In episode 91, Karen and Richard discuss the empathy gap and why it's hard to stick to healthy habits Why we don't follow through with our intentions Primal emotions Hot and cold mental states Why some make consistently healthier decisions than others and much more.....

In episode 90, Karen and Richard discuss boosting immune system health,  - The 9 pillars of immune system health - Diet deficiencies - Low vitamin and mineral levels - How it all starts in the gut along with our PSMF diet update and much more..... Protein Sparing Modified Fast eBook

In episode 89, Karen and Richard discuss a mishmash of different topics with a listener question, our recent blood work, client diet problems, food additives and much more..... Protein Sparing Modified Fast eBook is at http://rpefitnessinc.com/protein-sparing-modified-fast

In episode 88, Karen and Richard talk to Megan about her 100 lb weight loss journey. Megan talks openly and candidly about the struggles of losing so much weight, maintaining her weight now and some of the unforeseen downsides of weight loss! Megan can be found on Instagram @this.moms.wellness

In episode 87, Karen and Richard discuss confirmation bias - What is confirmation bias? - How it can affect our decision-making process - N=1 experiments - Correlation vs causation - Why you should do your research and much more...........................................

In episode 86, Karen and Richard discuss stress resilience What is stress resilience? Short and long term stressors? How do you implement a plan Asking for help Making change Tips for success and much more...........................................

In episode 85 of the Healthy Half Hour Podcast, Karen and Richard discuss the calorie paradox - What is a calorie? - Do calories matter? - Should we be counting exercise calories? - Are all calories created equal? - What can affect their absorption? - Tips for success and much more...........................................

In episode 84  Karen and Richard talk about New Years Resolutions - Why we set them at this time of year - Habits - Behaviours - SMART Goal setting - Sustainability - Tips for success and much more........................................... Happy New Year!

In episode 83  Karen and Richard talk about all things mindset - Behaviours - Habits - Handling saboteurs - Changing your outlook - The best plan to take - Tips for success and much more...........................................

In episode 82  Karen and Richard (more Karen 😃 ) go on a rant about labels!! - Diet labels - Food Labels - Group labels - Self Worth - Intuitive eating and much more...........................................

In episode 81 Richard and Karen discuss fasting and ever-growing list of health benefits associated with it - What are some of the positive health benefits - How to implement fasting into your life - What exercises to do and what to avoid - Some of the pitfalls when starting to fast - Hormone imbalances and their negative effects and much more........................................... http://rpefitnessinc.com/alternate-day-fasting-101

In episode 80 Richard and Karen answer Tia's question about being underweight - What can be the negative health effects - How liquid calories will help - What exercises to do and what to avoid - When to possibly to seek professional help - How to start gaining weight in a healthy way and much more...........................................

In episode 79 Richard and Karen take look at skinny utopia, are you losing weight for the right reasons? - What is skinny utopia? - why we have to look at the why - smell the roses along the way and enjoy the journey - adjusting the mindset - intuitive eating and much more...........................................

In episode 78 Richard and Karen discuss orthorexia - recognizing if you have the symptoms - what classes as orthorexia? - how we can get obsessed - why it's good to take a step back and much more.........

In episode 77 Richard and Karen interview Chris and Heather about their health and diet journey - Heather's big health scare - Transitioning to a keto diet - How they are helping others within their community - The carnivore diet experiment - Health over weight loss and much more..................

In episode 76 Richard and Karen discuss why we should stop dieting - why should you stop - how to change your mindset - what is intuitive eating? - stop self-sabotaging - is dieting stopping you from losing weight? - why you should listen to your body and much more.........................................

In episode 75 Richard and Karen take a look a salt - what it is it? - what does it actually do in our bodies? - why we have the dietary guidelines on consumption and are they correct? - how much should we be having? - the negative effects of low salt diets? - different types of salt and much more.................

In episode 74 Richard and Karen rant on about - so-called "healthy" processed foods - processed vs unprocessed foods effect on body composition - the cost of keto and paleo-friendly processed foods - liquid vs whole foods - exogenous ketones and much more......

In episode 73 Richard and Karen chat with Ryan Vandal about his keto diet journey over the last 11 months Why he chose the keto diet Why he uses the Keto-mojo blood ketone monitor The health benefits besides weight loss Clean vs dirty keto Social media keto police His daily keto diet regimen and what surprisingly happened with Ryan's blood ketone levels when he went on a crazy food and drinking weekend in the US!

IIn episode 72 Richard and Karen discuss the 2 hormones that most contribute to weight gain if they're out of balance What are they? What do they do in our body? How we become resistant to them? How they tie in with other hormones? Factors that affect their levels How to lower them naturally to help reduce body fat levels? and much more.............

In episode 71 Richard and Karen ask what are mitochondria and why should you care? What are mitochondria? what do they do in our cells? What is mitochondrial dysfunction What are the symptoms of mitochondrial dysfunction How do you improve your mitochondrial health and much more.............

In episode 70 Richard and Karen take you on their recent camping trip and discuss What they eat Staying active while away Relaxing Catching up on reading Mental rest Breaking bad snacking habits and much more............. http://healthyhalfhourpodcast.com/images/camping.pdf

In episode 69 Richard and Karen discuss how many calories we should consume and we cover the following  Calculating BMR Flaws in calorie calculations Metabolically active vs metabolically inactive tissues Caloric expenditure Where to start Variables the cause plateaus and much more..............

In episode 68 we take a look at supplements  What classes as a supplement? Do we need them? Water vs fat soluble Quality vs quantity Protein Powders Fat Burners and much more

In episode 67 we interview Krystal, a friend of ours who we first met on one of our training courses. Krystal was very open and honest and it took a great deal of courage to speak about her past so candidly and we thank her for that. Here is the link to Krystal’s Facebook page with the inspiring post that the podcast is based on..............