Want to live the longest, healthiest life possible, but don't know where to start? Well, my next guest is here to help. I am excited to have Dr. Doug Lucas on the Smart Nutrition Made Simple show. Dr. Doug is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with expertise in functional medicine, hormone optimization, and anti-aging. He is the founder of Optimal Human Health and Optimal Bone Health, where he helps his patients the longest, healthiest life possible through a combination of lifestyle changes, ...
Apr 11, 2023•56 min•Ep. 187
If you want to be better, get stronger, live healthier, and go from average to excellence, simplicity is the name of the game. In today’s Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I have the pleasure of chatting with Jay Ferruggia. Jay is a highly respected fitness expert, author, speaker, and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience in the health and fitness industry. He is the founder of Renegade Fitness, a world-renowned gym in New Jersey, and Renegade Strength Club, an online coaching co...
Apr 04, 2023•42 min•Ep. 186
At BSL Nutrition we believe that you should really be weighing yourself daily. Yep, I said daily. But not for the reasons you're probably thinking. On today's Smart Nutrition Made Simple podcast, I thought it would be fun to get the BSL Coaching Team together to discuss our philosophy around daily weigh-ins and why we find it to be extremely beneficial from both an accountability and awareness standpoint. Now, I want to be clear. We're not advocating weighing yourself daily to obsess over every ...
Mar 29, 2023•28 min•Ep. 185
Should you go carnivore? If you ask that question to my next guest on the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, the answer would be a resounding yes. In today's podcast, I have the pleasure of chatting with my former rugby teammate turned neurosurgeon, Anthony Chaffee, MD. Dr. Chaffee is a fierce advocate of the carnivore diet and has completely eliminated all plant-based foods from his repertoire citing them as toxic and carcinogenic. No fruits. No vegetables. No carbohydrates. No sugar. No artific...
Mar 23, 2023•53 min•Ep. 184
"I feel like a new person, like a different person than I was a year ago." In this week's episode of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I have an open and honest conversation with badass mom and business owner Whitney T. Before joining our Smart Nutrition Coaching Program, Whitney was at a breaking point. She felt like crap, was tired all the time, depressed, moody, and relied on alcohol and sweets to cope with the stressors of daily life. In this podcast, we talk about Whitney's struggles wi...
Mar 14, 2023•19 min•Ep. 183
One of the first tools that we tend to gravitate towards when we’ve committed to a weight loss program is some sort of cardiovascular exercise, like jogging, peloton, boot camp classes, and/or some sort of circuit-style training. Many of us have this perception that if our heart rates are elevated, if we’re sweating, and we’re out of breath, then we’re burning more calories and therefore, burning more fat. Unfortunately that’s simply not the case. Indeed, we may be burning more calories during t...
Mar 07, 2023•36 min•Ep. 182
In this week's episode of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I catch up with BSL Client and 12-month coaching scholarship winner Michael L. Mike is a husband and father of two young kids who holds not one, not two, but THREE jobs, including being a volunteer firefighter. In this podcast, we chat about: Mike's experience so far with the Smart Nutrition Coaching Program The incredible progress he's made both physically and mentally over the past 6 months, The challenges he's faced navigating th...
Feb 28, 2023•19 min•Ep. 181
What if I told you that those that are the most successful with their weight loss goals are neither more disciplined nor have more self-control than anyone else, rather, they are more strategic about the situations that they put themselves into that actually require discipline and self-control. Today I’m excited to welcome Menno Henselmans to The Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. Menno is a scientific researcher, international public speaker, author of The Science of Self Control, and founder of...
Feb 14, 2023•56 min•Ep. 180
I often come across clients who feel like they need to have these intricate meal plans, recipe guides, or they need to be putting together these seemingly complex dishes that are all extremely healthy. And if they’re NOT doing any of these things then they’re not going to be making progress. But that's not the case. And often times the more simplistic the better. So in today's podcast, Coach Kim and I decided to have a candid conversation about some of the simple meal-planning strategies that sh...
