Cliffdog's Podcats: Recent Episodes
Cliff Harvey
Dr Cliff Harvey (AKA CliffDog) chats with cool people doing inspiring and interesting things in the worlds of health, performance, business, and the creative arts.
In this episode, Dr Cliff Harvey chats with renowned music photographer Michelle Hunder about her experiences with severe vaccine adverse events after receiving the Pfizer-Biontech COVID mRNA vaccine... not to mention a few diversions into basketball, hip-hop, and cool kicks!
In this cast, I talk with my good buddy Richie Hardcore, social justice and drug harm reduction advocate, activist, and media pundit about cancel culture and the problems inherent in both the alt-right and hyper-woke left... It's a goodie!
Dr Anita Amorim and Emma Ho (PhD candidate) from the University of Sydney talk about their recent and upcoming research on low-back pain and holistic health coaching interventions.
In this episode, I chat with advertising, innovation, and entrepreneurship guru Mike Hutcheson, co-founder of Colenso and HMK, former Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi, serial entrepreneur, and Adjunct Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Auckland University of Technology.
Check out Mike's course on entrepreneurship at AUT: Practical Innovation, and his latest book This is a Self Help Sort Your Shit Out Book.
Michelle Yandle, health coach and educator extraordinaire drops into the new and improved Cliffdog's Podcats to chat about her 'Empowered Eating' non-diet approach to health and nutrition.
In this cast, I chat with the founder of Hilbilby foods and the co-creator of Fire Tonic, Mark Drill about the business of health and wholefoods, cultural appropriation, outrage and cancel culture, and how to live a life you love.
In this cast, I chat with Sarah Hancock whose recent PhD research focussed on the role of diet in the prevention of caries, improvement of dental health, and its relationship with metabolic and overall health.
This podcast is one of my absolute favourites and I found many of the topics that Sarah discussed, absolutely fascinating.
For example:
- Does flossing really improve dental health?
- How important is brushing your teeth?
- Is fluoride effective for reducing caries?... (And should we be fluoridating our water?)
Check this cast out, you won't regret it.
In this cast, Dr Cliff Harvey chats about ethics and scopes of practice in the Sports Nutrition field and how the Sports Nutrition Association is advancing the field be providing a recognised, global body to register Accredited Sports Nutritionists.
In this cast, I chat with Health Psychologist Glenn Mackintosh.
Glenn is a health psychologist and advocate for a positive and happiness centred approach to health rather than the typical weight-centric approach that has been favoured in the medical world. His work crosses over with movements like Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, and Empowered Eating and has a pragmatic, evidence-based, and person-centric approach to health management.
What is health coaching?
In this cast, Dr Cliff Harvey chats with Health Coach extraordinaire about what health coaching is (and isn't), how to tell a legitimate health coach from someone who is just an underqualified wannabe nutritionist, and the value of legitimate, credible health coaching in clinical practice.
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Dr Simon Thornley about the latest data on the associations between various interventions and their effects on COVID cases and mortality.
Simon Thornley MbChB, PhD is a medical doctor, biostatistician and epidemiologist. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland.
Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali from freemusicarchive.org
In this podcast I was honoured to sit down with mo pral (my brother/mate) Romani elder and leader of the Romani community in Aotearoa, Bob Lovell Kamulo.
We discussed the origins of the Romani people, how the term 'Gypsy' is a descriptor specifically for the Romani people (not a lifestyle choice), and that it's use by non-Romani people, especially for profit, is offensive.
Bob also tells some great stories and tales from a Rom perspective.
Enjoy, it's kushti rokker.
In this cast I chat with Dr Mikki Williden all about holistic wellness and why we need to go beyond an arbitrary ideal of 'health' as a goal, and instead focus on creating a life of passion and purpose.
Intro Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat Brother Ali. Outro by Jesse Spillane Descent of the Goober Monster from freemusicarchive.org
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with my colleagues, Drs Mikki Williden, Caryn Zinn, and Dan Plews about whether low-carbohydrate diets negatively impact hormone balance.
It's commonly assumed that people (especially women) 'need' a certain amount of carbohydrate in the diet in order to preserve hormone levels and function. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
One of my articles spurred this conversation (Do Low-Carb Diets Negatively Affect Hormone Balance?) and it ended up being a great summary of the things that you should actually be focussed on. (Hint: carb content of the diet isn't usually one!)
