Endurance sports writer, certified sports nutritionist, and author Matt Fitzgerald is our interview guest today in Episode 824 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

With the rise in popularity of the concept of dieting from every angle, including Paleo and low-carb, there is growing skepticism by some people about whether any of them are viable requiring what they think is the unnecessary restriction of some food, ingredient, or macronutrient. This is something that concerned endurance sports writer and certified sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald so much that he decided to address what he describes as the failure of the "one-size-fits-all" nutritional approach in his provocatively-titled 2014 book Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US. This book has already been quite controversial in the health community which is why Jimmy wanted to speak with Matt about the premise of his new book.

Listen in as Jimmy and Matt have an engaging conversation about how the diet industry has gotten it all wrong, the belief that every diet is predicated on being the "single right way" to health, why the most prudent approach is the one that is customized to the individual (the philosophy that Jimmy has long held about diet--find the proven plan that works for you and do it for the rest of your life making appropriate tweaks along the way), why nutritional science is pretty much bogus, how even the Paleo and low-carb diet can be wrongly promoted as the only way, how an agnostic belief in diet may or may not necessarily be a good idea, how to customize the diet plan that will work for you, and so much more. This was one of the most engaging interviews Jimmy has had in a while which always makes for great podcasting. ENJOY!

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- Matt Fitzgerald bio
- Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US
- MattFitzgerald.org
- Matt on Twitter
- Matt on Facebook
- 5 Signs That Your Diet Is A ‘Diet Cult’
- What's The Healthiest Diet In The World?