The world of collecting and collectors is a curious one….and it’s where I’ve spent most of my life. I’m Stuart Holbrook and as President of Theriault’s - the world’s leader in the auction of antique dolls and figurative art – I’ve traveled the world managing this often personal and always wild experience of collecting and being a collector. Now, I’m bringing my expertise and knowledge of trends to life in my new podcast - The Curious Collector. In each episode, I’ll be sharing my experience ...
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Are you looking to improve your race times? Stephanie Holbrook is a coach, nutritionist, and biohacker with over 15 years of experience helping athletes like you achieve their best performances. In her podcast, she provides the latest training tips, sports nutrition advice, and biohacking techniques to help you train smart and race fast. You’ll learn how to optimize your performance by incorporating the latest science-backed methods into your training routine. Whether you’re a triathlete, cy ...
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A Conversation With Bill Greening, An Iconic Barbie Designer: Part One
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46:24For over 25 years Bill Greening’s unique designs and fashion brought Barbie into the new millennium. From Play to Collector lines, his passionate work has helped shape the world’s most famous doll for new generations. Known by every Barbie collector, not just because of his designs, but also his passion as a collector himself, he has embraced every…
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In this new episode of The Curious Collector, Theriault's President Stuart Holbrook delves into the future of collecting to identify potential upcoming trends and what the emerging generations will think about the protection of objects past. There are some surprising predictions that will hopefully be reassuring to today's collectors that the items…
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A Conversation with Florence Theriault - A Paradigm Shift in Collecting 2000-2025
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42:42Theriaut's President Stuart Holbrook chats with Florence Theriault in this deeply personal and candid look at her 55 year career in auctions, dolls and collecting. Spanning the early 1970’s until today this three-part Podcast allows Florence to recount with humor and sentiment the rise of Theriault’s from its humble beginnings along with the storie…
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A Conversation with Florence Theriault - The Wild Times of the 1980s-1990s
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46:19Theriaut's President Stuart Holbrook chats with Florence Theriault in this deeply personal and candid look at her 55 year career in auctions, dolls and collecting. Spanning the early 1970’s until today this three-part Podcast allows Florence to recount with humor and sentiment the rise of Theriault’s from its humble beginnings along with the storie…
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A Conversation with Florence Theriault - The Early Years 1970-1980
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39:50Theriaut's President Stuart Holbrook chats with Florence Theriault in this deeply personal and candid look at her 55 year career in auctions, dolls and collecting. Spanning the early 1970’s until today this three-part Podcast allows Florence to recount with humor and sentiment the rise of Theriault’s from its humble beginnings along with the storie…
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Love Shirley Temple - Ten Years Later - Part 2
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46:21The Love Shirley Temple auction was an event that became one of the defining moments of Theriault President Stuart Holbrook’s career in showcasing the entire childhood of one of America’s great icons of the 20th century. All through the treasures that Shirley Temple personally preserved for decades. In Part Two of this journey with Shirley, Stuart …
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Love, Shirley Temple: Ten Years Later - Part 1
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43:37The Love, Shirley Temple auction was an event that became one of the defining moments of Theriaults' President Stuart Holbrook’s career in showcasing the entire childhood of one of America’s greatest icons of the 20th century. All through the treasures that Shirley Temple personally preserved for decades. In this episode of The Curious Collector, S…
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In this episode, Theriault's President, Stuart Holbrook takes us on a journey through doll history to share some of the oddest creations doll makers ever designed. As well, discussing the world of patents and how the scramble for the “next big thing” led to some very curious results. From the Bebe Bru Gourmand to the Ondine Swimming Doll, history h…
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The Road of a Collector Should Never Be Straight
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41:28A full life of collecting should involve numerous twists and turns. You start in one place with a few steps forward. Yet as you journey through this grand adventure you will find many back roads and detours to explore. Take them. Theriault's President Stuart Holbrook offers collectors not a map this time, but an encouragement to throw the map away …
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Stuart Holbrook has spent a majority of his life on the podium watching and conducting auctions as President of Theriault’s. With that, he has developed insider thoughts on the different type of bidders, how they fare in relation to their style, and interesting takeaways as to the success of each. As well, to showcase how online bidding is creating…
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In this episode of The Curious Collector, Theriault's President Stuart Holbrook shares his decades of experience traveling the world and how his passion for collecting and collectors creates meaningful experiences that transcend the guide book mentality of visiting destinations anywhere. He talks about how collecting and travel go hand in hand to f…