Caryn Zinn PhD, RD is a registered dietitian, researcher, and senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology.
https://carynzinn.com/
Mikki Williden PhD is a registered nutritionist, researcher, and senior lecturer at UNITEC.
https://mikkiwilliden.com/
Dan Plews PhD is an exercise physiologist and exercise and nutrition researcher based at High Performance Sport NZ and Auckland University of Technology.
https://www.endureiq.com/
A group of New Zealand academics has suggested a more moderate approach to our response to the COVID pandemic which they believe will lessen the long-term damage to health that would result from an extended lockdown. In this podcast, Dr Cliff Harvey discuss the rationale and reasons for their 'Plan B' approach with Professor of Public Health, Dr Grant Schofield and biostatistician and epidemiologist, Dr Simon Thornley.
In this episode, Cliff Harvey PhD talks with Mike Huffam, kettlebell expert, strength and conditioning coach, and founder of The Master Kettlebell Academy, Mike Huffam.
Intro sample from Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Al. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Spillane. http://freemusicarchive.org
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with my homie, Richie Hardcore.
Richie is a former professional Muay Thai fighter and boxer and is a coach for fighters. More importantly, he is a vocal and tireless advocate for intelligent drug reform, public health, and for combating gendered violence.
In this cast, Richie and I go deep on outrage culture, social media and its impact on society and mental health, veganism, and more!
Intro sample from Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Pillane. Both from freemusicarchive.org
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with my good buddy Darren 'Daz' Ellis about his journey from Kiwi everyman, to the Godfather of CrossFit in NZ! We also discuss, health, performance, and happiness, and how to stay awesome even as you become a middle-aged former musclehead.
Intro sample from Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali, outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Spillane. From www.freemusic.org
In this episode chat with my good friend Michelle Yandle. Michelle is a nutrition and health coach who focusses on empowered patterns of eating and living well.
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with yogi, and recovery-focussed personal trainer Rachel Grunwell about her journey from invesitagtive journalism to running marathons and becoming a health-focussed journalist and yoga practitioner.
Rachel's new book 'Balance', featuring insights from health and performance experts from around the world, can be found on AMAZON and more about Rachel and her work and book can be found at her site: https://inspiredhealth.co.nz/
Chris Miller has a wide and varied background in health and performance. He has completed graduate and post-graduate qualifications in history, health science, Chinese medicine, and much (much!) more. He has worked with many Olympians, world level and professional athletes.
Chris is the founder of PrimalThenics and uses primal movement training along with nutrition and lifestyle to help people perform at their very best.
Find out more about Chris and download the PrimalThenics app at www.primalthenics.com
I loved chatting with Toney about his journey into bodybuilding and more importantly, life after bodybuilding, and how critical it is to discover your WHY in life.
Toney had so many key insights into life that this cast requires multiple listens! Enjoy.
Intro sample from Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jess Spillane http://freemusicarchive.org
Paul 'Cadsy' Cadman is a nutrition and performance coach specialising in custom nutrition, supplementation and training programming for endurance athletes.
I love chatting to Cadsy as he is a self-experimenter who's always willing to do the hard yards, walking the talk, before applying it with his athletes. Paul has had great success fine-tuning 'mixed fuelling' (carbs + ketones) and with other supplements like MitoQ, mushrooms, Super Starch and more!
Intro sample from Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Spillane - from http://freemusicarchive.org
In this episode I chatted again to my buddy Dr Dan Plews. Dan Plews is a PhD researcher, coach, and weapon endurance athlete. His research has looked extensively at the application of Heart Rate Variability for measuring fatigue and recovery in athletes, along with hydration, electrolytes and more. Dan is the founder of EndureIQ, an online education platform for long distance triathletes.
Listeners of the Carb-Appropriate Podcast can receive 10% off a subscription to HRV4TRaining Pro - the very best application for coaches and practitioners to monitor their athletes HRV results. Just use code cliff at HRV4T.com
Intro sample from Get Up Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Spillane. From http://freemusicarchive.org
Julian Mitchell is a physio turned myco-entrepreneur. He is as passionate about mushrooms and their use as both food and medicine as I am, and I was stoked to chat with him on this episode of the cast.
