Welcome to Trained, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of holistic fitness.

I'm Ryan Flaherty, senior director of Performance at Nike.

For now, I'm still recording from my home, calling up the world's leading experts in mindset,

movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.

To discuss all the ways you can train your body and mind.

Today, I'll be zeroing in on nutrition, with one of the world's foremost experts on how food intersects with performance, health, and everyday life.

I fundamentally believe that when you're active, when you're getting adequate sleep and you're doing

appropriate stress management, that the most important variable in your nutritional day is the caloric intake.

How many calories are you getting relative to your needs?

Next is the source of those calories.

Is it coming from good protein sources and good fruits and vegetable sources,

or is it coming from highly processed nutrients and highly processed foods?

That was Dr. John Barardi, the co-founder of Precision Nutrition,

breaking down his nutritional philosophy in super simple terms.

I've known John for years, and so I can tell you, that's one of the things he does best.

He untangles all of the conflicting research, new theories, and flavor of the weak diets to give no nonsense advice.

He finds ways to put abstract nutritional concepts to work in real life.

That's because John is more than just a nutrition coach.

He's also a teacher, a writer, and a critical thinker.

And he uses those tools to empower others to think and to coach for themselves.

So today, we'll be talking about food, but we'll also be talking about how to think about food,

how to assess experts and their expertise, so you can take control of your own nutrition and your own health.

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