Welcome to the tailored life podcast, the one and only fitness and nutrition podcast that goes way beyond just training and nutrition.

I'm your host, Cody McBroom, and today we have our chief science officer of the tailored coaching method.

That is Dr. Brandon Roberts, and we're going to break down

July's research review, which we have been doing lately as a Q&A. So what you're going to get today

is three specific questions where Brandon goes and finds at least one, if not more studies for

and breaks down what the science says about said topic. And then I get to chime in, pick his brain, ask him

questions, live on the air, and then also share my experiences with the topic at hand in my

coaching career. So in today's podcast, we are going to cover whether or not flexible or rigid

dieting is better for fat loss. So should we be following more of like a meal plan, like a static structured meal plan,

kind of like a bodybuilder's diet, or should we approach this from a flexible

dieting approach where we have macros and daily targets?

Next, we're going to dive into whether or not it's harder for the body to store carbs or

fat as body fat, which is a very interesting topic, something that I like getting into

because I'm a huge fan of carbs. So today we're going to find out if I'm right, if the route of

eating more carbs is the route you should take. And we're going to discuss whether or not the body

can store carbs as fat just as efficiently as it can store fat as fat, or if it's vice versa,

is a high fat diet better for fat loss. We'll find out today in the answer of this question,

and we take a detour with a lot of good dialogue on that one as well. And then the last

question of the podcast is, does your body adapt to neat or non-exercise activity thermogenesis

or walking, making your step

count less effective at a certain point. So we all know that we can use steps as a strategy

to burn more calories, improve aerobic health, cardiovascular health, stuff like that. And it's a good

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