Julian is one of the founders of Life Cykel, a Byron Bay (NSW, Australia) based producer of organic, ethical, and sustainable mushroom products.
Sit back, relax, and join us on an in-depth chat of all things 'shrooms!
Interested in trying medicinal mushrooms?
Listeners of the podcast can get a massive 25% off their first order of Life Cykel mushrooms at Nutrition Store Online. Just use code: CA-SHROOMS when you order at www.nutritionstore.online or click on the link to have your discount automatically applied: https://www.nutritionstore.online/discount/CA-SHROOMS
Disclosure: Cliff is the owner of Nutrition Store Online, the NZ exclusive distributor of Life Cykel.
Intro sample from Get Up, Stand Up by Public Eneny feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Spillane. Both from freemusic.org
Eric Helms PhD, is a coach, athlete, author, and educator. He earned pro status as a natural bodybuilder with the PNBA in 2011 and competes with the IPF at international level events as an unequipped powerlifter. Eric has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in exercise science and nutrition journals and writes for commercial fitness publications. Overall, he is considered one of the best in the biz of nutrition and training for bodybuilding and strength development.
Check out Eric's great e-books on Nutrition and Training for strength, power, and physique
The Muscle and Strength Pyramids: http://ow.ly/f1cK50p2SZD
MASS Research Review: https://transactions.sendowl.com/stor...
Intro sample from Get Up, Stand Up by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample from Spastic Mumblings by Jesse Spillane - http://freemusicarchive.org/
Cliff chats with his research colleague and leader in the wholefood, lower-carb nutrition field in New Zealand, Dr Mikki Williden. Not to be missed for anyone interested in an evidence-based, yet holistic (and simple!) approach to eating for health and performance.
Find Mikki at https://mikkiwilliden.com/
Mikki has a great selection of articles, recipes, as well as online coaching to help you get your nutrition and health on track.
Follow Mikki on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutrition/
Check out one of the papers co-written by Mikki and Cliff (top 5 in Public Health and Nutrition at Peer J 2018) https://peerj.com/articles/4488/
If you like the pocast, check out my Patreon page, where you can donate as little as $1 per month to help support nutrition research and receive exclusive member-only benefits. Become a Patron!
Additional credots: Intro sample from 'Get Up Stand Up' by Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample 'Spastic Mumblings' by Jess Spillane from URL: http://freemusicarchive.org
In this episode Cliff is joined by Joe 'Keto' Rogister. Joe is a pioneer of both social marketing and new-business development in Australasia and helped to introduce exogenous ketones to the market in this part of the world.
Pruvit ketones can be found at: https://cliffharvey.pruvitnow.com/
In NZ, contact the team at www.nutritionstore.online for info on how to purchase ketones.
The Carb Appropriate Podcast Episode 7. Featuring Professor Grant Schofield, PhD. I really loved chatting with Professor Schofield in this edition of the podcast.
Grant is a professor of public health and director of the Human Potential Centre at the Auckland University of Technology. He was also the supervisor for my PhD research, and we have collaborated on a bunch of research papers. Grant has emerged as a leader in the field of low-carbohydrate nutrition and the re-evaluation of the current (faulty) dietary guidelines. He’s also been a key mover in helping to get kids more active and in creating ‘livable’ cities with a focus on movement.
https://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/grant-schofield
Grant and collaborators Dr Caryn Zinn and Craig Rodger have just released their latest book: What the Fat? Recipes which features over 130 delicious, low-carb recipes.
https://whatthefatbook.com/product/what-the-fat-recipes/
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Intro includes sample of 'Get Up Stand Up' Public Enemy feat. Brother Ali. Outro sample; Jesse Spillane 'Spastic Mumblings' both from http://freemusicarchive.org
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Episode 6. Featuring Phil Dowling ND, MA.
Phil Dowling is a legit OG in the nutrition and naturopathy world in New Zealand. He has been in practice for 3 decades, is a lecturer in various aspects of physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical nutrition and is, to top it all off, one of Australasia’s leading nutrition practitioners for gut-health. Cliff and Phil riff, in this cast, about gut-health, fermented foods, probiotics, prebiotics, and what many people get wrong about how to optimally improve gut-health.