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The Continuous Glucose Monitoring Revolution, Dr. Kolodzik
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46:29Paul Kolodzik, MD is board-certified by both the American Board of Preventive Medicine and the American Board of Emergency Physicians. In his thirty-year emergency room career, he has cared for many patients in crises and witnessed firsthand the failures of mainstream diets and the medical system, which prioritizes medications and surgery over diet…
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Anyone who collects dolls has likely heard the comment, "Those Dolls are Creepy". But why do so many non-collectors think that? In this episode of The Curious Collector, Stuart Holbrook, the president of Theriault's Doll Auctions, dives into an exploration of how dolls got that label and what about them really creeps some people out. He takes a loo…
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Ten Takeaways from Two Rosalie Whyel Auctions
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53:00Over the last year - in two landmark auctions - Theriault's had the honor of auctioning items from famed Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art. In this episode of The Curious Collector Stuart Holbrook reflects on those auctions and what he learned from the vast array of items of different genres that encompassed this world class museum. In his ten takea…
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Best Foot Forward: A Roadmap for Beginning a Collection
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40:13Doll and Figurative Art Collecting is one of the most popular passions in the world today. But how do you start collecting dolls and why do you start collecting? There is no one simple answer to those questions, but in this episode of The Curious Collector, Stuart Holbrook, President of Theriault's, looks at some of the many reasons that people all…
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Growing Up Dolls with Shelley Helzer, The Daughter of Rosalie Whyel - Part 2
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41:00In Part 2 of this incredible interview with Shelley Helzer, the daughter of famed collector, Rosalie Whyel, Stuart Holbrook traces the family back to it's roots in doll collecting - a path that led to Rosalie becoming a generational legend in the world of dolls with her founding of the Museum of Doll Art in Bellevue, Washington which was, during it…
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Growing Up Dolls with Shelley Helzer, The Daughter of Rosalie Whyel - Part 1
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29:16In Part 1 of this incredible interview with Shelley Helzer, the daughter of famed collector, Rosalie Whyel, Stuart Holbrook traces the family back to it's roots in doll collecting - a path that led to Rosalie becoming a generational legend in the world of dolls with her founding of the Museum of Doll Art in Bellevue, Washington which was, during it…
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How to Value a Doll (Or Any Collectible For That Matter)
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35:35When you find a doll that you really want, how much is too much to pay for it? It turns out there is a lot that goes into the decision. On this episode of The Curious Collector, Stuart Holbrook explains the seven things that a collector needs to take into consideration when deciding just how much that doll is worth to them. And on the flip side, St…
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Are Collectibles or Dolls REALLY An Investment?
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25:32There are many reasons why collectors collect and probably among the top ones is that they see their collections as investments. But is that really the case? In this episode of The Curious Collector, Stuart Holbrook, President of Theriaults' Auctions, looks at the how collecting dolls in particular has changed over the years and reveals some startl…
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Hi, I’m Stuart Holbrook your host for The Curious Collector, a Podcast for Collectors and those who may be collector curious. As President of one of the world’s most unique auction houses, Theriault’s, I have spent my life amongst collectors around the world amidst every facet of their, well, what I like to call, collectorvolution. That is how thes…
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Johnathan Edwards - Author of The Revolutionary Ketamine
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53:46Johnathan Edwards is a medical doctor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. He is the author of The Revolutionary Ketamine, a book about stopping suicide. He also wrote Beating Pain – Percutaneous Hydrotomy: A Revolutionary Approach to Stopping Chronic Pain, COVID-19, Ketamine & Suicide, The Art & Science of the Marathon, and Chasing Dakar. Johnathan is…
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The Inspiring Tale of How Fat Adaptation Empowered One Athlete’s Comeback - Stuart Mason’s Journey
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56:28The podcast is about triathlete Stuart Mason who almost lost his vision with an eye injury on the job. Doctors were able to save his eye, but the injury gave him migraine headaches. Through his research, he learned about fat adaptation and the ketogenic diet. Since then, he has been able to train and race, even getting a personal best. WEBSITE: htt…
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How to Use Strategic Carbs with Peter Defty
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49:37Are you an endurance athlete looking to get the most out of your body? Check out this amazing podcast interview with Coach Stephanie Holbrook and Peter Defty from Vespa Power on How to Use Strategic Carbs. In this in-depth discussion, they explore the power of fat adaptation, how to maximize energy production for your sport, when to incorporate car…
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Coach Stephanie Holbrook Contact Info: WEBSITE: https://stephanieholbrook.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/coachstepholbrook/ TWITTER: http://twitter.com/sholbk YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpsYCJKfFP_iavxdoMQpNg?view_as=subscriber ABOUT Coach Stephanie Holbrook: https://stephanieholbrook.com/about/ Training Plans Training Plan…
