The Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show with Ben Brown

In today's episode of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I had the pleasure of chatting with naturopathic doctors Alex Mayer and Matt Hernandez of Ethos Integrative Medicine. Dr. Alex specializes in women's hormones and medical aesthetics. Dr. Matt specializes in men's hormones and regenerative orthopedics. In this episode, we talk a lot about the fundamental gaps in conventional medicine and h...

In today's episode, I'm sharing an interview I did on The School of Atypical Insights podcast with my friend and host Tyler Wall. In our discussion we really take a deep dive into the art of coaching and mentorship and why I think that it is paramount to invest in your health in order to fast-track your way to long-term success. We also talk about the importance of autonomy and the flawed belief t...

What if you could fast-track your way to fat loss simply by aligning your nutrition and fitness to your body's natural sleep-wake cycle? Today, I'm excited to welcome back my friend and sleep expert Nick Riell. Nick has dedicated his career to helping health and fitness enthusiasts create high-quality results by synching their nutrition and lifestyle to their own person's circadian rhythm, also kn...

Calories really provide the foundation for how we drive weight loss. In episode 1 of our nutrition series, I explained the nutritional priming process that we use when clients first join our program to ensure that they get incredible results. In today's episode, I'm talking about pillar number 2: Calories. The truth is that calories really do matter most when we want to lose weight, build muscle,...

Welcome to the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. I'm your host, Ben Brown, owner of BSL Nutrition where we help you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy because we believe your health determines your freedom. In today's podcast, I welcome back Bryan Krahn. Bryan is a highly respected personal trainer, fitness writer, blogger, and online physique coach who specializes in hel...

What are the logical steps you should be taking to facilitate weight loss? There is so much noise, confusion, and conflicting information in our industry when it comes to nutrition. We think that in order to be successful we need to restrict, restrict, restrict. But in reality, that is the LAST thing we need to do. In today's podcast, I'm going to share with you the exact process that we leverage...

Today on the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show I'm excited to share an interview that I did on Phoenix Business RadioX. During our conversation, I talk about my personal and professional journey into the health and wellness space and what propelled me to start BSL Nutrition. I share our proven methodology for getting our clients incredible results in the most simplistic way possible. I also talk ab...

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Welcome to the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. I'm your host, Ben Brown, Owner of BSL Nutrition a one on one virtual nutrition and fitness company that helps you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy through our pure science, proven results process. Today, instead of our regular podcast episode, I'm excited to share an interview I did recently on The Dad Edge Podcast. Duri...

Welcome to the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. I'm your host, Ben Brown, the owner of BSL Nutrition where we help you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy because we believe your health determines your freedom. And in today's podcast, I'm sharing an interview that I did a few years ago with my buddy and BSL Nutrition client Gabe Daley. Gabe joined our Smart Nutrition Coac...

In today's Smart Nutrition Made Simple podcast, I thought it would be helpful to get our BSL Nutrition coaching team together to talk about boundary setting, particularly as it pertains to setting ourselves up for success during summer festivities and summer travel where we inevitably have less structure and more temptation and pressure to indulge in food and alcohol which can sabotage our weight...

Cold plunges, infrared sauna, red light therapy, meditation, elaborate hydration cocktails, and fancy green drinks, while all the rage, could actually be holding you back. In this episode of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple show, I'm going to walk you through what my morning routine looks like, what we suggest to our clients, why it works, and share some strategies that you can employ right away th...

Welcome to the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. I'm your host, Ben Brown, owner of BSL Nutrition where we help you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy because we believe your health determines your freedom. In today's podcast, I chat with Bryan Krahn. Bryan is a highly respected personal trainer, fitness writer, blogger, and online physique coach who specializes in helpin...

In this solo podcast, we're going to discuss all of the things that most people are currently doing that are sabotaging their weight loss efforts, and the mindset shifts you need to make in order to move the needle in the right direction. As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review, and share this episode with a friend or...

I am always down for a challenge. And I always believe in walking the talk. And so I decided that for my 44th birthday, I want to make a concerted effort to get as lean as I possibly can. So what I want to do in this short episode is just walk you through what that process looks like for me. The things that I'm doing day in and day out. And really relate this to losing fat over 40 and how things c...

In today's coaches roundtable, the topic at play is around plateaus and the question was: What do I do when nothing's changing or I'm experiencing a plateau? Got a question for the coaches? Shoot me a message at ben@bslnutrition.com. As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review, and share this episode with a friend or loved...

In this episode of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I break down why core workouts are often a complete waste of time and what you should be doing instead to build a strong and visible abdominal wall. As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review, and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could be...

Today, in honor of our Teacher Appreciation 6-month scholarship promotion, we have a special guest, BSL Nutrition client, and amazing teacher, Brittany M. Brittany joined our Smart Nutrition Coaching Program 10 months ago and has experienced profound results. In this episode, we discuss the different stages of Brittany's weight loss journey, the significant health accomplishments she's made so far...

Today I catch up with my buddy Sanjeev Javia (a.k.a. Jeevers). Jeevers is a leading expert in the field of therapeutic performance nutrition and a master formulator of more than 97 different health products.  He is the CEO and founder of PRōZE, a company that synergistically combines CBD with herbs, spices, essential oils, natural plant extracts, vitamins and minerals, and antioxidants to tar...

Sometimes the most important thing we learn from our parents is what NOT to do when we become parents ourselves. I am incredibly grateful to have my friend and mentor Larry Hagner on this week’s Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show. After experiencing a tumultuous childhood with an absent father and a barrage of abusive and toxic male figures, Larry decided he would be NOTHING like the men in his life...

Want to live the longest, healthiest life possible, but don't know where to start? Well, my next guest is here to help. I am excited to have Dr. Doug Lucas on the Smart Nutrition Made Simple show. Dr. Doug is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with expertise in functional medicine, hormone optimization, and anti-aging. He is the founder of Optimal Human Health and Optimal Bone Health, where he h...

If you want to be better, get stronger, live healthier, and go from average to excellence, simplicity is the name of the game. In today’s Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I have the pleasure of chatting with Jay Ferruggia. Jay is a highly respected fitness expert, author, speaker, and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience in the health and fitness industry.  He is the founder...

At BSL Nutrition we believe that you should really be weighing yourself daily. Yep, I said daily. But not for the reasons you're probably thinking. On today's Smart Nutrition Made Simple podcast, I thought it would be fun to get the BSL Coaching Team together to discuss our philosophy around daily weigh-ins and why we find it to be extremely beneficial from both an accountability and awareness sta...

Should you go carnivore? If you ask that question to my next guest on the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, the answer would be a resounding yes. In today's podcast, I have the pleasure of chatting with my former rugby teammate turned neurosurgeon, Anthony Chaffee, MD. Dr. Chaffee is a fierce advocate of the carnivore diet and has completely eliminated all plant-based foods from his repertoire cit...

"I feel like a new person, like a different person than I was a year ago." In this week's episode of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show, I have an open and honest conversation with badass mom and business owner Whitney T. Before joining our Smart Nutrition Coaching Program, Whitney was at a breaking point. She felt like crap, was tired all the time, depressed, moody, and relied on alcohol and sw...