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Apr 2024
43m 49s

#116: GUEST APPEARANCE - How Aggressive ...

Martin MacDonald
About this episode

In this week's episode, I discuss how women can diet around their menstrual cycle and the importance of building healthy weight maintenance habits.


I also explain why hunger is reduced on aggressive deficits when compared with moderate deficits and how aggressive diets impact an individual’s relationship with food. 


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TIMEPOINTS

05:52 - How women should diet around their menstrual cycle


15:39 - Why aggressive deficits are better than moderate deficits for fat loss


21:37 - When you shouldn’t diet


28:24 - Does aggressive dieting negatively impact an individual’s relationship with food?


31:36 - How aggressive diets can actually reduce hunger!


37:15 - Why diets don’t have to be sustainable to be effective

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