Nourish Balance Thrive

About Nourish Balance Thrive

The Nourish Balance Thrive podcast is designed to help you perform better. Christopher Kelly, your host, is a co-founder at Nourish Balance Thrive, an online clinic using advanced biochemical testing to help athletes overcome chronic health complaints and improve performance. On the podcast, Chris interviews leading minds in medicine, nutrition and health, as well as world-class athletes and members of the NBT team, to give you up-to-date information on the lifestyle changes and personalized techniques being used to make people go faster – from weekend warriors to Olympians and world champions.

Publisher

Christopher Kelly

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 May 2014

Latest episode

13 Aug 2024

Latest episodes

3 of 402 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Aug 2024

   Empowering Women Through Fertility Awareness

   Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, BA, FAE, is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who trains other practitioners to use the menstrual cycle as a vital sign in their practices. She is the founder of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship (https://fertilityfriday.com/FAMMLIVE)™ program and the author of three bestselling books: The Fifth Vital Sign (http://thefifthvitalsignbook.com/), the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook, and her most recent book Real Food For Fertility (co-authored with Lily Nichols, RDN). Lisa has been teaching fertility awareness for over 20 years. She has empowered thousands of women worldwide to take control of their fifth vital sign through her podcast, books, online courses, and group coaching programs. On this podcast, Lisa talks with Julie Kelly about the value of using fertility awareness techniques for family planning, predicting a woman’s cycle, and avoiding the downsides of traditional birth control. She explains why a woman’s cycle is a fifth vital sign, always relaying essential health information when you pay attention. She also discusses her goal of changing the conversation around birth control for today’s young women and the resources she offers to do this. Here’s the outline of this interview with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack: [00:00:14] Book: Real Food for Fertility: Prepare your body for pregnancy with preconception nutrition and fertility awareness, by Lily Nichols and Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. [00:00:17] Podcast: How to Optimise Diet and Lifestyle for Fertility, with Lily Nichols. [00:01:10] Interest in fertility awareness. [00:07:23] Correcting health issues with birth control pills. [00:07:59] Book: The Fertility Doctor, by Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner. [00:16:04] Copper IUD. [00:21:25] Hormonal IUDs. [00:23:09] Nutritional demands of pregnancy. [00:25:50] The Fertility Awareness Method of Family Planning. [00:30:37] Cultural expectations around maternal age. [00:42:00] Predicting your cycle. [00:44:24] Changing the conversation for young women. [00:47:30] Book: The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility, by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. [00:51:50] Podcast: Fertility Friday. [00:52:08] Website: fertilityfriday.com. [00:52:22] How to interpret virtually any chart your client throws at you.

2. 

   25 Jul 2024

   Entrepreneurial Insights with Jeremy Hendon

   I'm thrilled to have my good friend and mentor, Jeremy Hendon, join me again on the podcast. Jeremy is an esteemed international speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur with a track record of founding, scaling, and selling multiple thriving companies. Our collaboration on the Keto Summit in 2016 was a testament to his exceptional skill in business and marketing, especially within the realm of health and wellness. Jeremy joins me today to share his transformative journey from big-law attorney to entrepreneur, highlighting pivotal decisions made along the way. He reveals his process behind generating business ideas, having started out with the establishment of Louise's Foods, focusing on low-carb products. Later, he created a supplement line and, more recently, a marketing agency. Jeremy now shares his wealth of business knowledge through engaging short-form videos on various social media platforms. Here’s the outline of this interview with Jeremy Hendon: [00:00:27] Jeremy's professional background. [00:07:07] Becoming an entrepreneur. [00:08:51] Generating business ideas. [00:10:20] Louise's Foods; Creating low-carb products and affiliate websites. [00:12:02] Mira and Jayson Calton (https://caltonnutrition.com/meet-the-caltons/). [00:19:20] The importance of meeting successful people. [00:20:40] David Sinick. [00:22:39] Starting a magazine. [00:26:27] John Carmack. [00:27:11] Book: Trust Me I'm Lying, by Ryan Holiday. [00:27:17] Book: Masters of Doom, by David Kushner. [00:27:35] CoBionic Supplements; CoBionic Indulgence. [00:36:54] Copywriting. [00:38:41] Business and marketing trends. [00:40:35] Jumping from one business to another. [00:44:29] Jeremy's short-form videos. [00:44:47] Video: What is the best measure for success? [00:51:33] Gary Vaynerchuk (https://garyvaynerchuk.com/). [00:53:08] Dirty Texas Hedge on Twitter/X. [00:55:37] Find Jeremy on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@jeremymhendon). Instagram.

