Flex Diet Podcast

Let’s just jump right into the last protein myth of the week. I’m going to cover some very interesting, massive, protein overfeeding studies where they’ve tracked the effects of consuming a high protein diet for body composition. Listen in for all of the details. Visit www.flexdiet.com. Finally, understand nutrition on a whole new level. The Flex Diet Certification only opens 4x a year. Get on the waitlist to get notified for the next class.

We’re covering another zombie myth of protein that just won’t die today. Now it appears that protein itself is considered a negative thing in some circles. Yikes. I was at the ancestral health society meeting this past August presenting - it was super fun. One of the presenters was doing a talk about how we should be consuming very low amounts of protein which I do not necessarily agree with. A lot of this backlash is theoretical which brings us to today’s myth: Athletes don’t need more than the RDA for Protein. Visit www.flexdiet.com. Finally, understand nutrition on a whole new level. The Flex Diet Certification only opens 4x a year. Get on the waitlist to get notified for the next class.

One of my favorite shows on TV, other than Seinfeld which most of my students don’t even know existed… which is crazy, was MythBusters. Myth #3 is “as you age, you need less protein. This is false. From studies that we’ve seen, your protein needs actually go up as you age because of anabolic resistance. Listen to this show to learn more and good luck trying to convince mom and dad to change their eating habits. Visit www.flexdiet.com. Finally, understand nutrition on a whole new level. The Flex Diet Certification only opens 4x a year. Get on the waitlist to get notified for the next class.

Too Much Protein Will Damage Your Kidneys? For the average healthy person listening in, this is not true. You need to understand the difference between “work” and “damage”. It is true that if you have more protein coming in, your kidneys will do more work but that’s not a bad thing. Listen in to learn more about this myth that just won’t die. Visit www.flexdiet.com. Finally, understand nutrition on a whole new level. The Flex Diet Certification only opens 4x a year. Get on the waitlist to get notified for the next class.

This week I've been talking about that protein or bro-tein, depending upon how you want to pronounce it. What I wanted to do this week is give you a very brief primer on why protein is useful and why people talk about it. In this and the next 4 episodes, we're going to talk about a new protein myth each day. And today, the myth we're going to talk about is you can only use 30 grams of protein per meal. But before that, and we're just going to give you a very short primer on protein. So why do we focus on protein? Listen in and find out.

On the topic of the effects of exercise, we need to chat about the difference in aerobic exercise versus anaerobic exercise. Now for some of you, those may be a very simple review, but I think these concepts get a little bit mixed up and for good reason. So just like when we're talking about metabolic flexibility where the body is using this mixture of fat and carbohydrates at any one time, we can kind of think of that in terms of aerobic and anaerobic. These things (fuel & exercise) are not so much a hard switches per se, but are more like dimmer switches. We're always turning to a little higher percentage of aerobic capacity or metabolism or returning to a little bit higher portion of anaerobic metabolism. Let's research this further. Visit www.flexdiet.com. Finally, understand nutrition on a whole new level. The Flex Diet Certification only opens 4x a year. Get on the waitlist to get notified for the next class.

As of this recording, you may hear some different noises in the background. I'm in South Padre Texas doing some kiteboarding. You're probably wondering what kiteboarding has to do with the topic of exercise this week (other than it is a very good exercise). And if you know me, you know I could probably do multiple podcasts and yammer on about why everybody should learn to kiteboard. But the reason for kiteboarding is recreation -- in addition to me getting out to go ride, hang out with friends, be outside. The wonderful wifey took a road trip from Minnesota to Texas. Today's topic is exercise versus recreation. Visit www.flexdiet.com. Finally, understand nutrition on a whole new level. The Flex Diet Certification only opens 4x a year. Get on the waitlist to get notified for the next class.

Today I have something super cool for you. This is an interview with my good buddy Dr. Andy Galpin from Cal State Fullerton. If you've been listening to some of my stuff for quite a while, or possibly some of Andy's stuff for quite a while, you may notice that this interview was originally aired a couple of years ago on the Eat to Perform podcast. As I was combing through some of the archives here, I found it and I just really loved all the information that Dr. Andy gave. Rerunning it again because I think it is still very valid and fits in with the topic this week as we are discussing more about exercise. So check out the show here. Thank you very much. And if you want more information you can go to www.flexdiet.com