#208 - A low-carb diet may boost exercise per...

Is intermittent fasting biohacker wellness hype or legit health intervention? Some studies show real benefits, others find nothing, and the occasional headline calls it bad for your heart.Dr. Courtney Peterson has spent nearly two decades running some of the field's most tightly ...  Show more

What if we could measure the human body the way engineers monitor a jet engine?For nearly two decades, Stanford geneticist Dr. Michael Snyder has been trying exactly that. By continuously tracking everything he could possibly track in his body—genome sequencing, metabolites, wear ...  Show more

For decades, carbohydrates have been at the centre of sports nutrition guidelines to help maximise physical performance and maintain muscle glycogen levels. But interest in an alternative approach, that being very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets, has been growing for some time. ...  Show more

Some suggest that, since individual lifts or short-duration efforts don't rely heavily on glycogen, carb intake might not be critical for strength athletes. If glycogen depletion isn't a pressing issue, could athletes thrive on lower-carb diets without sacrificing performance? ...

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2845: Nancy Clark explores the polarizing views on carbohydrates in sports diets, highlighting how they can be both fuel fo ...  Show more

Forget carb-loading. Some swear that a low-carb diet is the way to promote athletic greatness. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1MbEMchNew to Nutrition Diva? Check out our special Spotify playlist for a collection of the best episodes curated by our team and Monica he ...  Show more