Fat is an important nutrient, and one of these days I’ll write a post on all of its virtues—but unfortunately, today isn’t that day. If I come across as anti-fat, I can understand, but there’s a good reason why I spend so little time focused on fat: I’ve never met a climber whose diet was fat-inadequate. […]
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Better Nutrition with Four Foods Daily
Here at Climbing Nutrition, I spend a lot of time trying to define the edges of what makes “good nutrition” for a climber. I do this on purpose. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve never worked with a climber who didn’t “eat healthy”—but I’ve also never worked with a climber who ate “healthy for a climber”. It seems […]
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The Best Sources of Protein
Protein is ubiquitous. Unless you’re poor and in a developing country where the staple crop is extremely low in protein, there’s no doubt that you’re getting enough to survive on a daily basis. But despite the low bar for sufficiency, not all proteins are equal drivers of muscle protein synthesis. To reach this higher bar, […]
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