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WHOOP Podcast

Cooking for performance: Chef Dan Churchill breaks down everything you need to know about nutrition

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Chef Dan Churchill joins the WHOOP Podcast to break down everything you need to know about nutrition. Dan is an expert on physiology, fitness, and the science of nutrition. He sits down with Will Ahmed to explain why eating late can negatively impact your sleep and how mindset can completely alter digestion and prevent you from reaching your weight-loss goals. Dan discusses food’s role in recovery (2:16), getting hooked on cooking (3:19), the science of nutrition (4:38), cooking and performan...

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0:00.0

Hello, folks. Welcome to the Whoop podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Woop,

0:11.3

and we are on a mission to unlock human performance. That's right. We build technology,

0:16.9

hardware, software, analytics. It's designed to help you understand your body.

0:22.4

Whoop has been shown to be able to change behavior and improve health by measuring things like

0:27.3

sleep and recovery and strain. And if you want to get a whoop membership, good news,

0:32.7

you can use the code Will Ahmed, W-I-L-L-H-M-M-E-D for 15% off your WOOP membership.

0:41.7

We've got an awesome guest this week.

0:43.6

Dan Churchill, Dan is a celebrity chef who is cooked for some of the top athletes in the

0:49.4

world.

0:50.2

For example, he was Lindsay Vaughn's personal chef during the 2018 Olympics.

1:01.0

He's a brand ambassador for Under Armour and all around really brilliant guy when it comes to health, fitness, and nutrition.

1:10.3

He says it's a goal to bridge the gap between performance and cooking and shares some of his top tips and tricks to improve your meals.

1:13.1

Dan and I discuss his journey from Australia to the U.S., the science behind weight loss, and why studies are showing that mindset plays a huge

1:18.7

role in someone's weight loss journey, why eating late is bad and how it can negatively impact

1:24.4

your sleep, and his secret to cooking the perfect steak, among

1:28.7

other recipes. Dan's the host of the Epic Table podcast. He's often on television, restaurant

1:35.7

owner in New York City. You're going to love Dan. And without further ado, here he is.

1:44.5

Dan, welcome to the Woof podcast.

1:47.0

Mate, it is a pleasure to be here, Will.

1:49.5

Good to chat.

1:50.9

You know, I've spent some time looking through your books.

1:54.0

I haven't read all of them, but I've ingested a lot of material.

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