No-Bullsh!t Vegan

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NBSV 025: Tiffany Wood on being vegan as a busy student, and Erynn Richardson on using art to spread the vegan word [podcast listener interviews!] Sep 04, 2018

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For the month of September, we're featuring interviews with amazing listeners of this show. In this episode: Tiffany shares her incredible story of weight loss (70 pounds!) while in school and on a tight budget, as well as tips for being vegan as a busy student and in social situations. Erynn discusses using her art to talk about animal rights and welfare, interacting with clients/fans (some of whom don't share her views), and how she navigates her dad being a hunter and cattle rancher.

NBSV 024: Mike Howard on BS in the fitness and diet industries, and how to hone your BS-detection skills Aug 28, 2018

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Mike Howard is on the show to talk busting BS in the fitness & diet industry (including keto, paleo, the myth that "calories don't matter", and more). We also discuss how you can tell whether a certain fitness or nutrition claim is bullshit. Some gems from Mike: "If we're not pissing off the extremists to some degree, we're not properly doing our job." "If they claim that it's fast, that it's really easy, and that it's permanent - that's your holy trinity of bullshit." "Moderation doesn't sell. Fear sells."

NBSV 023: Izzy Pope-Moore on recovering from major surgery, kicking obstacles in the ass, and busting vegan myths Aug 21, 2018

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Izzy Pope-Moore (a real-life vegan superhero) joins us to share her story of veganism, strength training, and kicking major obstacles squarely in the ass. She went through a serious abdominal surgery that involved 9 incisions, and shares her no-bullshit, no-excuses approach to recovery. She'll also share with you how she addresses the unfortunately still-present myth that vegans are unhealthy and weak, and the myth that it's too hard to be vegan, especially in social situations and while travelling.

NBSV 022: 21 listener questions answered! Weight loss, vegan keto, protein powders, supplement timing, why I went vegan, quirky habits, and more Aug 14, 2018

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Thanks to some excellent questions from our awesome listeners, I'm covering losing weight on a vegan diet, pre- and post-workout supplements, what I think about vegan keto (spoiler alert: it's bullshit), plant-based protein powder options, quirky habits I have (thanks to my friend Holly for submitting a question that gets me talking about my weirdness on the show...), creatine for non-lifters, plant-based diets and thyroid function, strength training rep ranges for weight loss, and much more.

NBSV 021: Rachel King on being vegan in the Deep South, handling family events, her history of being a "professional dieter", and strength training Aug 07, 2018

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Rachel King is here to talk about being vegan in a *very* un-vegan part of the world, how she navigates family events where nobody else is vegan, her past personal experience as a "professional dieter", and her current experience strength training while on a vegan diet. I brought Rachel on the show today because she exemplifies the no-bullshit vegan lifestyle. Seriously, if she can be vegan in the Deep South of the US (rural Alabama, to be exact), I'm fairly certain that you can be vegan anywhere.

NBSV 020: Elite strength athlete Matt Terry shares his vegan story for the first time (also: muscle gains, supplementing, and fuelling training) Jul 31, 2018

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Competitive strength athlete Matt Terry is here to share his incredible story of veganism for the first time. We also discuss veganism as it relates to strength sports and building muscle, protein, supplementation, and more. Matt hasn't yet shared his story and wanted a vegan platform to tell it. I'm honoured to have him on the show to share his story of overnight veganism - stemming from health issues including a ruptured appendix and a kidney tumour - and how being vegan has changed his life.

NBSV 019: When comparing ourselves to others can be useful, and how to do so like a scientist (my thoughts on aesthetics, training, and physique) Jul 24, 2018

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The idea that it's always a bad thing to compare ourselves to others is BS. Comparing yourself to others can be extremely useful, if you challenge yourself to think like a scientist. We're going to use the critical thinking skills used by scientists to conduct literature reviews, and apply them to comparing ourselves to others - especially when we're doing so to set fitness & physique goals. I suggest how to compare yourself to others so it benefits you, rather than undermines your self-worth.

NBSV 018: Emma Green on motivation, habits, willpower, cognitive biases, and mindfulness. Oh, and veganism! Jul 16, 2018

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Emma Green is a PhD candidate at the University of East London, with a Masters degree in health psychology. She's also a qualified personal trainer. Emma is vegan herself, but today we're discussing topics that aren't exclusive to veganism. Given her health psychology background, we're talking about why motivation is overrated, the value of building habits, myths about willpower, how cognitive biases factor into our decision-making and thought processes, and that mindfulness is not just a "woo" conc

NBSV 017: Dr. Scott Lear on 3 myths about heart disease, nutrition, and exercise Jul 10, 2018

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Dr. Scott Lear has been a leading scientist in preventing heart disease for over 20 years. He's a professor in Health Sciences at SFU, and he conducts research into how lifestyle can prevent and manage heart disease. He has heart disease himself, and blogs at drscottlear.com. We discuss 3 myths he encounters in his work: Myth #1: Stress causes heart attacks/heart disease. Myth #2: Dietary cholesterol intake is associated with cholesterol levels in our bodies. Myth #3: Exercise is a great way to lose fat.

NBSV 016: The Vegan Meathead on how to eat to be strong, myths about the vegan strength lifestyle, and why more vegans should be in strength sports Jul 03, 2018

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Daniel Austin (The Vegan Meathead) is a 13-year vegan, powerlifting competitor, and member of the international vegan athletic team PlantBuilt. We discuss 5 points: There's no evidence that overcompensating protein consumption on a vegan diet is harmful, the benefits of eating more fat calories, supplementation is necessary for anyone who subjects their body to a lot of stress, tips for adopting a vegan strength lifestyle, and why more vegans should be in strength sports.

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