Feb 07, 2023•24 min•Ep. 179
Are you feeling beat down, tired, lethargic, moody, have brain fog, aching joints, low libido, and have a hard time recovering from exercise? How do we know if this is just the aging process in action or something more serious, like hormonal imbalances? In today’s episode of The Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I catch up with Gil Tal, a clinician specializing in hormones and men's sexual function. In this conversation we discuss: When it makes sense to get blood work run to assess hormonal fun...
Jan 31, 2023•51 min•Ep. 178
If you knew and believed one thing that most people didn’t, what would that be? For John Madsen, it’s that anything is possible. And the has been the beacon that has allowed him to spend his career playing to win… From never having played a down of football in high school to an NFL career, to a top 1% fitness coaching business, John has been able to disqualify the impossible from his life and inspired a lot of people to do the same in the process. In this conversation, we talk about Johns's care...
Jan 24, 2023•52 min•Ep. 177
In this interview, I catch up with BSL client Jessie Harrison. Jessie is a world and national champion pistol shooter who recently won both silver and gold medals in individual and team world championships respectively. Jessie and I catch up about her experience with the coaching program over the past year and the adjustments to her training, her nutrition, and her mindset as we laid out a plan of attack to both dominate world championships as well as look incredible for her wedding. We discuss ...
Jan 17, 2023•35 min•Ep. 176
I'm excited to share today's interview with you. In an unprecedented threepeat on the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show I present to you all-around badass online trainer and nutrition coach, none other than the "Queen of Men's Health", Ali Gilbert. In today's episode, we really break down some of the fundamental decisions that men should be thinking about when considering testosterone therapy. The lab-related numbers, the side effects, the logistics of weekly or daily therapeutic use, the limitin...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 175
In this week's Smart Nutrition Made Simple podcast I chat it up with my buddy Matt Squires who recently concluded a year of coaching with our Smart Nutrition coaching program. In this episode, Matt and I talk about his incredible weight loss journey and the mental and emotional changes he's experienced over the past year. We also discuss his decision to abstain from alcohol for all of 2022 and the profound impact that has had on both his health and his identity. As always, if you love what you h...
Jan 03, 2023•47 min•Ep. 174
Welcome to the Smart Nutrition Made Simple show. There are a lot of illnesses going around. Either we're sick, we know someone who's sick, or the kids are sick. In today's podcast, I'm going to share five tried and true, research-backed things that we do as a family to prevent being sick, decrease the severity of illness as much as possible, and support a healthy immune system. I hope you find the content in this podcast helpful for you and your family. RESOURCES: Get 15% off supplements and acc...
Dec 27, 2022•29 min•Ep. 173
Welcome to the show where we make Smart Nutrition Simple. Today we’re talking about the immune system, specifically supplements to support your immune system. There are a lot of different factors at play when we talk about our immune system and I think that it’s important to address the big needle movers. What we want to talk about and break down here is: What are the big needle movers as it pertains to our immune system? What does the immune system even mean? How do we support our immune system...
Dec 20, 2022•24 min•Ep. 172
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Nov 29, 2022•10 min•Ep. 171
Connect with Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/ry_hick/ RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share...
Nov 22, 2022•36 min•Ep. 170
In this conversation, Matt Terry and I catch up again to discuss how his nutrition practices have changed after our last discussion in April 2019 on plant-based dieting intervention and cancer. We talk about how Matt uses functional medicine testing to assess his current clients' needs, how his personal eating patterns have changed throughout the years of assessing his own needs and lifestyle, and the ways in which he’s applied his clinical studies to his clients and life to help create the best...
Nov 15, 2022•44 min•Ep. 169
Welcome to the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. I'm your host as always, Ben Brown. And in today's podcast, I talk with my friend Jasmine Daley. She's a small business owner, she's a wife, and she's a mother of 8 kids. Yes, you heard me right. 8 kids! After suffering a stroke and experiencing post-partum depression Jasmine realized she needed a change and she joined the Smart Nutrition coaching program. Prior to joining the program, Jasmine was killing herself with high-intensity interval train...
Nov 08, 2022•12 min•Ep. 168
Having spent years in the perpetual dieting roller coaster of losing and gaining the same weight, Jaylynn was ready for a change. She was tired of diet pills, aggressive 500-calorie eating, and HCG plans, and she realized that she was using food as a coping mechanism for managing stress. Now, 14 months into the Smart Nutrition Coaching Program and down over 70 lbs, Jaylynn is eating close to 2,000 calories per day, she enjoys the foods she wants, has a much healthier relationship both food and w...
