Dr. Lori Shemek and Omar Cumberbatch

This Podcast Burns Fat!

Health EN ↓ 100 episodes

This Podcast Burns Fat is the dedicated resource to helping you create lasting weight loss while optimizing your health. Loaded with cutting-edge interviews from the top experts in weight loss and weight management, This Podcast Burns Fat provides you with actionable and simple information to help you move forward and stay on track with your weight loss. It is our mission to help people make sense of the plethora of complex nutrition and science, including the conflicting information that is so prevalent. You will no longer be frustrated, you will be motivated! Dr. Lori Shemek, and Health Coac...

Author

Dr. Lori Shemek and Omar Cumberbatch

Category

Health

Podcast website

www.omarcumberbatch.com

Latest episode

Aug 10, 2025

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android 5M+ downloads · 4.8 rating iOS soon

Episodes

Can a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Help You Lose Weight? 11.04.2022

Most of us realize the important role blood sugar plays in weight management. Those of us who realize this fact also make diet choices specifically to avoid creating excess glucose in our blood. And while the usual culprits like sugar and carbs are identified as problematic, the degree in which they affect each one of us varies. But what if we knew exactly how each type of food actually affects us...

How Toxins Pack on the Pounds with Dr. Wendie Trubow! 22.03.2022

You thought dieting and exercising was hard? Wait until you have to worry about dealing with toxins in a completely toxic world! Now before we completely throw our hands up at this seemingly daunting challenge, there are strategies to lessen the toxic burden that we can incorporate into our daily lives. To help us navigate the toxin dilemma, we invited Dr. Wendie Trubow to the show. Dr. Trubow is...

How Close Are We to Finding the Fountain of Youth? 15.03.2022

What if the fountain of youth wasn't really a fountain? What if it was just a series of diet and lifestyle changes that everyone could put into place in order to reduce our biological age? The impact on our overall health could be amazing and potentially assist in preventing many of the illnesses that plague our time. Dr. Kara Fitgerald joins the show to discuss her groundbreaking research on redu...

Dr. Cate Shanahan Shows Why PUFAs are Worse Than Sugar! 08.03.2022

We always thought that when it comes to substances that wreak havoc on out health, sugar was king. The reduction of sugar is usually prescribed as the first step to correcting metabolic health, and for good reason. But what if there's another, equally pervasive substance that we should be looking out for that might be even worse?  Dr. Cate Shanahan joins the show to shed light on PUFAs, polyunsatu...

Spermidine's Role in Anti-Aging and Weight Loss! 22.02.2022

Spermidine has hit the map for being recognized as having incredible anti-aging properties. As we age, our goal should not be to strictly live longer, but to have those golden years be vibrant, and disease free. So as our show consistently demonstrates, weight management is a byproduct of health, and spermidine plays an important role in healthy longevity.  To break down the benefits of spermidine...

Is There a Connection Between EMF and Weight Gain? 15.02.2022

With the rollout of 5G, EMF (Electromagnetic Fields) are becoming a topic of heavy debate in the health space. Concerns about the constant exposures to EMF through our consistent cell phone use and being surrounded by WiFi constantly has led many to question how healthy is it to be bombarded by these unnatural, man-made signals. And since weight loss is a byproduct of health, it is natural to assu...

Fit Past 50 With Jean Titus! 08.02.2022

Just like in everything in life, if you don't use it, you lose it. So it is common for many of us that as we age, we let life get in the way and we begin to slow down and not prioritize our health and wellness. This is especially true in the fitness world. But what if we keep up the intensity and stay the course as we grow in years? Would we still naturally decline? Jean Titus is proof that the we...

How to Lose Weight on a Fast Mimicking Diet! 25.01.2022

Is it possible to get the results of fasting, but still be able to eat? Fasting has been proven to have a wide range of health benefits that include weight loss, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. But, for some, not eating for extended periods of time is difficult. To present this life hack that allows us to eat and stay in a fasted state, we invited Dr. William Hsu to the show. Dr. Hsu joined...

Free Yourself From Dieting with Flexible Nutrition! 18.01.2022

One of the main reasons diets fail is when we don't stick to the diet fully, many of us have the tendency to just quit. We become obsessed with perfection and compliance, not allowing ourselves to shift gears if life throws us off a bit. This all or nothing approach destroys our best intentions and stops us from reaching our weight loss goals. To help us ditch this approach and show us how to be m...

The Hard Truth About Your New Year's Resolution. 03.01.2022

Research shows that up to 80% of New Year's resolutions fail. In the health and weight loss space, it is pretty obvious why. Once that clock hits midnight and our goal is in sight, most of us sprint into the New Year trying to change every single bad habit that got us into our health predicament in the first place. Truth is, we didn't get there overnight and small changes grow into huge gains! Jas...

Planning on Going Plant Based Next Year? Here's How! 15.12.2021

We admit it. We've neglected our plant based peeps. Not intentionally of course, just seemed to happen that way. But as people are planning for the New Year, we've seen a huge interest in the subject of cutting back on animal products. So it's time to get some guidance on how to do this. We invited Hope Pedraza  to break it down for us. Hope is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, host of the Hopefu...

Tap Away the Pounds with the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)! 02.12.2021

This podcast is dedicated to helping our audience maintain a healthy weight by any means necessary. So that requires us to think outside of the box when needed. So when it comes to losing weight, perhaps there are tools that aren't exclusive to diet and exercise. Tapping or EFT, can be that tool. Kim McPherson, aka the Well Nurse, joins the show to discuss how this technique can help us lose weigh...

