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This week we’re breaking down the vegan diet. Is it good for health? Weight loss? Is it better for the environment? We dig into all this and more.

We just couldn’t decide what to do with our Halloween-themed show this week. We thought about how Halloween is a time to give yourself a break and indulge in the holiday, what trick or treating might look like with Covid-19 and even how you can use the mentality of Halloween to springboard yourself into a new way of living.

We thoughts they were all great topics. So we decided to talk about all three!

It is a holiday of indulgence, after all. (But I mean aren’t they all these days, am I right?)

Climate change and the devastating impact we’re having on the environment is real. We can often be left wondering what we as individuals can do to help change the course of this train we’re on.

As it happens, there’s a lot we can do. There’s even a lot you can do just through your diet alone.

In this week’s podcast, we talk about 3 small changes you can make to your diet to help create a better world for ourselves and our children in the future.

Plus a fun bonus idea to help you make use of your own garden to nourish your family and the planet.

Disordered eating is a lot more common than you might think and yes, it happens to men, too.

1 in 4 people suffering with disordered eating are thought to be male and both me, your host, Shaun Herr, and this week’s guest, Steve Opalenik have struggled with it in the past.

As men, we’re often taught that eating disorders, like emotions, are for women and girls. They deal with that stuff, we don’t.

Neither of those things are true.

Many eating disorders begin with suppressed emotions. So it’s no surprise that being taught as a man to suppress emotions, we’d develop eating disorders, too.

We’re also often told that reaching out and asking for help is a sign of weakness, and so we struggle on alone.

That also couldn’t be more wrong.

If you want to be big and strong that’s great. That means putting in hard work and working through difficulty, right? Well, allowing yourself to feel emotions, honour them and work to understand them is possibly one of the hardest things to do.

I’d argue opening up and asking for help, being willing to be vulnerable is one of the most manly things you can do in that sense.

This episode came about because I’d actually been planning to talk about this for an episode in a few week’s time. Then, last week, Freddie Flintoff released a documentary on the BBC opening up and talking about how he’s been Living With Bulimia for the past 20 years.

Me and Steve already had time scheduled in for a podcast interview for this Monday. But then I remembered that Steve has also struggled with binge eating in the past. The stars seemed to align and talking about both our experiences seemed like the right thing to do for this week’s show.

We dig into a lot of stuff with this and I even had some realisations about my own history of binge and secret eating as we were talking.

We talk about:

• Freddie Flintoff and Living With Bulimia
• How Steve fell into binge eating when he was younger
• How I fell into binge eating and secret eating as a personal trainer
• The hidden disordered eating of the fitness industry
• How we both started to overcome our disordered eating habits
• How all of our emotions impact the way we eat
• The things we both still think about with food that help us stay on track
• How food companies make a profit by making you overeat
• One of our favourite tools to help people identify issues in their relationship with food
  

And lots more.

We hope this week’s show helps somebody out there in some way, and if you have any questions you can reach either of us with the email links below:

In this week’s podcast we learn the secret to the world’s best exercise & workout routine.

We all wish we knew it. Every time we start again we just want to know:

“What’s the one thing I need to do to get me these results?”

Isn’t it?

Well, wonder no more. You’re about to find out exactly what it is you need to do. Tune in to find out.

But what’s your world’s best workout?

This week we’ve got a very special guest on the show; because Nutri-iQ founder Jim Gale is interviewing his dad.

Last month, Jim’s dad celebrated 30 years sober. As you can imagine, this is a very personal interview between Jim and his dad and we’re honoured that he agreed to open up and tell his story of sobriety on the show.

During the interview they talked about:

• The deeper reasons for abusing alcohol
  
• The signs and justifications of an alcoholic
  
• And first steps to acknowledgement and recovery
  

If you’ve been affected by any of the topics discussed in this interview take a look at the links below that might be able to help.

Now we’d love to hear about your stories and your experiences. Have you gone sober? Maybe for life or maybe for the odd month like Dry January or Sober October? Or maybe you’ve simply cut back on alcohol and noticed a positive difference.

This week on Nutri-iQ Radio we’re learning why you might have gained weight even though you’ve been doing everything right.

