All or Something Podcast

Send us Fan Mail When does healthy eating become disordered eating, and how can you tell when your relationship with food has started to become unhealthy? In this episode of the All or Something Podcast, we sit down with Registered Dietitian and coach Rachel Hobbs to have a nuanced conversation about dieting, eating disorders, disordered eating, binge eating, fitness culture, and what it actually...

Send us Fan Mail Liam Layton, better known online as The Plant Slant, joins us to unpack and defend his hottest health and nutrition takes. Liam has built a huge audience with his unique comedic style, allowing him to deliver health and nutrition information to the masses. So, with such a large audience, if he had to pick a handful of the most important lessons that he could communicate to everyon...

Send us Fan Mail What are we getting wrong about mental health? Mental health is talked about more openly than ever, but more conversation doesn't necessarily mean better understanding. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mike Banna to unpack some of the biggest misconceptions around mental health, mental illness, lifestyle, and modern medicine. We discuss where the line is between normal e...

Send us Fan Mail Intermittent fasting was supposed to change the way we think about eating. For years, fasting was one of the biggest trends in nutrition and health.  The idea was simple, when you eat might be as important or more important than what you eat. Timing your meals properly could help you lose weight, improve your metabolic health, reduce your risk of disease, and perhaps even live lon...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sohee opens up about something she hasn’t talked about publicly before (or privately, really). This is her experience with postpartum depression and the mental health challenges she has faced since becoming a mum. We talk honestly about what postpartum depression can actually look and feel like, why it doesn’t always look like the stereotypical picture of depressi...

Send us Fan Mail Cheat meals are one of the most common strategies in the fitness and dieting world. The idea is simple: eat “clean” all week, stick to your diet, and then give yourself permission to eat whatever you want for one meal—or even an entire day. But do cheat meals actually help with fat loss? Do they boost your metabolism, prevent metabolic adaptation, make dieting easier to stick to,...

Send us Fan Mail How should you actually train if your goal is to build muscle and get stronger? In this episode, we break down the latest American College Sports Medicine (ACSM) resistance training guidelines and turn them into practical advice you can actually use in the gym. Also, how do the new guidelines compare to what we thought was true before? Many of our beliefs have changed, especially...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us have heard of “starvation mode”, the idea that if you eat too little for too long, your body eventually stops losing weight and holds onto every calorie. But is that actually what happens? In this episode, we unpack what really happens to your metabolism during prolonged calorie restriction and why the popular idea of “starvation mode” gets metabolic adaptation wrong. W...

Send us Fan Mail This week, a huge debate sparked after someone suggested that adding bananas to blueberry smoothies could reduce some of the health benefits of the berries. The internet quickly responded, with many accusing her of spreading misinformation and unnecessary fear. So... who's right? In this episode, we break down the actual research behind the controversy. We explain what the fa...

Send us Fan Mail Jordan Feigenbaum of Barbell Medicine joins us to separate evidence from internet myths. We discuss testosterone, cortisol, menopause, lifting injuries, GLP-1 medications, artificial sweeteners, blood pressure, resistance training, and what the latest research actually says about building muscle and improving health. Along the way we unpack why bodybuilding may be safer than many...

Send us Fan Mail How do scientists know how many calories people actually eat? It sounds like a simple question, but measuring food intake is actually extremely difficult. If someone says they are eating 2000 calories per day, how accurate is that number likely to be? In this episode, we explore the evidence behind calorie underreporting, why self-reported food intake is often inaccurate, and how...

Send us Fan Mail GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro have become one of the most controversial topics in health and fitness. Are they “cheating”? Are people with obesity simply lacking willpower? Are these medications safe? And what does the research actually show about weight loss, appetite, muscle retention, metabolic health, and long-term outcomes? In this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail Most people don't struggle because they don't know what to do. They struggle because turning knowledge into consistent action is much harder than it sounds. Why is it so difficult to stick to healthy habits? Why do we keep falling back into old routines, even when we genuinely want to change? And is motivation really the answer? In this episode of the All or Something Po...

Send us Fan Mail For some strange reason, we haven't yet talked about Sohee's PhD study, so we thought we better change that. For years, exercise science has relied more heavily on studies in men, leaving important questions about how women respond to resistance training unanswered. In this episode of the All or Something Podcast, we discuss Sohee's newly completed PhD research inve...

Send us Fan Mail Why can two people follow the same weight loss plan and get completely different results? In this episode of the All or Something Podcast, we dive into the science of interindividual variability and explore why some people find losing weight and body fat much harder than others. We discuss the research showing that people can respond very differently to the same diet, exercise pro...

Send us Fan Mail Women's health is one of the most discussed topics in fitness, and one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, we sit down with women's health specialist Sheridan Skye (sheridanskyefit on Instagram) to examine some of the most common claims surrounding exercise, hormones, menstrual cycles, pregnancy, and menopause.  We discuss whether women need to train differently...

Send us Fan Mail You sent in your questions, and we answered them. In this episode, we're doing something a little different and stepping away from our usual deep dives into nutrition, weight loss, fitness myths, and research. We asked for your questions on Instagram, and we gave no specifications on what they needed to be. This was essentially an "ask us anything". We received a lo...

Send us Fan Mail Fat shaming is often defended as "motivation," "accountability," or simply "telling the truth." But does it actually help people improve their health? Does fat shaming encourage people to exercise more, eat less food, and eventually have a healthy and happy life? In this episode, we take a deep dive into the research on weight stigma, fat shaming, and...

Send us Fan Mail BMI (body mass index) is one of the most controversial tools in health and fitness. Some people say it’s outdated, inaccurate, and harmful. Others argue it’s still one of the most useful population health tools we have. So… who’s right? In this episode, we break down: - where BMI came from - what it was originally designed for - what BMI actually measures - whether BMI is useful f...

Send us Fan Mail Alcohol is one of the most widely consumed substances in the world, but the science around it is more confusing than most people realise. In this episode, we break down what the evidence actually says about alcohol, fat loss, appetite, muscle retention, and of course, a big disclaimer about health. We also discuss: - Why alcohol research is so difficult - The problems with observa...

Send us Fan Mail We are back from our break, and it gives us great pleasure to introduce you to our baby. (For privacy reasons, we are not showing her face or telling the world her name. The thumbnail is a stock photo and not of her, because some people on the internet can be creepy). In this episode, we answer the questions everyone wanted to ask us about childbirth, postpartum recovery, and the...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a little different from our usual ones. With our baby about to arrive, we wanted to take a moment to sit down and talk very candidly about how we’re feeling right now. The excitement, the nerves, the uncertainty, and the reality that life as we know it is about to change in a big way. Please note that we recorded this episode a few weeks ago, but planned to release...

Send us Fan Mail You’ve seen them everywhere: dramatic before and after transformation photos promising incredible results. But how reliable are they really? In this episode, we break down why transformation photos are often not what they seem. Sometimes they are completely fictitious and at other times they can be misleading, even when the person in the photo is real. We talk about some of the ob...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with one of our closest friends, Registered Dietitian and New York Times best-selling author of 'So Easy, So Good', Kylie Sakaida (nutritionbykylie) to answer some of the internet’s most controversial nutrition questions. There’s a lot of strong opinions online about food right now, from seed oils and monosodium glutamate (MSG) to soy and the...

Send us Fan Mail Most people have heard the advice: “eat less, move more.” And technically from a thermodynamics perspective… it’s true. But if it were actually helpful, far fewer people would struggle with weight loss. In this episode, we break down why this phrase, despite sounding simple and logical, often fails people in the real world. We discuss the gap between theory and practice, why overs...