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The Keto Road, Jon Shane, Runs a Marathon
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1:02:51Jon Shane from the Keto Road discusses his journey to keto from a bodybuilder to a runner. #running #theketoroad #ketoadapted #strategiccarbs Coach Stephanie Holbrook Contact Info: WEBSITE: https://stephanieholbrook.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/coachstepholbrook/ TWITTER: http://twitter.com/sholbk YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel…
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Frank Sole on How to be a Successful Triathlon Swimmer
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36:29Frank Sole discusses his new book The 5 B's of to a Successful Triathlon Swim. Many triathletes did not grow up swimming. Some coaches say we are doomed to have a poor triathlon swim. Then comes Frank Sole, he is your solution to a poor triathlon swim. He has spent the last few decades helping less than spectacular swimmers become exceptional swimm…
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Doc Edwards on How Variable Speed Running Helps You Run Faster
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58:16Running is more than putting one foot in front of the other. Dr. Johathan Edwards has taken running form and function to the next level, learning from the great Dr. Veronique Billat. Doc. Edwards has taken the details work of Dr. Billat's work on variable speed running in the book The Science of Marathon and the Art of Variable Pace. There is plent…
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TRENT HOLBERT FITNESS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM Delivering the highest quality of holistic coaching. Designed and customized with you in mind to create the greatest potential of human health and performance. Body-Mind-Spirit Coach Stephanie Holbrook Contact Info: WEBSITE: https://stephanieholbrook.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/coachstepholbrook…
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Matt Bach won Ironman Maryland in 2014 with a time of 8:51, was the top amateur and 6th overall at Eagleman 70.3 in 2015, then 72nd overall in Kona 2015. Matt has been using UCAN since 2014 when he began his fat-adapted journey – he had GI distress and bonking issues prior to that, but UCAN helped him transform his approach to triathlon nutrition. …
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Jessyca is a recovering bulimic and compulsive overeater. After battling eating disorders for 31 years, being hospitalized multiple times, and trying every diet and/or weight loss gimmick under the sun, she found herself at 309 pounds, her heaviest weight ever. Chronic depression led Jessyca into almost total isolation, and she rarely left the hous…
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Peter Defty is one of the pioneers in fat-adapted performance. He started in 2001, and subsequently with athletes he coached, eventually led to some stunning athletic performances all based upon optimizing fat metabolism. Need help becoming a fat adapted athlete? Work with Stephanie. One-on-one and group coaching.…
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Podcast 78: Jetty Nieuwenhuis on Self Love
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58:26Bulimia and Lyme disease survivor overcoming her health issues. 2x Ironman Finisher, Weight lifter, and Self Love Advocate. Need help becoming a fat adapted athlete? Work with Stephanie. One-on-one and group coaching.By Coach Stephanie Holbrook
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Kim, like many who grew up during the low-fat craze in the 80’s and 90’s. She, like many many, struggled with her weight. She has struggled with food from the age of 8. When Kim found Keto and finally won her struggle with food. Keto has turned my health around in so many ways. I feel so moved to help others on their journey to living the life of t…
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Podcast 75: Heather Cooan on Beating Cancer on Her Terms
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51:36Heather discusses how she beat vulvar cancer. She discusses her journey on how she fought the disease with traditional and non-traditional methods. She became a coach to help others with their health journey. Need help becoming a fat adapted athlete? Work with Stephanie. One-on-one and group coaching.…
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Podcast 73 - Jake Stiner on How to Fix Your Eyes and Throw Your Glasses Away
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50:10Twenty years ago Jake Stiner began a journey to reverse my -5.00 diopter myopia. It took a great deal of experimenting and trial and error to apply theoretical concepts found in clinical journals and peer reviewed studies, though he eventually managed get back my natural 20/20 eyesight. Over the years he cataloged the many tools, resources, and exp…
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Podcast 71: From Professional Comedian to Health Expert - T.C. Hale Discusses How to Kick It Naturally
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52:30How did a professional comedian become a fitness expert? Like most natural health experts, T.C. Hale (aka Tony Hale) began his career in stand-up comedy. Touring professionally as a comic for nearly a decade, he never envisioned that he would one day teach the world how to sleep, poop, and even lose weight. On Valentine’s Day, 2004, Tony lost his v…
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Podcast 70: Optimizing a Keto Lifestyle with Danny Vega
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1:09:28I had the great opportunity to interview Danny Vega about Optimizing a Keto Lifestyle. Danny and his wife Maura have the blog and podcast the Fat Fueled Family. Danny grew up in Miami, Florida and has always been interested in nutrition and fitness. Ever since he was a young kid, he wanted to be a “strong man”. In high school, he was the starting r…
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Podcast 70: Jessica Tye - Let Food Be Thy Medicine.
