Click-bait headlines, fitness bros, nutrition zealots and influencers try to get us to buy into every new extreme and make us question everything. Is rice bad for me? Should I be running every day to be healthy? Do I need to worry about protein? What about Keto? Rachel Hunter is an evidence-based nutrition coach tired of the status quo. #Health isn't for people that look, eat, exercise or flex a certain way. It is not just for the beige Instagram biddies. Here to firmly plant herself in the ...
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Ep. 46 Is Women's Health really that different? with Special Guest Chloe Stevens
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Do you need to balance your hormones? How about eating an anti-inflammatory diet for PCOS? Exercise to sync your cycles? As women and femmes, we are wonderfully unique, often overlooked and medically marginalised, but is the advice we need THAT different from the body of evidence that is already out there? Are you being empowered as a woman or are …
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Ep. 45 Unhinged Health Hotline- Getting Shredded for Summer? with special guests Maya Robinson and Michelle Carroll
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In this first instalment of the unhinged health hotline we answered listener questions about body image going into summer. We went through and gave some practical tips and tricks while basing ourselves on the reality that this stuff is not going to change overnight. Remember we can't separate your physical health from your mental health- it's all c…
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Apply for coaching here: https://hunterhealthproject.apotheo.com/apply/coaching Sign up for my newsletter here: https://hunterhealthproject.ck.page/6f2cac5296 Send me your favorite memes here: https://www.instagram.com/hunterhealthproject/ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rachelhunterheathproject Have you ever felt like your motivation…
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Did you miss me? Sorry for just ghosting you for seemingly out of nowhere for the last 9 months. This is a bit of a different episode, it's a very vulnerable episode and includes sensitive topics. If you're feeling fragile and feeling too close to loss at the moment, this is not the episode for you. This is a work update, this is a life update and …
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Ep. 41 Bouncing back vs. mum tum- body image in pregnancy and new mums with special guest Maya Robinson
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In the latest episode of Not Nutrition Gurus, host Rachel Hunter talks to special guest Maya Robinson about body image for pregnant and postpartum mums. Maya, a body image coach, shares her insights and experiences on the unique pressures faced by mums to bounce back and how we can support them. Join us for this insightful discussion on the unsexy,…
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Ep. 40 Is being obsessed with 'health' actually healthy? And other diet-culture lies with special guest Jonny Landels
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In this informative and thought-provoking episode, Rachel Hunter, the host of Not Nutrition Gurus, talks to Jonny Landels, an experienced disordered eating coach. Together, they explore the concept of intuitive eating and how it can help individuals foster a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Jonny shares his personal journey of how h…
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Ep. 39 Failing at counting your macros? Do you just need more motivation? Find out, with guest Jeb Stuart Johntson
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We are constantly bombarded with what motivation means, what we 'should' be doing all the time and what it means in the context of health and behaviour change. I had the absolute delight to sit down with Jeb Stuart Johnston and chat to him all things motivation, emotional skill building, resilience and what trajectory the 'good guys' of the health …
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Ep. 38 (Pt. 2) Nutritional neoliberalism, personalised scams and drag queens, naturally with Dr Alan Flanagan
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I am back with part two of my series with Dr Alan Flanagan! This episode explores the themes of hyper-individualism in the health and wellness space. Are vegetarians healthier? Are appetite suppressant medications the fall of the West? Is personalised nutrition a scam? Is 'good intent' enough to make someone removed from all harmful impacts? Tune i…
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We are flooded with outrageous-sounding information on nutrition every single day. It always seems to be people with some credentials pedalling the latest toxic and poisonous nutrients, but what are the people working in nutrition research saying? Not the chiropractors turned 'nutrition experts' and why is it that nutrition seems to be so easily mi…
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Ep. 36 Always starting your diet again on Monday? Why we self-sabotage and how we can overcome it with special guest Ella Whitcomb-Khan
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We all do it, don't finish the final set at the gym, tell ourselves we'll start again on Monday , ghost our coaches, let our goals fade into the distance when we might have had a really good chance of getting there. Self-sabotaging or self-handicapping is really quite common. WE ALL DO IT. So why do we do it? Is this is the secret sauce to overcomi…
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If you're trolling the internet for free but useful information in order to improve your diet or get more consistent in the gym, there are many different factors that go into advice. As a coach that tries their very best to give quality recommendations or suggestions for free, when I don't know that much about you it is really difficult and I alway…
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Ep. 34 Pink dumbbells, Guiness world record attempts, and body neutrality oh my! With special guest - Bon Allen PT
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Do you ever wish that your personal trainer understood a bit more about living in a larger body? Or maybe what its like to have chronic illnesses? Or maybe even was just a legend who looked at things from a macro perspective rather than just getting shredded for summer? Well look no further, Bon is an incredible human who we are Not Nutrition Gurus…