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This week, Cliff chats to Lara Briden ND, The Period Revolutionary.
Lara is a world-renowned expert on women's health and hormonal issues. In this podcast, Cliff and Lara chat about her background in evolutionary biology, the dangers of birth-control pills, the HPTA axis and hormonal health, keto and women's health...and more!
In this cast, author, researcher, and clinical nutritionist Cliff Harvey PhD (c) talks with celebrity chef, paleo and keto guy, and all-around health advocate Pete Evans.
The discussion rambles from why Pete and his family started out living a paleo and now keto lifestyle, into mind-body health, and the recent controversy over Pete's health pronouncements and movie The Magic Pill.
Strap in! It's a goodie.
The Carb-Appropriate Podcast show notes
Episode 3. Feat. Scott Gooding, celebrity chef, trainer, and coach
I met Scottie when he was the MC for a keto-event I spoke at in Sydney with the IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Tony Freeman. Scott and I got on like a house on fire and we became firm friends. I wrote the foreword for his latest book The Ketogenic Diet and I’m not consulting to his online coaching programme reconditioned.me . Scott has an approach to health and wellness that can benefit anybody. This was a great cast…
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2:23 – Scottie jumps right in and gets deep… “It takes a village to start a health epidemic” (Scottie name-dropping the well-known Dr Terry Wahls, famous for her auto-immune protocols for treating MS and other auto-immune conditions)
3:50 – Scott explains the work that he did with Dr Wahls
9:30 – Why are some doctors and dieticians so against diets that are based on real-food!? (Like the Paleo diet)
11:00 – Scottie agrees that Cliff is a ‘piece of granite’ “You’re f$%∈’ huge!”
12:13 – How did Scott go from a ‘carbs and cardio’ mindset for health and fitness into a lower-carb, real food approach?
15:00 – As part of a flow-on from the discussion above, Scott and Cliff talk about the effects of a whole foods diet on inflammation and chronic pain
16:00 – How did Scott get into cooking?
17:30 – “The only way you can be a true custodian of your own health is to cook at home!”
21:00 – Everyone knows what to eat, but if you don’t make it exciting and sexy, it’s not going to work for you. [Simple, effective, affordable ways to make food exciting]
22:20 – Cliff rants against the ‘food is just fuel’ school. Food is enjoyment, entertainment, fun! 😊
23:30 – Work your ‘kitchen muscle’. Learn some basic skills, get in the kitchen, practice!
28:18 – Scott talks about his Paleo cooking and lifestyle books co-written with our buddy Luke Hines and his more recent solo ventures. Take home message: If you aren’t at least a little embarrassed by your books, years later, you haven’t grown and evolved!
[Shout out to my mentor Dr Ian Brooks!]
31:00 – Scottie talks about how he transitioned from pure Paleo into more of a keto-paleo approach
32:00 – Cliff nerds out about latitude defining carb intake in an ethnographic context
33:00 – Sometimes Paleo can be too high in carbs for some people in Scott’s opinion 😉
Discussion of reconditioned.me ensues!
www.reconditioned.me
Reconditioned Me is an integrative 8-week programme that focuses on the key areas of: movement, psychology and mindset, mindfulness, and movement. It had expert guidance from Scott Gooding (food and movement), Glen Mackintosh (psychology, behaviour, and mindset), Neera Scott (mindfulness), Cliff Harvey (that’s me! – nutrition)
45:30 – Can you start with just one minute of meditation? [The value of starting and building a meditation practice]
46:20 – Shout out to Scotties podcast! https://www.scottgoodingproject.com/podcast/
Scottie discusses his resistance to meditation and all the excuses he made to ‘not’ meditate. After chatting with Cliff on his podcast a year or two ago, Scott started his meditation with ‘Cliff’s one-minute meditation’. Now he has a solid, daily meditation practice. “Now meditation is part of my landscape”.
48:37 – What’s Scott’s daily and morning routine look like? What does this mean to his health and wellbeing?
Note: Scott is a huge fan of saunas and steaming….mainly because it’s relaxing AND you can’t take your phone in the steam-room! “Let me tall ya, an iPhone doesn’t work very well in that environment!”
