#133: Tommy Wood- Maximum Nutrition versus Fasting

Host Brad Kearns talks in further detail about the provocative comments from Dr. Tommy Wood during their recent podcast. Dr. Tommy proposed that if you are metabolically healthy, at optimal body fat composition, with good blood work and with ambitious fitness goals, you may be best served by consuming as many calories as you can (of nutritious foods only of course) without gaining weight. Contrast this with the often-touted benefits of fasting and caloric efficiency, where thriving on as few calories as necessary and producing optimally minimal insulin is believed to correlate strongly with longevity. Dr. Tommy and Brad theorize that there may be a different set of decision-making parameters if you are trying to reduce excess body fat, recover from metabolic damage, or have adverse blood results. Even so, Dr. Tommy offers the profound suggestion that you should not even concern yourself with fat reduction until you become metabolically healthy.  Brad mentions his personal experiment with an increased caloric intake to fuel his peak performance goals. After 13 weeks, he reports excellent results including body composition and improved performance, assisted by a nutrient-dense morning smoothie in place of prolonged fasting, and generally looser purse strings with total caloric intake and carb intake, especially in conjunction with high calorie burning workouts. In conjunction with a more intuitive approach to eating, Brad mentions being more fractal and intuitive with his high intensity exercise efforts--sprinkling in little bouts over the course of a day that don't really count as official workouts, but contribute to him developing a higher platform to launch from when he goes for big sprint, high jump, strength training sessions. Check the video links for his decline spiderman pushup and first-thing morning exercise routine   Where do we stand right now with all the information that is out there overwhelming us? [00:03:07]  Why do you have a specific goal? [00:05:04]  Your mental attitude has a huge effect on longevity and weight loss. [00:06:03]  Focusing on only on results detracts from the experience of performance. [00:11:56]  Every one in this arena has some kind of story about how they got here. [00:15:29]  Are we afraid to turn down the competitive part of our personality? [00:18:07]  What is the situation with starting this program? Is it important to find what causes your problem? [00:24:28] Sometimes the amount you eat or the number of calories isn't what you want to look at. [00:30:09]  Sometimes the training paradigm requires a deviation in what we are talking about regarding the amount of food you need. [00:33:48]  What happens to folks who are carrying some excess body fat and/or some blood values that need to be corrected? [00:40:32] Healthy physiology is needed first before concern about losing weight. [00:47:44]    Links:  Dr. Tommy Wood - Podcast 123 Decline Spiderman pushups Brad's Morning Exercise RoutineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.