62 - How to Improve Your Diet: Nutrition Fundamentals

Food is complicated. It shouldn't be, but it can be difficult to navigate our modern food environment in a way that supports your goals. This is the most comprehensive episode I've recorded on nutrition fundamentals. The information in this episode should help most people get most of the way to their goals - all without nonsense gimmicks like eating raw liver or giving up entire food groups. If you've been struggling with nutrition, there are probably some answers in here. Hope you get something out of it! ----- Notes: 5 basic food rules How goals dictate your diet Calories Food tracking - NOT necessarily calorie tracking Food quality Macronutrients Micronutrients There are outliers Why diets "work" - and what that even means Why there's no "magic" diet The 3 starting points I recommend over 95% of the time Links: Watch the video version Cronometer Precision Nutrition Hand-Sized Portions The Athlete's Plate Carbon Diet Coach A Comprehensive Rebuttal to Seed Oil Sophistry Why Sugar Did Not Cause the Obesity Epidemic My Meal Guide for Ultra Runners ESR 52 - Meal Timing for Performance and Recovery Michael Pollan - The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan - Food Rules Michael Moss Books ----- Want to be able to ask your own questions for this podcast? Head to the Trail and Ultra Running Nutrition group on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/trailultranutrition Thank you for listening! ----- Want to chat about trail and ultra running? Go here: https://linktr.ee/will.c.frantz/