Nutrition podcasts?

Andy!!

Anyone know of any good nutrition podcasts? I work a 9-5 (roughly :P) and so don't have a lot of free time for reading, so if I could learn while on the luas/ instead of listening to music at work I'd prefer that. I'm looking to properly learn about all facets of food, what roles things like sugar, carbohydrates etc have on the body, what they even are, even etc, I really have no understanding. No point in just picking a diet and trying to go with it, because I'd say I'd just end up stopping if I didn't understand what was happening with it.

Thanks in Advance.

Andy!!

Also, I've been wondering, I know its probably a stupid question, but is there any nutrition or benefits to eating rice cakes? I'm terrible for munching away at work all day, and need to replace what I currently munch on with something else. Is the point of eating rice cakes purely to fill you up, pretty much like eating cardboard? :P I bought one of those savoury nut mixes and sunflower seeds to replace the chocolate for now, but they ain't cheap, and variety is the spice of life :pac:

Red Cortina

Chris Kresser from the Healthy Sceptic does some podcasts: http://thehealthyskeptic.org/category/podcasts

As does Robb Wolf of the Paleo Solution: http://robbwolf.com/category/podcasts/

Robb Wolf is obviously a big proponent of the Paleo diet but Chris Kresser doesn't really associate himself with Paleo so much.

Regarding the rice cakes vs nuts/seeds vs other snacks, I guess the way I would look at it is that it is probably better to eat rice cakes than to tuck into a mars bar or something. But nutrition wise they don't have a whole lot going for them. Just look at the nutrition data for them: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/snacks/7550/2

It is thought that it is better to limit the omega 6 fatty acids in your diet. Those nuts and seeds that you are contemplating eating are going to be a source of omega 6 fatty acids.

I guess you could try and have some celery or carrot sticks instead of the nuts/seeds or rice cakes some days but I am skeptical that there is a massive amount of vitamins/minerals/other healthy compounds to be gained from eating them.

Transform

Red Cortina wrote: »

Chris Kresser from the Healthy Sceptic does some podcasts: http://thehealthyskeptic.org/category/podcasts

As does Robb Wolf of the Paleo Solution: http://robbwolf.com/category/podcasts/

Robb Wolf is obviously a big proponent of the Paleo diet but Chris Kresser doesn't really associate himself with Paleo so much.

Regarding the rice cakes vs nuts/seeds vs other snacks, I guess the way I would look at it is that it is probably better to eat rice cakes than to tuck into a mars bar or something. But nutrition wise they don't have a whole lot going for them. Just look at the nutrition data for them: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/snacks/7550/2

It is thought that it is better to limit the omega 6 fatty acids in your diet. Those nuts and seeds that you are contemplating eating are going to be a source of omega 6 fatty acids.

I guess you could try and have some celery or carrot sticks instead of the nuts/seeds or rice cakes some days but I am skeptical that there is a massive amount of vitamins/minerals/other healthy compounds to be gained from eating them.

i would add leigh peele in there for a more feminine perspective on it all.

Doolee

On a more casual note, theres the Tom Dunne show podcasts on Newtalk. He has an amazing nutritionist called Susan Jane Murray on every monday around noon (which I miss) but they put the pod casts up a few days later.

You'll find her clips near the end of the list under Nutrition on Tom Dunne, and they list out the subjects shes covered on each clip.

teacosy

Doolee wrote: »

On a more casual note, theres the Tom Dunne show podcasts on Newtalk. He has an amazing nutritionist called Susan Jane Murray on every monday around noon (which I miss) but they put the pod casts up a few days later.

You'll find her clips near the end of the list under Nutrition on Tom Dunne, and they list out the subjects shes covered on each clip.

Does she have any type of nutrition related qualification?

Transform

yes she does and she is ok but the mentioned podcasts are wayy better.

boomtown84

here's an interview with a guy who knows his stuff.

http://robertsontrainingsystems.com/blog/Ep-09-In-the-Trenches-with-Alan-Aragon/

Transform

i like arron but his site is a paid site where as the others are free.

Dr John Briffa in the uk is worth looking at also

boomtown84

haven't heard of him...i'll check it out, cheers

Doolee

teacosy wrote: »

Does she have any type of nutrition related qualification?

Yep, and she is actually running a 3 hour class on April 30th in Donnybrook fair cookery school; called something like sinful but healthy or something. I booked my place today!

Andy!!

Great thanks for the replies, will definitely check those out

Starting to eat healthier, I'm not trying to lose much weight at all, I'm pretty slim, bit of a tire forming round the waist, keen to get rid of that. Mostly I'd just like to put less rubbish into my body, be mindful of what I'm putting in and what I'm getting out of it, not a diet per say, more of a responsible way of living. Glad I'm not dieting really, I would be very upset if I had to stop eating pasta, which I really enjoy. I eat sushi
at least once a week, I would it eat it every day for breakfast lunch and dinner if I could.

Its going well so far, I am finding myself eating all the time at work though hah, cant seem to get full from porridge (made with water) in the morning. Beside me I've got nuts, (dunno why they werent reccomended so much by the previous poster, surely the fat in them is the far less harmless monounsatures? They are cashews) rice cakes for filler and frozen berries from Lidl (I read a banana has like 26gs of sugar per cup compared to blueberries at the like, which have about 8?) Maybe its because they replacing crisps and chocolate, which I wouldnt have nibbled on all day but would have filled me up.

Going to join the a gym in the next day or two (the Marciewitz leisure centre most likely, cheap, can anyone reccomend it? I live in Dundrum, gym is far from there, but not so far from work, 20 mins walk maybe) and will make sure I eat something substantial like pasta prior to that so I don't keel over :P Going to the gym will be the hard part of this, because I am spectacularly unhealthy. Chicken breasts in the fridge, gonna lash them on to the george foreman tonight. Steamed salmon in that rice cooker/steamer lidl had about a week ago, delicious, will be doing that again.

Andy!!

HOLY! O_O

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