89 episodes

A science-based, humor laced approach to health and fitness. With the help of top researchers from the health and wellness fields, Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips break down the science behind good nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and more. Includes a generous helping of sarcasm (Juna), dad jokes (Eddie), and pristine sound design (our awesome producers).

Food, We Need To Talk Juna Gjata

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

A science-based, humor laced approach to health and fitness. With the help of top researchers from the health and wellness fields, Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips break down the science behind good nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and more. Includes a generous helping of sarcasm (Juna), dad jokes (Eddie), and pristine sound design (our awesome producers).

    Teaching Kids to Love Cooking and Eating Real Food with Sally Sampson

    Teaching Kids to Love Cooking and Eating Real Food with Sally Sampson

    Today, we are talking to a real-life cookbook author all about how to get your kids to eat healthy! We are constantly getting questions from parents about how to help their kids to eat better. It can be tricky, especially when kids are surrounded by friends who maybe don’t eat the same way they do at home. Today, we talk to Sally Sampson from Chop Chop Family Magazine all about how to get your kids to love cooking!

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    • 33 min
    Q&A - Weight Loss Shakes, Cortisol and Your Waistline, Pushing Through Fitness Plateaus & More

    Q&A - Weight Loss Shakes, Cortisol and Your Waistline, Pushing Through Fitness Plateaus & More

    Today, we bring back one of our favorite episode format: the Q&A. What are our thoughts on weight loss shakes and meal services? How does cortisol impact weight loss? What is our best advice for starting a podcast? And, how can we push through fitness plateaus?

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    • 30 min
    The Most Cited Nutritionist in the World

    The Most Cited Nutritionist in the World

    Today we speak to Dr. Walter Willett from Harvard T.H. Chan’s School of Public Health. Walter is the most cited nutritionist in the world. Our conversation goes over some of nutrition science’s greatest successes: the banning of trans fats. We also talk about what the biggest problem in our diet today is, what nutrition science has gotten wrong, why there seems to be so much conflicting information about what to eat, and more.

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    • 31 min
    How Not to Hate Cardio with World-Renowned Coach Joel Jamieson

    How Not to Hate Cardio with World-Renowned Coach Joel Jamieson

    Today, we speak to world-renowned coach Joel Jamieson about all things cardio. We love to talk about resistance training on this show, but it’s finally time to show cardio some love. Joel tells us all about why cardio is one of the most important activities we should be doing for our health. We go through what the different heart rate zones are, how cardiovascular training is different from resistance training, how you can balance the two, and how cardiovascular training changes your mitochondria.

    To hear our bonus episode with Joel all about aging athletes, come join the Foodie Fam!

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    Check out Joel’s Morpheus training system here:

    https://trainwithmorpheus.com/

    The paper Joel mentioned:

    https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/13/755?trk=public_post_comment-text

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    • 43 min
    Budget Ozempic, Covid's Effects on Eating Disorders, and More

    Budget Ozempic, Covid's Effects on Eating Disorders, and More

    Today, in honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we speak to Professor Bryn Austin. Our conversation covers a wide variety of topics: How the pandemic and social media have affected rates of eating disorders, how pharmaceutical companies are unethically marketing the new weight loss medications, the dangers of budget Ozempic, inequalities in the treatment and recognition of eating disorders, and how you, yes YOU, can create change by promoting public policies that protect our kids from harmful dietary supplements.

    Learn more and help out:

    The Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders

    The Out of Kids’ Hands Campaign

    For our discussion on dietary supplements, come join the Foodie Fam!

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    • 38 min
    You Binged... Now What?

    You Binged... Now What?

    A continuation of our discussion with Dr. Evelyna Kambanis on eating disorders, this week’s episode of The Talk focuses on what to do after a binge. We know that binges can be extremely emotionally and physically draining, so what can we do afterwards to get ourselves feeling better?

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    Thank you for your support, it’s what keeps the show going!

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    • 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
1.9K Ratings

1.9K Ratings

samanthamph ,

Fun and Informative

This show is such a fresh take on health-related podcasts. It’s not boring and stuffy and I love that they have experts on to change it up some. Everything is evidence-based and relatable.

LP0612 ,

Nutrition for the Heart

Hey y’all! I love your podcast! I listen on my walks and it feels like I’m walking with friends. Y’all’s lightness and humor is exactly my own and I find myself smiling and laughing along. (My neighbors probably think I’m a little loony.) In addition to just enjoying your “company” - I love your content! I’ve always daydreamed about getting a nutrition certification / training of some kind but my current life season isn’t conducive to it so, listening to your podcast gives me a little dose of the health and wellness insight that I’m craving and I’m grateful. ♥️

janabw2 ,

Fun and helpful

Always so interesting and informative.

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