Hello and welcome to the Consistency Project podcast. My name is Patrick Cummings. As always, I'm here with E.C. Sinkowski. Every week on the show, we aim to simplify the science of nutrition, health, and fitness, cutting through the noise to focus on the principles and practices that will help you perform better, feel better, and live better. Thank you so much for tuning into the show. Hello, and how are you, E.C. I'm good. How are you doing? Wonderful. I'm excited about this conversation. It's kind of a big one. It's a big one. So we're going to talk about whole foods versus processed foods and supplements. We've got a question from Nicole. I'm just, I just thought, let's just read the whole question. Because I think it's, it's both the introduction and the reason for the episode in itself. It's a bit of a long one, but I'm going to get through the whole thing, and then we'll

dive into this topic.

This is what Nicole asks.

My co-owner of our CrossFit affiliate and I are in a bit of a friendly nutrition

disagreement that I would like your help with.

He claims that the only benefit from Whole Foods that you cannot get from supplements is

satiety.

And because he is consuming a gram per pound of protein daily, sometimes more, he personally doesn't feel hungry very often.

He hits protein mostly with protein powders, bars, yogurt, then eats whatever else he wants.

No vegetables, very little fruit and a fair share of processed carbohydrates, chips,

breads, tortillas, fries, etc., but not much sugar.

He takes metamusel daily for fiber and a multivitamin for micronutrients.

He's made some great changes in the past year, decreased body fat and increased muscle

by eating more protein and working out more consistently, shocker.

So he is convinced that there are

really no health or fitness benefits to consuming more whole foods versus processed foods,

as long as calories are in check. Now, the rest of the story, he feels awful during Metcon workouts.

He has to take breaks a lot, has a higher than average resting and training heart rate with

slow recovery. He also has

constant bilateral knee pain, frequent low back pain takes ibuprofen all the time. He generally

doesn't recover well from workouts, a lot of muscle aches and pains. I would argue that eating

more fruits and veggies would help, but again, he claims that he gets micronutrients from

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