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Can Diet Fix Hot Flushes? What a New Review of Food Trials Found
Episode Summary In this solo Monday episode, Mikki asks a question many women in midlife are asking: can diet fix hot flushes? She walks through a new systematic revie...
Brandon DaCruz - Protein Masterclass: How Much You Need for Muscle, Fat Loss and Ageing
Episode Summary Brandon DaCruz is an online nutrition and physique coach and the host of the Chasing Clarity Health and Fitness podcast, and he is a familiar voice to ...
Up Two Kilos After a Big Weekend? Why Most of It Isn't Fat
Episode Summary In this solo Monday episode, Mikki tackles a question she gets constantly from clients and on social media: why the scales can jump two kilos after a b...
New Zealand Blackcurrant, Fat Oxidation and Recovery with Dr Matthew Cook
Episode Summary Dr Matthew Cook is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester in the UK. He completed the first PhD examining the e...
Live Blood Analysis, Skin Scanners and IgG Tests: What They Actually Measure
Episode Summary In this episode, Mikki looks at three tests clients keep bringing to her that sound scientific but don't deliver what they promise: live and dry blood ...
GLP-1 Medications in Practice: A New Zealand View with Dr Lara Courtenay
Episode Summary Dr Lara Courtenay is a New Zealand-trained GP and bariatric physician with the Weightless Specialist Team at the MacMurray Centre in Auckland, and she ...
Three Studies, Three Different Answers on Supplements and the Brain
Episode Summary A friend sent Mikki a link in a WhatsApp group — an NZ Herald article, originally published in the Washington Post, under the headline that popular sup...
Carbohydrate Per Hour in Ultra Running: 90 vs 120 Grams with Paul Booth
Episode Summary Paul Booth, sports nutritionist, exercise physiologist and PhD researcher in ultra-running metabolism, is back on Mikkipedia, straight from UTMB week i...
What 99% Accurate Really Means on a Body Composition Scale
Episode Summary A client sent Mikki a link to a very flash Withings bioelectrical impedance scale — NZ$819, marketed as 99% as accurate as a DEXA scan — and asked the ...
No Healthy Dose of Alcohol, But Is There a Safe One? With Cliff Harvey
Episode Summary Cliff Harvey PhD is back on the podcast, and this one ranges widely before settling on its main subject. Cliff is a registered clinical nutritionist, q...
I Was Wrong About Why Carbs at Dinner Help You Sleep
Episode Summary Mikki has said many times — on this podcast, on other podcasts, and repeatedly on Instagram — that eating carbohydrate at dinner helps calm the nervous...
Brandon DaCruz returns: Refeeds and Diet Breaks: What the Research Shows and How to Use Them
Episode Summary In the latest episode of our collaboration with the Chasing Clarity Health and Fitness Podcast, Mikki is joined again by online nutrition and physique ...
Fasting Claims, Collagen for Cellulite, and Who to Trust in Women's Health
Episode Summary A solo Mini-Mikkipedia. Mikki is often asked how to tell whether someone in the women's health space is worth following, and in this episode she answer...
Dr Robert Kushner on GLP-1s, appetite biology and coming off the drug
Episode Summary This week Mikki talks with Dr Robert Kushner, an obesity medicine physician, educator and researcher with over four decades in the field. He is Profess...
A Normal HbA1c Can Hide a Decade of Insulin Resistance
Episode Summary HbA1c turns up on almost every routine blood panel, and in this Monday mini episode Mikki looks at how much it can genuinely tell you. She starts with ...
What Are Trainers For in the GLP-1 Era? with Dr Eric Helms
Episode Summary Dr Eric Helms returns to Mikkipedia for an unscripted conversation about GLP-1 medications and what they mean for anyone working in nutrition and fitne...
Is It Emotional Eating, or Are You Just Under-Fuelled?
Episode Summary This is a solo Mini Mikkipedia on emotional eating, prompted by a practitioner who asked Mikki how to help a client who describes herself as a lifelong...
Why Fat Loss Gets Harder in Menopause with Dr. Bill Campbell
In this episode of Mikkipedia, Mikki speaks with returning guest Dr Bill Campbell, professor of exercise science and leading body composition researcher, about the eme...
Mini Mikkipedia - Why More Fibre Isn’t Fixing Your Constipation Still Constipated? Here’s What You Might Be Missing
Constipation is often met with the same advice: eat more fibre, drink more water and move more. But what if you’re already doing all of that and still struggling? In t...
Carbs, Fat Oxidation and Finding Your Fueling Sweet Spot with Prof. Paul Laursen
This week on the podcast, Mikki speaks with Paul Laursen about the science of training, nutrition, and what it really means to take a personalised approach to athletic...
Mini Mikkipedia - Where Did the Crunch Go? Fat Loss-Friendly Fixes
When you’re focused on fat loss, sometimes it isn’t more food you’re craving — it’s texture. In this Mini Mikkipedia episode, Mikki tackles one of the most common comp...
Iron, Infants and the First 1,000 Days - with Gina Ulrich
This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Gina Urlich, clinical nutritionist and founder of Odi Nutrition. Mikki and Gina dive into why iron deficiency is such an impor...
Mini Mikkipedia - Is Tracking Your Food Really Obsessive?
Food tracking, weighing portions and stepping on the scales are increasingly framed as obsessive behaviours—but are the tools themselves really the problem? In this Mi...
Rapid Fat Loss: When Faster Can Be Smarter - with Brandon DaCruz
This week on Mikkipedia Mikki is joined by Brandon DaCruz, host of the Chasing Clarity podcast, for the first episode in a new collaborative series bringing together t...
Mini Mikkipedia - Why Men and Women Store Fat Differently
wo people can have the same body weight and BMI yet face very different metabolic risks. In this episode, Mikki explores the biological reasons men and women store fat...
Medical Astrology: An Ancestral Lens on Health with Kira Sutherland
In this episode, Kira joins Mikki to explore medical astrology through the broader lens of ancestral medicine. They discuss how astrology once sat alongside herbal med...
Mini Mikkipedia - Food Noise, Hunger and Cravings: Know the Difference
Food noise, hunger and cravings are often treated as interchangeable, but they arise from different biological and psychological systems. In this episode, Mikki explai...
Mobility, Strength and Staying Capable as You Age with Darren Ellis
This week on the podcast Mikki chats to Darren Ellis about movement, mobility and function as we age. As always, a grounding conversation that speaks to Darren’s passi...
Mini Mikkipedia - Why Perfectionism Sabotages Your Fat Loss Progress
Perfectionism can look like discipline, but when it comes to fat loss, it often creates the exact opposite result. In this episode, Mikki explores why capable, high-ac...
HRT, Tirzepatide and Weight Loss After Menopause with Professor Daniela Hurtado and Dr Regina Castaneda
This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to two researchers, Professor Daniela Hurtado and Dr Regina Castaneda about the interaction between HRT and tirzepatide use. In a...