Fern Ho, CEO and Co-Founder of The Leaf Protein Co. joins us to talk about a protein source you may have not heard about yet!

We cover:

• What is leaf protein?
• The extraction process
• Global competitor landscape
• Other plants and their protein extraction
• Commercialising leaf protein
• What stage is Leaf Protein Co. currently at?
• How is your product performing once applied to different formats and food matrices?
• What the future holds for Leaf Protein Co
• The future of the protein industry

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

“Rubisco protein enzyme can be found in pretty much any leaf of any pant on earth and this is how it comes to be this most abundant protein on earth.”

“To date is hasn’t been commercially made available. That’s potentially the nut we are trying to crack is to bring to market this amazing plant protein.”

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Welcome to The Weekly Motivation by Steph Polson, your go-to podcast for quick bursts of inspiration, accountability, and support. Every week, I’ll share practical tips, uplifting messages, and the encouragement you need to go beyond your goals. It’s about more than just achieving a goal—it's about the ongoing journey, building emotional resilience, and staying accountable along the way.

There is a typical health trajectory that Kiwi's and Aussie's follow. Find out if you are on this trajectory and what you can do about it!

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Welcome to The Weekly Motivation by Steph Polson, your go-to podcast for quick bursts of inspiration, accountability, and support. Every week, I’ll share practical tips, uplifting messages, and the encouragement you need to go beyond your goals. It’s about more than just achieving a goal—it's about the ongoing journey, building emotional resilience, and staying accountable along the way.

Are you on your weight loss journey and not celebrating what you would consider to be minor weight loss progress? There are many health benefits that come with even modest amounts of weight loss and you need to know about them!

Sunny Nathu left Auckland weighing 108kg, landed in Singapore for a work secondment, and said to himself that this has to stop, “if I go further down this path there is no turning back”. 6-months later Sunny has lost 15kg, well on his way to his 80kg goal weight, and is feeling better than ever!

We cover:

• 02.50: Sunny’s weight gain and poor trajectory of health prior to transformation
• 06.50: Weight loss attempts
• 09.30: Lack of sleep and it’s impact on health
• 11:00: The burning desire to feel fitter and healthier
• 12.10: What Sunny started to do when he landed in Singapore
• 15.25: The #1 Key Factor To Sunny’s Health & Weight Transformation
• 18:00: Competing priorities of social life and health
• 19:00: Other aspects of health that come with weight loss - mental health
• 22:00: Sunny’s final piece of advice
• 24.15: Your realisation moment - you truely believe this is what you want

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

“It seems so clear now, but I guess back then you are pushing through. You know you aren’t making the right choices but you go okay it’s just one choice here and one choice there and you forget that it is all adding up.”

“I was 108kg and I went I’ve got to change the course of my life and the only way I can do is by becoming fit and healthy. So that old thing of when you really want something and you believe you want something you will start to do anything to achieve that. Prior to that I wanted to lose weight and be fit and healthy, but did I truely believe that I wanted it? Maybe, not sure. But when I landed in Singapore I truely understood that is what I wanted and needed.”

“It can be a virtuous cycle or it can be a vicious cycle.”

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Welcome to The Weekly Motivation by Steph Polson, your go-to podcast for quick bursts of inspiration, accountability, and support. Every week, I’ll share practical tips, uplifting messages, and the encouragement you need to go beyond your goals. It’s about more than just achieving a goal—it's about the ongoing journey, building emotional resilience, and staying accountable along the way."

In this short episode of Change Your Mindset, Beat the Sick: What to Do When You Feel It Coming, you’ll discover my #1 mindset and action to help beat sickness before it takes hold. If you’re starting to feel under the weather, learn one key tip to support your immune system and prevent a cold or flu from taking over. Tune in for actionable advice to stay healthy and strong, no matter what season it is.

The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council’s Whole Grain Week is here! We’re bringing you Karlu Chu, The Healthy Grain CEO to take us on the journey of BARLEYMAX® and show us why this whole grain really is a superfood.

We cover:

• About Karlu Chu, CEO
• BARLEYMAX® cultivated by CSIRO
• What is BARLEYMAX®?
• BARLEYMAX® growers
• Use of BARLEYMAX® in food products
• The scientific evidence of BARLEYMAX® and gut health
• Elevate Food Co
• Collaboration in the journey of BARLEYMAX®
• Global Health Trends

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

“BARLEYMAX® is a whole grain which has more than 30% fibre and 16% plant protein and also 4 types of prebiotics including fructans, arabinoxylans, beta-glucans and also resistant starch.”

“We are bringing to the consumers here a more complete set of products which are 100% BARLEYMAX®. So consumers can get their BARLEYMAX® in bread, in cereals or as a snack or salad topper.”

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The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council’s Whole Grain Week is here! We’re bringing you Jessica Ferguson, the Weet-Bix™ Dietitian to answer your top questions about Weet-Bix™.

We cover:

• What are Weet-Bix™ made of?
• What does 100% wholegrains mean?
• How many wholegrains in Weet-Bix™?
• Why you should eat wholegrains
• How many wholegrains to aim for each day
• Nutrition & health benefits of Weet-Bix™
• Dietitian’s top ways to eat Weet-Bix™

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

“We can look at what Aussie’s are purchasing and when we look at the most recent data we see that only 1/3 of the recommended daily serves of grains and cereals foods were actually those that were whole grain or high in fibre. This is quite low and a steady decline from the previous 3-4 years.”

“Weet-Bix can be that vehicle to top with your favourite chopped fruit, milk of choice, low fat yoghurt, sprinkle of nuts and seeds and you pretty quickly have a well-rounded brekkie.”

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