Raising free-range kids and the good, the bad & the ugly of exercise & nutrition for health and longevity

Today’s guest is an ex-professional triathlete & now Professor of Public Health, who has published hundreds of articles and several bestselling books. He is shaking up the world of nutrition with his evidence-based approach and for me, is the go to guy when discussing metabolic health. He’s also a mate of mine and author of a quite brilliant blog.

Professor Grant Schofield runs the Human Potential Centre at Auckland University of Technology, where his research crosses disciplines such as psychology, biology, medicine, public health, and productivity management. The cornerstones are nutrition, exercise, sleep, neuroscience, psychology and wellbeing and we get into some of these things in this podcast. The main topics of discussion are:

·      Raising free-range kids – straight off the bat

·      Grant’s reflections on his ironman past and how it impacted his health: 11:07

·      Metabolic benefits of low carb eating: 15:22

·      The Good, the bad & the ugly of exercise 21:25

·      Cardio, strength training, autophagy, telomeres and longevity 25:22

·      Exercise, ice baths and saunas 32:26

·      MAF – a shocking but evidence-based approach to aerobic training 34:00

·      Why we all need to do resistance training: 44:02

·      The nutrition wars: 46:43

·      The guy who fasted for 382 days 52:20

·      Grant’s dietary advice for metabolic health 54:30

·      Nutrition, cholesterol & high blood pressure 57:00

·      Fasting summary 1:00:22

If you’re interested in finding out more about grant, go to profgrant.com to check out his blog and find links to his books, or click here for his amazon author page. 

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