3. 

   9 May 2024

   How to Optimise Diet and Lifestyle for Fertility

   Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author dedicated to evidence-based nutrition. With a deep respect for current scientific findings and ancestral wisdom, Lily's clinical proficiency and extensive experience in prenatal nutrition have established her as a renowned consultant and speaker. Her groundbreaking work in gestational diabetes has positively impacted tens of thousands of women and has significantly shaped international nutrition policies. Today, Lily joins us to discuss her latest book, Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. This comprehensive, heavily cited, practical guide explains how to optimise nutrition for preconception, providing invaluable insights for couples looking to enhance fertility, pregnancy, and beyond. Lily discusses some of the causes of infertility, nutritional considerations for conception, and the effects of alcohol and caffeine on fertility and pregnancy. Additionally, she highlights the significance of meal size and timing and the detrimental effects of environmental toxins when trying to conceive. Here’s the outline of this interview with Lilly Nichols: [00:00:23] Book: Real Food for Fertility: Prepare your body for pregnancy with preconception nutrition and fertility awareness by Lily Nichols and Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. [00:00:29] Book: Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, by Lily Nichols. [00:00:38] Book: Real Food for Pregnancy, by Lily Nichols. [00:00:47] Becoming interested in writing about fertility. [00:04:54] More than just nutrition. [00:10:20] Infertility is a societal problem. [00:11:46] Male vs female infertility factors. [00:18:54] Evolutionary mismatch and causes of infertility; Study: Fathalla, Mahmoud F. "Impact of reproductive evolutionary mismatch on women's health and the need for action and research." International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 144.2 (2019): 129-134. [00:21:58] Nutrition for fertility. [00:25:42] Protein targets. [00:27:01] Fish: nutrition vs contaminants. [00:30:33] Micronutrients for fertility. [00:31:40] Antioxidant intake. [00:33:29] Tracking macro/micronutrients; Cronometer (https://cronometer.com/). [00:36:19] Vegetarian and vegan diets. [00:39:57] Book: Sacred Cow, by Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf; Podcast: Kale vs Cow: The Case for Better Meat. [00:43:01] Alcohol and caffeine. [00:49:12] Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). [00:49:17] Ben Bikman; Podcast: Ketones, Insulin and the Physiology of Fat Cells. [00:50:57] Blood sugar balance. [00:51:56] Nutritional interventions for PCOS. [00:53:30] Meal size and timing for PCOS; Study: Jakubowicz, Daniela, et al. "Effects of caloric intake timing on insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism in lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome." Clinical Science 125.9 (2013): 423-432. [00:54:45] Hormone-disrupting chemicals and eliminating environmental toxins. [00:55:54] Podcast with Jodi Flaws: Environmental Pollutants and the Gut Microbiome. [00:57:42] Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA). [01:01:08] Herman Pontzer podcast: How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy. [01:02:16] Protein requirements for postpartum women; Study: Rasmussen, Betina, et al. "Protein requirements of healthy lactating women are higher than the current recommendations." Current Developments in Nutrition 4 (2020): nzaa049_046. [01:02:59] Lily's website (https://lilynicholsrdn.com/). [01:03:08] Real Food for Fertility website (read the first chapter and get the reference list). [01:03:23] @lilynicholsrdn on social media. [01:03:44] Institute for Prenatal Nutrition Mentorship Program.

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Gutsy Decisions - Addressing Athlete Fatigue, Insomnia, and More

Published 17 May 2020 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Most people are eating from seven o'clock in the morning all the way through to seven o'clock at night. And as you know, Simon, willpower tends to become depleted later in the day. And so that's when the Haagen-Dazs ice cream comes out. That's when all the wine comes out. […]

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