50:45 – Books and resources that have influenced Scott (aside from me of course…!) Scott waxes lyrical about Mark Sisson (https://www.marksdailyapple.com/ ) and other pragmatic voices in the industry
52:00 – The importance of compassion + Scott and Cliff talk about the importance of not just serving the elite and the wealthy with healthy nutrition. AND that you also can’t judge people for enjoying more esoteric (and expensive) supplements if they choose to.
54:00 – “You can’t be pragmatic if you’re dogmatic, and you’re going to be a hypocrite. Full stop.” So, be kind! Be compassionate. “At the end of the day, you only really know best for you…”
55:00 – I tell Scott about how much I am enjoying my early morning walks and how much it has improved my mental health. (Note: I have Bipolar Disorder 2)
Shout out to Lion’s Mane coffee….again… 😊
59:49 – The larrikins make a few tangential jokes about soccer players falling over…
1:00:00 – You learn, grow, and become ‘better’ by being challenged…and accepting those challenges with love and compassion, you diffuse the vitriol of the trolls online!
Check out Scott’s books and online programmes
Scottie has a new book, The Keto Diet Cookbook coming out later this year. Stay tuned!
Scott’s book The Keto Diet with a great foreword by a handsome, bearded man
www.reconditioned.me is also now live! Check it out and sign up for 8-weeks in health and wellness.
Remember, Patrons get LIVE access to the Podcast recordings. To become a Patron, go to www.patreon.com/cliffharvey
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Episode 2. Feat. Dan Plews PhD
Dan is an athlete, an exercise physiologist and researcher. He’s most well known for his research in Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and for his work in fat-adaptation and low-carb strategies and mixed fuelling for endurance athletes.
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1-2:00 – Dan and Cliff start a mutual appreciation society 😉
3:00 – Shout out to SIP Kitchen
3:30 – Is Cliff ostracised from the low-carb community for being ‘Carb-Appropriate’? Dan and Cliff discuss low-carb dogma
5:00 – Dan talks about what led him from being an athlete to becoming a coach, physiologist, and researcher, academic
6:05 – Shout out to Paul Laursen www.plewsandprof.com
8:20 – Dan gives a shout out to Tim Noakes PhD for inspiring his journey into low-carb. Cliff and Tim discuss whether the criticism of Tim Noakes is justified: “show me the evidence that a high-carb diets are better?....”
Key points:
- The high-carb guidelines are probably still too high for even athletes who do better on a high-carb diet
- A lot of coaches and nutritionists/dieticians talk about ‘periodised nutrition’ but few apply it
- Small effects that might benefit for elite athletes aren’t likely to be of use for many in the general population
13:00 – Dan is a better athlete low-carb than high!
14:15 – Can you be ‘over-satiated’ on a low-carb diet?
17:10 – Cliff and Dan discuss the paper “Different horses on the same courses” about the different fuel requirements for different athletes and how much carbohydrate is required, even if you’re a fat-adapted athlete. “Train low, compete high (carb)”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29777386
20:00 – Cliff discusses how people always produce ketones….no matter how much carbohydrate they eat.
23:45 – How does Dan eat day-to-day and what does he do during training and events?
Get some of the supplements that Dan uses – Melrose MCT (“Go For Longer” and Collagen at Nutrition Store Online – 1st time customers get a special discount from Dan when you use this link: http://rwrd.io/4wll4k7
Dan also uses SFuel bars
29:30 – How important is your ketone reading? What is optimal ‘ketosis’?
32:00 – Can the body create glucose from fatty-acids?
33:00 – The importance of ‘total substrate availability’ vs glucose vs ketones
33:30 – Dan tells a story about a super-intense training session: “When your ketones are higher than your glucose, you don’t feel very good!”
35:30 – Dan talks about ‘the weapon’ Terenzo Bozzone.
Note: Terenzo has recently had a serious crash on his bike and our thoughts are with him as he recovers from his injuries.
37:00 – “It’s race day…it’s time to treat your body like a rental car…” Dan describes his during race nutrition strategy
40:48 – Dan discusses the interplay between high-glucose post-event, and how that relates to stress, inflammation, and immunity
~42:00 – Dan makes a great point about overdoing high volume, higher-intensity work and how it can provide too much stress to the body compared to splitting low-intensity and shot bursts of high-intensity
43:15 – What ketones does Dan take during training and events: Ketone salts and ketone esters.
