An Evidence Based Guide to Fat Loss with Dr. Allan Bacon

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Vanessa Spina

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.5 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Allan Bacon, a former dental surgeon, certified personal trainer and nutritionist, to explore his evidence-based approach to fitness and nutrition coaching.

Key Topics Discussed:

Key Topics Discussed:

Overcoming fitness plateaus and effective strategies to break through them
The science behind how to achieve sustainable fat loss
Keto/low carb vs high carb diets
Calories vs. the carb-insulin model
The truth about anti-nutrients
Whole foods and high-fiber diets
Emotional hunger and cravings
And much more!

Tune in to gain valuable insights from Dr. Bacon's extensive experience and learn practical tips to enhance your fitness journey.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.
0:05.4	Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa, and I am super pumped for today's episode.
0:11.5	We have Dr. Allen Bacon joining us today. He is an evidence-based educator and fitness coach who actually used to be a dental surgeon and he eventually became a
0:24.2	certified personal trainer and also a certified nutritionist, certified coach for powerlifting.
0:30.9	And he really bases a lot of the information that he shares in the scientific research.
0:37.0	And in today's episode, we talk
0:38.4	about what the science truly says about achieving sustainable and effective fat loss. We talk
0:45.7	about the concept of lean gains, where you should set your protein macros, your carb macros,
0:51.7	your fat macros. Does eating a higher intake of carbohydrate actually help
0:57.0	with muscle gain or not? We also talk about keto and high protein keto and things like
1:03.9	antinutrients and what the research actually says about antinutrients in foods and the
1:10.0	importance of fiber intake, fruit and vegetable intake,
1:13.4	and so much more. We also talk about his opinion on fasting, intermittent fasting,
1:18.7	and all of the myths out there. There really are a lot of very pervasive myths that exist
1:26.1	in the fitness space and especially the nutrition and weight
1:29.1	loss space about what is actually causing fat gain and what is effective as a tool for achieving
1:36.1	effective fat loss and also being able to sustain it. So he provides a lot of great advice
1:42.6	and information that is very much steeped in the evidence and the scientific literature.
1:47.7	And I really appreciated him being here and sharing all of his advice and also a lot of research studies, which we will link in the show notes for you all.
1:56.8	So I can't wait for you all to hear this episode.
1:59.4	And as always, I would love to hear any
2:01.3	takeaways or insights that you had. You can share them in our podcast group on Facebook,
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