#793 - Menno Henselmans - The New Science Of Using Protein To Build Muscle

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Menno Henselmans is a fitness coach, researcher and an author. The evidence-based nutrition movement is taking off right now. Gone are the days when you trawl random bro forums looking for the special blueberry extract which will improve your protein synthesis. We're using science now baby! So let's speak to a scientist about how to eat for gains. Expect to learn if your body can actually absorb more than 20g of protein per meal, if flexible dieting or IIFYM is a sustainable approach for weight loss, whether caffeine is an effective fat burner, which foods are best for sleep and recovery, the most underrated bodybuilding foods you should probably eat more of and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 10% off all Legendary Foods purchases at https://EatLegendary.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://www.shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://gymshark.com (use code MW10) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Menno's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@menno.henselmans Menno's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menno.henselmans Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Meno Henselmans, he's a fitness coach, researcher, and an author.
0:07.6	The evidence-based nutrition movement is taking off right now. Gone are the days that you troll random bro forums
0:14.4	looking for the special blueberry extract which will improve your protein
0:18.0	synthesis. We're using science now, so let's speak to a scientist about how to eat for gains.
0:24.0	Expect to learn if your body can actually absorb more than 20 grams of protein per meal,
0:28.6	if flexible dieting or if it fits your macros is a sustainable approach for weight loss,
0:33.5	whether caffeine is an effective fat burner, which foods are best for sleep and recovery,
0:38.2	the most underrated body-building foods you should be probably eating more of,
0:42.0	and much more.
0:45.0	Mano is a beast.
0:46.4	I love this evidence-based movement at the moment.
0:48.5	I love the fact that we are getting to real hard science
0:51.6	when it comes to diet, training nutrition, sleep recovery, all that stuff
0:55.3	and he's one of the underground heroes of it so there is an awful lot to take away from today.
1:01.9	I've become absolutely obsessed with the legendary foods lately.
1:05.1	They make the best protein sweets I've ever had.
1:08.4	Their cinnamon protein sweet roll and strawberry protein pastry are literally like crack and each of the snacks
1:14.2	are between 150 and 200 to 20 calories and have 20 grams of protein and two or
1:20.0	less grams of sugar. Your average cinnamon roll is more than 400 calories and has 60 grams of sugar. Your average cinnamon roll is more than 400 calories and
1:23.7	has 60 grams of sugar, and almost zero protein. So you can switch out something
1:27.6	that you want to have but feel guilty about for something that you still want to have
1:31.0	but feel good about. And it helps you hit feel good about and it helps you hit your
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