Mr. Heizmann, you are a fitness coach and a multiple bestselling author.

Mr. Heizmann, you are a fitness coach and a multiple bestselling author, you have combined nutrition and comedy, showing that you can laugh about food. How did you come up with the idea of giving speeches for both the stomach AND the diaphragm? When I started sharing my knowledge with small, interested groups early on, I tried to convince them with pure numbers/data/facts. However, the topic is too dry. I began packaging scientific facts in a vivid language – which was very well received. Ultimately, I also incorporated humor. This way, the attention span during my speeches remains at a constant 100%. That's when we absorb more than we would have thought possible. Is it hard to be slim or to stay slim? Do you really need the full diet program to stay in shape or is it much easier than that? It's easier than you think. We get lost in overly complicated rules: counting calories or points? Paleoveganfruitarian High-Carb-Low-Fat Ketogenic diet? We don't need such strict ideas for something as important and enjoyable as nutrition. A healthy diet needs to be filling and taste very good. How to achieve this without completely bending over backward is what my audience learns at the knowledge forum. In your program, you debunk widely held misconceptions. Which nutrition myths are particularly persistent? That eggs are bad for cholesterol and eating less makes you slimmer. That's simply not true! I will show you how we can lose weight and become very healthy by including plenty of eggs in our diet. Also, the nonsense that we only start burning fat after 30 minutes of exercise is very demotivating – and wrong! Unless you make a typical mistake. My audience will learn what that is. Do you believe that when it comes to nutrition, we lack more in knowledge or in implementation? More in implementation. Everyone knows how they could do things better. But our inner pig dog protects our literally ingrained habits. For example, when hungry, there is a battle between the head ("Now have a piece of fruit") and the stomach ("Exactly! Take Toffifees – they also have seeds in them"). With my so-called "perfect day," we send the inner pig dog to obedience school. There, he slowly learns to behave. What would be the first thing you would suggest to someone who wants to lose weight? To visualize their goal. It has to be worth it. If someone wants to shed a few pounds but doesn't know the clear benefit at the end, they will be blown over by every little headwind and immediately fall back into old eating patterns. I also recommend starting small and collecting reference experiences that prove to oneself "It IS possible!" There is a lot of talk nowadays about so-called "superfoods," usually sinfully expensive and transported halfway around the world. Are there also local "superfoods" that may be underestimated? Imported superfoods are an expensive hobby. It's not necessary to become and stay healthy. Especially since berries, flaxseeds, and above all the various types of cabbage grow as superfoods right here in the country and are much cheaper. There are no miracle cures, just exaggerated success stories. And it's precisely these stories that are being bought. Here is the profile of Patric Heizmann.

Interview with fitness coach Patric Heizmann

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