Ben Greenfield joins us to answer your questions on: -Protein needs for concurrent workouts combining strength and cardio. – importance of the microbes in your gut, and which diet of eating style is best for keeping that healthy -half ironman nutrition considerations – electrolytes, bars, gels, sports drink, etc -fueling for 3-6 hour dirt bike racing Read More

In lieu of our sports nutrition show with Ben Greenfield, we have an exclusive podcast featuring a special seminar Ben conducted during his Thanyapura triathlon camp in Thailand, which includes tons of important information about how to optimize your recovery and optimize your diet as a triathlete and endurance athlete. Click here to download audio. Read More

On this episode we’re joined by Ben Greenfield to answer your questions on: -Recipes in the “Feedzone Portables” cookbook for fat-adapted athletes and is it ok to fuel with these things -Knowing if you’re fat-adapted, how to test, and choosing your fueling protocol appropriately -Supplement talk: pros and cons of L-arginine, beta-alanine -Other supplements we discuss: Read More

Waking up at night hungry – eat or ignore it, and what to eat; pros and cons of bread/toast as a pre-race meal, how can sports drinks with lower osmolality be used along with other products to get in enough calories for 70.3/IM distance events; is beetroot extract just as effective for improving endurance (and other similar Read More

While we were still in Kona, Ben, Tawnee and Brock (from the BGF podcast) got together Sunday evening after the race to talk about Ben’s last Ironman in Kona. We kept it light and had some fun, while also getting some great details from Ben on his nutrition (and what went wrong and what he Read More

Ben joins to answer your questions on how to naturally and safely increase red blood cell count, having high testosterone, things you can do that kill testosterone level (aka things to avoid doing), can you use UCAN for high intensity work and how, cleaning up the diet and looking for good snacks, the deal with Read More

Should there be concerns with certain types of sea salt and the source, iodine, are there any gels that you don’t need to take at the same time as water, is there a correlation between overeating and starting to overreach or over train, body image issues, efficacy of carb blockers like Apple Cider Vinegar, Glucosolve, Bitter melon extract, Read More

Ben joins us for this episode of Sports Nutrition to talk about what to make of the opposing viewpoints of Tim Noakes’ low-carb diet approach compared with Rich Roll’s high-carb (~80%) vegan approach to diet especially when each proclaim benefits of both, also thoughts on Vinnie Tortorich’s “No Sugar No Grain” approach, as well as Read More

What a difference a year makes! We dig into the Endurance Planet archives to bring you this episode from just about a year ago titled: “Sports Nutrition: Racing in Vegas Heat, Brewer’s Yeast and More,” featuring Ben Greenfield talking about his prep for 70.3 Worlds in Vegas and answering your questions on Brewers yeast, nutritional yeast, why Read More

A word on Ben’s Ironman in a keotgenic state, hat’s the best storage for coconut oil – glass, plastic, a clear not clear container, or does it matter; what are the best kind of eggs to buy and what to avoid based on how they’re raised, etc.; the lowdown on bacon; is it OK to microwave Read More