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Muscle Intelligence

Foundational Principles in Nutrition with Brian St. Pierre

Muscle Intelligence

Ben Pakulski

Alternative Health, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.7761 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Ben speaks with the Head of Nutrition for Precision Nutrition, Brian St Pierre. Brian holds a master's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the University of Maine.

St. Pierre is a Registered Dietitian (RD), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and a Certified Sports Nutritionist (CISSN). 

In this conversation, the two cover the foundational principles in nutrition, REDs in sports, tracking vs self-regulation, and nutrient timing. In addition, Brian and Ben discuss the approach of outcome-based decision making and the need for individualisation when it comes to nutrition. 

To find out more about Brian, please visit
Precision Nutrition
Brian's Website

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody. Welcome to the muscle intelligence podcast. I'm your host, Ben Pekoski. As always,

0:16.4

we frame this podcast around living your greatest life in a body that you absolutely love.

0:24.3

You deserve it and you can do it.

0:25.7

And today's podcast is diving into nutrition so we can start to get a greater handle on what

0:31.1

actually goes into this stuff.

0:32.6

There's so much that gets thrown around and it gets absolutely confusing and overwhelming

0:36.7

at times.

0:41.3

But what in reality, when you talk to the smartest people in the world, the people who actually understand nutrition at a deep level, it starts to become simplified.

0:44.3

Everyone's saying the same basic foundational things.

0:48.3

And today we bring on the head of nutrition from precision nutrition.

0:52.3

Precision Nutrition is a great company that's providing education and certification

0:56.0

for nutritionists around the world,

0:58.0

to start to understand these processes,

1:01.0

start to demystify all the myths,

1:04.0

and really get into the nitty-gritty.

1:06.0

This is an amazing conversation with Brian St. Pierre.

1:09.0

He's a brilliant, brilliant guy, and it was actually

1:11.5

pleasantly surprised with the amount of insight and perspective he was able to provide in our

1:16.7

conversation. Today's podcast is brought to you by Real Mushrooms. I am a Mushroom Fanatic,

1:23.2

and they keep coming out with more and more amazing ingredients that get me really, really

1:27.0

excited. It's now got a mushroom with D2, vitamin D2.

1:30.6

The ones that we're consistently using now, especially with the current climate, we'll call it, of the world, are things to support our immune system.

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