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Is it stoicism or is she dissociating? Right after the Easter holiday, I think we can all agree that copying and pasting a math solution onto an emotional issue just won't work. It is a round peg and a square hole... Now stoicism is often toted around as something 'motivating' to make us want to work out and eat broccoli, but does it work? Every 18…
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Your blood sugar will increase when you eat certain foods, carbohydrates, and protein, but how worried do we need to be about that? We all know that diabetes can wreak havoc on our health where glucose runs rampant in our bodies. But is it important to monitor how much your blood sugar spikes when you eat foods? Is that information going to help me…
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What do all of these things have in common you ask? Well let me tell you, in this little soundbite of an episode I discuss the difference between causation and correlation. Lots of things are correlated but that doesn't always add up to one CAUSING the other and we can really get carried away with this in nutrition studies. Especially in click-bait…
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Well, this was not the podcast that was planned! However, I took my own advice to put out something less than perfect in the name of consistency, and I tease our next episode all about continuous glucose monitors and if we all really need them, or should we hand over our money immediately. Speak to you soon you legendary not-gurus.…
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Ep. 29 Why am I working out all the time and not burning enough calories? with special guest Rachel Henley
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Pardon the sound quality at the beginning of this episode! But if you stick with it, you'll figure out all the answers as to why your gym workouts are not burning as many calories as you think! It really does seem to be a myth that persists, exercise is great for us, and exercise does indeed burn calories but unless you're doing Iron man it is unli…
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Slapping chocolate out of your hand, following you around telling you, you're worthless and lazy, is that what you're expecting with a nutrition coach? Well, I have such BAD NEWS FOR YOU, I won't be doing that. And not because I don't call my clients out on their bs, lovingly, but shame, guilt and over-restriction don't work to move you closer to y…
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Working the night shift is associated with an increased risk of obesity, anxiety, depression, diabetes and other comorbidities, so what can we do to give ourselves the best chance? Michelle's advice stems from a very qualified nutrition background and her own experience working nights! Beyond marrying rich, quitting your job and screaming into your…
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We have all heard it, we've heard it a million times, but is it actually true? Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Few things make me more worked up than oversimplification and prescriptive nutrition advice. So let's dig into if you can kick-start your metabolism with a bowl of cheerios.…
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Ah yes the good old-fashioned return to nature fallacy, We hear it all the time, all-natural, organic, sulphate free etc etc etc. The list goes on and on but is natural better? What about is makes it better? In this tenny tiny little power pod Coach Rach discusses.Por Rachel Hunter
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We've all seen the ads, we've all had friends happily forking over their hard-earned money to be told that they are 'intolerant' to foods that they eat all the time. Said friend gets sad for a day, then the friend ignores advice and keeps eating the way they always have. Well here's the thing companies that market food intolerance tests market them…
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This is a cheeky little bonus episode, some powdered food for thought if you will. Do you need powdered greens? Are you missing out on health enlightenment if you don't have them ready to go at all times, decanted in a glass container? In my humble opinion, no, you're not. Equally, what can you do if you're struggling to get some veg in? Rach provi…
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This is a power-pod on how to go vegan 'well'. If you've dabbled in veganism or did Veganuary, this is the podcast to ensure that your diet supports your overall health. It is easy to go vegan these days with all the products out there void of animal products-yay, there are also so many options out there that you don't actually have to eat well and…
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Rachel Henley and Rachel Hunter walk you through practical tips to get yourself in the gym. Being intimidated to go into the gym is a real thing! But don’t let that stop you from reaching your goals. Rach and Rach give practical tips to get you in the door and get you started. Starting small, badly, awkwardly is still starting.…
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New year, new me comes up every year, the thing is there isn't actually anything inherently wrong with a New Years' Resolution. However, it is worth considering how you can move towards your more ideal self without grinding yourself to dust, without making it all about how much you weigh and creating yet another self-defeating prophecy for yourself…
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Ep. 19 How to hack your New Years Resolutions with special guest Shannon Beer
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Your ideal self, core values and nutrition...? Oh my! What do all of these things have in common? Well, potentially your New Years' Resolution! Our special guest this week is heath and confidence coach Shannon Beer is as close to a guru as we'll likely get on a show where gurus are not allowed. Shannon walks us through what makes goals achievable, …
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This is not an official episode, just a little thank you from us to you for listening to our little passion project. It really means to world to us that you take time out of your busy days to spend some of it with us, we hope your New Year's celebrations are everything you ever wanted and next week we're back with a wonderful episode on goal-settin…
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Nothing like Rachel Hunter on a rant on a Monday morning to really get you going. Macro counting has long been bludgeoned into us as a useful way to maintain, change or improve body shape but how necessary is it actually?? There are plenty of large nutrition coaching programs that have plenty of clients who get results with these methods, but there…
