Episode 3: Brian St. Pierre of Precision Nutrition is on the show to talk carbs! What is a good intake for health and what’s a good intake for performance?
Guest Bio
Brian St. Pierre
A Certified Sports Nutritionist as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Brian St. Pierre also holds a Master’s degree in human nutrition and dietetics. A clear communicator and generous mentor, Brian exudes enthusiasm for health and fitness in everything he does.
As a student, Brian’s passion led him to Cressey Performance, where he worked as the high-performance athletic facility’s first intern, and subsequently as a strength coach and the center’s head nutritionist. Now he works for Precision Nutrition as a superb science writer and presenter.
In This Show We Discuss:
- Excessive consumption of carbohydrates in the general population
- Food reward, palatability and over-consumption of processed foods
- Improvements in health on a low-carb diet
- Stalling on a low-carb diet
- How to work out YOUR own optimal carbohydrate intake
- Carbohydrate intake and diet being dynamic rather than set in stone
- Who should cycle carbs and who should look at a consistent intake
- Consistency vs Complexity for getting results
- Nutrient timing and partioning carbohydrates
- Food quality: Which carbohydrates should you be choosing
- Carbohydrate needs for different athletes: powerlifters, endurance athletes and MMA fighters
- Higher carb Paleo diets
- Focusing on Health vs. Focusing on Performance
- Effect of carbohydrates on gut bacteria: Prebiotic fibre, ketogenic diets and carb metabolites
- Brian’s Recommended Resources
- What people should do everyday to improve their health
Links & Resources
- Brian at Precision Nutrition
- Alan Aragon’s Research Review
- Whole Health Source – Stephan Guyenet
- Anthony Colpo – The Fat Loss Bible
- The End of Overeating – David Kessler
- Brian St. Pierre Training & Nutrition
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