready to strap yourself in, as our interview with this weeks awesome guest Dr Mario Martinez could quite possibly change the way you think about your health forever! Dr Mario travelled the world interviewing people that are living happily over 100 hundred years old as he wanted to know what was their secret. Today he shares his discoveries in this fascinating interview and why he believes longevity is learned, not inherited. Sit back and enjoy as we dive deep into what he calls 'The Mind-Bod...

Jun 20, 20161 hr 1 min
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