Our Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain! 23.11.2021

If you aren't careful, the holidays can be a nightmare to your waistline.  So it is crucial that you have a strategy to keep off the unwanted weight. In our annual holiday podcast, we share all the tips and  tricks so that we can not only enjoy the Holidays, but keep off the holiday pounds. Lori and I discuss some of our secrets on how we navigate the holiday season while keeping our health a top...

What Supersized Lies Have You Been Told About Weight Loss? 18.11.2021

Diet myths are nothing new. Humanity has been bombarded by diet myths throughout history. So in a time where information is abundant, it is even harder to tell what works and what doesn't.  To help us weed through the sea of endless data, we invited Dr. Robert Davis to the show. Dr. Davis is the author of Supersized Lies which lays out strategies that research shows actually work. He also shares h...

The Sugar and Cancer Connection with Sam Apple! 03.11.2021

Modern medicine has dominated the way we treat cancer today. However, there was a time when truly groundbreaking discoveries were being made by a man who was truly not expected to make that type of impact, especially being a Jewish, openly gay man in Nazi Germany. That man was the Nobel laureate Otto Warburg who discovered how cancer cells eat. His story is told by Sam Apple in his new book, Raven...

Can Someone Tell Me What Probiotics I Should Actually Take? 27.10.2021

Nowadays you can walk down a supplement aisle and there's 300 options, just for a fish oil pill. So, it's easy to understand why there's an obvious overwhelm when it comes to any sort of supplementation.  So to cut to the chase and show us how to stick to the basics, we invited Dr. Michael Smith to the show. Dr. Mike, from Life Extension, breaks down exactly what we need to be looking for when we...

Can the Immunity Code be the Key to Weight Loss? 19.10.2021

The relationship between our gut health and our immune system is  quickly becoming the most intriguing topic in health today! As we learn more on what is needed to support our microbiome, it is easy to see that those same steps tend to have an impact on weight loss as well! To break this down for us, we invited Joel Greene to the show. Joel is the author of The Immunity Code, which demonstrates th...

Using Low Carb Nutrition to Battle Chronic Illness. 11.10.2021

Low carb diets have been shown to tamp down inflammation in a major way. As we are all familiar with, inflammation is the main reason that we are experiencing an increase in chronic illness in our society.  Mandy Podlesny joins the show to discuss her journey battling the medical establishment to discover the role her diet played in years of chronic illness. Through rigorous exploration and bio-ha...

The Diet Industry Doesn't Lie, Or Do They? 28.09.2021

Can you believe that the diet industry has grown to become a $71 Billion Dollar industry? Any industry that generates that kind of money truly does not want you to be free from it. So when we start to look deeper into why it's so common that most people are on this rollercoaster of weight gain and loss, it is apparent that it is designed that way. To emphasize this point and show us how to get out...

How Stress and Overwhelm Leads to Weight Gain with Brenda Sillas! 14.09.2021

One of the most overlooked obstacles when it comes to weight loss is the role of stress. Physiologically we know that stress increases cortisol, which is a known hormone that contributes to weight gain. But this added stress can quickly lead to feelings of overwhelm which can lead us to give up and not take action. To share tips on how to overcome this, we invited Brenda Sillas to the show. Brenda...

Is KetoFLEX 12/3 the World's Best Brain Diet? 18.08.2021

As firm believers that weight loss is a byproduct of a healthy lifestyle, it comes as no surprise that a diet protocol that shows amazing brain benefits would have benefits on the scale. But more importantly, the KetoFLEX 12/3 has shown huge promise in the area of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. To share his protocol and expand on this exciting research, we invited Dr. Dale Bredesen to the show....

Quit Sugar Once and For All with Danielle Daem! 11.08.2021

Yes, this is a very bold statement! However, I can attest that no matter how much you love sugar, you can greatly reduce your consumption in ways that will greatly benefit your health and your life! To give us some insight on how to kick sugar for good, we invited Danielle Daem to the show. Danielle is a holistic nutrition coach and speaker who overcame her own personal struggles with sugar and is...

Is Your Body Fat Leading a Double Life? 04.08.2021

Once we think we know what makes fat tick, fat switches it up on us. To think that fat is leading a double life isn't so far fetched. Once we really get to know what fat exactly is, the picture becomes clear that there's more to fat than meets the eye! To break down the complexities of fat, we invited Sylvia Tara back to the show. Sylvia is a biochemist and author of The Secret Life of Fat. Her re...

Is Cleansing the Key to Weight Loss? 20.07.2021

In an overly polluted world, toxins are unavoidable. Research has shown that this toxic burden also contributes to weight gain. So ridding our bodies of toxins on a regular basis is the key to long term weight loss. To shed some light on this topic, we invited Nykki Hardin to the show. Nykki is a detox and nutrition expert who has formulated her own therapeutic grade, organic herbal liver and colo...

How to Eat Your Way to Looking and Feeling Gorgeous with Esther Blum! 12.07.2021

It may seem like looking and feeling gorgeous is a long way off from were many of us are standing. But the truth is, our health is fixable! The key is to find out the root cause of our health issues so that we can make the changes to get where we want to be. Food is where we start. To share her experience on the importance of getting to the root cause of our issues, we invited Esther Blum to the s...

Listen to the This Podcast Burns Fat! podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.