SNR #128: Martin MacDonald - Carbohydrate Tolerance, Rapid Fat Loss & Protein Timing
Sigma Nutrition Radio
Danny Lennon
4.8 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2016
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Episode 128: Martin MacDonald evaluates the latest protein research discussions, the concept of carbohydrate tolerance, and conservation of muscle mass with large calorie deficits.
Martin is the founder of Mac-Nutrition, a thriving nutrition consultancy boasting sought after long-term internship and weekend mentorship programs. He has also developed Mac-Nutrition University, the UK’s first ever evidence-based, nutrition course that can be completed online.
Martin is a clinical performance nutritionist to British Weight Lifting, the governing body for both the GB olympic weightlifting and Paralympic powerlifting teams. He has also worked with Derby County Football Club, English swimming and other elite sport organizations.
He has lectured at the University of Derby and has guest lectured on the prestigious MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition course at Loughborough University.
In this episode we discuss:
What drove Martin to create Mac-Nutrition University - the UK's only online evidence-based nutrition course
What does the recent protein research discussions mean for practical recommendations?
Muscle mass retention and large calorie deficits
The trap of being 'too moderate' in evidence-based practice
Carbohydrate tolerance - what are people referring to?
Are low-carb diets compulsory for those with insulin resistance?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can go all night, Danny. |
| 0:11.0 | No, wrong. |
| 0:12.0 | Diets do not fail. |
| 0:13.0 | Most diets work. |
| 0:15.0 | It just depends on how long people can stick to them. |
| 0:22.9 | And people go, oh yeah, well, I changed my protein from 200 grams to 250 and oh, the difference |
| 0:28.6 | was unbelievable. |
| 0:30.1 | Rubbish. |
| 0:31.0 | Absolute rubbish. |
| 1:12.9 | However, I do feel that there is a large percentage of people who use the term that have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. My name is Danny Dennan and today you are listening to episode 128 of the podcast. For those of you new to the show, welcome first of all, this is the |
| 1:22.1 | podcast that gives you access to weekly in-depth interviews with leaders in evidence-based nutrition and related |
| 1:29.7 | fields. And for those of you regular listeners, thank you so much again for downloading the |
| 1:35.2 | show and for your continued loyal support. I just can't tell you how much I love the Sigma |
| 1:41.0 | nutrition community right now and how it's growing and how people are interacting |
| 1:44.4 | and for all the support. |
| 1:46.2 | Thank you so, so much. |
| 1:48.0 | On today's episode, I'm going to be joined by Martin MacDonald, the founder of Mac Nutrition, |
| 1:53.4 | which is a UK-based nutrition consultancy. |
| 1:57.1 | And Martin has worked for a number of years in performance nutrition with many elite sport |
| 2:03.1 | organizations, including Great Britain weightlifting, English swimming, Derby County Football Club, |
| 2:09.3 | and many, many others. He's also lectured in sports nutrition courses in various universities, |
| 2:15.5 | including Loughborough University. And for those of you who have listened to me |
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