Nov 01, 2022•21 min•Ep. 167
What does an Olympic wrestler know about life, nutrition, and fitness? Well, In Jake Herbert’s case, quite a lot …as you’ll hear in this awesome conversation. Jake Herbert is an Olympian, Business Coach, and self-proclaimed ninja. As a 9X US National Wrestling Champion, 3 X World medalist, wrestling, hard work, and being learning based has taken him to over 356 different countries, competing, meeting, and working with rock stars, celebrities, billionaires, and presidents. After Jake retired from...
Oct 25, 2022•39 min•Ep. 166
Have you ever been in a situation with your kids where you feel yourself losing control? What about when you say no a thousand times only to have them completely ignore you and do it anyway? My personal favorite is when I find myself yelling at my kids to stop yelling. Is it normal for us parents to feel like we don’t know what the heck we’re doing and find ourselves in a constant power struggle with our children? Today I’m excited to get some answers from Dan Peterson, a Licensed Clinical Profe...
Oct 18, 2022•53 min•Ep. 165
How do we really lose weight in a sustainable and healthy way, both physically and psychologically? In a world of weight loss ferver, we find ourselves constantly bombarded with wild nutrition claims, haphazard and overly restrictive dieting protocols, and nutritional pseudoscience lurking around every social media corner… just waiting to grab our attention at the most desperate of times. Today it’s time to drown out the noise with an evidence-based approach to eating and exercise with my friend...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Daniel is the director of education at Kabuki Strength, a strength and hypertrophy coach, and a competitive powerlifter. Connect with Daniel here: https://www.stackedstrength.com/ https://www.instagram.com/daniel_debrocke/ Connect with Ben: RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect...
Oct 04, 2022•44 min•Ep. 163
Jonah Mitchel the Founder, Co-Owner, & Head Coach of Phoenix Fitness & Nutrition. “My passion for health and fitness started when I was young and grew up witnessing my single-mother struggle with her weight & self-image. I ended up copying a lot of her same behaviors of punishing myself for never being good enough with my appearance or performance in sports, which led to years of poor self-esteem & unhealthy weight loss attempts to lose over 40 lbs before I realized that I didn't...
Sep 27, 2022•37 min•Ep. 162
How do you define success? I think it’s fair to say that each of our definitions will vary while we can probably all agree that attaining success will require similar efforts and values… Around commitment, perseverance, ownership, trust, and certainly discipline. Often when we think of success around dieting, its invariably related to visual changes, in body composition, in muscle mass, and in scale weight, and while those certainly can be valid, I’d like to challenge you to think a little bit d...
Sep 20, 2022•32 min•Ep. 161
Do you know how nutrition experts always talk about how weight loss is about more than just calories in vs calories out? Well, in this episode we dive into exactly what that means and why our behaviors around food are actually the biggest limiting factors to our success. If you don’t know who I am, my name is Ben Brown and I’m the owner of BSL Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company that helps you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy… Today I’m catching up with my...
Sep 13, 2022•45 min•Ep. 160
What if I told you that there were no rules when it comes to weight loss? How would it make you feel if you knew you could eat literally anything you want and still make progress? And what if I said the problem isn’t the food, it’s the way that we’re thinking about the food? You’d probably say I was full of it… If you don’t know who I am, my name is Ben Brown and I’m the owner of BSL Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company that helps you change your belief system around what it means to ...
Sep 06, 2022•50 min•Ep. 159
It’s back to reality for many of us parents… And thank goodness for that! As much as we enjoy the ability to spend time with kids, travel, and eat and drink galore… The lack of consistency and structure can get old, real quick. I think I’ve had alcohol and ice cream every single day over the past month. And as much as I’ve enjoyed summer and had the opportunity to relax mentally, physically, and dietarily, I just don’t feel very good. Literally, I feel like crap… I’m putting on body fat, my slee...
Aug 30, 2022•27 min•Ep. 158