45:28 – The effect of ketones on mental performance during exercise and the differences between ‘L’ and ‘D’ forms of ketones
Link to Leckey et al., 2017 which Dan called “an appalling study” https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00806/full
… and the rebuttal by Brianna Stubbs et al. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.00279/full
Note: Dan typically takes ketone salts day-to-day and during training, and esters during races
Dan: “The exogenous ketone space is super fascinating”
51: 20 – The evidence at this stage is pretty limited for ketones…BUT they are in their infancy and there will be much more shown
54:30 – Some of Dan’s favourite ‘go to’ resources:
- Joe Rogan: http://podcasts.joerogan.net/
- STEM talks: https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalks/
- Tim Ferriss: https://tim.blog/
- Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/podcast/
- Using google alerts for areas if interest
56:55 – “I’m not a fiction guy…but I did read the Alchemist!”
Plus: Cliff humble-brags about reading 30 novels this year
57:25 – Dan is using the Oura Ring to quantify his sleep: https://ouraring.com/
57:47 – Dan describes his “ultimate bedtime routine” for optimising sleep
Dan uses Reishi Elixir by Four Sigmatic from Nutrition Store Online before bed and the Shakti Mat
https://www.nutritionstore.online/search?q=reishi
Cliff gushes about Lion’s Mane for brain-healing and cognition
1:00 – Both Dan and Cliff use TENS for muscle relaxation, general relaxation, and hypertrophy
Next up, Dan is aiming for the Kona World Ironman Champs next year and continuing his work as a coach and researcher “I don’t feel like I have a job, because I enjoy everything I do so much”
Check out Dan’s work and coaching
www.plewsandprof.com
insta: @theplews
twitter: @theplews1
Remember, Patrons get LIVE access to the Podcast recordings. To become a Patron go to www.patreon.com/cliffharvey
I had so much fun chatting with Paul. In my opinion, he’s one of the few endurance coaches who has managed to meld personal experience and experimentation with an evidence-basis, and the organisation that comes from having been a successful businessman previous to becoming a coach in the endurance space.
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How I met Paul and Paul’s background in health and performance
1:48 – Paul is a Graduate of the Holistic Performance Institute (Graduate Certificate in Holistic Performance Nutrition – Grad.Cert.HPN) find out more about the course here: http://www.holisticperformancenutrition.com/graduate-certificate.html
9:21 – Shout out to Joe McQuillan, senior lecturer at Waikato University, one of the unsung heroes of Low-Carb in NZ 😉
10:30 – Paul’s crazy experiments with MASSIVE doses of ketones, superstarch, and more. (You have to listen to this. It’s crazy!)
Paul has used Pruvit Keto//OS and Pruvit KetoMax and UCAN Superstarch extensively. He also uses ‘sodium pre-loading’ for events with Precision Hydration products. Check them out at www.nutritionstore.online
19:08 – Note: The main benefit of ketones in Paul’s opinion, is because it increases cognition. He’s also observed that in his elite level athletes…
31:22 – “The bike is where you have a really strong nutrition strategy to set you up for the run…” “About 10-15 km into the run…you put whatever you need to put into your body to get to the finish line…I don’t care what it is…”
32:26 – Metabolic flexibility? Is it about fat-adaptation, or truly being able to utilise whatever you put into your body. (Or are they the same thing?)
36:30 – What are some of the key mistakes that endurance athletes make?
Take home message: Experiment!
41:52 – Paul’s go-to resources:
- The Carbohydrate Diet / The Holistic Performance Institute
- Networking with physiologists and other experts
- Scholar [Cliff’s tip – setting Google Scholar alerts for topics you’re interested in]
- Bevan McKinnon / Fitter Radio
48:00 – What are some of the non-fitness books or ‘go-to’ for Paul?
Planning AND being able to go with the flow is the key to success.
Cliff’s note: A great book for mental solidity and being able to keep moving forward is Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willinck and Leif Babin
50:48 – To contact Paul
e: paul@elevate-coaching.co.nz
Check out Paul’s site at www.elevate-coaching.co.nz
Remember, Patrons get LIVE access to the Podcast recordings. To become a Patron go to www.patreon.com/cliffharvey
