Spud Fit Podcast

Geoffrey Ahern is a mental health worker who is empowering people, especially men, to be open and talk about our mental health. This was an extremely powerful conversation that I'm proud to have been trusted with. I only hope I did it justice. Check it out on my website

Ocean Robbins is a powerful man on a mission to shake up the way we view food and it’s role in our lives. As a prolific creator, speaker, writer and movement leader, Ocean has already played a major role in influencing hundreds of thousands of lives through his yearly Food Revolution Summit. Now he’s taking it to a new level with the release of his book ’31 Day Food Revolution - Heal Your Body, Feel Great and Transform Your World’. I was lucky to be able to read an advanced copy of this book and was inspired by Ocean’s boundless positivity and optimism. He sees raw power and the potential for greatness in people and he believes with all his heart that we can rise above the current malaise to create a future to be proud of. It was a real pleasure to chat with Ocean, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Go here to learn more https://spudfit.com/oceanrobbins

How Lifestyle Affects Alzheimers Disease With Dean And Ayesha Sherzai by Andrew Taylor

Joey Carbstrong (aka Joe Armstrong) has been making huge waves in the mainstream media lately as his activism is gaining traction. Joey is passionate, articulate and relentlessly logical in his pursuit of peace for all beings of this earth. He stands with resolute stoicism in the face of aggressive attacks on his character from both the media and the industries he stands against. Joe Carbstrong absorbs the pressure and keeps moving forward in spreading his message of peace. He's unstoppable, but he wasn't always this way.

Dr's Heleen and Alphonse Roex join me to discuss how to become confident, competent and very caring doctors and how a whole food plant based diet can change your health and you life.

I’ve been following Emma on her website over the past few years and its my pleasure to meet her and have a good chat about her Whole Foods, Plant Based lifestyle. We cover the solutions to some of the most common obstacles that people face when choosing to WFPB   Emma is a well travelled step mum and family woman who runs website PlantPlate.com which specialises in teaching people how to eat healthily and affordably. Her website provides easy and affordable recipes ideas that are nutrient rich and can support anyone on their journey to health.  I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Read more here - http://bit.ly/emmaroche

When I first told Mandy of my plans for The Spud Fit Challenge she was very supportive, with one condition. I would have to get medical supervision through out the year, just to be on the safe side. In some ways I'm a typical bloke so of course I had no plans to consult a doctor but as we all know, happy wife = happy life! I though that eating spuds only for an entire might be too far outside the mainstream for most doctors so I decided to look up a plant based doctor who might at least be familiar with the work of Dr John McDougall. I knew of Dr Malcolm Mackay because in my research I had read through the website he created with his wife Jenny Cameron. I really liked what I'd read so it was an easy decision that he should be the bloke to help me through. Little did either of us know just how big this would become! Read more here: http://bit.ly/MalcolmMackaySpudFit

A few months ago a rather hard core dude called Matt Girls came across my radar somehow and we chatted a little via emails. Perhaps there was something about my "extreme" Spud Fit Challenge that interested him, after all he is a pretty extreme dude himself! He told me he was coming to Melbourne to do this ridiculous race called the Down Under 135 - 135miles (217kms) of continuous running through the Lerderderg Gorge with around 9000m of elevation gain and decent. I told my wife he was coming and asked if she thought it would be too forward of me to ask if I could crew for him. I hardly knew him after all and had only ever talked to him via messages, surely I should get to know him a little better before I ask to tag along on one of his crazy challenges?! Mandy encouraged me to ask and see what happens. When I got home I opened up my computer to message him and found that he'd already written to me... to ask me to crew for him! A few days later we met in a small, gravel car park at the edge of Bacchus Marsh, around half an hour before the start of the race. Check it out on my website for full show notes - http://www.spudfit.com/single-post/2017/05/03/Matt-Grils-lives-outside-the-comfort-zone

Early last year I made a youtube video called my argument against moderation. I received a lot of great feedback from this video, including a number of people recommending I read The Pleasure Trap by Doug Lisle and Alan Goldhammer. Of course I turned straight to chapter 14 and started reading about The Myths of Moderation and this is still my favourite chapter I've ever read. It really helped me to know that some genuine experts in diet and psychology were also thinking along similar lines to me and that perhaps I wasn't just some crazy nut job after all! For full show notes check out this link -http://www.spudfit.com/single-post/2017/04/21/Doug-Lisle-self-esteem-success-and-evolutionary-psychology

While in Santa Rosa I was lucky enough to be able to visit True North Health Centre a couple of times. When I walked in the doors I felt instantly at home. It was such a nice feeling to be surrounded by people who were dedicating themselves to good health and wellbeing, a really positive, loving and caring environment. The founder of True North, Dr Alan Goldhammer was very kind to take some time out of his day to sit down with me for this conversation. For full show notes go to http://www.spudfit.com/single-post/2017/04/13/Alan-Goldhammer-Water-fasting-diet-and-wholistic-health

Check my website for full show notes. www.spudfit.com

Kevin's laboratory investigates how metabolism and the brain adapt in response to a variety of interventions to diet and physical actvity. They perform experiments in both humans and rodents to better understand the complex mechanisms regulating macronutrient metabolism, body composition, and energy expenditure. A unique aspect of their laboratory involves the development of mathematical models to quantitatively describe, explain, integrate, and predict their experimental results. For full show notes got to www.spudfit.com

Irminne van Dyken is one of a rare breed in this world, she's actively trying to put herself out of business. It's so refreshing to me to hear from a surgeon who does not promote surgery as the best option in most cases.  I've had the great privilege to hear her speak a couple of times now at different events and get to know her and her husband Russell too. As a result I thought I knew mostly how this conversation was going to go before we started, turns out I was very pleasantly surprised! Irminne is a wealth of information on all things health and wellbeing. We talked about their journey to the plant based lifestyle and how this has affected her practice as a surgeon, we talked about how to avoid the surgeon's knife as well as one of my favourite topics, how to cultivate a healthy microbiome.  This conversation was refreshing and enlightening for me, I hope you enjoy it too! www.spudfit.com

Rich Roll is a plant based ultra endurance athlete and host of the super successful Rich Roll Podcast. Rich has battled his own demons with addiction and not only lived to tell the tale but also inspire countless others to take back control of their lives.  Rich has been a big influence on me for quite a while now. As a long time fan of The Rich Roll Podcast it was quite an honour to be invited to join him as a guest on his show last year. It was an experience I enjoyed so much that I wanted to do it more often which resulted in me starting my own podcast. Go to www.spudfit.com to learn more and read the show notes.

I first came across Anna Weatherlake at World Vegan day in Melbourne last year, where we were both speakers. I've never had any interest at all in fashion, beauty, make up etc. until I heard her speak about them. I only heard 10 minutes of her talk before my boy Teddy dragged me away, but I knew I wanted to hear more of what she had to say. Check the blog for more info and show notes - http://www.spudfit.com/single-post/2017/03/03/Anna-Weatherlake-Beauty-fashion-wellness-and-life-with-less-harm