#52 Good to Go Part II - Book Summary

Hello Wise Wordians,Welcome back to another episode of ‘Wise Words Book Summaries’.This week we are summarising ‘Good to Go’ by Christie Aschwanden which explores the science of recovery and performance, removing popular myths that have become so prevalent in today's society.In this episode, we cover topics such as:The impact of sleep on recoveryThe sssue with fixating on sleep metricsSports nutrition and the problem with the supplement industryThe magic of metrics, objective measuresThe importance of listening to your body The placebo effectIf any of these topics sound interesting to you then make sure to give it a listen, and if you enjoy what you hear, why not leave us a like, subscribe to our channel, or even better, let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, your feedback means so much to us and helps to improve our podcast.Furthermore, if you fancy implementing any of the actionable ideas we mention in this episode, head to our website at wisewords.blog where the ‘Good to Go’ book summary will await you.The next book we will be summarising is ‘Metabolical’ by Robert Lustig, so stay tuned for that.We hope you enjoy it.--------------------------00:00:00-Intro00:00:16-Overview00:00:45-The Rest Cure-Time to Sleep00:09:37-Don't over-fixate on the metrics of sleep:00:24:26-Selling Snake Oil (The FOMO of Nutrition)00:35:19-The International Society of Sports Nutrition00:42:08-The problems of the supplement industry (Incentivised by marketing not truth)00:48:34-Predatory journals:00:52:05-Who's regulating supplements?00:54:05-Proprietary blends00:58:34-The Magic of Supplements01:01:03-Overtraining01:01:46-The Magic Metric (Signs of Recovery)01:04:46-Blood Tests01:09:09-Be Careful of "Objective Measures" when recovering01:12:57-Listening to your body01:15:15-Hurt So Good01:16:30-The Placebo Effect01:18:37-How the placebos may work in the recovery context:01:22:57-The four Categories of Placebos01:29:46-ConclusionIf you enjoyed this podcast make sure to check out our other content on our other platforms:Website: https://wisewords.blog/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisewords.blog/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wisewordsblogFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WiseWordsBlog