Chris Kresser is one of the most influential figures in functional and ancestral medicine — a New York Times bestselling author, founder of the Kresser Institute, and a long-time educator on how to translate research into individualised nutrition. For cyclists confused by the gap between conventional medical advice and personalised performance nutrition, his framing of the health–longevity–performance triad and his work on micronutrient deficiency is one of the most useful starting points outside of the formal sports-science literature.
The major positions Kresser is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Chris Kresser on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“according to the lonus Pauling Institute you have the majority of Americans that are deficient and not just one but several essential micronutrients and that's an Insidious effect that you don't notice right away and you might not even notice over time because there's no like there's no acute severe thing that happens that brings it to your attention”
“you cannot optimize for each of those to the fullest extent at the same time right so like as you pointed out if you're optimizing for performance above all else you might make choices that compromise Health in the short term and longevity in the long term”
“every single process that happens in the body every single process every cellular process every microbiological process every hormone that gets produced every time the heart pumps requires nutrients to be completed because nutrients are co-factors for enzymes which are proteins and that's what runs the show in the body”
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