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It is slower but adding a week or two, or a month or two of maintenance calories into your fat loss plan can be really helpful. Just because you're not losing body fat does not mean that you are not getting a bit fitter, stronger, and overall healthier. Don't let diet culture take away relearning some key eating habits, structuring your meals well …
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This week on Not Nutrition Gurus, we have our very first guest Michelle Carroll! Michelle has a master's in Sports and Exercise Nutrition which coupled with her unparalleled sense of humour makes her the ultimate first guest on the pod. During her master, she delved into research about the pertinence of body image and disordered eating in fitness p…
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Life is going well, and even better you feel like you FINALLY have a handle on your diet and your training. And yet there is the universe looming over you and you're struck down with random chaos. A speed bump in the road of life but it can feel like everything you've been working towards is thwarted and you're getting the tingling session of just …
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Bloated, sad, no money, holidays are over, it's dark at 4 pm and now you look at the scale and have gained 10lbs in two weeks and you start to plan your next move so that you can be 'shredded for summer'. Does this all sound familiar? The cycle of doom with the holidays, possibly your holiday plans didn't go to plan exactly. Well, how do you come o…
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Listen, we all love the holidays no matter what you may or may not celebrate the last two months of the calendar year typically do increase in family gatherings, social occasions, tasty foods, booze, deep regret about bringing up politics in front of Aunt Margeret even though you knew how it was going to end. But can you maintain your progress or e…
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Hey, Sugar, Sugar, pour some sugar on me because the Rachels have really pulled it out of the bag this time, if you have ever said 'I'm addicted to sugar' this episode is dedicated to you. As nutrition coaches, Rachel and Rachel get asked about sugar A LOT. In this episode, they break down what exactly sugar is, where you can find it if it is in fa…
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Ep. 10 What to eat to get jacked pt. 2 of muscle gain
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This is a very juicy episode where Rach and Rachel go through literally everything you could possibly want to coach yourself through a muscle gain phase. There is so much bro-science out there about muscle gain that we wanted to put together an episode to cut through the noise, give you some real-life practical advice, reassure you on the things yo…
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What do I actually need to do to get muscular anyway?? If you're toning up for cuffing season hunnies and Rachel and Rachel have the answers to your questions. What is the best program to gain muscle? How do I find it? Do I need to track my workouts? If hitting Legs Bums and Tums every week religiously isn't giving you the Megan Thee Stallion Body-…
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Rach and Rachel chat about how to accurately measure your progress when it comes to fat loss, they take a slight detour into body image and genetics and land the plane back with measuring progress in muscle gain. We concluded that no one on earth needs to know their body fat percentage, gym scales are rubbish and comparison is the thief of progress…
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So you don't want to use My Fitness Pal or any of the other millions of food-tracking apps out there to lose weight? Well, the good news is that there are lots of options for you outside of tracking. You'll still need some kind of structure in your nutrition but in this episode, we go through the different options we use with our clients depending …
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Ohhhh boy we're going to trigger some people with this one! This episode is a shout-out to the people who are exceptions to the rule and don't quite meet the rule of averages. To be clear, MOST people to lose fat do not need to eat 1200kcals, and we explain why. We also explain why there are good reasons why some people might actually need to eat l…
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As nutrition coaches, we are constantly asked for meal plans, and we totally get it, it can be really difficult to course correct your nutrition so that it serves you better! You're busy and you want to improve but you don't even know where to start, meal plans sound like the perfect solution. JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO! Are meal plans a genuine 'fix'…
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Please lean in closer dear friends, let us tell you all of the secrets of how to get super 'toned'. We hear that ALL the time, do we not? But what does that actually mean? And how do you do that? Do you feel like going to Legs, Bums and Tums three times a week just isn't working for you and you don't actually feel more toned at all, why is that? We…
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So you've started to dabble in improving your health and fitness, why is it that nutrition coaches and personal trainers are always banging on about protein? We delve into the benefits of protein, even outside of trying to get #jacked. Improving your health markers, trying to drop body fat, or even just improving the composition of your meals? Prot…
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Ep. 2 Don't call us Kelly Rowland, we're not your motivation
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Motivation is a funny feeling because when we're seeking a lifestyle change, we all think that if we just had a little bit more we'd be able to accomplish anything and everything. Is that really the case though? Today the coaches chat through different types of motivation and touch on struggles their clients have had in the past. Rachel Henley also…
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Ep 1. Meet the coaches
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We want what you want, practical advice around nutrition intended for real people with normal, albeit busy, lives. Rachel Hunter and Rachel Henley are two evidence-based nutrition coaches just doing their best to provide tangible advice and empower listeners with education. Sounds boring, but they have an exceptional sense of humour, or at least th…
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