Episode #8

By Guy Lawrence

This is  just one of the questions we ask leading naturopath and nutritionist Tania Flack as we go over our results from our DNA test.

If you have no idea what the DNA testing is, listen to this podcast first: The ultimate blueprint for better health. I’ve time coded the bullet points so can you jump straight to the bits that interest you most in the video if you’re short on time.

For more information on getting the DNA test. Click here.

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Podcast episode #3

By Guy Lawrence

In this weeks episode of The Health Sessions I hang out with leading Naturopath and Nutritionist Tania Flack and discuss leaky gut, dysbiosis and how to fix it. If you want to jump straight to this and skip Stu & I’s ramblings go to [13:03] of the podcast.

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By Guy Lawrence

Do you hang out in cafes? We do! Do you drink soy lattes? Mmm, we don’t.

This post was inspired by a conversation I had recently in a cafe (of course …) so let me paint a quick picture for you.

The one thing I’m finding as 180 Nutrition continues to grow is that Stu & myself seem to be involved in more meetings. This is actually a compliment and we are always looking at different ways to make them fun and worthwhile.

Our usual criteria is:

• funky cafe
• great staff
• stones throw away from the ocean

Just last week we had the NSW Police S.W.A.T team sitting next to us in a cafe. One of them approached us and it turned out that he uses our 180 protein supplement and also trains CrossFit. We hung out with them for 20min talking everything from CrossFit to diet and gave them bar samples and a t-shirt… relevant? No… Seriously cool? Oh yeah!

I try and stick to one coffee a day and anything after that I reach for the tea – but never the soy.

Turning up at these meetings, I can’t help but notice what different people order. Now I’m a live and let live kind of guy, as I certainly don’t like to judge. But it doesn’t take long before I get asked questions on health and nutrition, it simply comes with the territory.

During a recent conversation, I happened to mention that I ate 1 – 2 avocados a day as I have them in my 180 smoothies. The person I was meeting seemed quite shocked and their instant reaction was ‘what about the fat?’ They felt counting calories and a low fat diet was the way forward. This was said whilst they sipped on their soy lattes with honey (you can read my thoughts on honey & fructose here).

Without wanting to sound like a tool, my reaction was simple. I said I would rather eat half a dozen avocados a day than drink that soy latte. Naturally I had to explain myself, and here are my thoughts on why I don’t drink it… Continue reading →

By Guy Lawrence

‘For all but the last few hundred years (a heartbeat on the genetic evolution time scale), really sweet foods have been difficult to find.’ – David Gillespie

Sugar… It’s a delicate topic. Unless you’ve been living in a cave lately, you will know that sugar has been copping a lot of flack from the media over recent times (and rightly so I feel). But even with all this media attention, it still washes over many people’s heads and gets thrown into the all too hard basket, with my mate included.

I’ve been guiding my mate now for quite some time with the misconceptions of weight loss and his health kick. He felt that eating fruit salad would help his weight loss plan, counting calories and drinking diet sodas was a healthy choice, following the food pyramid was  beneficial and hours and hours of running a week was going to improve his health. Then I challenged him and his way of thinking and asked him to reconsider his approach, and thankfully he has so far.

We caught up for a cuppa and a chat recently, and as he puts a great big spoonful of honey in his tea, he looks at me and says “this is ok isn’t it? I mean, it’s natural right?”

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Building and keeping muscle, our metabolically active tissue, is the key for long-term health, vitality, longevity and fat loss.

Tufts University reports the top two determinants of aging we can control and biomarkers of how long you’ll live is muscle mass and strength. One of the causes, as well as symptom of the aging process is sarcopenia, or muscle loss.

Losing muscle as we age not only leads to overall weakness but is a direct cause of decreasing your overall metabolic rate. Muscle is denser than fat, takes up less space in the body versus fat, and burns more calories than fat. The more lean muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolic rate.

The majority of women opt for aerobic/cardio exercise as their preferred choice of exercise. Excessive aerobic exercise decreases muscle mass over time. For more than 20 years, I have advised my clients, men and women alike, against excessive LSD (long, slow, distance) exercise if their goal is to lose fat, rev up their metabolism, look good and feel great.

That’s right – and your body will completely transform! How? Resistance strength training.

Although many people, especially females, opt for aerobic and cardio exercise as their preferred choice, resistance strength training is one of the most important aspects if you want to change your physical body.

A program that includes a variety of push-ups, chin-ups and pull-ups, dead lifts, Olympics lifts, various styles of single leg exercises, step-ups and lunges, plyometrics and more using partner body weight and resisted exercises with dumbbells, suspension training with the TRX, jump ropes, sandbags, medicine balls, bands, Swiss balls, kettle bells and barbells.

Building muscle and maintaining your anabolic drive and metabolism will keep you lean, younger looking and feeling phenomenal.

What works to optimize your body composition, boost metabolism

• Eating foods that are nutrient dense equals more nutrition at less calories.

• Eat the same amount of (or slightly less than) the calories that you burn.

• Resistance strength training exercise.

• Detoxify your body.

• Make sure all systems are working (digestion, hormones, sleep).

• Have a reason for doing it.

• Believe in yourself.

Avoid:

• Antibiotics.

• Alcoholic beverages.

• Artificial fats like margarines and trans fats.

• Artificial flavorings, colorings and preservatives.

• Artificial sweeteners (including high fructose corn syrup).

• Corn-fed meats.

• Genetically modified organisms.

• Pesticides.

• All fast food.

• Sugar, processed soy, refined wheat and pasteurized dairy.

Read the full article here.

Supplement your daily diet with 180 Superfood.

Being over 40 doesn’t have to mean you’re gaining weight. True, your metabolism is slowing down but there are ways to speed that sucker right up. These tips will get you slimmed down in no time!

A known fact: as we age, our metabolism slows down. When you’re 20, your metabolism is much different from say, when you’re 40. So if you’re like the rest of us that are over 40, you may be having some issues with your weight. Metabolism slows down due to muscle loss and our decrease of physical activity. Well, let’s show ‘em that growing older doesn’t mean growing fatter – as seen on The Dr. Oz Show, fight back with these 5 metabolism boosters!

Weigh Your Whey

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and one way to boost your metabolism by 25% is having a whey protein shake every morning. As we get older, life becomes more demanding and some of us may think going to the drive-thru for some fast food is the easiest way to get our day started. Having a whey protein shake is way easier – not only do you save on the exorbitant calories from fast food, whey protein is filling, low in calories and nourishes the body while acting as a boost for eating for fat loss.

Exercise!

This one may seem like a no-brainer but when you’re a busy working mom, it’s hard to find time to exercise. But think of it as an input/output equation: what you eat stays on your body unless you move as much as you eat. Or if you’re trying to lose weight, you have to move more than what you’re eating. So you’re going to have to find the time. It is recommended that move at least an hour a day – invest in a FitBit or even a pedometer and set our goal at taking 10,000 steps a day. To get an extra metabolic boost, add weight lifting to your new exercise plan to build up that lost muscle, which burns calories more efficiently, while tightening, toning and keeping your bones strong.

Up Your Greens

Take control of your food intake – before any “bad” (i.e. high fat) food cravings kick in, eat your vegetables! Your body works harder at digesting green veggies, therefore causing your metabolism to speed up. Eating more vegetables will keep you more satiated and energised.

‘Clean’ Up Your Protein

Get lean and mean with your protein! Choose “clean” protein (meaning 5-7 grams of fat per service) and this is definitely a case in which quality over quantity rules: buy the best cuts of lean protein that you can and your body will burn them more efficiently. Stay away from high-fat proteins because these work against your goals and cause you to store fat, regardless all the exercise you’ve added to your lifestyle. Starve your fat, feed your muscle!

Read the full article here.

Boost your metabolism with 180 Superfood.

By Guy Lawrence.

There are many reasons why we feel we are stuck with being overweight and are unable to lose body fat, especially as we get older. For many people, they have been overweight for so many years, they feel that this how it’s meant to be and believe they will never lose any body fat!

I consistently here people say they have tried everything and are doomed to be fat, but I truly feel that with a deeper understanding of the daily choices we make around foods and exercise, anything is possible. It just takes a different approach and a relearning of some habits that can be hard to break.

Simple ways to lose body fat

Just like an article in the Sun Times said recently:- “So don’t give up if you feel that you are unable to lose weight.  There are just more things for you to learn.  They are not difficult, you just must learn them if you are to lose weight. In the meantime, even though I don’t know you’re unique genetic type, here are a few general diet tips:

Eat whole foods. Your body does not need the chemicals found in processed foods.  You need a clean diet – one that your body can deal with.

Get plenty of natural fiber. Your body will be able to lose weight with fiber.  Americans do not get anywhere near enough.

Do not eat high glycemic foods that will spike your blood sugar. The only way to lose that excess fat is by eating low glycemic foods.

You must get your protein. Proteins are the building blocks of the body, both for building and repair – you must get good quality protein daily.

Get your Omega 3’s as well as your essential fatty acids every day. I know that people ate low fat or fat free for years, but did our weight go down?  No, it went up, and not just a little – a lot.  You do need your essential oils and your Omega 3’s.”

No matter what age you are, if you were to start applying these simplistic things that are mentioned here, along with some basic exercises, you will begin to lose body fat and improve your health.

This is why I recommend 180 Natural Protein Super Food to people in their daily diet. As you will be taking greater steps to losing body fat and eating the way nature intended.

By Guy Lawrence

One Sunday in Feb, 7pm at the Spanish Fly tapas bar in Randwick.

Waitress: “Would you like greens with that sir?”
Me: ” I’ve been eating greens for the last six weeks. Only the steak thanks- Just make sure its juicy, bloody and rare!”

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By Tania Flack.

While there is no question that a detox is one of the most beneficial things you can do to rapidly improve the state of your health, there is lots of confusion as to what is the best way to detoxify your system.

Detoxification is a complex process that should be professionally supervised to ensure you get the best results.

Many people think that a detox is a miserable process that involves extreme changes in diet and living off raw vegetables for weeks on end. This is not true! In fact, lack of food during a detox, particularly protein, can slow the detoxification process and can add to your toxic load. Some people don’t realize that your body needs certain nutrients to safely and effectively detoxify. If we liberate stored toxins back into our system without ensuring that the final step in elimination is complete we run the risk of making matters worse.  Find out the safest and most effective way to detox….. Continue reading →