Don't Eat For Winter with Cian Foley
Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina
Vanessa Spina
4.6 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Hi friends! This episode is featuring Cian Foley, a software developer from Waterford, Ireland and went from being an unfit and obese 253 lbs/115 kg in his 30s to a world kettlebell champion and natural bodybuilding champion (NBFI) in his 40s.
During his time learning to fuel his body for exercise and sport, Cian developed a concept for eating in a way that helped him achieve an optimal body composition, while remaining strong and healthy. The concept is called Don't Eat for Winter, which is at its core extremely simple:
"Nature produces an abundance of carbs and fat in autumn time, and as a result, the animal kingdom, including humans, are programmed to gorge during this time to prepare their bodies for winter."
From a survival point of view, putting on a bit of fat for winter was
advantageous, however, nowadays, we live in an infinite autumn, where foods are tailored to mimic these natural autumnal combinations in order to sell, but are often devoid of nutrition. It is no wonder that we have an obesity crisis and millions of people fighting daily to get into shape.
Cian's simple approach worked for him and has synergies with various dietary approaches that also avoid carb+fat combos.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Fast Keto. I'm your host, Ketogenic Girl. |
| 0:05.7 | Did you know that your body can actually be either a sugar burner or a fat burner? |
| 0:12.0 | On this podcast, we talk all about how to make your body a fat burning fat-fueled machine |
| 0:18.0 | and engaging your full metabolic flexibility. I'm Vanessa Spina. I am a |
| 0:23.4 | sport nutrition specialist, a biomedical science student at U of T, and I am the author of the |
| 0:31.5 | best-selling cookbook keto essentials available on Amazon and creator of the Ketogenic Girl Challenge |
| 0:37.0 | program. And I am obsessed with |
| 0:38.9 | optimizing our health through all these different biohacks, ketogenesis, intermittent fasting, |
| 0:45.2 | all of these amazing tools that center around making the body a fat-adapted, fat-fueled machine. |
| 0:52.8 | With this in mind, I present interviews to you with biomedical scientists, |
| 0:56.6 | physicians, and people from all around the world who have experienced remarkable results from |
| 1:01.7 | following a low-carb or ketogenic diet and getting their body into ketogenesis. So I hope you guys |
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| 1:11.6 | Hey guys, welcome back to fasteto. I am so excited to be here with you today and we have a |
| 1:17.3 | wonderful guest joining us today that is Kian Foley. You may have heard of him in his Don't |
| 1:23.3 | Eat for Winter blog that he's had for a while. He is a software developer from Ireland, and he |
| 1:30.2 | went from being an unfit and obese 115 kilograms, so about 240 pounds in his 30s to a world |
| 1:40.6 | kettlebell champion and natural bodybuilding champion and BFI in his 40s. |
| 1:47.5 | During his time learning to fuel his body for exercise and sport, |
| 1:51.4 | Kianne developed a concept for eating in a way that helped him achieve an optimal body composition |
| 1:56.8 | while remaining strong and healthy. |
| 1:59.7 | And the concept is called don't eat for winter, |
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