The Luke Smith Nutrition Podcast
Talking all things nutrition, fitness and mindset to help you optimize your life and create the best version of you.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 153
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
133: Kara Goss (@karagoss_rd) - Birth control: different types, how they work, nutrition considerations when taking + coming off HBC. Managing post-birth control syndrome, improving body comp while prioritizing your mental/physical health
Such a fun + informative convo with my friend and fellow RD - Kara Goss. This was a jam packed episode on all things related to women's health and hormonal birth control (fellas.. this is an importan…
132: Training Q&A (pt 2) - Should you be stretching? My thoughts on cold plunge/saunas, dishonesty in the fitness space, my essentials when going to the gym
This was a continuation of last episode's Q&A - there were a lot of fun q's so I wanted to make sure I could answer them all. Topics discussed:
-Should you be stretching daily? What are some stretches…
131: Training Q&A - My favorite exercises for each muscle group, managing lower body volume, tips on how to get started with running
Tried to answer as many q's as I could on this training Q&A.. but I only got through 3 lol. We'll bookmark pt 2 for another day. Questions answered on this episode:
-If I had to choose one exercise fo…
130: Tony Castillo (@coach_tonycastillo) - Optimizing performance as an athlete, importance of sleep + how to get more of it, ergogenic aids, discussion around TRT/HRT + GLP-1 medications
Such a great chat with my friend + colleague - Tony Castillo - on how to optimize your performance as an athlete/high performing human. Topics discussed:
-What are the most important things to have di…
129: Dr. Jessie Hoffman (@jessiehoffman_phd) - Everything gut health: why is gut health important? Importance of fiber + food diversity, practical use of elimination diets, sorting through BS & non-evidence based practices in the nutrition space
Had an amazing conversation with Dr. Jessie Hoffman, PhD, RDN, on all things related to gut health - what it is, why it matters, and how to support it. Jessie (a professor at Winthrop University) is …
128: Dana Sowards (@a.dash.of.dana) - Benefits of lifting as an endurance athlete, deloads, rest + recovery strategies, supplements for performance
This was a great chat with my friend + fellow RD - Dana Sowards. Dana is a sports dietitian and works with high performing endurance athletes. Topics discussed:
-Dana's history of recovering from an e…
127: Adam Pecoraro (@thefitadam) - Tracking food.. why people should do it, what you should track + how to use it as a tool when working towards better health/fitness
Had a blast chatting with my fellow fitness & nutrition coach - Adam Pecoraro - on this episode. Topics discussed:
-Why should people track their food intake?
-What should people track?
-What leads to i…
126: Nicole Hagen (@nutritionwithnicole) - Dissecting the 'I know what to do.. I just need to do it' mindset + common mistakes people make when trying to eat 'healthy'
This was an amazing chat with my friend + fellow nutrition coach - Nicole Hagen. Nicole is a wealth of knowledge who teaches women how to ditch diet culture and eat for life. Topics discussed on this…
125: Questions to ask yourself if/when you hit a 'plateau'
For all my people who are in a fat loss phase (or are planning to start sometime in the near future) let’s talk about how you can get out of a weight loss plateau.
Usually, it just means you’re not be…
124: Keep chasing progress, not perfection
Perfection isn't the goal—progress is. In this episode, we’ll talk about why perfectionism can hold us back + how focusing on small, steady improvements can make a bigger impact on your results over …
123: Q&A - Monitoring bloodwork in a surplus, Netflix nutrition documentaries, tracking sodium, stevia, medications and weight gain
Great Q&A to start the year this past week - questions answered on this episode:
-Bulking while managing A1C
-Fasting after a morning workout
-My thoughts on Netflix documentaries + going Vegan
-When wo…
122: My 2024 recap, life updates + announcements, prepping for 2025 and beyond
Just wanted to talk about some exciting stuff going on in my life, reflect on this past year and talk about some things that've been on my mind lately...
Hope you enjoy it! Always here if you need any…
121: Olivia Young (@livbeyondthetable) - Feeling the need to 'start over' with your health journey, getting over the scale + using it more effectively when tracking progress, working through bad body image days, being active outside the gym
On today's episode I'm joined by a fellow RD + fitness coach - Olivia Young - and we have a great chat about:
-How our experiences as kids/young adults shape our perception of health + fitness
-Embraci…
120: Erik Underwood - New Year's Resolutions, social media messaging + common myths being sold to people, adversity we've dealt with this past year & how we've gotten through it
Had my guy - Erik Underwood - back on the pod for this episode. I think this is our 6th podcast together now? Too many to count hah topics discussed on this episode:
-Revisiting New Year's Resolutions…
119: Alex Thieme (@alexthiemefitness) - Body recomposition vs fat-loss, nutrient partitioning, rates of recomp for newbie/advance lifters, spending time at maintenance, goal setting for New Year's resolutions
Had a blast chatting with fellow fitness & nutrition coach - Alex Thieme - on this episode. Topics discussed:
-Alex's experience becoming a dad + fitness coach
- Living with food allergies and getting…
118: How to maintain your weight loss long term
If fat loss is one of your goals come 2025 (or at any point in your life) - keep these 10 things in mind.
Remember, losing weight is only half the battle.
What you do after that is just as important. A…
117: Kelsey Pontius (@sportsdietitiankelsey) - Carbs + endurance training, dangers of under-fueling, fat adapting: what it is/why are people so obsessed with it? Lessons we can learn from running
Had my friend + fellow RD - Kelsey Pontius- on the show to talk about all things nutrition and endurance training. Topics discussed on this episode:
-Importance of carbs for endurance athletes
-How yo…
116: Navigating the holidays, different 'camps' you might find yourself in, questions to ask yourself when you don't know what to do
Just some thoughts that came to mind as I've been creating content + working with people this time of year..
Identify what camp you fall into and work on finding your gray area between the two extreme…
115: Q&A - Eating candy during workouts, how to hit 10k steps, traveling with supplements, the good ol' chicken/broccoli/rice diet, how long it takes to lose muscle when you stop working out
Another great Q&A in the books - ty to everyone who continues to ask questions on Instagram. Topics discussed on this episode:
-Is eating candy during workouts actually 'good' for you?
-How to hit 10k …
114: Andy De Santis (@andytherd) - The liver episode: improving liver health, fatty liver disease, discussion around alcohol + fructose, foods you should eat more of
Had my guy Andy (@andythrd) back on the podcast to talk about liver health. If you didn't listen to our first episode:
Listen to it on Apple Podcast HERE
Topics discussed on…