Keto & Carb Appropriate Diets for Fat Loss & Lifting Weights with Dr. Cliff Harvey
Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina
Vanessa Spina
4.5 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Hi friends! This episode is about Keto & Carb-Appropriate Diets for Fat Loss & Lifting Weights with Dr. Cliff Harvey.
Today, I’m joined by Dr. Cliff Harvey, a registered clinical nutritionist, researcher, and expert in the field of keto and carb-appropriate diets. Dr. Harvey is known for his unique approach to tailoring macronutrient balances based on individual needs—a concept he describes as “carb appropriate” nutrition.
Episode Highlights:
Dr. Harvey explains his philosophy of bio-individuality and how understanding your unique metabolic needs can help you find the right macronutrient balance for optimal health and performance.
• Keto for Fat Loss and Metabolic Health
• The benefits of a ketogenic diet for fat loss and appetite control.
• How ketones and a higher protein intake can support lean muscle preservation during weight loss.
• The metabolic advantages of being fat-adapted.
• Carb-Appropriate Diets for Lifters
• Why keto isn’t the only option: how moderate-carb and carb-appropriate approaches can support strength training and endurance performance.
• The importance of timing and quality of carbohydrates for athletes.
• Protein optimization
• Why protein is essential for fat loss, muscle gain, and recovery.
• Dr. Harvey shares insights on how much protein you really need and strategies to meet your daily intake goals.
• Balancing Diets for Strength & Longevity
• The role of ketones in satiety
• Key Studies and Practical Takeaways
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Dr. Harvey highlights some of the latest research supporting both ketogenic and carb-appropriate diets for weight loss, body recomposition, and athletic performance.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
• Dr. Cliff Harvey’s website: cliffharvey.com
• Books by Dr. Cliff Harvey: The Carb-Appropriate Diet, The Credo
• Research studies on ketogenic diets and carb-appropriate approaches for athletes
Connect with Dr. Cliff Harvey:
• Instagram: @cliffharvey
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina. |
| 0:05.5 | Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa, and I am so excited for |
| 0:11.7 | today's episode. We have Dr. Cliff Harvey joining us today. He is the author of the book, |
| 0:18.4 | The Carbohydrate Appropriate Diet. He is a registered clinical nutritionist and accredited sports nutritionist, a researcher |
| 0:26.2 | and a lecture, and he has been studying higher protein, low carb and keto diets for many, |
| 0:33.3 | many years. |
| 0:34.3 | And in today's conversation, we really get into some awesome topics exactly how you |
| 0:41.3 | are fueling your body when you are doing resistance training, whether or not you need carbs |
| 0:46.5 | to have muscle and strength gains, how exactly you should optimize your diet in terms of filling any nutritional gaps, |
| 0:56.0 | prioritizing protein, they say tidy effects from protein and keto, what you actually need to |
| 1:02.8 | achieve ketosis and it's not about eating all the fat and so much more. I loved our conversation |
| 1:09.0 | today so much. This is really one of my favorite episodes, |
| 1:13.0 | and I love getting to have Dr. Harvey on the podcast today. He is out of New Zealand, so I recorded |
| 1:19.4 | this one early in the morning, not my usual, but something I'm definitely willing to do for |
| 1:24.8 | amazing guests like himself. And I can't wait to hear your thoughts |
| 1:29.0 | on this episode. It was so great to hear all of the research and the studies that validate |
| 1:34.2 | this higher protein keto approach, whether or not protein is anti-ketogenic, his experience and |
| 1:42.2 | thoughts on that. And he really is one of the OGs in this higher |
| 1:46.0 | protein keto space that I feel like I recently discovered his work. And I am so excited by it and |
| 1:52.3 | excited to continue following the research that he is putting out. So I know that so many of you |
| 1:58.1 | are going to love this episode. I can't wait to hear your takeaways from it and any insights. Be sure to share it in our podcast group on Facebook, which is the optimal protein podcast where we can continue our discussions on these topics. And I love getting to connect with all of you there. So I know you all are going to love this episode. I can't wait to get |
| 2:18.7 | into it and we will jump right in after this quick break. I am so excited to tell you about this |
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