Eat To Perform Podcast

This weekend my Brother in Law passed away. The obituary will say he died of a heart attack but he essentially died of fear. My family was robbed of more years with him because he believed in shortcuts and googled too much.  Because of that we lost a great person who didn't want to do a scary thing and didn't want to listen to the truth.  I suspect many of us out there deal with this and...

It feels like we have turned a bit of a corner but everyone is in a different place. Susan and I talk about the various scenarios and the small changes that can really make a big difference. We also had a great discussion about weight and self worth and try to give some thoughts and perspective on that concept.

Scott Hall is a lifetime member of Eat To Perform and we feature him a lot on the main page. He is also one of the head coaches at Kansas City Barbell. His transformation was incredible and he talks about why he thinks it happened so fast and the motivations that made that happen. We also talk about Testosterone Replacement (whenever we put up a pic of Scott everyone screams STEROIDs, so we talk a...

We HIGHLY recommend Driven Nutrition and if you are looking to give them a try use the bonus code ETP for 20% off. This came out SO good. Much of the industry gets super bored with the basics and foundational information but with no clients entering the market every day the fundamentals are often missed. Here are some great examples we talked about: Why Collagen is not a good source of protein and...

Show notes: Once again this is not about female hormone replacement but many women also suffer from low testosterone as they age so I think it can be informative for women also. The most important part is to find a practitioner that mostly does hormone replacement. One of the more popular podcasts we did in the last year was with Gil on hormone replacement. In this episode we dive deeper since I a...

We normally like to have a topic but at the end of the day we all know what that topic would have been. Susan and I felt like we all needed some relief from "virus talk". That isn't to say there isn't virus talk but we covered a lot of topics including "what's it going to take for women's sports to become more popular" and the contrast to how men and women view sports. We also talk about what the...

The major topic we covered was immune system health but we really dove deep on why super extreme versions of popular diets like low carb or intermittent fasting is a REAL BAD idea right now. The part that Susan does on cortisol alone is a must listen to anyone sleeping less than 7 hours a night.

In this episode Susan breaks down the claims of genetic testing and we walk through why and when it helps. We also go into food sensitivity tests and she gives a few ways that will ensure you are getting the correct answer (that will actually help).

This will actually be a two parter. The first turned out to be what custom means for Susan in her private practice and what it means for us here at Eat To Perform. At the end of the day a lot of this comes down to price. As we talk about if someone is advertising a service for $19.95 one time it's probably not very custom at all. We walk you through some ideas on how to figure that out.

This one is long over do but with the industry mostly focused on weight loss Susan wanted to study sports nutrition and for the most part it did not exist. Susan walks us through those early days and some of the pivotal moments she has been involved in over the years. I first heard of Susan because our message was similar and really stood out compared to the narrative of less that dominates health...

I was listening to a podcast with Sarah Blakely the owner of Spanx and she brought up something very important to me. "you have the ability to change how you think". I brought that idea to Dr. Kleiner and asked her if she noticed how her professional athlete's talked to themselves and how that might differ from the way normal people do. And that's how this podcast happened.

This is actually a video I did on the main page but it was very popular and it's only 6 minutes long. This also talks about a big change in the way that we viewed alcohol here at Eat To Perform and goes along with our members only Dry January challenge. (ignore the plan part I mention, if you want to talk to a coach about a plan simply go to www.eattoperform.com and we can help you there.

This podcast is an addendum to Susan's article on menopause. She goes a bit more into the science piece (trust me, it's not too nerdy) and walks you through the pitfalls of dieting all the time and removing a lot of foods that can help you through menopause.

With headlines related to both eating disorders and what is a coaches responsibility when working with an athlete spreading around social media we wanted to do an expert panel to dive into the topic. The discussion evolved into the mindset required to maintain a healthy life and perspective as it relates to how we ALL view weight. For coaches and people that work with athlete's this was meant...

Fresh off her visit to Singapore Susan brings us back some great information on sleeping. If you haven't listened to the pod for the last 8 years this is a drum we have been beating the whole time. If you recall for the last 3 years I worked exclusively on sleep and had EASILY my best FAT LOSS cycle where I lost 20 pounds and was able to sleep well 90% of the time.

I have seen a few people WILDLY misinterpret Set Point Theory so this week Susan and I tackled that as a topic. One of the more interesting parts of the discussion was some recent research that might explain why elite athletes's manage their hunger and weight better than the average person (trust me, it's pretty interesting).

This was actually the first interview I did with Susan and neither of us had any idea the reaction it would get. Let me step back for a second, Susan is a PhD and a Registered Dietitian and wrote the best seller Power Eating which is now in it's 5th edition (called New Power Eating and it's awesome). Susan works with some of the most famous athlete's in the world and yet just mentioning the value...

We wanted to take a few days to really think about how we could add to this topic because if you saw the video it was super compelling and heartbreaking. Partly because people viewed Mary Cain as different from them. She is an elite runner, maybe you aren't. And what role does diet play for your children that play either weight restricted sports or sports where weight is a factor.

I can't walk down the street without someone asking me what my opinion is of the move Game Changers on Netflix. Sadly the reason people will start eating more plants isn't the reason they SHOULD and for most people this will become yet another thing that fails them. So what Susan and I tried to do was set up the parameters for success without the excessive hyperbole and over reach from a scientifi...

Most people don't know this but my "come uppance" in the nutrition world was done by building intermittent fasting protocols around workouts. It's something I have researched a lot. This podcast turned into a lot more than that though, here are some examples: The rules related to times are basically useless, working out fasted is not truly fasted if you ate the night before. Then of course the mos...

On this Sunday with Susan we talk digestion and mainly address food elimination or food avoidance and how to strategically add back in some foods that can really make a big difference as it relates to going to the bathroom more regularly.

The trend of telling people they are broken is old as time, once you can convince someone they are broken and you are the answer you can sell them virtually anything. With 30 years experience Susan hasn't seen a lot of broken people, what she has seen OFTEN are people trying to bang their head against a similar rock over and over again.

If you have a child that plays athletics in the hot conditions you HAVE to watch this. In the 2nd episode of Sunday's with Susan we talk about carbohydrates role in hydration, which electrolytes to use and how much. I guaranteed a large part of this conversation will be new to most people listening

Dr. Susan Kleiner works with some of the biggest names in all of sports (as well as regular folks looking to improve the life through food. We decided to tackle this topic first because we believe that a lot of the information out there related to gluten and inflammation is incomplete. 

Dr. Kleiner is the author of Two Books relevant to this discussion, The Good Mood Diet which focuses on using food as an ally to reach your fat loss goals. Then of course she has her revised version of her bestseller Power Eating. New Power Eating updates the original text which is now in its 5th version!