The world of nutrition is filled with paradoxes. We think we know something, and know it true, only to discover that outside of our curated data pool there exists a second pool that apparently defies our own data. These paradoxes are part of what make nutrition hard, but also simple—it’s why you can study nutrition […]
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Should You Worry About Getting Enough Vitamin K2?
[This is an edited reprint of a post I did for another blog I ran a few years back. I’ve seen vitamin K (and K2) popping up around the news again, so I thought it might be a good time to put this article out again, especially since we’ve been talking about micronutrients anyway!] Vitamin […]
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Does Carbohydrate Backloading Work?
I see carbohydrate backloading pop into my news feed from time to time. Usually, it’s being promoted as an easy dietary trick either to improve weight loss or to build more muscle—everyone loves these outcomes, of course, so the topic has persistent (if somewhat phasic) popularity. The basic idea behind carb backloading is simple: for […]
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Do We Have Limited Storage Capacity for Water-Soluble Vitamins?
We’ve been talking about micronutrients recently, a topic I’ve written quite a deal about—just not on this site! Since most of you have probably never seen the articles I’ve written on earlier blogs, and since they’re relevant to our current discussion, I figured it made sense to repost them here (with some light editing). This […]
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All About RDAs and DVs
I was going to write an article this week about the difference between official, science-based, and government-set RDAs (Recommended Dietary Allowances) and the (once) often inaccurate DVs (Daily Values) set by the FDA and used on labels throughout the United States. I wrote about this topic in a book a few years back, and I […]
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Sugar Guidelines for Climbers
Sugar is hotly debated. Even discounting carbophobic groups (like keto dieters), sugar is often considered unhealthy and not “worth” putting in your body compared to other sources of calories. Sugar is also demonized as being the foremost cause of poor health outcomes, with entire books written attempting to link sugar intake alone to diseases like […]
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Is Intermittent Fasting a Good Fit for Climbing?
A few months back, I received a question about how fasting affects climbing. I promised to write an article on the topic, but unfortunately it’s taken awhile to get to! Now that I’ve finished an entire series on weight loss, though, it seems like an ideal time. When we’re talking about diets, “fasting” usually means […]
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Losing Weight III: The Rules Are Arbitrary
This is the third installment in the Weight Loss series. Prior to this entry, we discussed the role of exercise in losing weight and attitudes towards food and dieting in general. If you haven’t read those yet, be sure to check them out! Today, we’re discussing what some people might call the backbone of any […]
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Losing Weight II: Food & Diet Attitudes
Last week I kicked off this series on weight loss with a look at the role exercise plays. This week, we’re switching gears and examining attitudes towards both food itself and the process of dieting in general. This might seem like an odd topic to cover, but in my opinion it’s probably the most important topic […]
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Losing Weight I: The Role of Exercise
If you hang around here at Climbing Nutrition, you know I don’t often write about weight loss. A big reason why is that I don’t think weight loss should be a priority for most climbers (who are interested in improving performance), and I don’t want those climbers who visit this site in pursuit of performance […]
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