We’ve all been there, right? It’s frustrating. You’ve dedicated yourself to shedding a few pounds so you get your diet on track, get back to working out, progress is steady then one day you step on the scales and feel like you’ve been slapped in the face.

It’s gone up! But why?!

Don’t panic. You almost certainly haven’t gained weight if you’ve been sticking to your plan. This week’s podcast explains why that is with 7 reasons why your weight might have gone up even though you’ve been doing everything right.

Plus: two solutions for handling unexpected weight gain.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast. We’d love to hear from you.

This week on Nutri-iQ Radio we’ve got another we’re learning all about Weight Watchers with another diet breakdown. We’re going to learn how Weight Watchers works, how it gets results, how it’s changed over the years and how just like every other diet it all just boils down to calorie balance.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast. Share your thoughts on the differences between weight loss and health or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

This week on Nutri-iQ Radio we’re learning about the difference between weight loss and health. We tend to talk about them together as the same thing, but that’s not necessarily the case.

Sometimes, weight loss can be unhealthy. Or it can be done in healthier ways than others. Listen in to hear Shaun’s easy way to distinguish the subtle differences. As ever, the more you learn and understand about nutrition, fitness and mental wellbeing, the more empowered you are to make positive changes to your life and reap the benefits.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast. Share your thoughts on the differences between weight loss and health or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

The Obesity Strategy is the UK Government’s latest campaign to try and tackle the obesity crisis. Will it work? Is it too aggressive or not enough? Find out in this week’s podcast with Shaun and Nutri-iQ Founder Jim.

This podcast covers a whole host of areas including:

• The Better Health campaign and app
  
• Representation in advertising
  
• How targeting food promotions could negatively affect poorer families
  
• Calories on restaurant menus
  
• How Boris has missed a massive trick with the Eat Out To Help Out campaign that blew Shaun’s mind
  

And please, if you haven’t already, go ahead and sign every one of the petitions below trying to save British Food Standards post-Brexit. None of us in the UK want to eat chlorinated chicken and hormone-filled beef like they do in the US. Please do what you can to help. Sign the petitions in the Links section below.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your thoughts on the Obesity Strategy and the Better Health Campaign or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

Keto is the biggest diet trend going right now, but what’s it all about? Does it live up to the hype or is it just another fad?

Find out in this week’s episode where your host, Shaun Herr, breaks down the ketogenic diet to help you understand what’s really going on. How it started, how it became so popular and how it actually gets results. Plus, why it sometimes doesn’t.

We can almost guarantee you’ll be surprised by quite a few little details in this week’s episode so tune in to learn more about keto, clear the confusion, and upgrade your Nutri-iQ.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your latest little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

Overcoming the labels given to us as kids is key to fulfilling our greatest potential as adult. Learn how our guest did just that in this week’s brilliant interview.

Also learn how to tame your technology to be more productive, build better relationships and maybe even find your superpower.

Plus in the news this week we talk about the Better Health campaign, upcoming improvements for active transport and the opinions of fools.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

Motivation. It’s never there when we feel like we need it, and it seems impossible to just “get” it.

This week we’re learning what it actually is, why we don’t really need it, and how to get results without it.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

Calorie counting is often thought of as the holy grail of weight loss approaches. It’s the most direct approach, there’s no fluff, but it’s not without its drawbacks.

In this week’s episode, we’re breaking down calorie counting. How it works, why it works, and why it’s not always as accurate as we might like to think.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

Getting results is simple. But sometimes we’re left feeling like we're doing all the right things and getting nowhere. When this happens, there’s just one thing missing. This week we’re going to learn what that one thing is.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

This week we’ve got an interview with the awesome Allan Reid. If you listened to our last show where Shaun interviewed Zee; Shaun and Allan met at the same place - a summer camp out in the states.

They talk about loads of good stuff and Allan is so passionate and energetic you can’t not get hyped listening to him talk.

During the conversation conversation they talk about why it’s so important to get kids active, how you can stay active as we come out of lockdown (and just generally as an adult), and why it’s so important to keep that up as we get older, too.

Plus, why FUN and PLAY are the biggest factors in getting active for life.

