Mikkipedia

The evolution of ageing with Prof. Michael R. Rose

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 Professor Michael R Rose.  Dr. Rose is an evolutionary biologist whose work on aging has transformed the field. They discuss his entry into evolutionary biology, how his mentors encouraged his studies that eventually led to his revolutionary work in aging. They discuss how we are protected during our younger years from...

Mini Mikkipedia - mitigating weight gain in the endurance athlete

Dr Cliff Harvey discusses the value of Functional Testing

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 fan favourite, Cliff, on functional testing. We discuss a range of different tests that are available via user pays, and Cliff gives his perspective on what is worth spending money on and what isn’t.  Cliff Harvey, PhD, is New Zealand’s expert on the effects of a ketogenic diet in a healthy population, but so much more...

Mini Mikkipedia - GERD (gastro-espohageal reflux disease)

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...

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 mo...

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...

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 conditio...

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 P...

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 h...

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 p...

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 physic...

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/so...

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 wel...

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 ...

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 abl...

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...

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 th...

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 ...

Mini Mikkipedia - explaining your body fat setpoint

Exogenous ketones for sleep, cognition and recovery - Chiel Poffé

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Chiel Poffé about his research in exogenous ketones Chiel is one of the lead researchers that has investigated ketone esters and their role in both sleep and recovery for endurance athletes. Mikki and Chiel discuss ketones as the fourth macronutrient, what their role is in the body, and what application they have for the athlete. Chiel’s research was one of the first to look at exogenous ketones for recovery (and subsequently products such ...

Mini Mikkipedia - boost your own immunity

Busting nutrition myths with Zoe Harcombe PhD

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to renowned nutritionist, Zoe Harcombe, PhD about navigating nutrition advice when up against the dietary guidelines. They chat about how Zoe got into nutrition after beginning her career in the corporate world, and taking on a PhD when she realised how far removed the dietary guidelines were from actual evidence base that were supposed to inform them. This had lead to Zoe’s role now as a science communicator, helping people understand the click...

Mini Mikkipedia - Calories count, how not to count your calories and lose weight

Metabolic adaptations in weightloss with Dr Catia Martins

This week on the podcast I speak to Dr Catia Martins about metabolic adaptation and weight loss. Catia has spent her research career answering questions around why some people experience a greater reduction in basal metabolic rate (BMR) than others when they lose weight, and how this impacts on overall weight loss success and the timing of that success. She has also studied the effects of the ketogenic diet on weight loss and how ketosis may impact this relationship. This is such a ...

Mini Mikkipedia - managing your sleep

Getting back to basics with Michelle Matangi

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Michelle Matangi about getting back to basics when it comes to self care and why Michelle recently had to employ these herself through a difficult time in her life, and where she is at with her journey. They discuss strategies to help move beyond some common mind blocks when it comes to dieting, and how understanding the nervous system response was a game changer for Michelle in being able to get back to doing the things that make her feel go...

Mini Mikkipedia- Scarcity vs abundance mindset

LCHF diets for Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease - Dr Amy Goss

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Amy Goss, assistant professor and researcher about nutritional intervention for fatty liver disease - specifically, a low carbohydrate approach. Mikki and Dr Goss talk about what is NAFLD, how it develops and the problem with fatty liver disease in a paediatric population. They discuss Dr Goss’ research that shows a low carbohydrate intervention effectively reduces fatty liver disease in both children and adults, and the importance of diet...

Mini Mikkipedia - The benefits and effects of creatine

Exploring the mechanisms and effects of Curranz - Dr Sam Shepherd

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Sam Shepherd, Senior Lecturer in exercise and sports nutrition at Liverpool John Moores University, all about uncovering the mechanisms behind the Curranz supplement. Sam is a lead researcher in that field and, while Mikki has spoken a couple of times to Fleur Cushman, who is director of Health Currency, the company behind the Curranz supplement, Mikki wanted to talk to those who are in the lab and analysing the data.  Sam and Mikki speak...

Mini Mikkipedia - weight loss, managing expectations

Agriculture and it's effect on greenhouse gas emissions - Prof Frank Mitloehner

This week on the podcast I speak to Dr Frank Mitolenher about the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector on the global climate change challenge. We talk about how the perception of the agricultural sector has changed over time in his career in light of climate change. We talk about the impact of a methane tax on NZ farmers, and other solutions internationally used to help reduce methane emissions. We talk about the things that move the needle on climate chan...

Is that diet soda bad for me?

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The role of satiety in weight loss - Dr Ted Naiman

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Ted Neiman, science communicator and whole food diet expert, all about protein and satiety. They talk about how Ted became interested in nutrition (from a vegetarian background) and how his patients opened his eyes to the various ways which with we could use diet to arrive at optimal health outcomes. They discuss how Ted’s approach has evolved from protein:energy ratio to encompass much more around satiety related to other factors (fibre, ...

Diet breaks - How, when and why.