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49:33Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food... Jessica didn't come up this quote but she wished she did. She talks about how food helped heal her, her son and her journey to better health. Jessica became inspired by the healing powers of food. She became a Nutrition Therapy Practitioner to help others find healing with good nutrition. Check o…
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Podcast 69: Christine Moore on the Importance of Good Digestion
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40:31Coach Stephanie discusses the importance of digestion with Christine Moore, NTP. She covers where digestion starts, what happens along the way, and what can go wrong. She also discusses how to help some common digestive problems. She reminds us that it isn't always what we eat that is important. It is what we digest. Check out Christine's podcast a…
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Podcast 68: Keto Savage Coach Robert Sikes - Building Muscle on Keto
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52:36Robert Sikes, a lifetime natural competitive bodybuilder. Started coaching to help motivate and educate others. He has proven results with his own competitions and his clients that you can build muscle following a ketogenic diet. Robert shares the biggest benefits of keto and bodybuilding is that it is a much healthier option than the with traditio…
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Podcast 67: Crystal Sikes on Becoming a Keto Figure Competitor
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57:23Crystal Sikes (aka Lady Savage) is a very passionate individual. She loves training, motivating, and helping people in any way she can. Crystal has been a keto coach for several years as well as a fitness trainer. Keto has helped her overcome so many things from her digestive issues to her physical stamina, and strength in the gym. Seeing all her s…
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Podcast 66: Ketovangelist Coach Mary Roberts - How to Overcome Food Addiction
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57:20Mary Roberts is a 47-year-old wife and mother who spent the majority of her life battling sugar addiction and various stages of obesity. Through living a Ketogenic Lifestyle, she has overcome obesity and maintains control over her food addiction and her health. She is a recovering compulsive overeater/binge eater and has over 5 years of food sobrie…
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Podcast 65: Travis Statham - Carnivore Success Story and Community Supporter
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54:58Travis Talks about why he started a Carnivore/Zero Carb way of eating. He discusses why he is helping thousands around the world. Travis Statham @travis_statham, moderator of r/ZeroCarb, r/KetoScience and the World Carnivore Tribe facebook group making the world a better place by supporting the Carnivore/Zero Carb Community. In this episode, we tal…
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Podcast 64: The WHOLESTIC Method with Debbie Potts
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58:11Debbie Potts has been in the fitness industry for over twenty-five years and a competitive endurance athlete for twenty years. Along her journey, she has accomplished many goals including being nominated as one of the top one hundred best trainers in the U.S. by Men’s Journal in 2004 and 2005 as well as participating in fifteen Ironman Triathlons –…
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Podcast 63: Brenda Richards’ Journey from an Obese School Teacher to Fit, Strong Coach
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33:34Brenda has been a yo-yo dieter her entire adult life…until now. In 2009, she reached out for help at her highest known weight of 407 pounds. In the spring of 2010, she had weight loss surgery, which took her to maintain at ~290 pounds after the honeymoon period of weight loss her surgeon described had ended. During the winter of 2016, Brenda nearly…
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Podcast 62: DOC EDWARDS TALKS ABOUT NUTRITION FOR ENDURANCE ATHLETES, AND MORE…
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1:01:29Coach Stephanie discusses nutrient timing with Doc Edwards. Doc Edwards is a leader in fat adaptation in performance. He has helped elite athletes optimize their performance. Keith Baar's Stem Talk: Episode 1; Episode 2 Zach Osborne - https://docedwardsfitness. com/zach-osborne-motocross/ Svein Tuft / Barry Murray - https://www.patreon.com/ connect…
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Podcast 61: Part 2 Interview with Tyler Cartwright from KetoGains
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34:31Tyler continues his talk about ketones. Find out how much protein to eat and what it means to be in ketosis. www.ketogains.com Ketogains Facebook Group KetoGains Reddit -----------------------------------------Lets Connect-------------------------------------- ➢ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ketoenduranc... ➢ Facebook Group https://www.facebook…
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Podcast 60: Part 1 - Interview with Tyler Cartwright from KetoGains
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51:42Learn about the history of ketogains, why it means so much to the particpants and the KetoGains Crew. Find out how much protein to eat and what it means to be in ketosis. www.ketogains.com Ketogains Facebook Group KetoGains Reddit -----------------------------------------Lets Connect-------------------------------------- ➢ Facebook https://www.face…
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Podcast 59: KetoEndurance Success Story - Abbey Smith
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49:37-------------------------------------Key Takeaways---------------------------------- ➢ It takes a long time to heal ➢ You don't need all the gu's, gels and carbohydrates to perform well ➢ The Jefferson Hub. -----------------------------------------Lets Connect-------------------------------------- ➢ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ketoenduranc...…
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Podcast 58: Dr Shawn Baker discusses the Carnivore Diet and Fitness Goals
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52:19isten to Dr Shawn Baker explain the health benefits of eating a carnivore diet which is mainly meat and water & no vegetables or fruit. Dr Shawn Baker is an orthopedic surgeon based in California and an avid carnivore diet advocate. Dr Baker shares some of the reasons why he feels eating an all meat diet is better than being low carb diet or keto d…
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