Episode 23 - Chat with Dr. Douglas Kalman PhD RD

4:00 – Jose Antonio first met Dr Kalman in NY City; to speak at Hunter College
His bathroom was about as wide as a laptop computer.
New York City was so loud; hard to fall asleep.

8:05 – Dr. Kalman was one of the first dietitians to promote the idea that non-dietitians can and should give sports nutrition advice. He was quite hated by the dietetics community. He was the original RD renegade.

14:25 – People don’t like to be challenged says Kalman.  Of course he’s not always a nice guy. 

19:13 – Need more than book knowledge to be a sports nutritionist – Kalman 

20:12 – Is sports nutrition about health? 

25:20 – Sports nutrition requires that you need to learn the culture of the athlete. 

29:19 – You need to “meet the person where they are.” The sports nutritionist needs to adjust their recommendations, not make the athlete adjust to you.

33:40 – do you know anyone that consumes 10 grams of CHO per kg? So many athletes eat like shit – Kalman

35:24 – The REGULATION of the supplement industry; it is a myth that the supplement industry isn’t regulated.

48:37 – Can we trust what’s on the label of a dietary supplement?

54:30 – Dr Kalman gives his top 5 sports supplements

Douglas S. Kalman PhD, RD, FACN FISSN
Dr. Kalman is currently Adjunct Faculty at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. Historically, Dr. Kalman has been involved in over 250 clinical trials and projects within the pharmaceutical, medical and exercise - nutrition fields. He has published over 80 abstracts and more than 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He is also a Co-Editor of one journal (JISSN) and on the Editorial Board of three Scientific Journals. Dr. Kalman received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University, Master’s Degree from Hunter College - City University of New York and Doctorate in exercise and nutritional biochemistry (Health Research) from Touro University International. He is an Active Member and or Spokesperson with many organizations (ISSN, NSCA, APS, ACSM, etc.) and a co-founder of The International Society of Sports Nutrition (www.theissn.org). He has worked with Olympic Athlete’s (Nagano, Japan, Salt Lake City, UT, Torino, Italy, London, England, Rio de Janiero, Brazil and in the recent Tokyo, Japan 2020 Olympics) for Winter and Summer sports. In addition, Dr. Kalman works with and has worked with professional athletes (i.e., USTA, WTT, MLB, NFL, NBA, UFC/Bellator/ONE Championship), musicians and musical groups, collegiate athletes and teams as well as Nike’s Elite Distance Racing Team (Oregon Project). Dr. Kalman has edited four academic textbooks, contributed to more than five academic textbooks as well as two “popular press” books. He has been interviewed on various media outlets such as NBC, MSNBC, CBS Evening News, CNN, Discovery Channel plus others along with a host of radio shows. Dr. Kalman is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University (NSU), while also holding appointments in the College of Psychology and the College of Healthcare Sciences. He has been a Sports Nutritionist for DI - Florida International University (FIU 2010 – 2018). He has been the Nutrition Program Consultant for IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida and the Team Nutritionist for Coral Springs Aquatic Center while being a nutrition consultant to the United States Tennis Association - Player Development Program (USTA). He has taught at New York University, C.W. Post-Long Island University and Florida Atlantic University.