Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter.

All right, folks, welcome back to another episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast.

I'm your host, Zach Bitter.

And today I have a guest interview on tap for all of you.

Today's guest is Alan Argon.

Alan was a guest I have been excited to have on for a while.

He's got quite a resume.

Alan is a nutrition researcher and educator with over 25 years of success in the field.

He is known as one of the most influential

figures in the fitness industry's movement towards evidence-based information. His notable

clients include Stone Cold Steve Austin, Derek Fisher, Pete Sampras, and the list goes on.

So Alan writes a monthly research review AARR, providing cutting edge theoretical and practical

information.

Alan's work has been published in popular magazines as well as peer-reviewed scientific literature.

One of the reasons I wanted to chat with Alan is he just had a new book come out that is called flexible

dieting. And with that approach, I really like the way that he kind of includes everyone,

I guess, is maybe the way to say it. When I think of things like the dietary guidelines or

even a specific way of eating that whomever believes is the best way, it sort of

ignores the entire idea that individuals have different preferences and those preferences

may or may not make a specific dietary trend or way of eating sustainable for them

long term. So I think that's why a lot

of times we see people take on a very specific way of eating and do well at first, but gradually

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