Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and Nutrition

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  3538: Foods You Don't Have to Eliminate From Your Diet To Be Healthy by Lea Genders on Healthy Eating Habits 16.09.2026 10min

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  3537: Hyperflexibility and Joint Pain by Rachel Trotta on Strength Training 15.09.2026 11min

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  3536: Three Easy Exercises to Lower Blood Pressure Immediately by DIYActive on Active Living 14.09.2026 11min

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  3535: How To Become Motivated To Exercise by Chalene Johnson on Fitness Mindset 13.09.2026 8min

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  3534: Living to 100 Days by Elana Miller of Zen Psychiatry on Mental Health 13.09.2026 10min

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  3533: 7 Restful Practices to Help You Stress Less by Courtney Carver of Be More With Less on Healthy Habits 12.09.2026 10min

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  3532: Fibromyalgia - Best Methods to Reduce Inflammation in the Body 11.09.2026 11min

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  3531: Gluten by Becca Shern of Minimal Wellness on Gut Health 10.09.2026 11min

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  3530: [Part 2] Is It Possible to Target Fat Loss to Specific Body Parts by Jillian Kubala with Healthline on Losing Body Fat 09.09.2026 11min

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  3529: [Part 1] Is It Possible to Target Fat Loss to Specific Body Parts by Jillian Kubala with Healthline on Fitness Myths 08.09.2026 9min

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  3528: How Minimalism Can Improve Your Mental Health by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on Mental Wellbeing 07.09.2026 13min

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  3527: Training for Life, Pt. I: How Functional Movement Protects Your Longevity by Kathy Robinson of Athena Wellness on Active Living 06.09.2026 11min

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  3526: Body Acceptance: Accepting Your Body Through the Changes of Motherhood by Crystal Karges on Mental Wellbeing 06.09.2026 10min

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  3525: 3 Food Label Claims and What They Mean by Danielle Omar of Food Confidence on Healthy Eating Habits 05.09.2026 12min

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  3524: Should I Supplement with Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Joint Pain and Inflammation on Nutrition Advice 04.09.2026 12min

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  3523: Apply The 80-20 Fitness And Nutrition Principle And Win At Weight Loss by Elly McGuinness on Healthy Habits 03.09.2026 10min

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  3522: [Part 2] How to Rock at Goal Setting by Roger Lawson of RogLaw Fitness on Smart Training 02.09.2026 9min

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  3521: [Part 1] How to Rock at Goal Setting by Roger Lawson of RogLaw Fitness on Fitness Mindset 01.09.2026 10min

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  3520: What A Laugh. Why A Dose Of Laughter Is Still The Best Medicine by Dr. Jenny Brockis on Mental Wellbeing 31.08.2026 10min

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  3519: Top Ten Ways to Increase Your Energy by Laure Carter on Natural Energy Boosters 30.08.2026 10min

  Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com Episode 3519: Laure Carter explains that low energy is usually manufactured by daily habits rather than inherited, pointing to caffeine, processed food, too much or too little protein, alcohol, and a sedentary routine as the usual culprits. She then lays out ten practical corrections, from hydration and fresh green vegetables to whole sweeteners, gentler movement, and earlier bedtimes. Her argument is that lasting energy comes from removing what depletes it before adding anything new, which is why the nutrition changes come first. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.laurecarter.com/toptenwaystoincreaseyourenergy/ Quotes to ponder: "A sedentary life robs us of our energy." "Many of us are chronically dehydrated." "Oftentimes when we have low energy all we need is to hydrate." Optimal Health Daily is a daily health and wellness podcast where we narrate the best articles on nutrition, fitness, weight loss, and healthy habits, read to you by a professional narrator so you can improve your health a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices