049: Kyle Kingsbury - Life Lessons from Fighting UFC and MMA, Experimenting with Nutrition, and the Importance of Self-Reflection
The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin
Dr. Anthony Gustin
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
To improve as an MMA fighter, Kyle Kingsbury turned to meditation and self-reflection, which helped to calm his mind and keep it quiet during fights.
But he quickly realized that these tools were also helping him become a better person.
Fast forward 10 years later and Kyle has moved on from being a professional athlete and works as the Director of Human Optimization at a popular supplement company.
In this podcast episode, we chat about how Kyle still uses those tools to figure out what his next move in life is, why he experiments with nutrition -- including trying the carnivore diet for 17 days and taking part in an elimination challenge, his seasonal approach to carbs, and why he challenges things instead of just accepting them at face value.
Kyle also dives into the life lessons that fighting taught him and why he doesn’t follow some of the traditional dieting advice.
Check out the episode now to learn more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and thank you for tuning in to the Keto Answers podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | I am your host Dr. Anthony Guestan and joining me this week is Kyle Kingsbury. |
| 0:13.4 | Kyle is the director of human optimization at On It, a popular supplement company. |
| 0:18.5 | In this episode we talk a lot about Kyle's background in fighting and how that has prepared |
| 0:23.4 | him for the rest of his life. |
| 0:25.1 | His nutrition and tips and tricks, how he's experimented with Keto, Carnivore and all |
| 0:29.3 | of his top supplements and a lot more. |
| 0:31.4 | So tune in and I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:33.4 | Before we get to the episode I wanted to chat about a sponsor, Perfect Keto. |
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