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The Cooks Community

by Dr Nathan Cook

The Cooks Community podcast is a place for us to share discussion. I want this space to be somewhere people can come for inspiration, to listen in on a conversation and hopefully learn something in the process. The Cook ‘N’ Goals show interviews motivated people who are following their passion, HDR Brews speaks to academics about their area of research and Penne & Red Sauce discusses an area of Sports Nutrition. More episodes to come, enjoy. If this show provides you value you can donate to support Nathan's research efforts https://donate.stripe.com/28o8z6aVh6JIdbOaEE | ABN 98 873 411 521

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Episodes

  1. Today's Paper | Diverting food waste from hospital foodservices

    There are thousands and thousands of research papers out there. Some are never cited and some are never even read. As an academic and knowledge worker its important for me to share this unfound knowledge where I can. This is why I have created this new show, today’s paper, with the image of a...

  2. Nutrition in aged care & dementia | Mikala Wheeler

    Dr Mikaela Wheeler is a lecturer in the School of Public Health and has clinical and research expertise as a dietitian-nutritionist in residential aged care and community settings. Using mixed methods and co-design methodology, her research focuses on improving the lives of older people through...

  3. Today's Paper | Ultra Processed Foods in Hospitals

    There are thousands and thousands of research papers out there. Some are never cited and some are never even read. As an academic and knowledge worker its important for me to share this unfound knowledge where I can. This is why I have created this new show, today’s paper, with the image of a...

  4. Callum Davies | Biomechanics of running

    Callum Davies is an elite Australian middle distance runner in the final months of his PhD investigating the biomechanics of running at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland. His PhD explores the difference in biomechanics at the ankle, knee and hip...

  5. Systems Science & Dietetics | Kiara Too

    Kiara is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, holding a Bachelor of Exercise and Nutrition Science and Masters in Dietetic Studies from The University of Queensland. She is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy, with her research focusing on adopting a complex systems approach to understand...

  6. Jeremy Farr | Food Systems & Archaeology

    Dr Jeremy Farr is a Postdoctoral Fellow with The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI). He is researching enablers and constraints to food system transformation in Australia. Jeremy recently completed his PhD at the University of Queensland. His research explored the...

  7. Local food systems | Dr Joanna Horton

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Joanna Horton is a sociologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Queensland in the Centre for Policy...

  8. Children & Screen Time | Dr George Thomas

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. George Thomas is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation (HWCRI)…

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  9. Sustainable Design | Professor Simon Lockrey

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Professor Simon Lockrey is a researcher at RMIT focussed on design strategies for the circular economy and…

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  10. Dr Emily Denniss | Nutrition misinformation online

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa whilewe do to. Dr Emily Denniss is a lecturer and researcher in public health nutrition at Deakin University. Emily in interested in...

  11. Dr Stephen Townsend | Sports historian & concussion

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa whilewe do to. Dr Stephen Townsend is a lecturer in sport sociocultural studies with the School of Human Movement and Nutrition...

  12. Ethan Rogers | Caffeine and Esports Performance

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. Thissmall show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Ethan Rogers is in the final stages of his PhD write up having a full draft in hand already! A unique…

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  13. Brooke Devlin | Intermittent fasting

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Brooke’s interest is in sports nutrition and separately type 2 diabetes. We discuss her career history from...

  14. Clare Collins | Career to now

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Laureate Professor Clare Collins is a famous Australian dietitian who is known by many from her appearances in...

  15. Jaqueline Moura Nadolny | Chemical engineering & Food Science

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Postdoctoral researcher Jaqueline Moura Nadolny is interested in food science. Her unique backgrounud in…

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  16. Zoya Huschtscha | Sports Nutrition, muscle physiology, nutrition intevention

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Postdoctoral researcher Zoya Huschtscha is interested in nutrition interventions and their impacts on muscle…

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  17. Jack Hetherington | Supporting the Australian dairy sector to reduce food waste

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Jack Hetherington is interested in food waste, the food system, animal science and the…

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  18. Lina Breik | Tube feeding in Australian homes

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Lina Breik is interested in tube feeding within the home. Specifically, how we can get good,...

  19. Susannah Ayre | Parents versus brother versus sister during the family meal time

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Susannah Ayre is interested in the family meal time. Specifically how parents navigate siblings...

  20. Special episode: Janeane Dart + Gabrielle Brand | Verbatim theatre

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. This is a special episode of the podcast where I talk to Janeane Dart (Senior Lecturer, Nutrition Dietetics &...

  21. Lauren Ball | Healthy Primary Care

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Professor Lauren Ball is interested in healthy primary care which means the health care in the community that…

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  22. Patricia Ribeiro de Melo | Food & Nutrition Policy Development

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD Candidate Patricia Ribeiro de Melo is interested in Food and Nutrition Policy development, specifically…

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  23. Simon Holloway | Vegepod

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals podcast. Today we talk to Simon Holloway who is the co-owner and head of community at Vegepod: Which is a backyard raised vegetable garden enabling everyone, anywhere to grow their own food. We discuss the growth of Vegepod and Simons time before joining the business...

  24. Annet Hoek | Sustainable Food

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals podcast. Today we talk to Annet Hoek who is a food and consumer science consultant, Annet has completed a PhD in sensory consumer research and eating behaviour and spends her time now as self employed on projects focused around innovation and nutrition and health...

  25. Launch

    The aim of this podcast is to inspire people to create goals for themselves, push towards them and surpass what they thought possible. Whether it be small goals like running a 4-minute km or big goals like owning a home. I want this space to be somewhere people can come for inspiration, to listen...

  26. Zoe Davidson | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Zoe Davidson is interested in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disease which effects young boys and in some...