We recorded this a few weeks ago while we were still right in the middle of lockdown so when we talk about that stuff don’t worry, you haven’t missed out on a recent news update or anything.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently. We’d love to hear from you.

This week we’re talking with Zirak Pajnigar: Head of Fitness at Camp Echo in the USA and man who found himself competing at the international level for kickboxing after just 3 years of starting.

In this week’s episode we’re focusing on the "feeling good” side of things and how, really, we have no idea how to make that happen. We tend to shy away from opportunities for fear they might go wrong, and therefore making ourselves feel “good” by avoiding embarrassment. But, as we learn from Shaun & Zirak in this episode, that couldn’t be more wrong.

We tend to shy away from things because we don’t know what might happen. But that’s exactly why we should jump in head first.

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Launch News:

Unfortunately our launch this Monday didn’t go ahead as planned. We ran into some last-minute technical difficulties and decided it was best to delay the launch until Monday (8th).

We’re going to make the most of the extra time this week to make the Nutri-iQ App even better for you all to download on the 8th and don’t worry, you can still enter our competition to win 6 months free on the all-new SMART Plan+ with our 7-day launch competition starting June 8th.

This week’s podcast is a little different than our usual format. Every so often we’re going to be putting out shorter podcasts where either Shaun or Jim will take a deep dive into certain topics that come up on the shows but we want to do into a bit more detail with.

So, this week Shaun’s talking you through the Progress Process - the one, single principle that guarantees success, every single time. As long as you stick to following it.

Sound too good to be true? It’s not. It’s just how progress works!

Remember you can enter our competition to win 6 months free on the Nutri-iQ SMART Plan with our 7-day launch competition starting June 1st.

It’s Mental Health Awareness week so we thought it would be a great idea to have a guest on the show who specialises in mental health and wellbeing.

This week Shaun is talking with Dan Edwards, a personal trainer from the midlands who focuses on building both the physical and mental strength of his clients. Dan also runs a wellbeing company with his Dad, Me Myself and Mind.

Dan tells us  about a time he really struggled with his own mental health, how he got through it and some of the tools he uses with clients to help them manage their own minds.

Plus, you can find out how to win 6 months free on the Nutri-iQ SMART Plan with our 7-day launch competition starting June 1st.

And of course, if you want to donate to our fundraiser for NHS Charities together, click the link below:

Adele’s incredible weight loss has had the media rife with excitement this week with a lot of talk and speculation around how she’s managed to achieve it.

We realised during the podcast that we don’t actually know if it’s confirmed that Adele followed the Sirtfood Diet or not. But either way, it’s a hot topic on everybody’s lips.

In today’s main segment we’re going to be breaking down the Sirtfood Diet. What it is, how it’s claimed to work, and how it actually works. This will be the first of many Diet Breakdowns because we want to help pull back the curtain on the smoke and mirrors of many popular diets so that you can understand - in simple terms - what’s really going on. Clearing the confusion so you can decide how to get your results, your way.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently like Mike did. We’d love to hear from you.

This week on Nutri-iQ Radio we ask whether it’s a good idea to add chia seeds to your water, whether you should always hit your target calories or if it’s okay to be under and we find out how one man lost 2 stone by drinking Pepsi Max.

In our main segment this week Shaun is interviewing Liam Cowley; a personal trainer with huge knowledge on nutrition and training, and who's brilliant at finding simple, small steps to help his clients get major results.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions at all from today’s podcast, share your little (or big) wins with us or just drop us a question on something you’ve been a bit confused about recently like Mike did. We’d love to hear from you.

Welcome to the first ever episode of Nutri-iQ Radio where we talk about all things food, fitness and feeling good to help you learn how to clear the confusion and get your results, your way.

In this episode we talk a little bit about what Nutri-iQ is, the exciting news we’ve got of things coming up and your hosts Shaun and Jim recommend a few things for you to check out this week to help make your lockdown that little bit better.

Aside from that, in our main segment of the show this week we’re discussing the recent BBC2 show “The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories”. We talk about the science and psychology of the premise behind the show, whether we agree with the PACE labelling system, where we think the show did some things really well and where some things were arguably pretty bad.

Let us know what you thought of “The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories” and what you thought of our first ever podcast! We’d love to hear from you.