  27. Danielle Cave | Foodservice, aged care, malnutrition + a way to fix it

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Danielle Cave is 1 day from submitting her PhD thesis on aged-care foodservices and the occurrence of food...

  28. Lachlan Mitchell | Energy expenditure, body composition changes and the metabolic adaptations experienced

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Lachlan Mitchell is interested in sports nutrition and exercise. His original research journey started in...

  29. 3: Carbohydrate intake for training and competition

    Join Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian Nathan Cook as he explores an area of exercise science or sports nutrition. - Episode 3: Nathan discusses the science behind the guidelines for carbohydrate intake before, during, and after exercise to optimise performance…

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  30. Alex Manson | Food consumed and provided within school

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD Candidate Alex Manson is interested in the opportunity for food to be provided in the school environment.…

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  31. Dr Melissa Hatty | Psychology and our relationship with nature

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Melissa Hatty is interested in our relationship with nature from a psychological perspective. Melissa has…

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  32. Sue Kleve | Food Security

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Senior Lecturer Dr Sue Kleve is interested in food security as a lived experience for households, and how we...

  33. William Russell | The Rumble Pack Podcast

    Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to William Russell, great friend, drummer, gamer and fellow podcast host. Will and I grew up together in our late kid lives blending into the teen years for what felt like forever, but was only a short stint of our lives so far. Will is one half…

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  34. Melissa Adamski | Communication for nutrition professionals

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD Candidate Melissa Adamski is interested in communication for nutrition professionals in the new and digital...

  35. 2: Individual strategies to monitor hydration status

    Join Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian Nathan Cook as he explores an area of exercise science or sports nutrition. - Episode 2: Nathan discusses some key lab based and home friendly strategies to monitor your hydration status before exercise, as well as some options…

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  36. Susan Pearse | Life’s purpose + the attention crisis

    Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to Susan Pearse, author, leadership coach and presenter. Once Susan decided to go on a quarter life crisis trip overseas and try and find herself, she completely changed her perspective. Susan brought in the first mindfulness based leadership...

  37. Liza Barbour | Sustainable Food Systems + Healthy and Sustainable Diets

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Liza Barbour is interested in the sustainability of food. Food systems and diets play a role in everyones…

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  38. Kate Charlesworth | Climate free healthcare

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Kate Charlesworth is interested in climate free healthcare. The largest problem we are facing at the moment…

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  39. 1: Nutrition strategies to support muscle protein synthesis

    Join Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian Nathan Cook as he explores an area of exercise science or sports nutrition. Episode 1: Nathan discusses some key recommendations for protein dose, distribution, timing and type as well as some resistance training principles...

  40. Capital Scraps | Brooke Clinton

    Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to Dr Brooke Clinton, the founder of Capital Scraps, a curbside collection and composting service in Canberra, Australia. Brooke has completed her PhD in biodegradation and has a passion for helping the environment combat climate change. Capital...

  41. Claire Palermo | Nutrition education

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Professor Claire Palermo is interested in supporting tertitary students education through research…

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  42. Cherie Russell | Reductionist sugar policy

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. PhD candidate Cherie Rusell is interested in food policy, specifically reducing added sugar consumption and...

  43. Dr Shane Huntington OAM | Career in science and beyond

    Welcome to the Cook ‘N‘ Goals show, today we talk to Dr Shane Hungtington OAM, CEO of Little Big Steps (a kids cancer charity), radio host on Triple RRR in Melbourne (Einstein agogo), Physicist and communication teacher. Shane has had a long and fruitful career in academia and science but also…

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  44. Alan McCubbin | Sweat, Sodium and Nutrition

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Dr Aan McCubbin (postdoctoral researcher) is interested in sports nutrition, specifically sodium needs for...

  45. Mark Boulet | Food waste

    High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This small show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Mark Boulet (PhD student, MSTI researcher) is interested in food waste and how our behaviour influences its...

  46. Josh Lumley | Prmpt - Business R&D and grants

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Josh Lumley; founder of Prmpt, the research and development, and government grant experts. Josh had the dream of being in the top accounting firm but was warned early it may not be for him. Now he has turned his side gig into a fulltime…

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  47. Mys Tyler | Sarah Neill

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Sarah Neil founder of Mys Tyler, a womens fashion app that acts like instagram, only the feed is helping ladies of all sizes, shapes and colours find their fashion twin. Sarah has raised $1 million dollars and has tens of thousands of users all...

  48. Composta Australia

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Brad Travis owner of Composta Australia, an at home worm farm and garden all in one. Since creating the product in a home garage Brad has turned this idea into a full time, national business. Small beginnings at the markets and the thrill from...

  49. Steven Liaros | Polisplan

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Steven Liaros co-owner of PolisPlan, a new paradigm for regenerative, shared-equity land development. Since returning from abroad, completing local travel around Australia and studying this topic area in his PhD, Steven and his wife are…

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  50. Alfred's Apartment

    Welcome to the Cook 'N' Goals show, today we talk to Ed Hatcher owner of the notorious and delicious Alfreds Apartment – a men's wear, barber, and diner all in one. Since purchasing the company two years ago Ed has transformed Alfred's into its very own stand-out local clothing brand. We discuss...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Cooks Community podcast is a place for us to share discussion. I want this space to be somewhere people can come for inspiration, to listen in on a conversation and hopefully learn something in the process. The Cook ‘N’ Goals show interviews motivated people who are following their passion, HDR Brews speaks to academics about their area of research and Penne & Red Sauce discusses an area of Sports Nutrition. More episodes to come, enjoy. If this show provides you value you can donate to support Nathan's research efforts https://donate.stripe.com/28o8z6aVh6JIdbOaEE | ABN 98 873 411 521

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Dr Nathan Cook

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